The “publish or perish” doctrine has been responsible, at least in part, for many deleterious effects on academic practice. Many proposals have been made, outlining methods that might help mitigate ...

A record number of requests to have striking doctors return to work were made—and rejected—during the most recent industrial action over their pay. Relations between the government and the BMA seem to ...

A six year study tracking the long term health of over 3000 young people attending the NHS service for gender incongruence will begin recruitment shortly.1 The Puberty Suppression and Transitional ...

GPs fear that a cornerstone of the 10 year plan for the NHS could put the GP partnership model at risk, the BMA has said. The union said that family doctors were also disappointed that the government ...

When I initially planned what my theme for this issue would be, I reflected on the reasons I wanted to become a doctor in the first place. At the forefront of my mind were my experiences growing up in ...

I welcome the government’s commitment to expanding urgent care provision in community settings.1 This approach has the potential to ease pressure on emergency departments and enable ambulance services ...

The announcement of the UK rollout of the meningitis vaccine 4CMenB against gonorrhoea to those at high risk, focused on men who have sex with men (MSM), makes the use of vaccines against gonorrhoea ...