Disillusion and a lack of enthusiasm among medical students in Northern Ireland has “worrying implications” for its health service, the BMA has warned. The association said that students it had heard ...

In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to chat with TikTok sensation and A&E doctor Maddy Lucy Dann. The panel, made up of current editorial scholar George Webster, and previous ...

A bombing outside a Californian fertility clinic injured four people and caused major damage to the clinic and nearby buildings on 17 May. It also killed the perpetrator.12 The clinic in Palm Springs, ...

We appreciate the recent piece on boosting team morale1 and recommend two ways for teams to spread positivity and recognise achievements. First, sharing moments of joy. Team members share recent ...

Yassaie writes that the General Medical Council (GMC) has “exploited” a narrative to justify “suspending doctors” who have engaged in climate change activism.1 I’d like to offer some clarification on ...

The BMA has warned the government that as many as a thousand GP registrars could be left without a job when they qualify later this summer unless urgent mitigation is taken. In a letter to the health ...

The overall health of adolescents worldwide is at risk of worsening in the coming years despite some improvements in the past decade, an international report has concluded. The Lancet commission on ...

A sharp rise in drug related deaths in recent years is largely responsible for the UK’s mortality worsening compared with other high income countries, an analysis has found. The UK rate of drug ...

The bibliometric analytics company Clarivate has announced that citations to and from retracted articles will no longer contribute to a journal’s impact factor.1 The company, which publishes its ...

Siddhanth Sharma and colleagues argue that adaptation to cope with the health effects of climate change requires more focused local data and dedicated funding Climate change is often called “the ...

In the early 1980s a well dressed woman in high heels entered a police station in Birmingham. She had come to see a police officer who had become violent and had had to be restrained by colleagues. He ...

As people live longer with dementia, we must balance the benefits and harms of medical interventions to meet unique individual needs, writes Jay B Lusk Much attention has been paid to the development ...