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Ambiguous guideline recommendations harm patient care

May 15, 2026

Why I can no longer be silent in the face of antisemitism in the NHS

May 14, 2026

One pill post stroke . . . and other research

May 14, 2026

Rammya Mathew: Recognising neurodiversity is important—but at what cost?

May 13, 2026

Proactive drug safety surveillance should be at the heart of the new Health Data Research Service

May 13, 2026

David Oliver: Overcrowded emergency departments are bad news for patients with delirium and dementia

May 13, 2026

Hantavirus outbreak should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk

May 12, 2026

Helen Salisbury: How to make patients feel safe

May 12, 2026

Matt Morgan: It’s bland, inoffensive, and makes no difference—why tofu leadership should be off the NHS menu

May 12, 2026

We can’t explain the UK’s declining healthy life expectancy without talking about austerity

May 12, 2026

Medical ethics education must not end at graduation

May 12, 2026

Women’s health strategy: neighbourhood services are central to reducing health inequalities

May 12, 2026

When I use a word . . . Centenarians

May 8, 2026

The US-Israeli war is driving a displacement crisis in Iran

May 8, 2026

The inflamed new adaptation of Wuthering Heights misses the book’s elemental understanding of body and mind

May 8, 2026

AI is making clinical reasoning optional—and that should worry us

May 7, 2026

Politicised narratives about cousin marriage risk undermining progress

May 7, 2026

The royal colleges have a lot to offer a changing NHS but are an undervalued asset

May 6, 2026

In an uncertain world, investment in health is crucial for security

May 5, 2026

Patients are struggling to access care as Ukraine emerges from its most brutal winter

May 1, 2026

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is understudied in preventive vaccine trials

April 30, 2026

When electricity infrastructure is targeted, health is targeted too

April 30, 2026

Ambient scribes fall short . . . and other research

April 30, 2026

The NHS and industry partnerships: risky alliances

April 30, 2026

Measles is resurging in Bangladesh—but this outbreak was entirely preventable

April 29, 2026

John Launer: Doctors shouldn’t control the narrative

April 29, 2026

Helen Salisbury: AI medical chatbots—more hype than help

April 28, 2026

Scarlett McNally: A bureaucratic “advice and guidance” service wouldn’t have fixed the outpatient waiting list

April 28, 2026

What is the evidence for social media addiction?

April 27, 2026

Medical students can help counter misleading media and political narratives about strikes

April 27, 2026

US research cuts are a shortsighted choice for health and economic policy

April 27, 2026

When I use a word . . . Nocebo

April 24, 2026

Conflicts and a warming world show why we need to end our dependence on fossil fuels

April 24, 2026

Reversing the “feminisation” of the medical profession will not solve the GP workforce crisis

April 24, 2026

Feminist leadership in global health: moving beyond tokenism

April 23, 2026

The BMJ’s medics revue: Comedy as therapy

April 23, 2026

Replacing resident doctors in the NHS will achieve nothing and threaten everything

April 22, 2026

Should doctors speak of their concerns about the mental health of a president?

April 22, 2026

A budget apart: the case for ringfencing medicines in the UK

April 21, 2026

When I use a word . . . The earliest placebo

April 17, 2026

When the SPIRIT moves you: protocol changes can introduce bias in non-inferiority trials

April 17, 2026

The UK government must publish a detailed impact assessment of the costs and benefits of the US-UK medicines partnership

April 17, 2026

The medical regulation process is unfit to handle the complex challenges of our time

April 16, 2026

Healthcare and humanitarian aid are being used as political pawns in conflict settings

April 16, 2026

Managing resistant hypertension . . . and other research

April 16, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Data control, privacy, and Palantir

April 15, 2026

Scarlett McNally: The state of our waterways is a national disgrace

April 15, 2026

Why Sussex needs an inclusive maternity review

April 14, 2026

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry lays bare the cost of delayed action for NHS staff

April 14, 2026

Matt Morgan: The sticky floor test—why I’m returning to face-to-face communication

April 14, 2026

John Launer: Living alongside your illnesses

April 14, 2026

Children’s health and rights are being violated in US immigration detention

April 13, 2026

When I use a word . . . Antedatings in the Oxford English Dictionary

April 10, 2026

The resident doctor strike risks turning into a wider conflict between the government and doctors

April 9, 2026

Make compassion visible in emergency medicine again

April 9, 2026

Health partnerships risk legitimising harmful industries

April 8, 2026

Critical care training enhances intensive care provision in low resource settings

April 8, 2026

From tobacco to TikTok: what public health litigation history tells us about holding social media accountable

April 7, 2026

Doctors’ distinct work and professional role can’t be parcelled into generic tasks for “tiers” of healthcare staff

April 7, 2026

Safeguarding evidence for health in the face of political pressure

April 2, 2026

The era of butane torches . . . and other research

April 2, 2026

The divergent fates of assisted dying in Scotland and Jersey offer lessons for future legislation

April 1, 2026

Scarlett McNally: Childcare challenges are limiting doctors’ careers

April 1, 2026

John Launer: How to break the cycle of being busy

April 1, 2026

Rammya Mathew: The debate on assisted dying must not overshadow care at the end of life

March 31, 2026

Doctors’ freedom of speech must be protected from punitive scrutiny

March 31, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Why confidentiality matters in general practice

March 30, 2026

When I use a word . . . Terminology of hallucinogenic agents

March 27, 2026

MERS imported to France: a wake-up call to revamp preparedness, control, and research

March 27, 2026

The conversation around decriminalising abortion must be grounded in evidence

March 27, 2026

Student loans scandal: young doctors are paying the price

March 25, 2026

Younger adults are the fastest growing cancer population, but England’s national cancer plan overlooks them

March 24, 2026

When I use a word . . . The psychedelic mind’s eye

March 20, 2026

Meningitis B in Kent: an outbreak in the shadow of a pandemic

March 20, 2026

Special educational needs reforms are a good start to resolving the crisis in schools—but where is the focus on health?

March 19, 2026

Restrictive US abortion laws are making pregnancy more dangerous—and in some cases deadly

March 19, 2026

David Oliver: Unmet care and housing needs are often behind lengthy hospital admissions

March 19, 2026

The US must never support research and policies that inflict harm on Black communities

March 19, 2026

A sole treatment for hip arthritis . . . and other research

March 19, 2026

War in Lebanon: the hidden health crisis beyond the frontlines

March 17, 2026

Plans to force doctors in Scotland to complete mandatory NHS service are as illogical as they are insulting

March 17, 2026

We must be more systematic about risk holding throughout doctors’ careers

March 17, 2026

Helen Salisbury: The use and misuse of fit notes

March 17, 2026

Measles: children and vulnerable communities face disproportionate harms

March 16, 2026

When I use a word . . . Facial blindness—prosopagnosia

March 13, 2026

Relentless rises in radiology workloads cannot be solved by the radiology department alone

March 13, 2026

When Tourette syndrome is reduced to a debate about offence, clinical care suffers

March 12, 2026

EPA throws out science in favour of anti-regulatory ideology

March 11, 2026

A comprehensive public health approach is needed to study the impact of digital technology on health

March 10, 2026

Systemic weaknesses lost the UK its measles elimination status

March 10, 2026

UKRI’s funding reforms: universities and researchers should be valued collaborators, not an afterthought

March 6, 2026

Language and geographical bias limits global health research

March 5, 2026

Wired to avoid dementia . . . and other research

March 5, 2026

GLP-1 drugs hold promise for treating substance addiction

March 5, 2026

Climate change threatens survival—will warnings from economists and intelligence services at last move us to act?

March 4, 2026

Matt Morgan: Why is stopping a pointless intervention so difficult?

March 4, 2026

John Launer: Finding meaning in general practice

March 3, 2026

Medicaid: the medical safety net of the United States is being unraveled

March 3, 2026

Partha Kar: Expanding roles of healthcare staff—where are the safety checks?

March 3, 2026

Helen Salisbury: Another imposed GP contract

March 2, 2026
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