The “publish or perish” doctrine has been responsible, at least in part, for many deleterious effects on academic practice. Many proposals have been made, outlining methods that might help mitigate ...

A record number of requests to have striking doctors return to work were made—and rejected—during the most recent industrial action over their pay. Relations between the government and the BMA seem to ...

GPs fear that a cornerstone of the 10 year plan for the NHS could put the GP partnership model at risk, the BMA has said. The union said that family doctors were also disappointed that the government ...

When I initially planned what my theme for this issue would be, I reflected on the reasons I wanted to become a doctor in the first place. At the forefront of my mind were my experiences growing up in ...

The announcement of the UK rollout of the meningitis vaccine 4CMenB against gonorrhoea to those at high risk, focused on men who have sex with men (MSM), makes the use of vaccines against gonorrhoea ...

I welcome the government’s commitment to expanding urgent care provision in community settings.1 This approach has the potential to ease pressure on emergency departments and enable ambulance services ...

A senior official at the US Food and Drug Administration has suddenly resigned after only three months in the job. Vinay Prasad’s departure followed controversy over a treatment for Duchenne muscular ...

The US Senate confirmed Susan Monarez as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on 29 July, with all Republicans voting in favour and all Democrats voting against her ...

Modernisation without equity risks deepening health inequalities The NHS 10 year plan promises radical and aspirational transformations in healthcare delivery, but it risks recreating and perpetuating ...

Doctors and aid workers are watching helplessly as Palestinian children die of starvation and treatable injuries, as the malnutrition crisis in Gaza reaches catastrophic levels. Harrowing images ...

Some foundation year two (FY2) doctors due to finish training next week are already looking to leave the UK after failing to find a role in the NHS, The BMJ can reveal. Others have shared how they had ...

Four universities have suspended or closed their physician associate (PA) programmes in the wake of the Gillian Leng’s review of medical associates and dwindling “opportunities” for students, The BMJ ...