The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the umbrella organisation for the colleges, has intervened in the debate about the role and status of physician and anaesthesia associates (PAs). It has now ...

When doctors are taught to be perfect, even providing reasonable care feels like failure, writes Zaid Al-Najjar I was recently talking with a colleague about a clinical pathway in our practice that ...

Medical leaders in India have expressed alarm over a drug alert issued by the country’s drug regulator that lists 50 products as “not of standard quality.” The list, issued by the Central Drugs ...

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has urged the UK government to launch a rapid, independent review of the role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates because of “mounting concern” ...

What you need to know Inhalational and intravenous medications can be used to induce and maintain general anaesthesia. In recent years, the use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) has increased.1 ...

Twenty six cases of Marburg virus disease, which is related to Ebola, have been reported in Rwanda—the first in the country, sparking concern among African and international health authorities. The ...

A doctor who left the medical records of about 300 patients unsecured in a rented apartment when she moved out has been struck off the UK medical register. Documents found in the former home of Maryam ...

A survey of former players of American-style football has found that a third believe that they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), brain damage associated with concussion after repeated head ...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has intervened after a general practice in the West Midlands was accused of misleading patients about physician associates’ capabilities and levels of ...

Structural racism is harming the health and wellbeing of ethnic minority communities in London and contributing to “avoidable and unfair inequalities” between ethnic groups, researchers have concluded ...

Labour must act on its commitment to reduce child poverty Poverty is a disaster for children’s health.1 It causes poor child health outcomes and worsening physical and mental health. It undermines ...

The sickle cell treatment voxelotor (Oxbryta) has been withdrawn from all markets by the manufacturer Pfizer after a “higher than anticipated” number of deaths were reported and clinical evidence ...