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The Department of Health and Social Care has offered to reopen pay talks with the BMA consultants committee after refusing to meet with the committee for more than 200 days.

The Royal College of GPs is calling for the implementation of a ‘safety alert’ system in general practice to protect patients and the teams who care for them.

Fremanezumab (Ajovy) has the potential to reduce the symptoms and cumulative burden of migraine and associated depression, according to new research.

Patients with an aggressive type of blood cancer are set to benefit from a ‘potentially curative’ new treatment option on the NHS.

The Royal College of GPs are urging patients not to attempt to treat medical conditions at home after a survey found that 7% of Brits have tried to remove a mole on themselves or someone else.

The government is seeking views on new draft guidelines for treating harmful drinking and alcohol dependence.

Patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation post-stroke generally have fewer associated health conditions, according to new research.

A common drug used to treat inflammatory joint conditions could play a role in the management of hand osteoarthritis, which currently has no effective treatment.

The Royal College of GPs has made a plea for the government to better support GP trainees after a survey by the King's Fund found that they are being exposed to huge pressures.

People aged 16 years and over with non-specific low back pain could be offered apps to help them manage their condition in a bid to provide the NHS with extra capacity and get those effected off waiting lists.

Dr Harry Brown reviews Endocrinology and Diabetes (second edition), which provides medical students and junior doctors with the key information needed to understand mechanisms of endocrine conditions.

The Labour Party said this week that it wanted to get the NHS 'back on its feet and fit for the future', but health leaders say the reform plans need more detail.

The workforce development body for adult social care in England has described the sector as a “leaky bucket that we urgently need to repair”, after new data revealed that 390,000 care workers left their jobs this year.

The latest consultant physicians census in Northern Ireland paints “a grim picture” of rota gaps, unfilled vacancies and excessive workloads, according to a leading RCP spokesperson.

NICE has recommended bimekizumab (Bimzelx) for adult with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) – a type of arthritis that causes inflammation in the joints and ligaments of the spine.