Twenty years of working in medicine is just long enough to realise how much things change and how little the core truths ever will. In 2004, in my first year as a doctor, we lived in a world defined ...

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 government abandoned long awaited ...

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 the infection.1 The Times reported that a ...

Dear Editor, We read with great interest the study by Ryser et al., which examined the cumulative incidence of ipsilateral invasive breast cancer in 1,780 women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ...

Over 12 000 Gazans desperately need to be evacuated for medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said in a plea to countries around the world to “open their doors” to evacuees. “As the genocide in ...

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 problems In The Time Machine by HG ...

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. These data are needed to ...

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 the type of person who doesn’t give up ...

Awaab’s law is an opportunity to advocate for better health When 2 year old Awaab Ishak died in 2020 the forensic pathologist found that the airway granulomas which led to his respiratory arrest were ...

The UK’s drug regulator has become the first in the world to approve elinzanetant to treat moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (“hot flushes”) associated with the menopause. The once daily ...

Parliament’s spending watchdog has warned that badly managed private finance contracts could result in poor quality assets, including hospitals, being handed back to the public sector.1 The Public ...

World Congress, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, called out, with the frankness that has been his characteristic since taking up his post last year, the unacceptable state ...