Medicines shortages have affected both the UK and the European Union over the past four years. Despite recent signs of stabilisation, a combination of price rises, global insecurity and tariff threats...

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

Even modest differences in lung function and growth across childhood can matter for long-term health.

Opting out of emergency alerts

Commentary: As governments copy Australia’s under-16 social media ban, Terryann Clark and Sarah Hetrick argue that targeting screen time ignores wider economic drivers of youth distress.

Cases of iatrogenic botulism have been reported following the therapeutic or cosmetic use of botulinum toxin containing products where the toxin’s effect extends beyond the area of treatment. Patients...

A working group report by: The Royal College of Psychiatrists and The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, March 2020, also known as ‘The Blue Guidelines’.Those with substance use disorders who are in police custody are entitled to the same high quality and effective treatment, delivered by healthcare professionals with the appropriate competencies, as the rest of the population. Accurate assessment of associated morbidities, including the degree and severity of dependence, and of the need for medical intervention, is essential, because both intoxication and withdrawal can put detainees...

As with all clinical trials, the MHRA’s top priority is the safety and wellbeing of the trial participants.

The MHRA, Advertising Standards Authority, and the General Pharmaceutical Council have issued a warning to businesses seeking to promote newly authorised medicines, as well as those that do not yet ha...