Reflective, imaginative, and empathetic Zaynah Khan, 22, medical student at King’s College London became The BMJ editorial scholar in August 2025. She recently completed an intercalated BSc in ...

The renewed focus on moving “care into the community” in the NHS 10 year health plan will seem like déjà vu to many in healthcare.1 But it provides an opportunity for NHS policy makers to review ...

The UK list price of the weight loss drug could nearly triple, but which patients will bear the brunt of the internationally “aligned” cost? Kate Bowie reports In May the Trump administration demanded ...

Most doctors nowadays understand the concept of neurodiversity and find it useful. It’s a way of recognising that a diagnosis such as autism or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder may be helpful ...

The arguments made by Smith and colleagues are unusually good and balanced by the standards of most commentary on NHS manager regulation.1 But the headline—stating that regulation is just the ...

Simple, no cost, and effective In 1881, Robert Bowles reported in The BMJ the beneficial effects of positioning patients on their side (left or right) rather than supine to relieve stertorous ...

I’ve just returned to work after a few weeks away getting a hip replacement. I’m lucky to return to a job that I love. I’ve taken time out of work in the past, and each period away has been different, ...

Challenges remain amongst the academic community toward the notion SARS Cov 2 infection harms T cell function. A 2023 Immunology and Cell Biology commentary dismissed concerns, writing T cells off as ...

Conflicts of interest reported by US national vaccine advisory committee members were at a record low before Robert F Kennedy Jr’s decision to dismiss the entire Centers for Disease Control and ...

The government has enlisted the help of social media platform TikTok to raise awareness of the serious risks people face when travelling overseas for cosmetic procedures. The Department of Health and ...

Many ingredients are needed to make a good doctor. Knowledge is a primary building block: anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology are all essential to understanding illness and knowing how we ...

New treatment option for patients with kidney disease and itch Chronic kidney disease (CKD) associated pruritus, known by some as kidney itch, is common in patients with advanced CKD.1 About one in ...