Dear Editor Given the fact that resident doctors have been intermittently on strike since 13/3/23, this might be an opportune time to document (with hard facts and figures) the extent to which the ...

With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require ...

Sati Heer-Stavert considers whether AI generated images of doctors reflect the diversity of the medical workforce Inaccurate portrayals of doctors in the media and everyday imagery can perpetuate ...

A musical charity provides moments of calm for babies and parents amid the intensity of neonatal wards. Anna Caldwell talks to the doctors and musicians involved In 2025, Music in Hospitals & Care has ...

Cultural competency is not enough for palliative medicine to build trust and offer good deaths to all, write Jamilla Akhter Hussain , Rekha Vijayshankar , and Mary Hodgson Death, dying, and grief are ...

Resident doctors in Scotland have voted to go on strike for four days in January, after accusing the Scottish government of breaking its promise on pay restoration. Scotland has been the only UK ...

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 ...

Are you interested in how a medical journal is run? Would you like insight into how to get published and gain experience in creating engaging content? If so, then apply for the 2026 BMJ Student Clegg ...

Controversial changes to the GP contract have seen relations between the government and GP leaders sour in recent months, and the row is now threatening to spill over into next year’s negotiations.

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 ...

Health researchers need to fully understand the underlying assumptions to uncover cause and effect. Timothy Feeney and Paul Zivich explain Physicians ask, answer, and interpret myriad causal questions ...

Launer notes that medical education nearly always loses out to service provision in healthcare.1 This reality has been magnified by the urgent need for trusts to deal with financial deficits, ...