Three NHS workers are taking legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust in London over its new uniform and dress code policy and ban on displaying political symbols. They include a British ...

I’ve taught medical ethics to clinicians who are facing disciplinary action. Some are under investigation by their employer or regulator, others are suspended, and a few have been struck off but seek ...

Regulation of managers now seems inevitable, but must be accompanied by wider changes focused on professionalising and supporting NHS leaders Calls to regulate NHS managers have been made for over 25 ...

Defining responsibilities for clinical information Over 100 AI scribe products are being marketed to healthcare services internationally.1234 Industry predictions speculate that up to 30% of ...

More awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed use of ketamine across the UK in recent years ...

China’s health policy makers are seeking to expand access to epidurals, spinal blocks, and other forms of labour analgesia in a country where officials say that seven in 10 vaginal deliveries take ...

Members of parliament have voted by 314 to 291 to approve a bill that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales, a move described as the biggest social change since the Abortion Act 1967.

Salisbury discusses the structural tensions in general practice around the outsourced diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 but the issue demands a deeper historical and ...

Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who may spend longer on their phones but don’t ...

A United Nations agency has urged the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to lower the price of the long acting antiviral treatment lenacapavir following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s ...

The BMA has accused University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust of unsafe and unprofessional practice and raised “serious concerns” about the trust’s working arrangements between resident doctors and ...

High level” discussions are underway to establish an independent US vaccine committee following the dismissal of 17 members ...