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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI use in healthcare must be critically appraised to ensure that its benefits outweigh its environmental burden, write Alexander Mafi and Samantha Holmes Artificial intelligence (AI) is being heralded ...

Active surveillance using routine health data can improve patient safety The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires manufacturers of medical devices, such as ventilators and defibrillators, to ...

Objective To describe the extent of late adverse event reporting by manufacturers to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Manufacturer And User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database as ...

A gambling company has lost its appeal to open an arcade in Sheffield city centre after the director of public health successfully argued that gambling harms are increased when premises are located in ...