A new experimental triple action weight loss drug is associated with weight loss of up to 25% in individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes, a large phase 3 clinical trial has reported.

Delays in transferring patients for cardiac surgery caused by a failure to implement a standard pathway is putting lives at risk, a coroner has warned after two patients died.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants adult social care in England to be free to everyone in a similar model to the NHS.

GPs have produced guidance for patients on how to best complain.

A number of healthcare staff, including at least one doctor, are under investigation for potentially inappropriately accessing the medical records of teenager Oliver McGowan after his death.

Increasing core practice funding by £50 per patient is a key negotiating aim, the British Medical Association has said.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has strongly backed advanced practitioners following the British Medical Association’s latest report raising concerns about the roles carrying out doctor duties...

Fitness to practise processes “must never be used as a weapon” against doctors, the General Medical Council has said.

“This must never happen again,” was Lady Justice Thirlwall’s stark warning as she delivered her findings from the public inquiry into Lucy Letby.

Some babies could have been saved from death and harm at the hands of Lucy Letby if safeguarding action had been taken earlier, an inquiry prompted by the child serial killer’s crimes has found.

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The number of fitness to practise cases in the health sector involving sexual misconduct allegations has almost doubled in five years, according to a report.

Nearly half of integrated care boards in England are delaying care for patients by imposing minimum waiting times for some surgical procedures, an analysis has revealed.

Investment in tackling emergency department waiting times has not been matched by improvement for patients, a review by the National Audit Office has concluded.

The number of fitness to practise cases in the health sector involving sexual misconduct allegations has almost doubled in five years, according to a report.

Some NHS Pension Scheme members have been underpaid because of an administrative error, the government has confirmed.

Around three-quarters of staff working in UK emergency departments have said they experience or witness violence and aggression at work on a daily or weekly basis, according to a survey.

A plastic surgeon who sent photos from his phone of a patient’s open leg wound has had his suspension from the medical register extended.

A doctor colleague “crush” of child serial killer nurse Lucy Letby can be named as reporting restrictions were lifted following his death two months ago.

A doctors’ group has backed a campaign urging the government to trigger the break clause in the NHS contract with IT company Palantir.

There has been an “alarming” rise in the number of young children attending accident and emergency departments with mental health concerns and facing lengthy waits once there, according to an analysis...

A teenager has become the first person in the UK to have a dissolvable implant fitted to close a hole in her heart.

The family of a doctor who took his own life while under investigation by the General Medical Council has applied to appeal at the Supreme Court.

A health board has launched a specialist clinic to help those suffering bladder damage after taking ketamine.

More than a third of sexual misconduct allegations brought against doctors at tribunals last year involved actions towards their colleagues, data has revealed.

A doctor who was struck off after not attending a hearing following a suspension for plagiarising academic work has been restored to the medical register.

Doctors did not fixate on a grandmother’s use of Mounjaro weight loss medication before her death, an inquest heard.

Psychiatrists are struggling to provide the standard of care patients need amid staffing shortages and increasingly complex cases, a new survey has found.

Men with heart disease face a higher risk of developing and dying from cancer than women, a study suggests.

Neuroscientist accuses ADHD documentary of “cherry-picking” her comments to fit its narrative.

Two brothers have been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition before their symptoms appeared thanks to a genomics study.

Accessing health records for “legitimate and appropriate work purposes” is not unlawful, updated NHS England guidance has stated.

Improvements in air quality following the introduction of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in London has led to accelerated lung growth in children, a large study has found.

Kidney transplant patients are to get ‘double matched’ blood to reduce the risk of organ rejection.

Nurse consultants have been used to cover emergency medicine registrar shifts at a trust, a freedom of information request has revealed.

Planned changes to NHS.net email services that would have left foundation and locum doctors unable to access emails from previous placements have been paused.

An NHS consultant geriatrician has retired after working in the NHS for 60 years.

The autism spectrum may have become “too broad” and risks misunderstanding the needs of patients, according to an expert in the condition.

A Commonwealth Games netball star has traded her Team Scotland colours for medical scrubs as she starts her new career as an NHS doctor.

A sharp rise in an infection that causes explosive diarrhoea has been associated with travellers returning home, the UK Health Security Agency has said.

It is likely 2026 will see the highest number of heat-associated deaths on record, the UK Health Security Agency has said.

The number of fitness to practise concerns about doctors submitted to the GMC increased by 25% in a year.

A woman with advanced ovarian cancer has become the first patient in the world to receive a pioneering new therapy.

Concerns that an emergency department simultaneously used two triage systems due to a lack of resources for training have been raised by a coroner.

Older patients are more likely to face long waits in emergency departments, with two in five waiting over 12 hours to be admitted, according to data.

Researchers have found strong genetic evidence that fibromyalgia is mainly a disorder of the central nervous system.

The Scottish Government has been urged to pause its plans to roll out another 20 GP walk-in clinics after figures showed some centres are seeing as few as three patients a day on average.

Doctors’ Association UK has said the recommendation from expert advisers not to offer a COVID-19 vaccination to doctors will “backfire” with staff sickness.

A professional rugby star has achieved his dream of becoming a doctor after completing his medical degree.

‘Professionalism’ standards intended to mirror the conduct expected of registered doctors are being used punitively and to punish freedom of speech.