General practice leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria have secured an additional £14m to level up local enhanced services (LES) funding across their patch after some practices indicated that they ...

An NHS programme designed to improve safety in maternity care and help prevent brain injuries during childbirth is set to be rolled out in England. The government said that the Avoiding Brain Injuries ...

AbdulRahman Sadeq/MSF A child with burns injuries plays in the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Atmeh, Idlib, in north west Syria. After more than 13 years of war in Syria and the ...

Frank was born in London and attended Chigwell School, before being evacuated to Buckinghamshire, where he attended Berkhamsted School. He set his mind on becoming a doctor and applied to the London ...

James Douglas was born in Portadown in 1938, the son of James Douglas, an army padre killed in Normandy in 1944, and Annie Hildegard Douglas. After attending Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, James ...

Sweeping changes to immigration rules could cut the “lifeline” of international recruitment for the UK care sector and negatively impact the NHS, leaders have warned. The government unveiled its ...

The destruction of Sudan’s health system is a preventable catastrophe, write Abdihamid Warsame, Kazuki Shimizu, Shible Sahbani , and Ahmed Zouiten After two years of conflict Sudan’s health system is ...

The World Health Organization’s pandemic agreement represents a powerful commitment to global health and security, writes Nina Schwalbe In April in Geneva, as the US withdrew from engagement in global ...

If you eat less you get thinner and have to tighten your belt. Of course, this isn’t always good for you—it depends on what your waist measurement was to begin with. A new round of belt tightening for ...

New AI tools that record and summarise doctor-patient conversations are becoming increasingly common. But what are they, and can they be trusted? Chris Stokel-Walker reports Heidi is listening. Nearly ...

The current situation for GP registrars is “frankly terrifying” because of a lack of permanent posts, the co-chair of the BMA’s GP registrars committee has warned. Victoria McKay told the BMA’s local ...

Obesity was once devalued in most areas of health policy but has recently taken centre stage in policy circles. Unfortunately, this renewed focus is not due to recognition of the increasing prevalence ...