General practices could be offered “additional discretionary payments” to improve uptake of the covid-19 vaccine in hard-to-reach groups such as deprived and minority ethnic communities. An update to the national covid-19 enhanced service,1 published on 22 February, said that NHS England “may make additional discretionary payments available to GP practices to support the delivery of or…
The TRIPOD (Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis) statement was published in 2015 to provide the minimum reporting recommendations…
Features of the debate around physician associates (PAs) have crystallised a range of underlying problems in the NHS into a lightning rod. This now has…
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NHS England has reversed its decision to halt new sign-ups to the NHS Practitioner Health (NHSPH) programme, a mental health and addiction service that specialises…
It is not unusual or unprofessional to feel a sense of loss when a patient dies and there are ways to deal with it, Abi…
Are you a medical student interested in learning how a medical journal is run? Do you have a passion for creating engaging content for medical…
The number of children waiting for an outpatient appointment in Northern Ireland has increased by nearly 200% in just six years, according to a new…
As the 6th Planetary Health Annual Meeting begins in Kuala Lumpur, Sophie Gepp and colleagues commend progress in the field of planetary health but call…
Deaths of despair—from drug overdoses, alcoholic liver disease, and suicide—are now higher among black and Native Americans aged 45-54 since the trend was identified in…
