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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

Darzi review fails to recognise the importance of technology

October 22, 2024

NHS clearly needs more funding

October 22, 2024

Tackle burnout and moral injury to prevent doctor suicide

October 22, 2024

Return of Darzi—missed opportunity for social care and public health

October 21, 2024

Consider the patient as a whole

October 18, 2024
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