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Rima, a reproductive health awareness worker at an ActionAid funded hospital in northwest Syria, runs a session for expectant mothers

Feature

The BMJ Appeal 2023-24: The Syrian health workers pulling 24 hour shifts to keep their maternity hospital open

Through earthquakes and civil war, the doctors and staff of the Ain Al Bayda Hospital are going above and beyond—even as a funding crisis threatens to shut them down

Hospital closure

Editorial

Emergency hospital services are closing because of staff shortages

Doctor's strike in Italy, Rome 5 Dec 2023

News

Doctors in Italy strike over pension cuts and working conditions

Palestinians line to collect water

News

Conditions in Gaza are ripe for “epidemics and public health disaster,” UN warns

Şebnem Korur Fincancı speaks during a protest

News

Court dismisses leadership of Turkish Medical Association after criticism of government

Latest opinion and features

Opinion

Communicating scientific advice: lessons from the UK covid-19 inquiry

Opinion

Pregnant women in Gaza face perilous conditions as maternity services and infrastructure crumble

Opinion

Hancock’s covid inquiry evidence offers few clues as to why long covid was sidelined

Opinion

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—7 December 2023

Feature

What you need to know about physician associates

Opinion

The new health secretary must tackle junior doctors’ dissatisfaction before winter

Opinion

The global health community must prevent the erosion of human rights in healthcare

Analysis

Inconsistent definitions of labour progress and over-medicalisation cause unnecessary harm during birth

Editorial

Managing symptomatic gallstone disease

ResearchConservative management versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstone disease

Feature

NHS culture change is difficult, not impossible—but essential, says health ombudsman

Opinion

Helen Salisbury: How the duty of kindness could suppress legitimate debate

Editorial

Invest in youth led efforts for gender equality and pandemic preparedness

Opinion

Primary care needs to rise to the challenge of caring for patients during climate disasters

Editorial

Building climate resilient and low carbon health systems

Opinion

Writing letters to patients attending psychiatry clinics

Opinion

Let’s make poor reporting of early phase dose finding clinical trials a thing of the past

Opinion

“Big Gene” industry in the NHS—does this represent good value?

Opinion

Conflicting interests undermine our trust in COP28

Opinion

When I use a word . . . Medicines regulation—Patent medicines

Opinion

Heat related health inequalities are rising

Opinion

John Launer: Israel and Gaza—recognising shared human values

Latest news

News

Duty of candour: Ministers to review varying application in health and care

News

Seven days in medicine: 29 Nov to 5 Dec 2023

News

Increase taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks, WHO urges

News

Districts of Pakistan boycott polio immunisation until economic and health demands are met

News

Cosmetic surgeon is struck off for dishonesty and as a risk to patient safety

News

Junior doctors announce new strike dates

Latest obituaries

Obituary

Nigel C H Stott: pioneering academic GP who championed multidisciplinary approaches to understand and tackle complex health problems

Obituary

Susan Abarca Salazar: consultant in paediatric infectious diseases whose research benefited children with neurological infections