Medical newspapers and freesheets
13 June 2007
Medical freesheets are popular with health professionals as they summarise clinical information in an attractive and colourful way and have a high news content. They are sustained by advertising which is attracted by the high readership levels. There were many freesheets in the 1970s but only a few have survived. Older issues are often consulted today by lawyers who are researching drug advertisements.
The Wellcome Institute for the History and Understanding of Medicine took the BMA archive of medical newspapers. The BMA library only keeps the last six months of the major titles.
Print resources
bma news
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JP
tel: 020 7383 6122
fax: 020 7383 6566
email: bmanewstoday@bma.org.uk
Go to BMA News (Needs member login)
Doctor
Reed Healthcare Publishing
Quadrant House
The Quadrant
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5AS
tel: 020 8652 8878
fax: 020 8652 8701
email: DoctorUpdate@rbi.co.uk
http://www.doctorupdate.net/du_home/du_home.htm
GP
Haymarket Medical Ltd.
174 Hammersmith Rd
London
W6 7JP
Tel: 020 8267 4849
Fax: 020 8267 4866
email: gpletters@haynet.com
http://www.gponline.com/contact.cfm
Hospital Doctor
Reed Healthcare Publishing
Quadrant House
The Quadrant
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5AS
tel: 020 8652 8745
fax: 020 8652 8701
email: hospital.doctor@rbi.co.uk
http://www.hospitaldoctor.net/
Pulse
CMPi
Ludgate House
245 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 9UY
tel: 020 7921 8102
fax: 020 7921 8132
email: pulse@cmpinformation.com
http://www.pulse-i.co.uk/paper/
Database resources
GP is available on the host system Datastar, as GPGP full text database. It is expensive to search but, since GP is not indexed it is quicker to use. Find further information here.
The BMA Library does not have an account with Datastar but your nearest library may do so.
Find further information about the BMA Library computer search services here
Other organisations and libraries
Wellcome Institute for the History and Understanding of Medicine
210 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
tel: 020 7611 8582
fax: 020 7611 8703
email: library@wellcome.ac.uk
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk
Took the BMA archive of medical newspapers. The BMA library only keeps the last six months of the major titles.