The government has launched a review into the annual allowance taper imposed on doctors’ pensions and promised a swift and long term resolution to tackle the substantial tax burdens that are stopping many senior doctors from taking on extra work. The taper, introduced in 2016-17, reduces the amount that high earning doctors can save in their pensions tax free. Accountants have previously told…
Objective To estimate the real world effectiveness of modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) vaccine against mpox infection. Design Emulation of a target trial. Setting Linked…
Objective To assess efficacy and safety of laughter exercise in patients with symptomatic dry eye disease. Design Non-inferiority randomised controlled trial. Setting Recruitment was from…
Campaigners say these conflicts of interest are detrimental to public health, but defenders say they reflect the lack of funding in nutrition research. Sophie Borland…
Treatments are being restricted by cash poor local services, with many patients being denied specialist drugs, surgery, and support. Elisabeth Mahase investigates Access to services…
The weight loss injection liraglutide, branded as Saxenda, effectively reduced body mass index (BMI) in children and was more effective than lifestyle interventions in a…
A “whole of government” approach to tackling long term sickness and economic inactivity could return as many as 600 000 people to the UK workforce within…
Industry influence still threatens the integrity of healthcare and harms patients “To influence physicians from the bottom up” reads an internal company document published in…
I recently went on a country walk with two medical friends, and for some reason we started to talk about 360 degree feedback, sometimes called…
The UK’s first statutory inquiry into mental health deaths is expected to unearth many more deaths among Essex inpatients from 2000 to 2023 than the…
Public health leaders have called on the government to take “bold” action and commit to a 10 year sexual and reproductive health plan for England…
