New draconian police guidance reflects how outdated our abortion laws really are, says Sarah Salkeld As UK parliament prepares to vote on landmark reforms that would finally remove the threat of ...

Cuts outlined in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could leave 7.6 million more people uninsured, force an extra 1.3 million people to go without the medications they need, and ...

The General Medical Council has placed conditions on training in obstetrics and gynaecology at North Manchester General Hospital to deal with failures in standards, including not demonstrating a ...

Individuals responsible for severe or irreversible damage to the environment could face up to 20 years in prison under plans to criminalise the act of ecocide in the Dominican Republic. A bill has ...

Simpson and colleagues’ article on widening access to medical school is the latest reminder of our education system’s (missed) opportunity to improve medical care by increasing the number of doctors ...

Decriminalisation needed to protect women from persecution Correspondence to: J Lord j.lord@exeter.ac.uk Abortion is still a criminal offence in England and Wales, with access to abortion permitted ...

In the age of telemedicine, house calls remain a vital part of primary care—and are in fact on the rise. Indira Subramanian reports House calls might seem to be a relic of the past, but they are ...

Getting your introduction right can make a real difference, Elisabeth Mahase hears Anna Harvey Bluemel, academic clinical fellow in obstetrics and gynaecology, says, “Understanding names, roles, and ...

The NHS must reduce demand for healthcare with spending increases nearing their limits News reports that the NHS is one of the main beneficiaries of the spending review conceal some inconvenient ...

We strongly agree with Byworth and colleagues that any reorganisation of the NHS must strengthen public health.1 The NHS has a budget of around £192bn, and there is little performance measurement of ...

Medical students and an Indian doctor couple and their three children are among the dead after a fatal Air India crash that killed 241 people on board. In the worst aviation disaster in a decade Air ...

What you need to know A 73 year old man is brought to the emergency department following a ground level fall a few hours earlier. His physiological observations are normal, but he cannot remember any ...