Richard Jones

Environmental health practitioner turned forensic pathologist. Co-author of 'Simpson's Forensic Medicine'. Educational website

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

Out now! The new edition of 'Simpson's Forensic Medicine' is available to buy as an eBook and in print!

@JJPJ #forensic #Medicine

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

Rib fractures in infancy in the Family Court again: Blackburn Borough Council v BB & Ors (2026] EWFC 69 (1 April 2026).

Deals with the nature/cause/ age of rib fractures, including to the posterior ribcage & includes a critique of expert opinions given.

https://t.co/NiJCVP9dej

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

'Death by hanging: possibilities and limits of medico-legal evidence' https://t.co/DVqN3M7Uoa

Cautious, well written and illustrated, and open access.

#forensic #pathology

[J. of Medical Ethics @JME_BMJ]

📜 Correspondence @JME_BMJ: Junior doctors are at risk of 'never-skilling' — never building foundational clinical reasoning as AI suggestions arrive before they've had a chance to try. How can they protect themselves?

https://t.co/wFsWW86xFa

@briandavidearp

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

An 'epidemic' of violence: The women and girls killed by men last year https://t.co/k8xFeD21sW

[Lords Science & Technology Committee @LordsSTCom]

Today, the Lords Science and Technology Committee is publishing its report “Rebuilding forensic science for criminal justice: an urgent need.”

You can read it here:

https://t.co/EjH2DubY1j

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[NEJM @NEJM]

Sudden cardiac arrest in athletes may be attributable to cardiac and noncardiac causes. With diagnosis and treatment, a return to play may be reasonable. Prevention, emergency planning, and shared decision making are key.

Learn more in the Review Article “Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletes” by Rachel Lampert, MD, and Kimberly G. Harmon, MD (@DrKimHarmon), from @yalemed and the University of Washington (@UW): https://t.co/kahbswbsFS

[Journal of Neurosurgery @TheJNS]

#JNSCaseLessons. Authors report unique case of bilateral transorbital injury via chopsticks with penetration into the cavernous sinuses.

https://t.co/5ZoqxyX7Zj

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Rates of domestic abuse are especially high among female healthcare professionals.

Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse? @AdeleWatersRx
https://t.co/PFZw1q1ShR

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Deaths probe linked to altered patient records https://t.co/YiB0ss0Ete

[Michael Brown 🌍 @MentalHealthCop]

NEW BLOG - "Unlawful Killing"

A delayed PFD publication due to a police force applying for and being refused judicial review of the inquest outcome.

An interesting PFD because it expressly links to another issued to the same force on similar issues.

https://t.co/PqJOlJsTYU

[BehindTheKnife @BehindTheKnife]

So many great pods 🫛!!! Don't fall behind.

Today, we released our next Clinical Challenges in Burn Surgery: Inhalation Injury with @KSRomanowski @LSJohnsonMD @UCDavisSurgery @EmorySurgery @LSUGenSurgery

🎧 https://t.co/NVwDC4922V

[Emergency Medicine Journal @EmergencyMedBMJ]

#October2025

A unique poem this month..... by @LouieGoGophers

I don’t want to get hurt today,” the charge nurse whispers to me.

She sees the sea of humanity frothing and foaming before us as we stand

Doctor and nurse, side by side.

And like a movie you’ve seen a hundred times,

You know how this will end.

Mental trauma fighting tooth and nail for space

In my Emergency Department.

At the top of our triage heap,

These human emergencies,

Some with minds more broken than ....

📖 Read more hear - https://t.co/abX6eKvorJ

#Poem #EmergencyMedicine #Healthcare #NHS

@RCollEM @RCEMLearning @richardbody @RCEMpresident

[Wiley Life Sciences @WileyLifeSci]

Submit your papers to @PMIJournal's latest Call for Papers now. The 2026 Focus Issue on Forensic Pathology is accepting papers now until 1 April 2026. Find out more and submit
https://t.co/7j8qYtPwaZ

[Nature Reviews Disease Primers @DiseasePrimers]

Our NEW Primer on Schizophrenia is live today! By Leucht, Siafis, McGrath, McGorry, Howes, Tamminga, Carr, Bighelli, Schneider-Thoma, Priller, Davis.
Check it out here: https://t.co/KCtzL6VWxh

[Matthew Orde @CanadianForMed]

"The consensus on that [SBS] evidence is too weak to potentially send someone to prison based on a doctor’s testimony that the only explanation for a child’s injuries in these cases is abuse, the court ruled."
https://t.co/ilhL59Xzhy

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

'Shaken baby syndrome' in the courts in the US (New Jersey State Supreme Court in 'State V Nieves'.)

What now for the 'shaking without impact can cause SBS/AHT' hypothesis?

Media:
https://t.co/b6SM4Y3oqG

Judgement:
https://t.co/UDMobcb0zH

#forensic #medicine

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

At last! Unboxing gratis author copies of 'Simpson's Forensic Medicine' 15th edition was a treat!

@routledgebooks have a Black Friday discount on it at the moment too 😀
https://t.co/5GHYI4Kklk

#Forensics #forensic #medicine

[RC of Pathologists @RCPath]

The College’s new report reveals the severe pressures facing UK paediatric and perinatal pathology services. Double the number of consultants currently in post are needed to provide the UK with sustainable services for families.

Read the full report:https://t.co/9x9O816Q3L

[National Academies @theNASEM]

Medical examiners and coroners often face major obstacles in investigating deaths in custody, including inadequate resources and a lack of rigorous and enforceable standards.

Explore ways to strengthen the U.S. medicolegal death investigation system: https://t.co/cvKwDOCGR0

[Richard Jones @forensicmed]

@routledgebooks have a promotion on 'Simpson's Forensic Medicine' 15th edition for the moment, but the clock is ticking!
https://t.co/5GHYI4Kklk

#forensic #Medicine #pathology @JJPJ