We agree with Guerrini and colleagues that much more needs to be done in the face of rising non-prescribed ketamine use in the UK.1 The barriers to appropriate care are compounded for under 16s, who ...

The UK’s flagship health research programme promises breakthroughs, but beneath an NHS branded facade, critics are asking who really benefits from this vast database, heavily backed by industry and ...

Physician associates (PAs) are seeking to bring a judicial review against the health secretary and NHS England over their acceptance of the Leng review’s recommendations. United Medical Associate ...

Osteoporosis is a chronic disease mainly prevalent in older people. A hip fracture, its most devastating complication, is associated with a one in five chance of mortality in the first year. This ...

South Korea’s new government has restarted talks with junior doctors and medical students, raising hopes for an end to a 17 month impasse over a plan to steeply increase medical school admissions, ...

Healthcare workers in Mexico are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of the country’s drug wars as cartels seize control of health facilities. Armed men are frequently taking over operating ...

Most resident doctors who are due to finish foundation training don’t have a job to go next month, a survey shows. The results of the survey, run by the BMA, prompted the union to launch a fresh ...

Six of every 10 liver cancers diagnosed globally are preventable through reduction of risk factors, a “conservative calculation” of cases projected until 2050 has concluded.1 The Lancet commission on ...

BMA leaders accuse NHS England of putting patient safety safety at risk by their attempts to minimise the effects of strike action - seemingly oblivious to the very obvious risk of harm from the ...