Patients are more unwell than in the past when admitted to hospital for detention under the Mental Health Act, services have told Care Quality Commission inspectors.1 In its report monitoring the ...

It’s a brain freeze inducing, tongue staining frozen drink popular with children. They’re often sold at theme parks and games arcades. Well, only if glycerol intoxication syndrome—a new condition ...

Medical students are always performing, whether it’s in an OSCE station, or being evaluated on their performance during clinical placements. In this article, Noreen Mansuri discusses medical ...

Millions will be harmed by this targeting of the most powerless, vulnerable, criminalised, marginalised, and unprotected people in the world, writes Flavia Kyomukama The US government’s freeze on ...

A daily pill to treat the symptoms of endometriosis will soon be made available on the NHS, in a move that could benefit 1000 women a year in England.1 The National Institute for Health and Care ...

NHS England is being abolished and its functions will be taken over by the Department of Health and Social Care to reduce duplication and bureaucracy, direct “hundreds of millions of pounds” to ...

Israeli authorities are using basic humanitarian needs as a “bargaining chip” in ongoing ceasefire negotiations, the charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said. These moves include blocking aid ...

Equality feels like oppression to those accustomed to privilege, the adage goes. To certain petty political leaders and their supporters, it must. There is no other explanation for the current erasure ...

After years of uncertainty the NHS is on the brink of a data sharing agreement that will open up valuable data to researchers. Stephen Armstrong reports The BMJ understands that NHS England will allow ...

We are all responsible for rejecting racism and religious discrimination in the NHS and society, writes Hina Shahid The past year has felt like a nightmare of increasing intolerance and violence in ...

Some people seeking abortions could face the death penalty under amended legislation Lawmakers in at least nine US states—Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South ...

More than 5000 people missed out on routine screening because their GP registration was not completed correctly as a result of an error dating back to 2008, NHS England has said. The problem affected ...