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Competing for a specialty training post feels like a high stakes game of musical chairs
July 16, 2025
Calls for a ban on consanguineous marriage are misguided
July 16, 2025
The Leng review: recommendations provide a constructive way forward
July 16, 2025
Farewell, associates. Welcome back assistants
July 16, 2025
Matt Morgan: Flip phones, flying cars, and 20 years of working in medicine
July 15, 2025
Precision public health must get political
July 14, 2025
Failing to collect, analyse, and report ethnicity data in clinical research leads to healthcare inequalities
July 14, 2025
When I use a word . . . “Publish or perish”: origins and a definition
July 12, 2025
Looking back at failure and forward to improvement: Will Wes Streeting’s proposed maternity plan lead to change?
July 11, 2025
We must fill the void in global HIV care without PEPFAR
July 10, 2025
Diabetes deprescribing . . . and other research
July 10, 2025
Scarlett McNally: We can’t rely on the robots to fix the NHS
July 9, 2025
The NHS needs a domestic abuse strategy
July 9, 2025
The NHS is dodging accountability for medical recruitment failures
July 8, 2025
NHS 10 year plan: Can using AI offer a solution to the NHS’ problems?
July 8, 2025
Obesity in Latin America: effective responses value lived experience
July 8, 2025
Decolonisation of global health must include civil society
July 8, 2025
Meaningful engagement with people with lived experience: challenging, messy, and more vital than ever
July 8, 2025
Engaging with patients in humanitarian crises: learning from access to insulin in Ukraine
July 8, 2025
Stigmatising language made me avoid diabetes care; meaningful engagement with people with diabetes is the answer
July 8, 2025
Meaningful engagement with LGBTQI+ lived expertise can reduce inequity in mental healthcare
July 8, 2025
Helen Salisbury: What the NHS 10 year plan means for GPs
July 7, 2025
Practical steps are required to prioritise women’s health in research globally
July 7, 2025
When I use a word . . . Why write? The cacoethes scribendi
July 4, 2025
Rammya Mathew: The NHS 10 year plan—patient power or quiet exclusion?
July 4, 2025
David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan
July 4, 2025
Health research in England is grinding to a halt
July 4, 2025
Partha Kar: The NHS 10 year plan is torn between genuine change and political expediency
July 4, 2025
The antivaccine movement threatens health in the US and worldwide
July 3, 2025
Volunteering in free clinics carries a moral cost for medical students
July 3, 2025
The UK must not fail Gaza—a call for government action
July 2, 2025
Listening is a tool for health equity, not just a soft skill
July 2, 2025
Suspending the NHS medicines repurposing programme in England is a missed opportunity
July 2, 2025
The United Nations political declaration on non-communicable diseases and mental health needs a just and action driven approach
July 1, 2025
Recorded consultations require trust and transparency
July 1, 2025
Decolonising global health: an essential conversation in medical education
July 1, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Payment for performance in general practice
June 30, 2025
Parliament takes a historic step toward decriminalising abortion—but the work isn’t over
June 30, 2025
From genome to exposome: universal newborn genetic screening is the wrong focus if we want to improve population health
June 27, 2025
Patients recording consultations: getting the balance of patient choice and privacy right
June 27, 2025
Vulnerable populations need protection in an age of impunity
June 26, 2025
General practice at the core of neighbourhoods
June 26, 2025
Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy
June 26, 2025
Food for thought . . . and other research
June 26, 2025
The deadly reality of abortion bans is unfolding in the US—like it once did in Ethiopia
June 24, 2025
John Launer: Focusing on capabilities in frailty, not just deficits
June 24, 2025
Scarlett McNally: My experience as a patient and doctor gives insight into rebuilding the NHS
June 24, 2025
Resident doctors deserve a stable and equitable future in the NHS
June 24, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Uncertain neighbourhoods
June 24, 2025
When I use a word . . . Managing stocks of pharmaceutical products and medical equipment by consignment
June 20, 2025
NHS management reform: regulation is just the beginning
June 20, 2025
Children in Gaza are dying of malnutrition: we need a ceasefire now
June 18, 2025
Confusion over emergency pregnancy care is endangering patients
June 18, 2025
Humanitarian access is needed to prevent famine in Gaza
June 18, 2025
“One mistake could cost you everything”: five lessons from teaching clinicians in trouble
June 18, 2025
The UK’s abortion laws need reform—MPs have a chance today to make this happen
June 17, 2025
The spending review and the NHS
June 16, 2025
Unfair welfare: disability cuts will widen England’s north-south divide
June 16, 2025
When I use a word . . . Managing pharmaceutical stocks stocklessly
June 13, 2025
Emergency care alternatives for mental health risk reinforcing a dangerous divide between body and mind
June 13, 2025
The assisted dying bill continues through UK parliament, with legal momentum but also lingering questions
June 13, 2025
Football can’t ignore its sugar problem
June 13, 2025
Spending review leaves a greater need for clarity on healthcare priorities
June 13, 2025
Trends in sedentary behaviour. . . and other research
June 12, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Mandatory reporting of sexual activity will be counterproductive
June 11, 2025
Scarlett McNally: Healthier environments and prevention can help us manage dementia better
June 11, 2025
David Oliver: Bottlenecks in postgraduate medical training are an abject failure of medical leadership
June 11, 2025
Partha Kar: The spending review is an opportunity to reevaluate priorities in diabetes care
June 10, 2025
Play has therapeutic power in healthcare and humanitarian settings
June 10, 2025
Assisted dying is an existential choice, not a treatment
June 9, 2025
When I use a word . . . Overstocking medicines
June 6, 2025
The US executive order establishing “Gold Standard Science” does anything but
June 5, 2025
John Launer: Making sense of our times
June 5, 2025
Asking patients to share a short biography establishes a better connection and improves care
June 5, 2025
Rammya Mathew: Trained, qualified, and unemployed—the GP workforce paradox
June 4, 2025
Trolling on social media is discouraging women doctors from speaking up
June 3, 2025
A reset of international development for the UK requires a principles-based approach
June 3, 2025
Efficiency must not compromise trustworthiness in rating certainty and formulating recommendations in AI era
June 3, 2025
When I use a word . . . Avoiding drug stock-outs
May 31, 2025
A brief history of discharge summaries . . . and other research
May 29, 2025
Physician associates: Direct instruction is a more appropriate term than supervision
May 29, 2025
Stepping back from the brink: time for reason and rapprochement between India and Pakistan
May 28, 2025
The UK is going its own way on AI regulation in health, but problems lie ahead
May 28, 2025
John Launer: Botox, lifestyle medicine, and future general practice
May 28, 2025
Scarlett McNally: Small changes make a big difference in helping women doctors thrive
May 28, 2025
Helen Salisbury: Waiting for the 10 year plan
May 28, 2025
Matt Morgan: The dangers of main character syndrome in healthcare
May 27, 2025
23andMe’s bankruptcy raises concerns about privacy in the era of big data
May 27, 2025
When I use a word . . . Drug stock-outs
May 23, 2025
Defence or aid, or defence and aid? Both are necessary for national security
May 23, 2025
Tackling medicines shortages: a complex problem requiring collaborative action
May 23, 2025
Infant mortality is rising in the UK—reducing modifiable risks can help reverse reverse the trend
May 22, 2025
Maternity safety: where does the withdrawal of national service development funding leave us?
May 22, 2025
Managing multimorbidity can help people with dementia live better for longer
May 20, 2025
David Oliver: Public misunderstanding, myths, and misinformation can hamper good end-of-life care
May 16, 2025
With a new government in place, Canada must lead on pandemic preparedness
May 15, 2025
Metformin for knee osteoarthritis … and other research
May 15, 2025
John Launer: Encountering family medicine in China
May 15, 2025
Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care
May 14, 2025
Pandemic treaty is a win for multilateralism and global health
May 13, 2025
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