Scotland is lagging behind England in improving its NHS performance in the wake of the covid pandemic. An analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has found that while hospital activity and ...

Women’s experiences of maternity care in England have deteriorated in several key aspects over the past five years, raising alarm bells for the NHS, experts have said following publication of the ...

The opportunities to harm health are legion, from bench to bedside to boardroom to bombardment. Doing what’s right for health is easily lost in the throes of academic competition, professional rivalry ...

The Israeli human rights organisation HaMoked has claimed it has evidence that the prominent Palestinian orthopaedic surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh was beaten and assaulted before his death in Israeli ...

A BMJ Commission will redefine the role of academia in healthcare Academic medicine remains under scrutiny. Despite various attempts to tackle its problems, including a global initiative in 2003, The ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Many people with osteoporosis are unable to tolerate oral bisphosphonates—many others would prefer a six monthly denosumab injection to a once weekly pill that ...

From next year gambling operators in Great Britain will pay a statutory levy that will partly fund NHS services to tackle problem gambling, the government has announced.1 Limits on the amount that can ...

Which patients recovering from a myocardial infarction are most likely to benefit from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator? An analysis of data from 140 000 post-myocardial infarction patients ...

Presented without due care, research intended to help has the potential to cause harm—particularly in the vulnerable perinatal period, says Emma Rourke As rates of caesarean birth have increased over ...

Former UK foreign secretary, now president of the International Rescue Committee, talks to Kamran Abbasi about hospital attacks in war, the US president elect, and how his parents were refugees ### ...

The BMJ will offer £50 for reviews by patients and the public From January 2025 patients and members of the public who complete a review for The BMJ will be offered £50 or a 12 month online ...

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase out smoking in the UK, has passed its second reading in the House of Commons, with 415 MPs voting in favour and 47 voting against.1 The vote on 26 ...