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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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