As generic versions of AstraZeneca’s blockbuster drug ticagrelor prepare to enter the market, The BMJ raises fresh concerns over the integrity of the clinical trials that underpinned its approval.

New evidence on levonorgestrel and desogestrel Meningiomas are common primary brain tumours.1 Although most of these tumours are non-cancerous, they can cause neurological symptoms and affect quality ...

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 ...

I’ve taught medical ethics to clinicians who are facing disciplinary action. Some are under investigation by their employer or regulator, others are suspended, and a few have been struck off but seek ...

More awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed use of ketamine across the UK in recent years ...

Defining responsibilities for clinical information Over 100 AI scribe products are being marketed to healthcare services internationally.1234 Industry predictions speculate that up to 30% of ...

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 ...

A doctor who met a teenage patient in hospital when he was a medical student, then maintained a long messaging relationship ...

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.

High level” discussions are underway to establish an independent US vaccine committee following the dismissal of 17 members ...

Competition for postgraduate medical specialty training posts is causing widespread despair and anger among the UK’s resident ...

The waiting list for planned NHS hospital treatment in England has fallen to its lowest level in two years, latest ...