The number of targets for the NHS in England are to be halved in the coming financial year, from 32 to 18, in an attempt to focus on reducing waiting times. NHS England’s plans have had a mixed ...

Lifesaving services that rely on money from the US government have shut their doors and laid off staff after President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a freeze on foreign aid, agencies ...

More than 8000 US government websites were taken down last week after all government departments and agencies were ordered to on Wednesday 29 January to “end all agency programs that use taxpayer ...

Confronting poor behaviour from someone you work with can seem difficult but there are ways to respond, Abi Rimmer hears Rakesh Patel, professor of medical education and head of the bachelor of ...

What you need to know ### BMJ Learning To obtain accredited continuous professional development points, subscribers to BMJ Learning can complete the full module at The module contains seven ...

Douglas Orr was born in Glasgow and was educated in Stranraer, where his father was a single handed GP and consultant surgeon. Before graduating in medicine he gained a science degree. He became a ...

Wales has voted to accept a revised contract proposal for 2024-25 after GPs overwhelmingly rejected the previous offer.1 In December a BMA ballot of GP members in Wales saw 99% (1079) reject the Welsh ...

Mike was born in London but the family soon moved to Bishop Auckland, where his father was a consultant surgeon. He attended St Bees School in Cumbria and in 1966 went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

The rise of “strongman” leaders globally demands a feminist pushback to fight for social justice, argue Lynsey Robinson and colleagues , who outline three areas of action for the year ahead Across ...

The worsening healthcare crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risks spreading mpox, cholera, and measles to neighbouring countries and needs to be tackled urgently, the head of ...

Health leaders and politicians have accused the government of taking a weak stance on tackling the obesity crisis in England ...

Advice from the US surgeon general is consistent with the evidence but repeatedly opposed by commercial actors, says Nason Maani A recent advisory report from the outgoing US surgeon general, Vivek ...