A survey of women’s aid organisations across 44 countries has found that 47% of those that provide crucial services in crisis contexts, including sexual and reproductive health services, expect to ...

Higginson and Ramjeeawon discuss whether the new palliative care commission in the UK can drive real change.1 Any review of palliative and end-of-life care must look at the needs of the ageing ...

Higginson and Ramjeeawon’s question—whether a palliative care commission can drive real change1—resonates far beyond the UK, offering global insight. Health systems everywhere face mounting strain: ...

Bill,1 which aims to legalise medically assisted dying in England and Wales, has brought greater public and political attention to palliative and end-of-life care. There’s a groundswell of support to ...

The number of overdose deaths in the US has fallen for the first time in five years in a sign that the country may be finally turning the corner on fatalities attributed to fentanyl.1 A report ...

Investment in vaccination, vector control, and surveillance is vital In 2024, Latin America recorded its biggest ever dengue outbreak, with 13 million reported cases and 8328 deaths, mainly in Brazil, ...

Very senior NHS managers, including medical directors, will be able to earn 10% bonuses or face having their pay cut by 15%, depending on how well their organisation performs, it has been announced.

Multiple health organisations have joined forces to call on the government to make physical punishment of children illegal in England. Thirteen organisations led by the Royal College of Paediatrics ...

NHS England is making its last call for evidence for a review on postgraduate medical education.1 There have been dozens of similar reviews in my 35 years as a doctor, but this one has a chance to ...

The number of people dying prematurely after long waits in hospital emergency departments before admission rose by a fifth in England last year, an analysis has found. The analysis by the Royal ...

At a conference in Hong Kong last year almost every presentation enthused about the potential of artificial intelligence. The conference wasn’t even about AI, the great global hope to solve every ...

What you need to know Dementia is a chronic, progressive, and irreversible disease affecting cognition, behaviour, and function. Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and mixed dementia (Alzheimer’s ...