My personal and professional beliefs have been seriously challenged by the outcome of the UK General Election 2019. Large swathes of England, where Brexit and continuing austerity will cause the […]More…
Partha Kar, a Royal College of Physicians (RCP) councillor, has said that the college’s lack of a whistleblower policy left him with “no alternative” but…
Anders Bach-Mortensen and colleagues examine how increasing reliance on out-of-pocket payments for adult social care has created a quality divide In July 2024, the UK…
As the NHS faces one of the most turbulent periods of its history, the BMA has elected a new chair. Rebecca Coombes spoke to him…
More than a quarter of medical trainees in some specialties reported feeling apprehensive or hesitant about escalating a patient to the supervising clinician, a “deeply…
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital has said that it is treating an increasing number of children for measles, amid reports that a child died after contracting…
Collection of ethnicity data in clinical research has been poor historically, but is essential to ensure that interventions are effective and safe across diverse populations.…
At the June 2025 Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) World Congress, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, called out,…
Consultant colorectal surgeon Ling Wong talks to Kathy Oxtoby about the complex surgery he performs—and how it’s important to find hope in every situation “I’m…
As the Precision Public Health Asia conference approaches, Kent Buse and colleagues caution that the specialty risks becoming a high tech fix for deeply political…
