The UK population’s health is getting worse. Health inequalities are widening and obesity rates rising, particularly among children […]

Campaigners who are taking the General Medical Council (GMC) to court alleging failure to properly regulate physician associates […]

Experts have called for a new alcohol strategy for England as deaths from alcohol reached a record high […]

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, […]