GPs in the North West region of England are more than twice as likely as those in the South East to refer patients with risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) to physical activity interventions ...

The World Health Organization wants to tackle inequity and bureaucracy relating to clinical trials. Will its latest guidance make a difference? Anna Volkmer reports During the covid-19 pandemic the UK ...

Young people can expose how power dynamics are limiting healthcare and how challenging them can help to improve services and reduce inequalities, write Rhea Burman and Guddi Singh Co-production and ...

The UK government has announced that it is renewing funding for the public health campaign HIV Prevention England for another year as part of efforts to end HIV transmission by 2030. The programme, ...

The use of tobacco industry tactics by the gambling and other health harming industries means governments must act to prevent large scale avoidable harm, argue May van Schalkwyk and colleagues When an ...

In 1964, the Declaration of Helsinki created a set of universal ethical principles to protect human participants in health research.1 Described as “the cornerstone of research ethics,”2 these ...

New restrictions and safety checks on online pharmacies that prescribing high risk drugs, such as the weight loss drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide, could have a “significant” impact on GPs’ workload, ...

Responsibility for commissioning all vaccination services and most screening services will move from NHS England to integrated care boards (ICBs) from 1 April 2026, NHS England has confirmed. The plan ...

Martin and colleagues articulate so clearly what many GPs, like me, feel.1 The pendulum in primary care has swung so far towards health promotion and illness prevention that those with acute, subacute ...

John Webb was a masterly technical surgeon and pioneer cytologist. In an era when a lump in the breast presaged uncertain frozen section biopsy and mastectomy, Webb mastered fine needle aspiration and ...

Imran was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and later moved with his family to Karachi, where he grew up as one of six siblings. From modest beginnings, his exceptional academic achievements earnt him a place ...

Ringfenced surgery comes with funding, staffing, and ethical considerations With long waiting lists in the NHS, the UK needs innovation to tackle a backlog of surgical cases.1 One solution is surgical ...