Category: UK

The UK parliament was “misadvised” when the Royal College of Physicians of London (RCP) was…

I love the new academic year. It’s full of possibilities and new routines. I experienced…

I love the new academic year. It’s full of possibilities and new routines. I experienced…

Architects of a radical plan to improve people’s health and cut long term sickness say…

Architects of a radical plan to improve people’s health and cut long term sickness say…

Some readers may remember Kathy. She filled my childhood Sunday afternoons as the main character…

Ara Darzi’s Independent Investigation of the NHS in England does two main things.1 Firstly, it…

I recently went on a country walk with two medical friends, and for some reason…

I’m often astounded by the inherent goodness of people. In the UK about half of…

The race riots that broke out recently in the UK were horrific, brought on by…

The BMA’s Northern Ireland Consultants Committee has accepted a pay offer from the Department of…

Satisfaction with hospital care in England did not improve in 2023 and remains notably worse…

Although nearly all my clinical career has been in primary care, my work these days…

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of just over £6m to a…

On 26 July the Department of Health and Social Care published Penny Dash’s interim independent…

I attended two LGBTQ pride events recently and have been thinking about what it means…

Only three of England’s 36 medical schools have signed up to NHS England’s sexual safety…

Around 25 years ago my wife and I embarked on an experiment. We had non-identical…

Shortly after Labour’s election victory the new health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, reiterated…

Although first impressions count, last goodbyes can grow in resonance as years pass. The new…

About once a fortnight I deliver a day long, one-to-one ethics course to a medical…

Three top royal medical colleges, representing 60 000 doctors, have warned the new Labour government…

BMA representatives have firmly rejected proposals for medical apprenticeships and four year undergraduate medical degrees.The…

At the heart of recent debates in the UK about medical associate professions and doctors’…

Life comes in waves. We remember the exciting events, but most of our life is…

Sarah Clarke, president of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is stepping aside “with immediate…

The BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee in England has written to the prime minister, urging him…

Sometimes a remark stays in your mind for a very long time because of what…

Who were medical school electives created for? As a student who is estranged from my…

I’ve just returned from our annual family trip to the amazing Hay Festival of Literature…

Why is political interviewing in the UK generally so poor? I recently listened to an…

Repeated promises by successive governments to move more care and health resources from hospitals to…

Much of the excitement around using artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare lies in the promise…

In a bid to improve the supply of clinical staff to the NHS, last autumn…

The impact of racial bias on the performance of medical devices used in the NHS…

One of the joys of writing this column is receiving emails from readers who work…

Concerns have been raised over the risk assessment carried out for the NHS long term…

Professional medical regulators lack the mechanisms for knowing how well they are enforcing or investigating…

With a general election looming, Wes Streeting could find himself health secretary by next January….

Whistleblowers in the NHS are targeted by a systemic employer “playbook” designed to silence or…

The surgeon glared at me. When I asked what I’d done wrong they replied that…

Rising levels of ill health will take a toll on people’s lives and the economy…

Nearly a third (30%) of doctors currently practising medicine in the UK are considering leaving…

Consultants in England have voted to accept the government’s improved pay offer, with 83% voting…

At the Nuffield Trust’s 2024 summit in early March The BMJ hosted a panel discussion,…

On 12 March the General Medical Council (GMC) published Our Vision for the Future of…

I’ve just had some imaging done at a hospital I attend. I had to wait…

I competed in a karate competition recently and found it a bit like surgery: you…

On 8 March medical students were told which deanery they’d be working under from August,…

Junior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted in favour (98%) of extending their mandate for…