GPs appointed in past six months More than 1500 additional GPs, equating to 851 full time doctors, have been recruited to England’s workforce in the past six months under the Additional Roles ...

The UK government has launched an independent review to examine how hundreds of children in England were given a misdiagnosis by NHS hearing services.1 Camilla Kingdon, a consultant neonatologist at ...

An Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Hospital in northern Gaza forced critically ill patients out onto the street, killing at least one patient who relied on oxygen, and destroyed vital equipment, including ...

I’ve been sitting on my hands over the topic of assisted dying. Not because I’m scared, or irritated, or confused. I’ve purposely not spoken out owing to something much more serious. Because of my ...

Darcie is a woman in her early 20s with migraine, hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, anorexia, irritable bowel syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, autism, attention ...

NHS outpatient care is “archaic, disjointed, and inefficient” and needs radical reform to bring down waiting lists, the Royal College of Physicians and the Patients Association have said.1 The two ...

Afghanistan has made important strides in healthcare delivery and outcomes despite political instability, but withdrawal of international funding threatens progress and system collapse, write Sabera ...

Donald Trump’s US government has turned its attention to HIV prevention, eliminating almost all departments and offices that focus on reducing transmission of the virus both abroad and in the United ...

NHS leaders in England have urged the government to “rapidly create a national staff redundancy fund” after integrated care boards (ICBs) and NHS trusts were told to halve their costs. ICBs have been ...

With another NHS reorganisation looming, any changes must strengthen the role of public health in the NHS, write Chad Byworth and colleagues The government’s decision to abolish NHS England while ...

Shanghai’s municipal health authorities have issued a “negative list” of nine types of online behaviour that doctors should avoid, from unlawful advertising to criticising government policy, in what ...

Mumtaz Patel has been elected president of the Royal College of Physicians for the next four years with a promise to “modernise the college and re-establish the RCP as the voice of our membership and ...