A 44 year old man with epilepsy who died following a fall had been left without his anti-epileptic medication carbamazepine (Tegretol) after his pharmacy could not supply the drug, a prevention of ...

New roles in healthcare provision, such as physician associates (PAs), have been introduced too quickly and without proper preparation, a review has found. The review of new staff roles in the NHS in ...

An employment tribunal has ordered an NHS trust to pay just over £100 000 to a trauma surgeon with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after deciding that he was unfairly dismissed.1 The Cambridge ...

Reports that a “mysterious” covid-like virus is overwhelming Chinese hospitals have made international headlines. Is human metapneumovirus (HMPV) a common winter bug that is following an expected ...

The true number of people who have died directly from war in Gaza is around 41% higher than the official figures reported by Palestine’s health ministry, a study published in the Lancet has found.1 ...

Cycle syncing”—a trend promoted by wellness influencers who claim that aligning work tasks with the menstrual cycle improves productivity—has drawn scepticism from medical experts. Sangeetha Nadarajah ...

A storm is brewing in the NHS medical workforce. The problem is a lack of jobs for doctors, resulting in questions about competition for jobs between local graduates and international medical ...

We must resolve how thawing of permafrost as a result of climate change could resurface pathogens with the potential to infect humans, writes Kris A Murray There is nothing permanent about permafrost.

Medical apprenticeships were scrapped to avoid creating a two tiered system in medical education, writes Rob Tucker The government has reportedly ceased further funding of the controversial doctor ...

The BMA has called on the agency responsible for issuing NHS pensions savings statements to urgently rectify “completely unacceptable” errors that are making it impossible for doctors to accurately ...

A coroner has questioned whether enough information is provided about the risk of suicide associated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) after the son in law of Prince and Princess ...

It can be hard to know how to respond when asked to undertake a task that isn’t part of your role, but there are ways to deal with it, Abi Rimmer hears Ashley Simpson, medical education fellow, NHS ...