John James Jones, known as JJ or Taff, was, despite being born in Bristol, a proud Welshman. He was raised in Mid Wales by his father, an aircraft draughtsman, and his mother, a midwife. He attended ...

Family doctors will continue to refer patients to emergency departments when they become inundated with appointment requests and “safe capacity is breached,” a GP leader has told health secretary Wes ...

Pharmaceutical pricing policies must prioritise patients and public interest over industry profits, say Els Torreele and Martin McKee Pharmaceutical companies are intensifying pressure on the UK ...

Total liabilities for medical negligence in the NHS now have reached £60bn (€69bn; $81bn), the government’s public spending watchdog has found. The figure—more than four times the sum recorded nearly ...

The GMC has vowed to act after an investigation highlighted a failure to vet overseas doctors applying for NHS jobs. Jane Feinmann reports A total of 22 doctors on the General Medical Council register ...

Multilateral initiatives are needed to signal confidence and fill funding gaps in mRNA research, writes Jennifer B Nuzzo ...

Public health experts warn that England is facing an early flu season this year, with the number of cases rising over the past week. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) urged eligible people to take ...

As specialty training interviews approach, Elisabeth Mahase hears advice from those who have been through them Alice Wakefield, specialty trainee year 5 acute medicine in south east Scotland, says, ...

Tackling rising cases will require a coordinated approach Vaccination has reduced the global burden of pertussis (whooping cough), but the disease has recently resurged.1 After a temporary decline ...

O’Dowd reports the results of an NHS survey, which found that “the prevalence of mental ill health in England is worsening, with higher numbers of people experiencing problems and less than half ...

Some of the earliest uses of the words “analogy” and “analogue” related to medical matters, the former in Philip Barrough’s textbook, The Methode of Physicke (1583) and the latter in William Whewell’s ...

Bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel as part of a ceasefire deal show signs of torture, execution, and being run over by tanks, hospital workers have said. Sources at Nasser Hospital in Khan ...