The UK government has announced plans to introduce a league table of NHS providers, with rewards for the leaders.1 Managers get more pay for better performance, but what do all the staff get who do ...

Israel has reportedly ordered the closure and evacuation of Kamal Adwan Hospital—one of the last semi-functioning hospitals left in northern Gaza—putting the lives of dozens of patients at risk, ...

The UK Medical Research Council’s plans to redirect funding to new “centres of research excellence” (CoREs) could force existing MRC research units to close, eminent scientists have warned. In an open ...

In 2023, a disturbing milestone was reached: six out of nine planetary boundaries were crossed, signalling an unprecedented threat to Earth's stability.1 Simultaneously, the world grappled with a ...

The BMJ ’s 2024-25 appeal is supporting the work of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in conflict zones all over the world. Elisabeth Mahase takes a closer look at what the IRC is doing Sudan, ...

Research funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will have to be made publicly available without a period of delay,1 under the agency’s new public access policy. The policy, which is open ...

The government has released preliminary details of what it wants to include in the new contract for GPs in England, including adding an extra £889m to the existing budget for general practice.

Announcing investments in a five year trial ­­­­­­of tirzepatide (a glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue weight loss drug), health secretary Wes Streeting showed support for prioritising patients able to ...

Creating a sense of team among those who work together can make a big difference and often starts with small actions, Abi Rimmer hears Amrita Sen Mukherjee, positive psychology practitioner, European ...

GPs in Wales have delivered a resounding rejection of the proposed General Medical Services (GMS) contract from the Welsh government. In a BMA ballot of its members in Wales, almost all (98.7% or 1079 ...

The US has reported its first severe case of H5N1 avian influenza in a patient who has been admitted to hospital in Louisiana, bringing the total number of human cases of H5 bird flu in the country to ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put on hold all respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine trials involving infants (aged under 2 years) or RSV naive children aged 2-5 years, after a ...