The “publish or perish” doctrine has been responsible, at least in part, for many deleterious effects on academic practice. Many proposals have been made, outlining methods that might help mitigate ...

A record number of requests to have striking doctors return to work were made—and rejected—during the most recent industrial action over their pay. Relations between the government and the BMA seem to ...

I welcome the government’s commitment to expanding urgent care provision in community settings.1 This approach has the potential to ease pressure on emergency departments and enable ambulance services ...

GPs fear that a cornerstone of the 10 year plan for the NHS could put the GP partnership model at risk, the BMA has said. The union said that family doctors were also disappointed that the government ...

When I initially planned what my theme for this issue would be, I reflected on the reasons I wanted to become a doctor in the first place. At the forefront of my mind were my experiences growing up in ...

The announcement of the UK rollout of the meningitis vaccine 4CMenB against gonorrhoea to those at high risk, focused on men who have sex with men (MSM), makes the use of vaccines against gonorrhoea ...

A major inquiry published in 2021 highlighted substandard care and poor awareness of sickle cell disease among health professionals. Carla Delgado explores whether things have improved for patients In ...

Stem workforce shortages and empower profession to meet 2030 goals Over its long history nursing has evolved from a vocation to a professional discipline with the largest health workforce worldwide.

Modernisation without equity risks deepening health inequalities The NHS 10 year plan promises radical and aspirational transformations in healthcare delivery, but it risks recreating and perpetuating ...

Four universities have suspended or closed their physician associate (PA) programmes in the wake of the Gillian Leng’s review of medical associates and dwindling “opportunities” for students, The BMJ ...

We agree with Guerrini and colleagues that much more needs to be done in the face of rising non-prescribed ketamine use in the UK.1 The barriers to appropriate care are compounded for under 16s, who ...

Tiffany E Jiang , Reshma Ramachandran , and Joshua J Skydel argue that US requirements for interchangeability are not supported by evidence and hamper use of biosimilars Biological medicines ...