Thousands of locally employed doctors (LEDs) – many of them international graduates and from ethnic minority backgrounds – are trapped on insecure NHS contracts with no access to… read more.
Pharmacist-led menopause clinics in the NHS The provision of accessible and specialised menopause care within the National Health Service (NHS) has historically faced significant challenges, often leaving patients… read more.
Despite rising patient demand and commitments to strengthen primary care, one in three GPs with a licence to practise in England are not working in NHS general practice,… read more.
Life-saving opportunities to prevent suicide among autistic people are being missed because systemic barriers make it difficult for them to access NHS support during times of mental health… read more.
Less than half of England has access to tirzepatide (Mounjaro) through their GP, despite the NHS roll-out of the weight-loss jab officially starting over two months ago, an… read more.
Canada can learn from England’s successful diabetes prevention program to build its own programs to tackle diabetes prevention across the country, argue authors in an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association… read more.
A majority of individuals who are deaf or have hearing loss face significant communication barriers when accessing care through the National Health Service (NHS), with nearly two-thirds of… read more.
The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single “polypill” combining a statin… read more.
Prescribing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to people at high risk of harm from them is estimated to cost the NHS in England around £31 million and cause more… read more.
“The NHS’s relentless focus on finance and productivity is failing patient safety,” argues patient safety commissioner Henrietta Hughes in an interview for The BMJ today. “The patient’s anecdote is the… read more.
Looking after the NHS workforce is not only an ethical imperative but also a sound investment and must be a top priority, say experts in the third report… read more.
Implementing a single shared digital prescribing record across the NHS in England could avoid nearly 1 million drug errors every year, stopping up to 16,000 fewer patients from… read more.
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