Growing evidence shows how climate change is negatively affecting children’s health and wellbeing throughout the life course. Children who were aged 10 or younger in 2020 will live in a much hotter ...

The Italian government has moved to impose tougher measures against people who attack healthcare staff in hospitals in response to a recent surge in violent incidents. A decree passed on 3 October1 is ...

When the Mildmay Mission Hospital in east London began accepting patients with HIV/AIDS in the 1980s little was known about the disease. Diagnosis was a certain death sentence and there was no ...

A doctor who became close friends with Lucy Letby when they worked together was “misled and maybe manipulated” by the nurse, he told the public inquiry into her crimes. Named only as Dr U, he was the ...

GPs in England are being urged to review their repeat prescribing systems to ensure that they are safe and efficient—the first such guidance issued for 20 years. The Royal College of General ...

The UK government has announced £11m in funding for six projects aimed at increasing early cancer diagnosis, including a blood test that promises to detect 12 common cancers. Mionco is a multi-cancer ...

Sarah Benn, a former GP, was suspended by the MPTS after an arrest for her involvement in climate protests, raising the question of when and whether doctors in such cases should be sanctioned First, ...

Climate change involves progressively more extreme weather events, leading to an increase in risk of adverse health outcomes. In a linked paper, He and colleagues ...

Adopting a more evidence based approach to commissioning health prevention services could yield a bigger return on investment (ROI) each year, an analysis1 has suggested. The report by the NHS ...

Lionel was born above the family’s menswear shop in Poplar, east London. He read medicine at Christ’s College Cambridge and completed his clinical training at Guy’s Hospital. As a student he loved ...

Kirsty Brown shares her experience of undergoing surgery as a person with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and explains some of the ways that health professionals could help others ...

For many of us working in health systems across the world, what connects us is the motivation to help—to care for and improve the health of individuals, communities, and wider society. Because a ...