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South Korea: Junior doctors’ strike escalates as senior doctors submit mass resignations in support

March 28, 2024

Devolved powers for Greater Manchester led to some health improvements, study shows

March 28, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 20-26 March 2024

March 28, 2024

Hospital leaders warned that failure to recall striking doctors risked patient safety in some trusts, documents show

March 28, 2024

Health leaders urge the government to restore funding for NHS staff wellbeing hubs

March 27, 2024

Physician associates: GMC calls for views on regulation

March 27, 2024

US Supreme Court questions legitimacy of case seeking to ban mifepristone

March 27, 2024

Covid-19: Pfizer vaccine to be available privately at pharmacy chain Boots from April

March 27, 2024

One in two may be prepared to pay more for NHS through taxation, survey shows

March 27, 2024

Involve doctors in NHS purchasing decisions to get best value care, say MPs

March 27, 2024

Covid remembered in NHS portraits

March 27, 2024

Consultant erased in 2011 is allowed back on the medical register at his third attempt

March 26, 2024

Charity calls for Scottish government to increase access to diabetes technology

March 26, 2024

Air quality near new schools in England is “alarmingly poor,” say researchers

March 26, 2024

Type 1 diabetes: Randox removes adverts after claims that it was using fear to sell genetic test

March 25, 2024

Transgender care: doctors are advised to return to “ordinary best practice”

March 25, 2024

Virologist who was fired from research laboratory in Canada over security threat resurfaces in China

March 25, 2024

Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline

March 25, 2024

UK foundation programme: Why are some trainees so unhappy with the new allocation system?

March 25, 2024

RCP members vote to limit physician associate roles amid calls for president to resign

March 25, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . pig kidney transplants

March 25, 2024

Whooping cough: over 3000 cases reported in Czech Republic so far this year

March 22, 2024

Government criticised over failure to implement patient safety recommendations

March 22, 2024

Long waits in child mental health are a “ticking time bomb” regulator warns

March 22, 2024

NHS workforce plan: spending watchdog questions modelling and optimism

March 22, 2024

Gaza: “Hospitals should never be battlegrounds,” says WHO amid raids on al-Shifa hospital

March 21, 2024

Junior doctors in England back six more months of strike action over pay

March 21, 2024

Doctors’ pay should reflect the cost of where they live and work, say experts

March 21, 2024

US abortions reached record high in 2023 despite legal restrictions, though access varies

March 21, 2024

US president expands government research into women’s health issues

March 21, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 13-19 March 2024

March 21, 2024

Drug company and former director are convicted of submitting falsified data to MHRA

March 20, 2024

Physician associates: NHS leader accuses BMA of getting discussion wrong

March 20, 2024

Social care problems left unsolved despite government promises, say MPs

March 20, 2024

RSV: Paediatricians call on government to expedite infant vaccination programme

March 20, 2024

Little change in ethnic diversity in top roles at NHS trusts in England

March 19, 2024

Whistleblower surgeon is awarded £430 000 after career is destroyed

March 19, 2024

US hospitals face collapse as cyberattack on UnitedHealth cuts revenue streams

March 19, 2024

BMA demands inquiry into use of physician associates on medical rotas

March 18, 2024

GPs call for resignation of TPP chief following racism row

March 18, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . ChatGPT and medical exams

March 18, 2024

Tackling poverty should have equal priority with lowering waiting lists, says King’s Fund

March 18, 2024

Only 8% of GP registrars plan to work full time, finds survey

March 15, 2024

Doctors are told to ration salbutamol amid shortage

March 15, 2024

Physician associates: Doctors express anger over RCP extraordinary general meeting

March 15, 2024

Tameside General Hospital must improve its maternity services, says CQC

March 15, 2024

Group GP appointments don’t improve outcomes, study reports

March 15, 2024

Haiti: Hospitals burn to ground as violence rages

March 15, 2024

NHS services in England are told to stop routine prescribing of puberty blockers

March 14, 2024

Gaza: BMA calls for urgent investigation into mistreatment of doctors

March 14, 2024

End of life: Ombudsman calls for better training on DNACPR conversations

March 14, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 6-12 March 2024

March 14, 2024

NHS staff to receive paid leave following pregnancy loss

March 14, 2024

Medical devices: Government vows to tackle ethnic inequities

March 13, 2024

Coroner warns of “multiple failures” that contributed to child’s death from asthma

March 13, 2024

Wegovy: FDA approves weight loss drug to cut cardiovascular risk

March 13, 2024

Global number of FGM survivors is up 15% since 2016, Unicef reports

March 13, 2024

Homelessness is a public health emergency, report warns

March 13, 2024

Fertility clinic in east London has licence suspended over “significant concerns”

March 12, 2024

Gaza: Children dying of starvation as UN food trucks turned away, say aid organisations

March 12, 2024

RCGP alters stance on physician associates to oppose GMC regulation

March 12, 2024

Biden vows to protect reproductive rights and lower drug prices in state of the union speech

March 11, 2024

FDA approves first over-the-counter blood glucose monitor for diabetes

March 11, 2024

Care provider is fined £650 000 over safety failings that led to patient’s death

March 11, 2024

Covid inquiry: What we have learnt about Wales’s response?

March 11, 2024

BMA chair: Junior doctors understandably think my generation has not protected the profession

March 11, 2024

Surge in anti-gay laws in Africa imperil progress on HIV/AIDS, experts say

March 8, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . 10 000 steps

March 8, 2024

Northern Ireland: Junior doctors on picket line are at “breaking point”

March 8, 2024

Doctors’ strikes one year on: what will it take to end the disputes?

March 8, 2024

Physician associates should not diagnose patients, says BMA guidance

March 8, 2024

Nearly one in 10 NHS staff in England report sexual harassment at work last year, staff survey finds

March 8, 2024

Health secretary urges NHS to have an “M&S moment” and embrace modernity

March 7, 2024

Child waiting times: Data collection change is “rearranging the deckchairs,” say paediatricians

March 7, 2024

Weight loss surgery: Patients need clearer warnings of risks from overseas care, say doctors

March 7, 2024

Plans for same day GP access hubs in London are scrapped after concerns

March 7, 2024

Science secretary pays libel damages and costs after falsely accusing academic of breaching Nolan principles

March 7, 2024

NHS handed £6bn funding boost in spring budget

March 7, 2024

Seven days in medicine: 28 February to 5 March 2024

March 7, 2024

HIV: WHO reports “worrying” increase in resistance to key antiretroviral treatment

March 6, 2024

AI app that can diagnose acute otitis media may cut antibiotic use, say researchers

March 6, 2024

US food manufacturer can say that eating yogurt reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, says FDA

March 6, 2024

Sixty seconds on . . . capsule diagnostics

March 6, 2024

Unions recommend that consultants in England accept new pay offer

March 5, 2024

Montelukast: Regulator reviewing asthma drug over concerns about mental health effects

March 5, 2024

Asthma: Four in 10 patients do not receive timely follow-up after hospital admission, finds study

March 5, 2024

Consultants and SAS doctors in Wales vote to strike

March 5, 2024

Smoking rates in Australia drop below 10%, but vaping increases

March 5, 2024

Over 90 000 appointments were postponed in England during latest junior doctor strikes, data show

March 5, 2024

NHS rolls out fast tracked immunotherapy for advanced endometrial cancer

March 5, 2024

Same day GP hubs: How will they affect access and continuity of care?

March 4, 2024

Women still experience racism in Nottingham maternity services, says inquiry head

March 1, 2024

SAS doctors in England reject pay offer worth 6-9%

March 1, 2024

Idaho halts execution by lethal injection after failure to establish intravenous line

March 1, 2024

Italian doctors launch campaign to fight “harmful” practice of detaining migrants

March 1, 2024

Doctors report big rise in patients with illness because of socioeconomic factors

March 1, 2024

One in eight people globally are obese, with rates in children increasing fourfold in three decades

March 1, 2024

GPs in England express dismay at “final” 2.23% contract offer

February 29, 2024

Waiting lists unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2029, warns think tank

February 29, 2024

Covid-19 taskforce called for a new national vaccine agency to prepare for future pandemics

February 29, 2024
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