The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance of opposing a change in the UK’s law on assisted dying to a position of neither supporting nor opposing change. At a meeting on ...

Measles cases are at a 25 year high in Europe, while North America and Afghanistan are also dealing with major outbreaks and children dying from the preventable disease. Over 127 000 cases were ...

Government plans to halve the running costs of England’s integrated care boards (ICBs) by December this year have prompted warnings and calls for clarity among GPs, health leaders, and MPs. The cuts ...

Medical students are always performing, whether it’s in an OSCE station, or being evaluated on their performance during clinical placements. In this article, Noreen Mansuri discusses medical ...

After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at ...

Patients are more unwell than in the past when admitted to hospital for detention under the Mental Health Act, services have told Care Quality Commission inspectors.1 In its report monitoring the ...

Millions will be harmed by this targeting of the most powerless, vulnerable, criminalised, marginalised, and unprotected people in the world, writes Flavia Kyomukama The US government’s freeze on ...

After years of uncertainty the NHS is on the brink of a data sharing agreement that will open up valuable data to researchers. Stephen Armstrong reports The BMJ understands that NHS England will allow ...

Guidelines focus on the individual, while industry escapes scrutiny Harmful gambling is a global public health issue that is attributable to the rapid expansion of commercial gambling industries,1 ...

PAs want robust research evaluating their practice, but adequate funding is needed, write Tamara S Ritsema and Amy Donaldson-Perrott Over the past year, a firestorm of debate has been swirling around ...

Heart attacks and strokes rise exponentially with age and make a major contribution to increasing healthcare costs and lost productivity. In the UK more than 7 million people are living with ...

Some people seeking abortions could face the death penalty under amended legislation Lawmakers in at least nine US states—Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South ...