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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

Partha Kar: Weight loss drugs have opened the door to a two tier health service

May 13, 2025

Helen Salisbury: Austerity and efficiency in the NHS

May 13, 2025

Sudan’s healthcare system faces relentless assault

May 13, 2025

Reducing smoking in pregnancy in England—a public health success story

May 13, 2025

When I use a word . . . Penicillin during the second world war

May 9, 2025

We should implement electronic blood management systems across the UK to improve blood transfusion safety

May 9, 2025

See one, do one, teach one: other professionals don’t accept this so why should the medical profession?

May 9, 2025

Postnatal wards should nurture new mothers, not heighten their vulnerability

May 9, 2025
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