### What you need to know Sepsis is a common cause for hospital admission that carries a high risk of death.1 In 2021-22, over 100 000 emergency admissions with sepsis were reported in England and Wales, with a mean patient age of 71 years.2 Adults admitted to hospital with sepsis are typically older and often have multimorbidity and functional limitations.3 Increasing degrees of frailty are…

Ellen Idler and colleagues argue that durable partnerships with religious bodies can contribute to better population health outcomes The relationship between religion and public health regularly makes headlines in the press, with both conflict and cooperation as themes. Recent examples include: “Battling covid when religion and public health collide,”1 “Churches and mosques educate on Ebola,”2…

Healthcare professionals in Iran are risking their lives to treat the wounded and maintain medical ethics, the global health community must back them Medical impartiality is a well established principle but the impartial practice of medicine has brought clinicians into conflict with the authorities in Iran. The current crisis in Iranian healthcare and protests began in September 2022, following…

Consultant oncologist Alison Birtle talks to Helen Jones about her love of performing and how it is helping her recovery from serious complications of covid “I had already decided at the age of four that I wanted to be a doctor, but music and performing are a big part of my life,” says consultant oncologist Alison Birtle. While at medical school in London she performed in Grease , Cabaret , and…

Myrian describes how an acquired brain injury has affected her, and the challenges she now faces when engaging in healthcare consultations In 2015 I experienced varicella zoster virus meningoencephalitis and was left with an acquired brain injury. The fallout has affected every area of my life, and is impossible to predict. I was unprepared for the downward spiral that my brain and body would…