A musical charity provides moments of calm for babies and parents amid the intensity of neonatal wards. Anna Caldwell talks to the doctors and musicians involved In 2025, Music in Hospitals & Care has ...

Sati Heer-Stavert considers whether AI generated images of doctors reflect the diversity of the medical workforce Inaccurate portrayals of doctors in the media and everyday imagery can perpetuate ...

Resident doctors joined picket lines across England on Wednesday morning to begin their five day pre-Christmas strike—their 14th walkout over pay and conditions since March 2023. The strike comes ...

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The severe flu season currently unfolding in the UK has triggered such demand for private flu jabs that pharmaceutical wholesalers have had to order additional vaccines from manufacturers, The BMJ has ...

What part in society does the doctor play in 2025? What unique role do doctors play in the healthcare team? And what sort of profession will resident doctors training today find when they become ...

Australia’s ban on social media use by young people has come into effect, requiring platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube to verify the age of users and restrict access ...

The government has rejected MPs’ calls to require midwives to undertake cultural competency training in order to tackle racism in maternity care in England. This was a key recommendation in the Health ...

The frustrations and burnout manifesting in doctor strikes are a symptom of a larger malaise: that modern medicalisation is harming medicine—and suffocating those working in it, argue Iona Heath and ...

Countries in the global south, comprising nearly half the world’s population, pay $300bn (£229bn; €260bn) a year in interest on external debt1—more than their expenditure on health or education.2 ...

What I fear is that the resident doctors might be pricing themselves out of the job market in favour of physician associates who, in turn, might be perceived, by a future government, to be a better ...

Most NHS trusts in England are treating patients in corridors or makeshift areas in emergency departments, including “fit to sit” rooms, x ray waiting areas, and in one case a café, The BMJ has found.