In October 2025, foundation year one (FY1) doctors in England voted for industrial action against the UK government, not only over reduced pay but also, for the first time, over specialty training ...

Resident doctors in Wales have voted to accept a new contract that includes an increase in basic pay, more flexible study leave, and a review of training bottlenecks.1 The new contract, which will ...

Patients referred for treatment at adult gender dysphoria clinics in England are facing “unacceptable” waiting times of over five years alongside poor levels of safety monitoring, an inquiry has found ...

If you ask children in a war zone for their one wish, the answers are heartbreakingly simple, writes Johanna Thomson ### How to donate The BMJ ’s annual appeal is supporting the work of Médecins Sans ...

Resident doctors in England have begun a new round of strikes—the third this year—during one of the NHS’s most pressured periods. The latest five day walkout, which ends at 7 am on Monday 22 December, ...

Frédéric Péchier, a French anaesthetist, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died, at two private clinics from 2008 to 2017. The Doubs criminal court in ...

An emphasis on overdiagnosis must not overshadow the issue of access to care, writes Lade Smith News of the UK government’s review into rising demand for mental health, attention deficit hyperactivity ...

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), comprising Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic, inflammatory, immune mediated, relapsing-remitting conditions of the gastrointestinal tract with ...

Whereas during the late 20th century heart disease was by far the most common cause of death, there were just 16 'heart' deaths (11%) in the obituaries of doctors during 2025. There were 12 deaths (8% ...

As the NHS launches its most contested clinical trial in decades, Deborah Cohen speaks to Emily Simonoff, Pathways lead investigator, and Hilary Cass, the author of the review that led to the study ...

Len Doyal was a medical ethicist and philosopher who never wavered in his commitment to engage sensitively and positively with those who had opposing views. He was, for example, a passionate advocate ...

An antiviral treatment widely used to treat flu is lacking evidence of effectiveness, the leaders of the landmark Recovery trial say. Their comments come as the NHS remains on “high alert” amid an ...