The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the umbrella organisation for the colleges, has intervened in the debate about the role and status of physician and anaesthesia associates (PAs). It has now ...

When doctors are taught to be perfect, even providing reasonable care feels like failure, writes Zaid Al-Najjar I was recently talking with a colleague about a clinical pathway in our practice that ...

A doctor who left the medical records of about 300 patients unsecured in a rented apartment when she moved out has been struck off the UK medical register. Documents found in the former home of Maryam ...

What you need to know Inhalational and intravenous medications can be used to induce and maintain general anaesthesia. In recent years, the use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) has increased.1 ...

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has urged the UK government to launch a rapid, independent review of the role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates because of “mounting concern” ...

The sickle cell treatment voxelotor (Oxbryta) has been withdrawn from all markets by the manufacturer Pfizer after a “higher than anticipated” number of deaths were reported and clinical evidence ...

Efforts to reduce NHS waiting times for elective care will stall unless the government makes major investment in infrastructure and new technology to boost capacity, a leading surgeon has warned. Tim ...

Labour must act on its commitment to reduce child poverty Poverty is a disaster for children’s health.1 It causes poor child health outcomes and worsening physical and mental health. It undermines ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has intervened after a general practice in the West Midlands was accused of misleading patients about physician associates’ capabilities and levels of ...

A survey of former players of American-style football has found that a third believe that they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), brain damage associated with concussion after repeated head ...