My list of medically related anniversaries for 2026 includes William Withering’s Botany, The Botanical Arrangement of All the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain , which was published 250 ...
Human health will no longer be factored into US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cost-benefit calculations of air ...
Containment of neglected tropical diseases is effective but requires new financing models Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT, ...
Anne grew up in north west London, excelling in science and maths at Henrietta Barnett girls grammar school, and then studying medicine at the London Hospital. There she met fellow student Hugh. They ...
A UK government target to rebuild seven hospitals constructed mostly using unsafe concrete is likely to be missed, a report says. The public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) predicted ...
Surging norovirus cases are piling more pressure on NHS hospitals, with at least 10 trusts now declaring critical incidents owing to high demands and capacity issues. Norovirus cases in NHS hospitals ...
To protect the health of children now and in the future, the medical profession must continue to advocate for action Child poverty is a fundamental driver of ill health that has been rising in recent ...
Helen (née Carson) was born in Belfast. At an early age the family left Northern Ireland for South Africa and then a remote corner of northern Kenya, where her father ran a mission hospital. Helen ...
Labour swept into power last year with bold promises to revitalise the NHS. Jane Feinmann examines its progress on key health commitments Saving the NHS from “the biggest crisis” in its history was ...
A doctor who was chief executive of the NHS trust that employed nurse Lucy Letby has won £1.4m in damages after being bullied out of her job. Susan Gilby, 63, became acting chief executive of the ...
Strengthening primary care is central to the three shifts set out in the government’s 10 year health plan for England: from hospital to community, sickness to prevention, and analogue to digital. New ...
In my short stint as a resident doctor in oncology, the overwhelming impression was one of complex and expensive treatments doing little for patient survival or quality of life. The options available ...