The use of penicillin during the second world war was highly effective in reducing the ill effects of infections in wounded soldiers, particularly between D-day in June 1944 and VE day in May 1945.

Any future assisted dying services in the UK should not be based in general practice, nor should any doctor be forced to be involved in them, GPs have insisted. Representatives at the annual UK ...

Former prime minister Tony Blair sparked controversy last month when he claimed that strategies to tackle climate change were causing public disengagement and division and were “doomed to fail.” ...

The Gates Foundation is set to close a decade earlier than anticipated as its founder, Bill Gates, accelerates funding in the hope of speeding up the eradication of poverty and disease. Almost the ...

John was born in London, then moved to Sheffield and North Wales, where he attended Penygroes Secondary School. He qualified from St Andrew’s in 1947 and undertook his pre-registration year at the ...

Sunil Pandya was born and spent almost his entire life in Bombay (now Mumbai). He joined Grant Medical College in 1957, graduating in 1961. He then gained a masters in general surgery and trained in ...

Many doctors experience distressing inappropriate behaviour from colleagues, including unwelcome sexual comments and advances. Tom Moberly hears advice on how to tackle such behaviour Chelcie Jewitt, ...

Reform UK was the largest winning political party in England’s recent council elections and is now set to dominate local government in parts of the country. Adrian O’Dowd looks at how this may affect ...

At a recent conference in London patients gave an insight into their thoughts on use of AI in the NHS Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic fantasy; it’s rapidly becoming a part of our ...

Alice Giucca describes how her experience on a postnatal ward showed a system in collapse As I watch my newborn daughter sleep in one of her three hour stretches of peaceful bliss, I do what I have ...

UK regulators must produce clear guidelines for the prescribing and monitoring of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for weight loss, particularly when treatment is initiated online, GP ...

The way we treat staff working in the healthcare system is crucial to the success of any reform, say Isabelle Brown and Laura Turner The NHS workforce is under considerable operational pressure at ...