Reports of a “broken” NHS fail to convey the incredible work that still goes on in the service, writes Jennifer Darlow On his first day in office as the new Labour health minister, Wes Streeting ...

The word “academic” derives from Plato’s Academy, which he founded on ground that was named after the legendary Greek hero Academos, or Hekademos. And academic was someone who taught or studied at the ...

This week the inquiry heard evidence from senior clinicians about conditions faced by staff during the pandemic. Gareth Iacobucci reports Giving evidence on 26 September,1 consultant anaesthetist ...

After months of industrial action, many resident doctors have welcomed a resolution to the strikes, but disquiet about working conditions and pay still linger, writes Nikki Nabavi On 16 September 2024 ...

Global leaders have made a joint pledge to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amid warnings of an escalating public health emergency. At a high level UN General Assembly meeting on ...

Figures showing that an “appalling” 15% of households have someone who is taking time off work because of mental ill health reinforce the need for a new UK standard for workplace mental health, say ...

Michael John Herbet Scallan (b 6 September 1943; q1967 Cape Town), died from pneumonia and complications of Parkinson’s disease on 19 April 2024 Michael Scallan was sailing his first ocean passage on ...

Amber Bennett-Weston and colleagues argue that greater patient involvement would benefit both patients and doctors Historically, patients were “wheeled in” to lecture theatres, often without consent, ...

Drug companies gave €110m (£92m; €123m) to patient organisations in Europe in 2022, an analysis of financial disclosures has found, with the vast majority concentrated in a few countries. Investigate ...

Politicians throughout Europe are gambling on the next pandemic not happening for the next five years and as result are failing to invest in preparedness, warns a doctor in charge of protecting 500 ...

Maternity units should no longer pre-prepare oxytocin infusions on labour wards or in theatres because of the risk of overdose if accidentally given at the wrong time, an NHS safety alert has warned.

Data from the 1946, 1958, and 1970 British birth cohort studies refute the notion that only children are disadvantaged in comparison to people who have siblings—at least as far as health in middle age ...