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David Oliver: Hunt’s call to cut time spent on NHS paperwork is a hypocritical soundbite

October 11, 2023

Is rehabilitation a solution to hospital discharge delays?

October 11, 2023

Matt Morgan: Jumping the queue to make it smaller

October 10, 2023

Martha’s rule presents a unique opportunity for improving patient care

October 9, 2023

Martha’s rule: a hospital escalation system to save patients’ lives

October 9, 2023

Traffic may be as important as industrial farming for destroying wildlife

October 6, 2023

When I use a word . . . Dinitrophenol? Don’t take it

October 6, 2023

Balancing climate anxiety with hope: learning from collective climate activism

October 6, 2023

Communities in Northern Canada are feeling the health system implications of climate breakdown

October 5, 2023

Lessons on planetary health from traditional Quilombola communities of the Brazilian Amazon

October 5, 2023

To tackle the climate crisis, we need to transform systems according to ancestral original instructions

October 5, 2023

Catalysing multi-stakeholder collaboration to tackle climate-related health emergencies in Africa

October 5, 2023

Bangladesh is facing the consequences of the climate emergency

October 5, 2023

Air pollution and asthma: “Going out for a walk can be a bit of a gamble”

October 4, 2023

Air pollution should be listed on death certificates

October 4, 2023

Climate friendly public health policies make economic sense

October 4, 2023

Housing and climate: UK homes need urgent adaptation to protect our health

October 4, 2023

Overcoming resistance and rebalancing power: shifting gears for cross sectoral collaboration on transport and climate change

October 4, 2023

Nationally determined contributions: working towards improved international climate and health law

October 4, 2023

The UK should invest more in sexual and reproductive health globally, not less

October 3, 2023

The impact of climate change on health is an immediate danger

October 3, 2023

Medical schools should be more transparent about their admission data

October 3, 2023

Improving patient safety by shifting power from health professionals to patients

October 3, 2023

One Health and climate change—we need to get the ethics right

October 3, 2023

Planetary care is as vital as healthcare

October 3, 2023

A Spartacus moment for public health physicians?

September 29, 2023

When I use a word . . . Amending the 1972 Poisons Act

September 29, 2023

What NHS services are migrants entitled to?

September 29, 2023

Delivering climate and nature commitments is crucial for health

September 29, 2023

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 September 2023

September 28, 2023

Sharp Scratch episode 90: Sharing is caring

September 27, 2023

Helen Salisbury: Advice and guidance for all referrals

September 26, 2023

John Launer: Thinking the unthinkable on Lucy Letby

September 26, 2023

Time to ban the word “prevention”

September 25, 2023

Universal health coverage: ensuring that nobody is left behind

September 25, 2023

David Oliver: NHS doctors’ pay—what are the right comparisons?

September 22, 2023

Ending communicable diseases requires a combined elimination framework

September 22, 2023

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—21 September 2023

September 21, 2023

Scarlett McNally: Challenging the government’s new strategic framework for major conditions

September 20, 2023

Time is running out to meet the Sustainable Development Goals

September 19, 2023

Doctors’ strikes: the NHS faces its toughest test yet

September 19, 2023

Helen Salisbury: Playing to our strengths

September 19, 2023

“Ashamed and alone”—healthcare staff need better support after a patient’s suicide

September 19, 2023

We must confront sexual violence in the NHS to prevent further institutional harm

September 18, 2023

Reframing Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom Movement

September 15, 2023

When I use a word . . . The ambiguity of “work” in the ICMJE recommendations on publishing in medical journals

September 15, 2023

Menstrual health must be prioritised in global policies

September 15, 2023

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—14 September 2023

September 14, 2023

John Launer: Living with uncertainty

September 13, 2023

There can be no gender equality without menstrual justice

September 12, 2023

Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions

September 12, 2023

Partha Kar: If you won’t speak up, how will the world know you exist?

September 12, 2023

The two simple and very human reasons why all health systems, including the NHS, are bound to fail

September 11, 2023

The UK is rejoining Horizon Europe: separating the spin from the substance

September 8, 2023

When I use a word . . . The ICMJE requirements and recommendations

September 8, 2023

Every medical school should have a planetary health teaching fellow

September 8, 2023

Filling in the gaps in our understanding of hormonal contraception

September 8, 2023

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—7 September 2023

September 7, 2023

Declining access to US maternity care is a systemic injustice

September 7, 2023

David Oliver: Let’s use the GMC’s Good Medical Practice for an “I’m Spartacus” moment

September 5, 2023

Can reforming the operating model help Northern Ireland out of its healthcare crisis?

September 5, 2023

Scarlett McNally: In praise of part time doctors

September 5, 2023

Helen Salisbury: Covid booster chaos

September 5, 2023

The global community needs to do more to tackle the inequality crisis

September 4, 2023

Outsourcing covid-19 vaccination to the private sector will increase health inequalities

September 4, 2023

When I use a word . . . Doing and non-doing

September 1, 2023

Professionals must refuse to work on new fossil fuel projects

September 1, 2023

The UK government needs to expand covid-19 vaccination this winter

August 31, 2023

Happy 175th birthday to public health

August 31, 2023

The job of a doctor is not necessarily to be kind

August 31, 2023

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—31 August 2023

August 31, 2023

How can doctors counter health misinformation on social media?

August 30, 2023

Breaching the stalemate on assisted dying: it’s time to move beyond a medicalised approach

August 29, 2023

Helen Salisbury: A cool welcome for management consultants

August 29, 2023

Rammya Mathew: Lucy Letby and the limits of a no blame culture

August 29, 2023

Do doctors need to be told to be kind?

August 25, 2023

UK medical research funders must do more to support sex and gender equity

August 25, 2023

David Oliver: A clinicians v managers blame game is a false dichotomy

August 25, 2023

Uganda’s anti-homosexuality act is causing harm and limiting access to healthcare

August 25, 2023

Good medical practice a missed opportunity to embed sustainability in ethical standards

August 24, 2023

Updating Good Medical Practice guidelines: a first step towards tackling sexism and sexual misconduct in healthcare

August 24, 2023

We should push for non-police alternatives to mental health crisis response

August 24, 2023

Lessons not learned

August 23, 2023

We need a universally endorsed definition of a pandemic for the Pandemic Accord to be effective

August 23, 2023

Direct access to cancer diagnostics: the promise and perils of bypassing GPs

August 22, 2023

Primary and social care funding must increase if the NHS is to recover

August 21, 2023

The NHS workforce plan needs a wellbeing focus

August 18, 2023

The G20 must act now for the health and wellbeing of women, children, and adolescents around the world

August 18, 2023

Electronic health records: don’t underestimate the importance of implementation and training

August 18, 2023

Doing the right thing for a kinder, fairer, and greener health and care service

August 17, 2023

How bibliometrics and school rankings reward unreliable science

August 17, 2023

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—17 August 2023

August 17, 2023

Royal colleges must be more transparent on industry payments

August 16, 2023

Making the invisible visible: what can we do about biased AI in medical devices?

August 16, 2023

John Launer: Screen encounters and false impressions

August 16, 2023

Two years on from Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Hazaras community is a neglected people at risk of genocide

August 15, 2023

Covid is on the rise again—so what next?

August 15, 2023

Matt Morgan: How to run a bath without losing water

August 15, 2023

Helen Salisbury: Everyone benefits from continuity of care

August 15, 2023

Is your hospital, health system, or organisation serious about tackling the climate crisis? A checklist

August 15, 2023
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