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We need to challenge racialised bias and myths to eliminate inequities in pain management, writes Anna Hood In healthcare systems such as the NHS, founded on the principles of equity and universality, ...
Resident doctors from across the UK convened in London on 26 April for the BMA’s annual conference, where they discussed and debated training and scope creep, as well as the Supreme Court’s ruling on ...
Not enough GPs are in post to provide the care that patients want and need, and satisfaction with the service is at a record low.1 GPs feel overburdened for multiple reasons, and among them is a rise ...
Investing in the specialist workforce and overcoming access barriers is essential to successful delivery of this therapy in the NHS, write Jessie Enakhumhe and Yasmin Sheikh Casgevy, or exagamglogene ...
Sheena Asthana and colleagues consider how to realise the potential of digital health technologies to help older people maintain wellbeing and independence and reduce hospital demand The NHS faces a ...
One Easter in the 1970s Sheila Clark, a paediatrician working in Sheffield, was on a pilgrimage to the Catholic shrine at Lourdes, in the foothills of the Pyrenees, when she joined a large group of ...
Continuity of care is one of the great strengths of general practice. The evidence for its value is clear: better outcomes, fewer hospital admissions, more efficient use of healthcare resources.1 But ...
Rules on patient choice that govern cataract care in England are allowing private companies to make millions of pounds in profits from treating NHS patients and should be scrapped, campaigners have ...
The Royal College of Physicians has said it is “disappointing” that new General Medical Council guidance does not state that physician associates (PAs) must be supervised by a senior doctor. The BMA ...
Doctors are seeking public support for a campaign to increase GP funding in Scotland and warn that industrial action may follow if the Scottish government fails to respond. BMA Scotland said that ...
An executive order made by President Donald Trump on 23 April seeks to reform higher education accreditation in the US. The order directs the secretaries of education and health to review accreditors ...
Family planning clinics have sued the Trump administration for holding back around $65m (£49m; €57m) to provide contraception, testing for sexually transmitted infections and cervical cancer, and ...