England’s chaotic system cost lives in Leicester and must be reformed With the flare-up of covid-19 and re-imposition of lockdown, the population of Leicester is suffering the fallout of a chaotic testing system that seems to have forgotten its prime purpose, namely to trigger prompt, targeted measures, informed by local knowledge and up-to-date surveillance. Without swift and decisive action by…
Objective To investigate the potential association between prenatal opioid exposure and the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children. Design Nationwide birth cohort study. Setting From…
The long term harms of alcohol are being minimised in industry funded education, find Madlen Davies and Hristio Boytchev Universities and schools are being urged…
On 21 April a woman with a rare and incurable disease became the first person in Peru to die with medical assistance, potentially opening the…
Chloe Milton describes the challenges of being left handed in clinical environments that are designed for righthanded use The surgeon glared at me. When I…
The World Medical Association (WMA) has called for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza after its council passed a resolution put forward by the BMA.…
Doctor activists are in the news. Sarah Benn, a former GP from Birmingham, has had her medical licence suspended for five months after being arrested…
The success of NHS Practitioner Health shows that the unique demands of working in healthcare merit a tailored response, says Zaid Al-Najjar “If you build…
A common complaint about the NHS is that it’s not so much a health service as an illness service and that we’d be a healthier,…
The medical community, human rights groups, and agencies including the UN and the Council of Europe have condemned the UK for passing the Rwanda deportation…
New definitions of oral health provide an opportunity to change mindsets and promote innovation to tackle high levels of unmet needs, but this will only…
