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The Royal College of GPs is concerned that NHS England’s changes to the GP contract for 2023/24 could worsen the “intense pressures” GPs are facing if additional resources are not provided.

Women respond less well to treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) and have worse clinical […]

Endometriosis affects 1.5 million in the UK - and can take on average a shocking eight years to diagnose. What can practitioners do to support and advise women with this potentially debilitating condition?

Health organisations have signed a new pledge to enact real change in the way they tackle sexism in the profession.

NHS England has launched a new framework for local health and care providers which aims to reduce the inappropriate prescribing of addiction-causing medicines, such as opioids.

Health Secretary Steve Barclay has admitted during junior doctor strike talks that he has not got the authority or the green light from Prime Minster Rishi Sunak to negotiate with the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee.

Dr Harry Brown reviews McRae’s Elective Orthopaedics which is suitable for junior orthopaedic surgical trainees as well as other health professionals who encounter patients with musculoskeletal illnesses.

NHS England has launched a new campaign which encourages patients with ‘minor illnesses’, such as earache, a sore throat and itchy eyes, to visit their local pharmacy instead of booking a GP appointment.

This case study reviews a patient with myxoedema madness, a severe, complicated form of psychosis due to significant hypothyroidism, who was initially diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Cancer waiting times are at their worst recorded level and elective care targets are repeatedly not being met, according to a new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Vitamin D may be a potential agent for dementia prevention after a new large-scale study showed higher dementia-free survival and lower dementia incidence rates over 10 years.

Digital enabled therapies for depression and anxiety disorders that have the potential to help more than 40,000 people, have been conditionally recommended by NICE.

The Windsor Framework has been praised for resolving “nearly every single concern” about whether Northern Ireland will still be able to access 80% of its medicines.

New research shows that the the risk of developing type 2 diabetes was 20% lower in people with pre-diabetes referred to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) when compared to similar patients not referred to NDPP.

People with eating disorders are being repeatedly failed by the UK’s healthcare system, and this is partly due to a lack of training for healthcare professionals.