The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accused several of America’s largest retail chains of “failing to remove” recalled infant formula products that have been linked to the country’s first ...

Experts warn that the much heralded US-UK trade deal on pharmaceuticals will be an “absolute catastrophe” for NHS patients and will widen health inequalities. Jacqui Wise reports Earlier this month ...

A potential option for patients who do not have access to neoadjuvant immunotherapy Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive subtype of breast cancer marked by higher rates of relapse and ...

Launer notes that medical education nearly always loses out to service provision in healthcare.1 This reality has been magnified by the urgent need for trusts to deal with financial deficits, ...

In the dyadic patient-physician relation, their synchronization [3] needs to stay just as open to accept criticism but, at the same time, just as close to not undergo something dangerous. One concrete ...

Resident doctors in Scotland have voted to go on strike for four days in January, after accusing the Scottish government of breaking its promise on pay restoration. Scotland has been the only UK ...

The dispute between resident doctors and the Department of Health and Social Care has reached a point of deadlock, with more strikes happening in the run up to Christmas. Although pay restoration has ...

The BMA has said that it will adopt a “constructive spirit” to try to avoid further strike action by resident doctors in 2026, as the latest five day walkout came to an end on 22 December. Jack ...

We propose that one structural factor contributing to this disconnect is the systematic exclusion of practising primary care physicians from guideline development processes—the very clinicians who ...

Controversial changes to the GP contract have seen relations between the government and GP leaders sour in recent months, and the row is now threatening to spill over into next year’s negotiations.

In October 2025, foundation year one (FY1) doctors in England voted for industrial action against the UK government, not only over reduced pay but also, for the first time, over specialty training ...

If you ask children in a war zone for their one wish, the answers are heartbreakingly simple, writes Johanna Thomson ### How to donate The BMJ ’s annual appeal is supporting the work of Médecins Sans ...