Members of parliament have voted by 314 to 291 to approve a bill that would make assisted dying legal in England and Wales, a move described as the biggest social change since the Abortion Act 1967.

The BMA has accused University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust of unsafe and unprofessional practice and raised “serious concerns” about the trust’s working arrangements between resident doctors and ...

Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who may spend longer on their phones but don’t ...

Regulation of managers now seems inevitable, but must be accompanied by wider changes focused on professionalising and supporting NHS leaders Calls to regulate NHS managers have been made for over 25 ...

Padinharath Krishnakumar was born on 15 May 1961 in the village of Kodolipram in Kerala, India, to parents who were schoolteachers. He graduated from Calicut Medical College in 1987 and went on to ...

China’s health policy makers are seeking to expand access to epidurals, spinal blocks, and other forms of labour analgesia in a country where officials say that seven in 10 vaginal deliveries take ...

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Tennessee can continue to ban transgender care for young people. Although Tennessee is the only state to have brought the issue to court, the ruling ...

One method of classifying pharmaceutical products in the UK is according to the ways in which patients can obtain them. There are three types: prescription-only medicines (PoMs), pharmacy-only ...

Three NHS workers are taking legal action against Barts Health NHS Trust in London over its new uniform and dress code policy and ban on displaying political symbols. They include a British ...

A United Nations agency has urged the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to lower the price of the long acting antiviral treatment lenacapavir following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s ...

John was born in Chingford, east London, but was evacuated to Wales during the second world war. He played rugby for the Welsh schoolboys and Pontypool, scoring a try at Twickenham. After completing ...

Salisbury discusses the structural tensions in general practice around the outsourced diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),1 but the issue demands a deeper historical and ...