The chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, has called on policy makers and politicians to trust their “first instinct” and “be brave” when making decisions on issues that can have an effect ...

I agree with Mathew that GPs should have access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), particularly in light of waiting times.1 This must be tempered with the resources required for scanning, reporting, ...

The world’s warming climate has driven the number of dengue fever and Oropouche infections in the Americas this year to record highs, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officials have said. The ...

The charismatic obstetrician and gynaecologist Mike Pawson specialised in the psychosomatic aspects of infertility and how psychology and mental health can affect pregnancy. He advocated change—not ...

The Medical Council, the medical regulator for Ireland, has announced that it believes it is not the appropriate body to regulate physician associates (PAs)—in sharp contrast to the position in the UK ...

NHS organisations in England spent more than £140m on management consultants between 2019 and 2023, data show. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by the trade union Unite show that ...

Objective To quantify changes in inequalities in uptake of childhood vaccination during a period of steadily declining overall childhood vaccination rates in England. Design Longitudinal study.

Women and girls have experienced some of the most brutal consequences of Sudan’s conflict. Eatizaz Yousif explains the role of the IRC in delivering essential services and psychosocial support As the ...

A man in his 50s was referred to a community hospital with a 15 day history of fever (38.5°C) and a one week history of painful cutaneous eruptions on his forearms and the crown of the scalp. Before ...

Patient safety specialists have called for a more streamlined approach to reducing harms in the NHS in England after an analysis found that several key indicators had worsened in the past two years.1 ...

Over the course of the 19th century, across North America and Europe, death slowly migrated from the home to the hospital and came to be viewed as a medical event, and no longer primarily a religious ...

Putting RFK Jr in charge of healthcare would push the US towards conspiracy and anti-science sentiment, writes Brian Klaas Donald Trump has nominated Robert F Kennedy Jr to oversee US healthcare as ...