Like an eagerly awaited summer blockbuster, the NHS 10 year plan carries high expectations, although initial reactions haven’t been particularly positive.1 The challenge is substantial, especially the ...

Wes Streeting, the UK health and social care secretary, announced in 2024 that “the NHS is broken” against a background of ballooning waiting lists, delays in disease detection, and reduced staff ...

Rates of metabolic and bariatric surgeries (MBS) rose by almost 15% in teenagers in the US between 2021 and 2023, despite falling in adults, new research has found. The cross-sectional analysis, ...

In an inauspicious beginning to one of the biggest weeks in the NHS’s history, England’s Department of Health and Social Care press released its NHS 10 year plan without providing an embargoed copy of ...

US federal and state authorities have charged 324 people with healthcare fraud offences, seized $245m (£180m; €208m) in cash and assets, and broken up criminal networks that collectively billed ...

The government has unveiled its 10 year plan to transform the NHS in England, underpinned by housing more services under one roof in community settings to relieve pressure on hospitals, boosting use ...

After qualifying from Guy’s Hospital, London, and completing her GP vocational training in Aberystwyth, Helen Herbert joined her father’s practice in Aberaeron, Ceredigion, in 1984. She led the ...

The technology giant Microsoft is claiming it has developed an artificial intelligence system that can solve complex diagnostic challenges better than most doctors. The company said its initial ...

Yuen and colleagues present UK data on the temporal association between gabapentinoid use and self-harm.1 Extrapolating these findings to the African population requires a pragmatic approach owing to ...

After qualification Brian held various posts at Leeds General Infirmary and Halifax General Hospital before moving to Ripponden, West Yorkshire, and joining Neil Hamlin in a two man general practice.

Recent developments that have caused concern include removing all members of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines and replacing them ...

We need high quality data to analyse outcomes Evidence suggests ethnic inequalities in cancer outcomes among children in the UK. A study of children with cancer between 1981 and 1996 showed no ...