Gillian Leng has acknowledged that her “pragmatic” solution to the PA matter “won’t be universally popular.” Jacqui Wise summarises the reactions from medical leaders The BMA has criticised Gillian ...

A new once daily triple drug treatment for cystic fibrosis is set to be “immediately funded” by NHS England following recommendation from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).1 ...

China’s central government has intervened after hundreds of cases of lead poisoning at a private nursery in the country’s impoverished north west, days after local officials blamed industrial paint ...

The “appalling” sexual abuse of dead bodies in NHS hospital mortuaries by a necrophiliac killer could happen again unless the sector is regulated by law, an independent inquiry has concluded.1 David ...

A doctor who crossed double white lines to overtake a heavy goods vehicle and killed a motorcyclist travelling in the opposing lane has been jailed for three years for causing death by dangerous ...

Patients and clinicians deserve more rigorous reporting from the BMJ.

Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...

The main problem is that the “defendant” is asked to comment in writing on some trivial allegation that supposedly made someone feel “uncomfortable”; but there is no opportunity to examine the ...

After an extensive period of debate and examination of evidence about physician and anaesthesia associate roles, my review can provide clarity, says Gillian Leng It was a privilege to be asked by Wes ...

The discussion around competition for medical specialty training posts is important.1 As a core psychiatry trainee, I acknowledge the vital role of international medical graduates in the NHS, but I ...

Science reported that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Jay Bhattacharya, dismissed all members of the agency’s top external advisory body, the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) ...

That’s been the concern—which is why, for the past four decades, the UK has prohibited football supporters from drinking in the stands. But in Scotland at least, the ban is being lifted as part of a ...