Reclaiming health equity in the current global context requires courage, conviction, and collaboration, write Miriam Orcutt and Martin McKee The global health community is facing a pivotal moment as ...

The legal system, an ancient butt of jokes about its absurd rulings and quirks, may be the only authority standing between us and our self-inflicted doom. Wherever we look—where democratic rights are ...

Balancing evidence with everyday implementation The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published new UK guidelines on maternal and child nutrition,1 at a time of growing ...

There is a current emphasis on transformation in the NHS being driven as close to the patient as possible, namely by focusing on neighbourhoods. General practice represents the largest number of ...

Recognition of sepsis remains an “urgent and persistent safety risk” despite extensive national initiatives and awareness campaigns, England’s patient safety watchdog has warned. The Health Services ...

What you need to know Nutrition during pregnancy and in early childhood can have a noticeable short term and long term impact on health of the mother/parent and the child, including complications ...

This man in his 50s presented with a five year history of bilateral hip pain, worse on the right, which had notably deteriorated over the past month, though he remained ambulatory with the assistance ...

US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by the US Congress, is certainly big. Its beauty is more questionable. The act forms one part of Trump’s signature economic ...

Campaigners have urged the UK government to take action over high prices and “misleading marketing” of infant formula products that they warn are exploiting parents and risking children’s health. The ...

Treatment requires a personalised approach When women reach the menopause, they can face difficulties in accessing good advice about management of their symptoms. The challenge for their healthcare ...

Representatives voted in favour of lobbying against Palantir’s involvement in the NHS’s data management system and supporting doctors who refuse to use the system. Fareed Al Qusous, a resident doctor ...

Senior doctors will be balloted on pay offer The BMA has announced indicative ballots of senior doctors in England, asking whether they are willing to take industrial action over their recent 4% pay ...