Rapid diagnostic tests are integral to the government’s Moonshot plan to carry out up to 10 million covid-19 tests a day by early next year. Jacqui Wise looks at the options being developed and trialled The UK’s testing system is currently under immense strain partly owing to a lack of laboratory capacity for the gold standard polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.1 The government wants mass…
Architectural health research could help us create happier and healthier built environments, writes Cleo Valentine Over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas1;…
The global community must advocate to sustain midwifery training and services in Afghanistan, says Sabera Turkmani Afghanistan has long had the highest maternal and neonatal…
The need for lifelong support has implications for individuals and public health More than a billion people worldwide are living with obesity. After many years…
A former UN high commissioner for human rights tells The BMJ that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused…
Food and climate might not seem connected at first glance. However, the food system drives one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is the…
New measures governing how clinical trials are carried out in the UK should make them more streamlined, flexible, and transparent, the Medicines and Healthcare Products…
The UK government has announced an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for treating under 18s with gender dysphoria, after the Commission on…
As physician associates (PAs) fall under the regulation of the General Medical Council, what are the supervising doctors’ responsibilities, Abi Rimmer asks Mark Swindells, assistant…
An under-recognised group that needs access to training and representation The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan 20231 set out to expand the UK’s medical workforce…
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…
