The UK government has set out plans to tackle ill health as a root cause of unemployment and inactivity, pledging reforms to help two million more people into work. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the country’s first paediatric H5N1 infection, in a child in Alameda County, California. The patient, who had only mild symptoms ...

This year has seen much controversy around plans to expand the numbers of medical associate professionals (MAPs) in the NHS—mainly physician associates (PAs) but also surgical care practitioners and ...

What you need to know Bacterial meningitis and meningococcal disease are uncommon but life-threatening conditions. Early recognition is important but difficult because of the non-specific ways in ...

Wise’s article on the UK government considering an outdoor smoking ban covers the long known burden of smoking on the health of the general population and NHS as well as public opinion on this matter.

Salisbury notes the need to tackle staffing issues (numbers and types) and maldistribution of funding if the NHS is to be fixed.1 Fixing the front door (general practice) is another suggestion. From ...

Healthcare situations in Sudan and South Sudan are continuing to worsen amid threats of armed conflict, population displacements, economic catastrophe, and flooding. Brian Kennedy reports South Sudan ...

Finally, we’re here. After months of heated debates, social media uproar, royal colleges in turmoil, and the reputation of many national organisations being questioned, the worm has turned. The health ...

Baku’s COP29 climate talks ended on 24 November with a finance deal that fell far short of some countries’ expectations, while others hailed it as a success. After two weeks of intense—and often ...

NHS managers who silence whistleblowing doctors or endanger patients through misconduct could be sacked and permanently barred from working in the NHS, under new proposals. Regulating health service ...

When Mark Ashworth began working as a GP in the Hurley practice in south London he was told that his predecessor, Montague Levine, described as the most colourful coroner in the country in his ...