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Fiction helps us listen and move beyond polarisation

March 19, 2026

Why do powerful doctors comply with Trump’s regime? Incentives, institutions, and the path to integrity

March 18, 2026

Polarisation in medicine: adversarial framing can make it harder to communicate nuance

March 17, 2026

Doctors in fascist regimes

March 16, 2026

New words for the AI era: botfo and noledge

March 10, 2026

Rest is work and why switching off should not feel like guilt

March 4, 2026

AI chatbots should be bridges, not destinations

March 3, 2026

Doug Altman at The BMJ

March 2, 2026

Association between longevity and engaging with the arts

February 27, 2026

To reclaim human care, we must abolish the capitalist system

February 27, 2026

Evidence based medicine’s communication crisis: why “cold facts” lose to warm narratives

February 26, 2026

Closing the evidence gap for everyday health and wellness to tackle misinformation

February 26, 2026

Managing hospital practice from clinical failings to clinical excellence

February 25, 2026

NHS traps doctors in posts without prospects

February 25, 2026

NHS maternity care: who is looking after the mother?

February 24, 2026

Governance residue and the emotional afterlife of maternity regulation

February 24, 2026

Maternity services should regularly report safety data

February 23, 2026

Royal College of Physicians provides training and support to SAS doctors

February 23, 2026

Local leadership during the covid-19 pandemic

February 11, 2026

Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes, they still are

February 10, 2026

UK-US pharmaceutical deal requires close monitoring

February 9, 2026

Men’s health: potential for accident prevention

February 6, 2026

Noise pollution affects health inside the hospital

February 5, 2026

Inclusion in research: strategies to tackle implicit barriers for older people

February 4, 2026

Chatbots must be assessed for emotional harms

February 4, 2026

When AI hears suicidal intent: rethinking the duty of care

February 3, 2026

Managing delirium: moving beyond a single cause mindset

February 3, 2026

How the Leng review defines differentiated patients

February 2, 2026

PSA screening remains a probabilistic gamble

January 30, 2026

Remote consultations—a governance gap in patient safety

January 30, 2026

Health after hegemony: global health in the America First era

January 29, 2026

Children’s environmental health under siege: the hidden burden of war toxicity in Gaza

January 28, 2026

Dire state of neurological care in the Gaza Strip

January 28, 2026

Complexity of GP consultations: time is the most valuable tool we have

January 27, 2026

Doctors are at high risk of “complexity fatigue”

January 26, 2026

Jess’s rule: the value of continuity of care

January 22, 2026

Exception reporting reforms protect us from being treated as expendable volunteers

January 21, 2026

Protecting scientific integrity requires a global and balanced lens

January 16, 2026

Major barriers stop doctors from cycling to work

January 15, 2026

Concept of de-diagnosing autism and ADHD raises pressing questions

January 14, 2026

“What if”—Trusting judgment, not just scans

January 13, 2026

Anti-amyloid antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease are not truly disease modifying

January 9, 2026

Medicine is cooked

January 8, 2026

Integrating medical students into the clinical team

January 7, 2026

Why listening to learners matters in medical education reform

January 6, 2026

Medical education departments should receive direct funding

December 23, 2025

Ableism in medicine is a systemic workforce risk

December 22, 2025

Informed choice and patient involvement are key to improving experiences of gynaecological procedures

December 16, 2025

Health professionals must speak out against the arms industry

December 11, 2025

Trump and Tylenol: a coordinated, international response is needed to mitigate the damage done

December 8, 2025

Government plans to tackle childhood obesity must follow Unicef’s guidance

December 4, 2025

NHS league tables risk perpetuating inequities

December 2, 2025

Hospital league tables must promote learning rather than blame

December 1, 2025

Reform UK’s plan to abolish indefinite leave to remain is very disturbing

November 27, 2025

Government must focus on rebuilding trust with resident doctors

November 26, 2025

Newborn whole genome sequencing complements rather than competes with population health

November 25, 2025

GP skills cannot be taught at a distance

November 18, 2025

Sugar coated guidance won’t improve babies’ diets

November 17, 2025

Sunscreen or smokescreen?

November 17, 2025

Tackling misinformation about sunscreen

November 13, 2025

Ketoacidosis is rising: could regular testing reduce premature deaths?

November 13, 2025

Point-of-care diagnostics: regulators must raise the bar

November 7, 2025

Robotic surgery: innovation and empathy must go hand in hand

November 6, 2025

Listening to the health needs of young carers and their families

November 6, 2025

Recognising the health needs of young carers: schools as first line support

November 5, 2025

Domestic abuse training must be tailored to specialties

November 4, 2025

Everybody’s business: call to all NHS staff to oppose the influence of racism and the far right

November 3, 2025

Oestrogen to reverse silent osteoporosis

October 31, 2025

Methodological innovation and attitude change needed to improve inclusion of older people in research

October 31, 2025

Potatoes “good,” fried potatoes “bad”?

October 22, 2025

Burnout in gynaecology: a symptom of systemic neglect in women’s health

October 22, 2025

Specific measures are needed to prevent mental ill health among young people

October 20, 2025

“Crackdown on illegal working” for people seeking asylum will cause further harm

October 20, 2025

A radical approach to improving vaccine uptake

October 16, 2025

AI can’t substitute compassion and trust

October 15, 2025

Resilience of Sudan’s health system lies in nationally led responses amid conflict

October 14, 2025

Vaping misperceptions must be challenged

October 10, 2025

Lived experience must be properly recognised

October 9, 2025

Sickle cell disease: doctors must listen and advocate

October 3, 2025

QOF creates incentives for embellishment and puts substantial demands on primary care

October 3, 2025

Trust GPs to manage ADHD

October 2, 2025

Physician associates in anaesthesia: when does a patient become differentiated?

October 1, 2025

Rethinking the narrative on vaccine policy and public trust

September 30, 2025

Beyond retractions: tackling the contamination chain of flawed evidence

September 30, 2025

Support Deaf colleagues by learning British Sign Language

September 26, 2025

AI scribes and digital colonialism: learning from the past to regulate the future

September 26, 2025

King’s College London is committed to widening participation in medicine

September 25, 2025

Let’s not lose the human touch in healthcare to AI

September 24, 2025

Regulation of AI scribes: the blurred boundary between “admin” and “clinical” work

September 24, 2025

AI in the NHS—let’s focus on the basics first

September 23, 2025

Reimagining vaccine confidence in the digital age

September 19, 2025

Occupational health guidance for hard of hearing colleagues

September 17, 2025

Emergency mental health innovations require evidence based, co-designed approaches

September 17, 2025

Mental health reforms must deliver integrated care

September 16, 2025

We must not ignore the plea for a sexual misconduct national reporting system

September 12, 2025

Betel nuts sweets in children: the bitter truth

September 10, 2025

Mind the gap: racism in research delivery

September 9, 2025

No excuses for not tackling racism and sexism

September 8, 2025

Tackling inequity: are we building inclusion or just enforcing conformity?

September 8, 2025

Storytelling, biography, and genograms

September 5, 2025
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