Patient perspectives on assisted dying are undoubtably important, yet the voices we most often hear are those who believe they would benefit from its legalisation. The author shares their experience, ...

My list of medically related anniversaries for 2026 includes William Withering’s Botany, The Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain , which was published 250 ...

Helen (née Carson) was born in Belfast. At an early age the family left Northern Ireland for South Africa and then a remote corner of northern Kenya, where her father ran a mission hospital. Helen ...

To protect the health of children now and in the future, the medical profession must continue to advocate for action Child poverty is a fundamental driver of ill health that has been rising in recent ...

Surging norovirus cases are piling more pressure on NHS hospitals, with at least 10 trusts now declaring critical incidents owing to high demands and capacity issues. Norovirus cases in NHS hospitals ...

A UK government target to rebuild seven hospitals constructed mostly using unsafe concrete is likely to be missed, a report says. The public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) predicted ...

Strengthening primary care is central to the three shifts set out in the government’s 10 year health plan for England: from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. New ...

The MHRA’s recent guidance strengthening warnings that benzodiazepines, z-drugs and gabapentinoids may cause addiction, dependence and withdrawal is a welcome step (1). However, the document remains ...

First, the shipwreck is well evidenced—and global. In Australia, smoking prevalence in the general population has stopped declining and, for the first time since the early-to-mid 1990s, teenage ...

A doctor who was chief executive of the NHS trust that employed nurse Lucy Letby has won £1.4m in damages after being bullied out of her job. Susan Gilby, 63, became acting chief executive of the ...

Labour swept into power last year with bold promises to revitalise the NHS. Jane Feinmann examines its progress on key health commitments Saving the NHS from “the biggest crisis” in its history was ...

In my short stint as a resident doctor in oncology, the overwhelming impression was one of complex and expensive treatments doing little for patient survival or quality of life. The options available ...