Government spending on the NHS will rise by 3% a year after inflation over the next three years, slightly above what many in the health service were expecting. This compares with an average annual ...

Simpson and colleagues discuss the Sutton Trust’s Unequal Treatment? report and highlight persistent barriers to medical school for applicants from working class backgrounds.12 We support their call ...

Samir Jeraj explores the proposals and considers the potential pitfalls A government consultation on regulating managers in the NHS in England closed in February.1 This was the latest in a series of ...

GPs will be able to start prescribing a wider range of treatments for early stage chronic heart failure under new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1 ...

Some celebrations are tinged with feelings of shame or sadness. At a cherished relative’s 90th birthday recently, I confided in her oldest friend that she was happy but living a different life from ...

The new Crime and Policing Bill currently making its way through parliament includes a legal requirement for anyone in a regulated activity to report to police or social services if they become aware ...

The North American measles epidemic that began this January in Texas has spread through a network of undervaccinated religious communities into Canada and Mexico, threatening the official measles-free ...

HO-Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency Health leaders are warning people in Canada and neighbouring countries to protect their ...

Jan Stjernsward, formerly chief of cancer and palliative care at the World Health Organization, described Anne as “adventurous, determined, stubborn like a mule, direct, honest, humorous, observant, ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr has dismissed every member of the United States’ national vaccine committee, sparking alarm from leading medical and public health associations. In an editorial published in the ...

A plastic surgeon who was found guilty of attempting to murder a senior colleague and burn down his house has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 22 years. Peter Brooks broke into ...

The purpose of screening is to find disease at an earlier stage than it would otherwise be found, in ways that provide benefit to a patient. It is worth scrutinising the recent enthusiasm about the ...