Decriminalisation needed to protect women from persecution Correspondence to: J Lord j.lord@exeter.ac.uk Abortion is still a criminal offence in England and Wales, with access to abortion permitted ...

The NHS must reduce demand for healthcare with spending increases nearing their limits News reports that the NHS is one of the main beneficiaries of the spending review conceal some inconvenient ...

We strongly agree with Byworth and colleagues that any reorganisation of the NHS must strengthen public health.1 The NHS has a budget of around £192bn, and there is little performance measurement of ...

In the age of telemedicine, house calls remain a vital part of primary care—and are in fact on the rise. Indira Subramanian reports House calls might seem to be a relic of the past, but they are ...

Getting your introduction right can make a real difference, Elisabeth Mahase hears Anna Harvey Bluemel, academic clinical fellow in obstetrics and gynaecology, says, “Understanding names, roles, and ...

What you need to know A 73 year old man is brought to the emergency department following a ground level fall a few hours earlier. His physiological observations are normal, but he cannot remember any ...

Medical students and an Indian doctor couple and their three children are among the dead after a fatal Air India crash that killed 241 people on board. In the worst aviation disaster in a decade Air ...

Welfare cuts will hit the most deprived areas and the north of England hardest, with long term health and economic harms, write Clare Bambra and colleagues In her Spring Statement in March 2025, the ...

More awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed use of ketamine across the UK in recent years ...

Patients don’t always present with cases that fall neatly into “mental” or “physical” boxes, writes James Downs I wanted to ...

Managing stocks of pharmaceutical products is a difficult business, for both hospitals and community pharmacies. In the 1950s ...

The government has announced £9m to expand sickle cell apheresis services across England to provide quicker and more ...