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The politics of plenty: why food insecurity persists in a world of abundance

August 11, 2025

Neglecting obesity in the 2025 NCD agenda will leave one billion people behind

August 7, 2025

CBT for chronic pain . . . and other research

August 7, 2025

Ensuring the safety and health of older people at mass gathering events

August 6, 2025

Scarlett McNally: Let’s reverse silent osteoporosis and prevent broken bones

August 6, 2025

Spetspatients are helping to reshape healthcare

August 5, 2025

When I use a word . . . “Publish or perish”: problems and solutions

August 1, 2025

Starvation is a lifelong sentence: Gaza’s civilians must be protected

July 31, 2025

Helen Salisbury: GPs are unhappy about new neighbourhood plans

July 31, 2025

NHS 10 year plan: another lost decade for women’s health

July 31, 2025

No time to waste—we need to start cancer clinical trials faster

July 31, 2025

Reimagining women’s health is a global imperative

July 30, 2025

We need a broader perspective on innovations to advance a women and health agenda

July 30, 2025

Reshaping research and development through women’s leadership

July 30, 2025

Policy shifts jeopardize the future of medical education in the US

July 28, 2025

When I use a word . . . “Publish or perish”: adverse effects

July 25, 2025

The protections for healthcare enshrined in international humanitarian law are under severe strain

July 25, 2025

US immigration detention centers threaten health and human rights

July 25, 2025

Patient safety through the eyes of the patient—it resides in relationships and trust

July 24, 2025

Battle of the weight loss giants . . . and other research

July 24, 2025

John Launer: The consolation of trees

July 23, 2025

We are falling short of the critical immunisation threshold to protect against measles

July 22, 2025

Scarlett McNally: What do we need from doctors in leadership positions?

July 22, 2025

Helen Salisbury: Physician assistant roles in general practice after the Leng review

July 21, 2025

Malnutrition with use of GLP-1 agonists is an underestimated real world harm

July 21, 2025

Partha Kar: The Leng review offers pragmatism along with lessons for the NHS

July 21, 2025

When I use a word . . . “Publish or perish”: collocates reflect attitudes

July 18, 2025

Hope over experience? Patient and staff voice in the NHS after the Dash review

July 18, 2025

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
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