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Being reckless with public health is an efficient way to cause outbreaks
March 10, 2025
Severing the link between gambling advertising and harm
March 6, 2025
Deadly disease outbreaks in Africa underscore the need for US WHO membership
March 5, 2025
Prevention in primary care: more of the same is not the answer
March 5, 2025
Sacrificing population health for the medical industry: a distortion of priorities
March 4, 2025
Assisted dying legislation: private member’s bills and the need for more research
February 28, 2025
Losing touch with NHS reality: government on trajectory to two tier service
February 27, 2025
Adult social care reform must include prevention
February 25, 2025
Prevention and a community focus are integral to general practice
February 14, 2025
We need a functioning national illness service
February 11, 2025
Regional and national disparities in bed numbers are stark
February 10, 2025
Academic medicine: integrating community insights and equity
February 7, 2025
Sexual harassment: prioritising safety at work
February 7, 2025
Social factors are crucial to encouraging physical activity
February 6, 2025
Would pandemic responses be better directed from central government?
February 5, 2025
We undervalue funerals at our peril
February 5, 2025
Predatory journals: who should we blame?
February 4, 2025
Revolutionising academic medicine must include communities and patients
February 4, 2025
Carbon effectiveness in healthcare is long overdue
February 3, 2025
Medical education research needs attention
January 31, 2025
Space(s) for medical education
January 31, 2025
Storytelling as a tool for teaching paediatric concepts
January 27, 2025
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests also need to be regulated
January 24, 2025
Getting assisted dying conversations right for patients
January 24, 2025
Radiology’s role in humanising mortality
January 23, 2025
Healthcare workers should get covid-19 vaccinations
January 22, 2025
Fossil fuel industry funding undermines the integrity of scientific findings
January 22, 2025
Critical problems with training and retention of doctors
January 21, 2025
Training has become purgatory—and this needs to change
January 21, 2025
Tackling gender disparities in physician suicide: insights from India
January 20, 2025
Out-of-area mental health placements: we must increase resources for severe mental illness and capacity for inpatient care
January 20, 2025
Childhood obesity: positive change is possible
January 17, 2025
Criminal behaviour cannot be excused in the name of activism
January 17, 2025
Children’s right to oral health—day to day, right from the start
January 15, 2025
Medical and political paternalism and the end of life
January 15, 2025
Acute painful crisis in sickle cell disease: transfusion is not a benign treatment
January 10, 2025
Author’s reply to Wolf
January 10, 2025
Tools to assist identification of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation
January 9, 2025
Keeping ethical pace with medical research: the 10th revision of the Declaration of Helsinki
January 8, 2025
Appropriate statistical methods are necessary for ethical medical research
January 7, 2025
Attacks on science highlight the importance of promoting academic medicine
January 6, 2025
Healthcare must strengthen its cybersecurity
January 2, 2025
Better patient information would improve consent process for anaesthetic drugs
December 31, 2024
Patient information on new drugs: almost insurmountable obstacles
December 30, 2024
NHS provider league table: reward everybody, not just managers
December 24, 2024
Prioritising patients back to work: a small step for NICE, a giant leap for the NHS
December 23, 2024
More scans, more problems—let’s fund prevention instead
December 17, 2024
Enhancing general practice care for asylum seekers and refugees in the community
December 13, 2024
Early warning scores: a system designed in a hospital ward is unlikely to work in general practice
December 13, 2024
Association for Palliative Medicine and its members’ dissenting views
December 12, 2024
Ramifications of magnetic resonance imaging in general practice
December 12, 2024
Assisted dying: safety and access are not balanced in practice
December 11, 2024
What, if any, should be the role of doctors in assisted dying?
December 9, 2024
Assisted dying poses significant risks to disabled people
December 9, 2024
Death is not a “treatment option”
December 5, 2024
Association for Palliative Medicine replies to Ahmedzai and Fingas
December 5, 2024
Social determinants of health: more evidence of the power of government led changes
December 4, 2024
We must take collective responsibility for the social determinants of health
December 4, 2024
Psychosocial associations with suicide risk
December 4, 2024
Applying the precautionary principle to first contact practitioners too
December 3, 2024
Retention of skilled anaesthetists should be a priority
December 2, 2024
Increasing competition for histopathology training
December 2, 2024
SAS pathway is a valuable option for doctors unable to secure training posts
December 2, 2024
Designing healthcare spaces for learning
November 29, 2024
Gilead’s anti-diversion clause for lenacapavir exploits vulnerable communities
November 29, 2024
Creating smoke-free spaces: who is affected by legislation?
November 27, 2024
Fixing the NHS means improving its organisational capability
November 27, 2024
Sexual misconduct reporting system must be implemented and enforced
November 27, 2024
Leadership skills and failures
November 26, 2024
Take the lead: additional medical leadership development opportunities and resources
November 26, 2024
Following guidelines: don’t ignore evidence based medicine
November 25, 2024
Deadly nitazenes: a 2024 update
November 25, 2024
Doctors need training to become good leaders
November 25, 2024
Experience from both ends of the stethoscope could inform research
November 21, 2024
Medical apprenticeships ensure undergraduates are legitimate participants in communities of practice
November 21, 2024
Doctors should be sensitive to the worries of colleague patients
November 21, 2024
Fatigue risks from working in the NHS
November 20, 2024
There is no point waiting for COP29
November 19, 2024
Defending our colleagues who take direct action on climate change
November 19, 2024
Climate crisis imperils the fabric of life: GMC must review its policies
November 19, 2024
Vaping and children’s oral health
November 18, 2024
Children’s right to oral health: what about water fluoridation?
November 18, 2024
Children’s right to oral health: other strategies needed for less democratic countries
November 18, 2024
Uncaring primary care in a broken NHS
November 15, 2024
Is the NHS “broken”? Problems must be acknowledged before they can be fixed
November 15, 2024
Simple and cost effective solution to applying cold sensation in the assessment of regional anaesthesia
November 13, 2024
Tackling heat stress: the urgent need for medical education reform
November 13, 2024
Time to talk to patients about climate change
November 13, 2024
Endometriosis: reasons for cautious optimism
November 12, 2024
Junk food TV adverts: the problem is social media
November 6, 2024
What type of health system are we training people for?
October 31, 2024
“PA mess” is a combination of self-interest and protectionism
October 31, 2024
Create supportive environments to promote health
October 31, 2024
Physician associates are integral to our practice
October 29, 2024
Are physician associates higher risk than other healthcare professionals?
October 29, 2024
Ophthalmoscopy: a “blind spot” in clinical assessment of hypertensive emergencies
October 28, 2024
Be mindful of the drug supply chain in reducing drug waste
October 28, 2024
Doctor suicide: carers need to feel cared for to keep on caring
October 23, 2024
Doctor suicide: doctors need a robust support system
October 23, 2024
Doctor suicide: reflections from an occupational health doctor
October 23, 2024
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