People in England and Wales are expected to live fewer years in good health than they did a decade previously, show data from the Office for National Statistics.1 The latest ONS figures reflect the ...

Burnett and colleagues advocate for dignifying “person centred and trauma informed accommodation in the community” for people seeking asylum.1 General practice is crucial in providing the “wrap around ...

A new report by the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee highlights the scandalous “medical misogyny” that has been affecting women in the UK for far too long.1 The report highlights an ...

The BMA’s Scottish General Practitioners Committee (SGPC) has set out a list of demands for the Scottish government to avert plans to ballot GPs on industrial action. The committee has produced a ...

New measures governing how clinical trials are carried out in the UK should make them more streamlined, flexible, and transparent, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has ...

The UK government has announced an indefinite ban on the use of puberty blockers for treating under 18s with gender dysphoria, after the Commission on Human Medicines advised that continuing to allow ...

Architectural health research could help us create happier and healthier built environments, writes Cleo Valentine Over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas1; the United Nations ...

The global community must advocate to sustain midwifery training and services in Afghanistan, says Sabera Turkmani Afghanistan has long had the highest maternal and neonatal mortality in the world.

Food and climate might not seem connected at first glance. However, the food system drives one-third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and is the main cause of biodiversity loss globally.1 ...

I agree with Mathew that GPs should have access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), particularly in light of waiting times.1 This must be tempered with the resources required for scanning, reporting, ...

The world’s warming climate has driven the number of dengue fever and Oropouche infections in the Americas this year to record highs, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officials have said. The ...

The chief medical officer for England, Chris Whitty, has called on policy makers and politicians to trust their “first instinct” and “be brave” when making decisions on issues that can have an effect ...