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Local authorities will work alongside NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England in order to reach more people testing positive and their contacts to stop the spread of Covid-19.

The chair of BMA Northern Ireland has written to the Government's chief Brexit negotiator warning of the 'disastrous' implications of a no-deal Brexit during a global pandemic.

Frontline healthcare workers have faced unparalleled exposure to trauma during the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact on doctors' wellbeing is unprecedented and can be put in the same category psychologically as a war or natural disaster.

The medical profession needs to make reasonable adjustments for women going through the menopause to help combat the senior doctor shortage.

Black and minority ethnic groups (BME) as well as people on lower incomes have faced devastating health and financial consequences during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, according to a new report from the Runnymede Trust.

A case study of a woman with cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 gene (CDKL5) deficiency disorder who presented six times in six months with aspiration pneumonia.

Artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced electrocardiograms are quicker and outperform current standard-of-care tests when screening patients who are short of breath for heart failure.

Patients with chronic primary pain should be offered non-pharmacological options as most commonly used drug treatments for chronic primary pain have little or no evidence that they work, according to new draft NICE guidance.

Depression is a mental disorder that can have multiple presenting features in older adults, which may be more subtle than the traditional features. It affects around 22% of men and 28% of women over 65 years old, yet it is estimated that 85% of older people with depression receive no help at all from the NHS.

A new cancer initiative that funds safer cancer drugs will be critical in minimising the impact on people with cancer and ensuring their survival during the pandemic, according to Cancer Research UK.

England had the highest overall relative excess mortality from January to June 2020 out of all the European countries compared in new data from the Office of National Statistics.

Coronavirus has given us a new appreciation for what works in the NHS and what can be stripped away, according to Matt Hancock who gave a speech on the future of healthcare at the Royal College of Physicians.

Doctors may be able to identify the signs of physical abuse in older patients more easily after a new study found that clinically identifiable differences may exist between unintentional injuries and those from physical elder abuse.

The Bowel Interest Group has launched an updated edition of its Interactive Treatment Pathway for chronic constipation that has been developed to improve care and reduce costs associated with chronic constipation in the community.

This has been a stressful time for all healthcare professionals and probably now, more than ever, they need protected time to relax and forget about work for a while. Dr Harry Brown looks at ways to access digital newspapers and magazines for leisure reading.