Government plans to halve the running costs of England’s integrated care boards (ICBs) by December this year have prompted warnings and calls for clarity among GPs, health leaders, and MPs. The cuts ...

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has shifted its stance of opposing a change in the UK’s law on assisted dying to a position of neither supporting nor opposing change. At a meeting on ...

Measles cases are at a 25 year high in Europe, while North America and Afghanistan are also dealing with major outbreaks and children dying from the preventable disease. Over 127 000 cases were ...

Patients are more unwell than in the past when admitted to hospital for detention under the Mental Health Act, services have told Care Quality Commission inspectors.1 In its report monitoring the ...

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)—was withdrawn from the process about an hour before he was set to appear at a hearing to confirm him ...

After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at ...

It’s a brain freeze inducing, tongue staining frozen drink popular with children. They’re often sold at theme parks and games arcades. Well, only if glycerol intoxication syndrome—a new condition ...

Medical students are always performing, whether it’s in an OSCE station, or being evaluated on their performance during clinical placements. In this article, Noreen Mansuri discusses medical ...

Millions will be harmed by this targeting of the most powerless, vulnerable, criminalised, marginalised, and unprotected people in the world, writes Flavia Kyomukama The US government’s freeze on ...

A daily pill to treat the symptoms of endometriosis will soon be made available on the NHS, in a move that could benefit 1000 women a year in England.1 The National Institute for Health and Care ...

After years of uncertainty the NHS is on the brink of a data sharing agreement that will open up valuable data to researchers. Stephen Armstrong reports The BMJ understands that NHS England will allow ...

Some people seeking abortions could face the death penalty under amended legislation Lawmakers in at least nine US states—Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South ...