I fully agree with Mathew that continuity requires presence,1 but microteams deserve more credit and could be part of the multifactorial solution.2 Owing to changes in society and healthcare, the ...

The UK government has unveiled its life sciences sector plan which includes proposals to speed up clinical trials, unlock NHS data for research, and cut red tape to help patients access new treatments ...

Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...

Gillian Leng led NICE for 20 years and now serves as president of the Royal Society of Medicine. Her landmark review into physician and anaesthesia associates (PAs and AAs) proposes a new direction ...

As the Precision Public Health Asia conference approaches, Kent Buse and colleagues caution that the specialty risks becoming a high tech fix for deeply political problems In The Time Machine by HG ...

Penny Dash’s review of patient safety in England has recommended major changes to the organisational landscape.1 National bodies will be abolished or merged, and strategic planning and coordination is ...

People living in the most deprived areas in England have longer waits for planned hospital care than those in less deprived areas, NHS data show.1 For the first time, NHS England has broken down ...

After an extensive period of debate and examination of evidence about physician and anaesthesia associate roles, my review can provide clarity, says Gillian Leng It was a privilege to be asked by Wes ...

How positive you feel depends on your perspective (doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-084613).3 The rapid introduction of physician associates and anaesthesia associates was, in an era of self-inflicted damage, ...

A doctor who crossed double white lines to overtake a heavy goods vehicle and killed a motorcyclist travelling in the opposing lane has been jailed for three years for causing death by dangerous ...

Mark, as he was known to his friends and patients, was a charismatic, eccentric, and much loved GP who served the population of Beechdale in Nottingham for 19 years. He came to the UK from the ...

As parliament continues to debate welfare reform and the two child benefit cap, thousands of children in the UK don’t have their own bed because their families can’t afford it. It’s a hidden public ...