The BMA’s General Practitioners Committee in England has elected Katie Bramall-Stainer as its chair. The news came after […]

People talk to their doctors in confidence, expecting the details they share about their weight, alcohol use, terminations […]

The Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme was introduced in 2019 to help expand the general practice workforce.1 The scheme […]

A group of potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes have been linked to a rise in overdoses and deaths […]

In February 2022 NHS England published its Delivery Plan for Tackling the Covid-19 Backlog of Elective Care,1 aiming […]

Various steps recommended by MPs last year to improve the doctor-patient relationship in general practice have been rejected […]

The UK government has failed to meet a key target to eliminate paper prescribing in hospitals and to […]

As a child I lived through the Cuban missile crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union […]

Last week, the tragic and avoidable death of a young woman was discussed in parliament.1 The patient had […]

The UK government has been urged to decriminalise all drugs for personal use and to focus on supporting […]