Advice for junior doctor members during industrial action
Junior doctors should consider the impact of their absence and work collaboratively with their healthcare team to keep patients safe.
Feature: A more perfect language than that of words - the inspiring figure behind the Hunterian Museum, London
Allan Gaw celebrates the reopening of the Hunterian Museum in London and the inspiring figure at its heart.
Case file: Just a sprain
...The surgeon expresses “surprise” that the diagnosis was missed in A&E and that there was no onward referral to an orthopaedic specialist...
The mission to make the NHS greener
If healthcare was a country it would be the fifth largest carbon emitter in the world. But a number of innovative projects are giving cause for optimism.
Innovation: Online tool reduces disparities in pregnancy risk assessment
The Tommy’s Pathway can help offer personalised care plans to lower the risk of preterm birth or stillbirth in all women.
Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
What should you do if a patient says “no” to a chaperone?
Multimillion pound medication errors revealed in new report
MEDICATION errors cost the NHS £35 million in compensation in five years, a new report from NHS Resolution has revealed.
Tick-borne encephalitis detected in England
TICK-BORNE encephalitis is now likely to be present in England, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Improved one-year cancer survival
THE overall first-year survival rate for cancer in England rose 9 per cent to 74.6 per cent over the period from 2005 to 2020, according to new data published by NHS England.
Diabetes cases reach five million
OVER five million people in the UK are now living with diabetes, according to analysis from Diabetes UK.