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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
Treatment with GLP-1 drugs must not replace obesity prevention in low and middle income countries
March 2, 2026
When I use a word . . . The mind’s eye—phantasia, aphantasia, and hyperphantasia
February 27, 2026
Global health in a new era of US extraction
February 27, 2026
Scarlett McNally: Bone cement—relying on fewer suppliers may be unstable, but standardisation is beneficial overall
February 26, 2026
Women’s health is being targeted by authoritarian governments in Latin America
February 26, 2026
Fear of immigration enforcement is driving a public health crisis in Minnesota
February 24, 2026
Doctors were complicit in Epstein’s abuse—survivors must now be our priority
February 23, 2026
Boys at risk of radicalisation must be approached with compassion, not suspicion
February 23, 2026
Pitting nurses and doctors against each other will not help solve workforce problems
February 19, 2026
The academic arms race in medical recruitment—why being a good doctor is not always enough
February 19, 2026
Rammya Mathew: Longevity medicine—innovation or excess?
February 19, 2026
Trump administration is expanding global gag rule to export its ideology worldwide
February 19, 2026
Evidence for grief interventions . . . and other research
February 19, 2026
Clarity is needed about liability when medical AI fails
February 18, 2026
Experiential learning for medical students would help to tackle homeless health inequalities
February 18, 2026
Scarlett McNally: England’s cancer plan makes big commitments but underplays the small changes we can all make
February 18, 2026
Taking the guesswork out of clinical trial registration information
February 18, 2026
Helen Salisbury: The right to refer
February 17, 2026
How machines can help us reclaim the human consultation
February 17, 2026
Blaming overdiagnosis fails to confront the deeper causes of children’s distress
February 16, 2026
When I use a word . . . Medical emoticons
February 14, 2026
England’s national cancer plan is more of a commercial strategy than a health policy
February 12, 2026
Ethnic inequality in prostate cancer: no current role for screening but hope for the future
February 10, 2026
When I use a word . . . Pictorial symbols: smileys, emoticons, emojis
February 6, 2026
Scrutiny of the assisted dying bill is vital but obstruction in the House of Lords could mean it never becomes law
February 6, 2026
David Oliver: Cutting resident doctors’ numbers or roles would threaten the NHS’s future
February 6, 2026
Iran: Attacking injured protestors and healthcare workers violates medical neutrality
February 6, 2026
Is Hamnet the pandemic story we needed?
February 5, 2026
Paediatric elbow fractures . . . and other research
February 5, 2026
Matt Morgan: What mermaids can teach us about misinformation
February 4, 2026
Scarlett McNally: Shared decision making requires striking the right balance
February 4, 2026
Supermarket-style scanners can track medical devices safely and easily—so why are they not used across the NHS?
February 4, 2026
Statistics is important in medical misconduct cases
February 3, 2026
Ketamine: reclassification alone will not reduce harms
February 3, 2026
Helen Salisbury: The importance of being seen
February 3, 2026
When I use a word . . . Artificial intelligence—predicting and detecting adverse drug reactions
January 30, 2026
Ecosystem destruction will force the UK to tackle food security
January 30, 2026
Public health must bridge the divide with groups who mistrust science
January 29, 2026
Ignoring deaths, benefiting polluters: EPA discards science on pollution harms
January 29, 2026
Europe has greater responsibility in the WHO without the United States
January 28, 2026
David Oliver: Is goodwill towards doctors still important?
January 28, 2026
Trust equation is a tool to build confidence in medicine
January 27, 2026
The false dichotomy between service and training: will England’s new training review solve the problem?
January 26, 2026
Race is not a biological category: challenging this misconception will help tackle racism in healthcare
January 23, 2026
The UK’s recruitment for foundation medicine requires radical reform
January 23, 2026
We must no longer accept waiting years to understand disease burden
January 22, 2026
Anticoagulation to prevent dementia . . . and other research
January 22, 2026
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