An extended flu vaccine rollout would benefit public health and the economy, writes Lindsay Broadbent Every year, as the weather turns colder, we can’t go far without hearing someone cough or sniffle.

The BMJ widely discussed the assisted dying bill that is currently at the committee stage in the UK parliament.1 Having worked for many years now for a health system that gives people more agency and ...

A global commission of experts has called for a radical shift in how obesity is diagnosed, with less reliance on body mass index (BMI) to define disease. The commission, published in Lancet Diabetes ...

Overhaul of policy and funding is needed now The UK government has announced its approach for social care—establishing yet another commission.1 In its 2024 election manifesto Labour pledged to create ...

Siobhán O’Sullivan cites AI and trust as the ethical challenges of today—and decries the back seat that medical ethics is often pushed into I was working at the Royal Free Hospital in London in the ...

At a time when access to NHS dentistry has reached crisis point, it is good to see oral health featured in The BMJ .1 The authors rightly raise awareness of the crucial importance of upholding ...

A wonderfully absurdist NHS fantasy has been doing the rounds on social media. It stemmed from a case vignette in a government document, Reforming Elective Care for Patients ,1 in a text box ...

Private equity’s ownership of US hospitals has led to patient suffering, understaffing, reduced care quality, and health and safety violations, while investors have earned millions, a year long Senate ...

A controversial scheme in which midwives paid by a leading formula milk company have been providing infant feeding advice to new parents has been axed after an outcry. The initiative, hosted by the ...

In recent years, the NHS has faced numerous drug shortages, with serious consequences for both patients and healthcare professionals.12 These ongoing shortages have affected a wide range of drugs, ...

A 44 year old man with epilepsy who died following a fall had been left without his anti-epileptic medication carbamazepine (Tegretol) after his pharmacy could not supply the drug, a prevention of ...

The true number of people who have died directly from war in Gaza is around 41% higher than the official figures reported by Palestine’s health ministry, a study published in the Lancet has found.1 ...