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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Established surgical treatment for people with severe aortic stenosis who have obstructive coronary artery disease is surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) ...

Trust in women’s leadership is declining when it is most needed for health International data show a concerning increase in regressive attitudes towards women leaders, especially among young men. This ...

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 ...

We do not contest the figures provided by the Association for Palliative Medicine (APM) in response to us,1 but we want to express our concern that the views of the one in four or five who dissent are ...