Bill,1 which aims to legalise medically assisted dying in England and Wales, has brought greater public and political attention to palliative and end-of-life care. There’s a groundswell of support to ...

The number of overdose deaths in the US has fallen for the first time in five years in a sign that the country may be finally turning the corner on fatalities attributed to fentanyl.1 A report ...

Very senior NHS managers, including medical directors, will be able to earn 10% bonuses or face having their pay cut by 15%, depending on how well their organisation performs, it has been announced.

Investment in vaccination, vector control, and surveillance is vital In 2024, Latin America recorded its biggest ever dengue outbreak, with 13 million reported cases and 8328 deaths, mainly in Brazil, ...

Multiple health organisations have joined forces to call on the government to make physical punishment of children illegal in England. Thirteen organisations led by the Royal College of Paediatrics ...

MPs have criticised the lack of a clear plan for the forthcoming abolition of NHS England and the halving of staff in integrated care boards across the country, demanding that the government set out ...

The number of people dying prematurely after long waits in hospital emergency departments before admission rose by a fifth in England last year, an analysis has found. The analysis by the Royal ...

NHS England is making its last call for evidence for a review on postgraduate medical education.1 There have been dozens of similar reviews in my 35 years as a doctor, but this one has a chance to ...

At a conference in Hong Kong last year almost every presentation enthused about the potential of artificial intelligence. The conference wasn’t even about AI, the great global hope to solve every ...

The United Nations aid chief has rebuked Israel’s proposed new plan for militarily controlled aid distribution for Gaza, describing it as a “fig leaf for further violence and displacement” of ...

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has said that it cannot support proposed legislation in its current form that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales. The college issued a briefing on ...

The US health secretary’s campaign slogan echoed that of his boss, Donald Trump. But what does Robert F Kennedy Jr mean by “Make America Healthy Again”—and can he succeed? Simon Williams reports ...