Toxicologists have warned of a sharp rise in drug overdose deaths in England involving a group of potent synthetic opioids called nitazenes. Nitazenes have been found as contaminants in street heroin ...

Access to the UK’s rich and vast banks of health data should be streamlined and simplified, to capitalise on the unique opportunity it offers to boost biomedical research and improve lives, a major ...

NICE has said it expects to evaluate dozens of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease over the next few years. Elisabeth Mahase examines what we know about these drugs This year the National ...

In this episode of Sharp Scratch, the panel got together to discuss the many reasons why someone might take time out of medical school. They reflected on how decisions to take time out are often ...

The Medical Protection Society has called for all NHS trust staff who deal with disciplinary investigations to have specialised training, to ensure that doctors are treated fairly and compassionately, ...

The narrative on universal health coverage should be centred around four core elements: universality, equity, adequate financing, and preparedness in public health emergencies, write Katri Bertram and ...

Salisbury says that physician associates (PAs) have no place in general practice,1 but the 2000 already employed would ...

New study reports protective effect among people with type 2 diabetes Kidney stones and the systemic conditions associated with them have a major impact on health and the economy in the US and ...

Long awaited reforms to outdated mental health laws in England and Wales, giving patients more autonomy, have been introduced in the UK parliament.1 The first major overhaul of mental health ...

A week before the chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget, the Nuffield Trust published analysis showing that the NHS in England was facing £4.8bn worth of unfunded cost ...

Therapist guided conversations with digital avatars may reduce the frequency of voices heard by patients diagnosed with ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should remain the recommended approach for treating vasomotor symptoms related to the menopause, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has said ...