People with a learning disability die prematurely: on average women in this group die 23 years younger than those in the general population, men 19 years younger.1 In 2022, 42% of these deaths were ...
Like almost every doctor, I’ve had to get to grips with artificial intelligence (AI). In some ways this has felt like going through the classic stages of loss and grief. First there’s denial (“It hasn ...
Frances was born in Leeds into a family of four siblings and wanted to become a doctor from a very young age. After excelling in her school exams, she gained a place at the Royal London Hospital ...
Hardening of anti-immigrant rhetoric in society could drive more foreign doctors away from a “less welcoming” UK, the General Medical Council warns. Its warning comes as new data show an increasing ...
Salisbury highlights the risk of reduced consulting time for general practitioner (GP) registrars.1 Improved exam performance cannot be a proxy for patient care. Today’s GPs face escalating workloads, ...
As the use of GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide and tirzepatide for weight loss becomes increasingly common in adults, and obesity continues to increase in children and adolescents, should these ...
Andrew was born in Hampstead, London, to Wiesa and Abram Jacob Flapan, a physician, both immigrants from Poland during the second world war. He attended school in north London and, after the early ...
Domestic law alone can’t ensure continuity and accountability. International agreements are our last line of defence, writes Martin McKee International agreements to which the UK is a signatory, such ...
Ethiopian health authorities are responding to the country’s first ever outbreak of the Marburg virus. Three deaths have been confirmed and another three are being investigated, officials in Addis ...
Ending resident doctors’ industrial action and avoiding further strikes should be “one of health secretary Wes Streeting’s most urgent tasks,” the Institute for Government (IfG) has said.123 The think ...
A new law that ties doctors’ pay to performance targets, and which imposes harsh penalties on any who seek to resist the changes, has drawn the fury of unions in Quebec. The law, known as “Loi 2,” ...
David Fraile Navarro and colleagues consider how generative AI can be safely integrated into clinical consultations to ensure patient centred decision making and accountability and introduce the ...
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