Stuart was born in Banff, Aberdeenshire, to Agnes, a nurse, and Eric, the local doctor. When Stuart was 6 the family moved to Bieldside and later to Greenock, near Glasgow, where Eric became medical ...

Callum was appointed as a consultant geriatrician and general physician at West Middlesex Hospital in 2002, after registrar training in London. He was a highly respected clinician who initiated and ...

A £450m government plan to improve urgent and emergency care in England and avert a winter crisis could have shown more ambition in tackling longer waiting times, doctors’ leaders have said. The Royal ...

Overstocking of a medicinal product is defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “Excess stocks of products, which exceed current demand at a given time.” Overstocking of a product can lead to ...

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has called for more support for GP partnerships to “remain a realistic option” for general practice among other approaches to working in primary care.

The Trump administration has revoked guidance that required hospitals to provide emergency abortions to stabilise a patient’s condition even in states with severe abortion restrictions—but in a way ...

Drug industry stock prices dropped when Donald Trump announced his intention to lower drug prices through executive decree, but in the end the markets had the final word. Share prices fell in early ...

Laine and colleagues outline actions for authors, institutions, funding bodies, and publishers to combat predatory journals.1 We must also consider, however, the steps that readers can take to shield ...

This week a United Nations motion demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza was vetoed by one country—the US.1 The result: more death and destruction. Donald Trump’s administration began by cutting ...

Renewed focus on improving social care is required Dementia is the leading cause of death in England and Wales,1 and 982 000 people are estimated to have a form of dementia in the UK.2 Although there ...

Hearing a patient's story in their own words has changed our working culture, write Pietro Majno-Hurst and colleagues For the past four years we have been asking patients who are scheduled for major ...

Apparently, yes. The government has announced that half a million more children in England will get free school meals from September as it expands eligibility. Every pupil whose household is on ...