General practitioners will be able to prescribe the weight loss injection tirzepatide (Mounjaro) to “prioritised patient cohorts” from […]

New roles in healthcare provision, such as physician associates (PAs), have been introduced too quickly and without proper […]

The BMA’s Scottish General Practitioners Committee (SGPC) has set out a list of demands for the Scottish government […]

We’ve been shaken recently in our surgery by some unexpected diagnoses and sudden deaths that have reminded us […]

One of the huge attractions of practising medicine in the UK is that we can make our treatment […]

Last week Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the exchequer, presented a budget designed to help the NHS, providing […]

Immediately on assuming office in July the new secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting, […]

One week after Labour’s general election victory Wes Streeting, the new health and social care secretary, announced a […]

A “whole of government” approach to tackling long term sickness and economic inactivity could return as many as […]

When people consult their GP they often arrive with a clearly defined medical problem—a pain, a lump, breathlessness, […]