In 1788, the Birmingham physician William Withering was consulted by an apothecary in Wellington, Shropshire, about the case ...

The Galleri multicancer detection blood test has been recommended by the US drug regulator’s expert advisory panel, despite ...

Connecting healthcare and financial wellbeing services can improve financial and emotional wellbeing for families ...

Any NHS staff member suspected of improperly and unlawfully accessing patients’ medical records will be immediately suspended ...

Scotland saw a spike in deaths related to drug use last year—with a fifth of deaths linked to a group of highly potent ...

To protect child health, the RCPCH should be bolder and braver in its own actions and its recommendations to government The ...

Doctors must be systematically trained in how to make clinical decisions under conditions of uncertainty, says England’s ...

Staff at the Lancet have staged a walkout over pay said to be the first in the medical journal’s 200 year history. Members of ...

Risk holding in the NHS is “not ideal for patients, and it is not ideal for doctors,” argues Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer. Delivering the inaugural BMJ annual lecture in partnership ...

A proactive, integrated approach is required to prevent exam errors, writes John C McLachlan Over the past 14 years, I’ve ...

Immigration status is kept as proxy for NHS experience Immigration status will be used as a proxy for significant NHS ...

Hospitals and general practices across the country are asking patients to “describe their experience in their own words” amid ...