A doctor who became close friends with Lucy Letby when they worked together was “misled and maybe manipulated” by the nurse, he told the public inquiry into her crimes. Named only as Dr U, he was the ...

GPs in England are being urged to review their repeat prescribing systems to ensure that they are safe and efficient—the first such guidance issued for 20 years. The Royal College of General ...

The UK government has announced £11m in funding for six projects aimed at increasing early cancer diagnosis, including a blood test that promises to detect 12 common cancers. Mionco is a multi-cancer ...

Adopting a more evidence based approach to commissioning health prevention services could yield a bigger return on investment (ROI) each year, an analysis1 has suggested. The report by the NHS ...

Lionel was born above the family’s menswear shop in Poplar, east London. He read medicine at Christ’s College Cambridge and completed his clinical training at Guy’s Hospital. As a student he loved ...

Kirsty Brown shares her experience of undergoing surgery as a person with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and explains some of the ways that health professionals could help others ...

For many of us working in health systems across the world, what connects us is the motivation to help—to care for and improve the health of individuals, communities, and wider society. Because a ...

The complete lack of specialist care in England for patients with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME or chronic fatigue syndrome) could cause deaths in future unless urgent action is taken, a ...

A Finnish neurologist is taking an innovative approach to health through a unique role and project. Elisabeth Mahase reports In 2021, Hanna Haveri became Finland’s first planetary health physician, a ...

Our ability to ameliorate the adverse impacts of climate change on health is dependent on our ability to educate ourselves, and we must move faster. The severity of climate related health risks is ...

Weeks after I moved to the California Bay Area, I woke up to smoky skies. It was autumn of 2017, and on my bike to work at HuffPost ’s downtown San Francisco office, I pedalled past people with ...

Carlos Dora and colleagues argue that primary healthcare systems in cities are vital for creating resilient and equitable responses to climate change The chapter on cities, settlements, and ...