Current regulations may not be sufficient to mitigate the effects of widespread and long lasting PFAS. Katharine Lang looks at the issue Recent news has highlighted concern about the presence in ...

Different data paint a contrasting picture of how productive the health service in England is. Matthew Limb examines why Productivity in acute hospitals in England is rising, data published by the ...

The UK Department of Health and Social Care’s voluntary guidelines for sugar and salt in commercial baby foods represent progress but are unlikely to protect infants unless strengthened with ...

Olsen discusses how clinicians can help prevent skin cancer.1 Most of the damaging effect of sun exposure in more temperate countries such as the UK is from risky behaviours—namely, sunbathing and ...

Starting a new rotation can be daunting, but a little planning can help ease the transition, Elisabeth Mahase hears Stephanie Santos Paulo, locum senior house officer and editorial registrar at The ...

The High Court has quashed a GP’s suspension from the UK medical register after finding that the tribunal that sanctioned her had applied the wrong test for dishonesty and reversed the burden of proof ...

The latest resident doctors’ strikes raise a question at the heart of ethics: do the ends justify the means? Is it acceptable for doctors to allow foreseeable harm to patients by striking in the hope ...

Jacqui Wise’s article and the joint BMA and Surviving in Scrubs report highlights the alarming extent and impact of UK medical students’ experiences of sexual violence. [1] ...

A Janus word or phrase has two meanings, each the opposite of the other. Janus words are named after the two-faced Roman god of archways and doors, Janus. There are many such words in English, the ...

Resident doctors across England braved the elements to join picket lines this morning as they kicked off their latest five day strike over pay and unemployment. The start of the strike coincided with ...

In a recent lecture Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, talked about how setbacks driven by misinformation can be temporary and how evidence and data can rebuild confidence. He was speaking ...

John Stuart Brown and Anne Brown John Stuart Brown was not the first GP to offer minor surgery in his practice, but he was among its greatest champions, combining his training as a surgeon with his ...