Science reported that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) director, Jay Bhattacharya, dismissed all members of the agency’s top external advisory body, the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD) ...

Wes Streeting was looking to end the “crazy” situation of UK doctors losing out on jobs to doctors from overseas.1 In May, the Times reported that he plans to announce that UK trained doctors will be ...

The discussion around competition for medical specialty training posts is important.1 As a core psychiatry trainee, I acknowledge the vital role of international medical graduates in the NHS, but I ...

That’s been the concern—which is why, for the past four decades, the UK has prohibited football supporters from drinking in the stands. But in Scotland at least, the ban is being lifted as part of a ...

Doctors’ discontent with the training system is multifaceted and deep, says Nikki Nabavi Every year, thousands of doctors enter a high stakes game of musical chairs, competing for a shrinking pool of ...

The tabling of a private member’s bill in the UK parliament that would make cousin marriage illegal has raised the issue in public discourse. Richard Holden, the MP who introduced the bill, said that ...

Public health efforts should prioritise education and awareness rather than a blanket ban, writes John Wright Consanguineous marriage, particularly among first cousins, is in the news again after a ...

Proper handling of continuous variables is crucial in healthcare research, for example, within regression modelling for descriptive, explanatory, or predictive purposes. However, inadequate methods ...

The roles of physician associate (PA) and anaesthesia associate (AA) should not be abolished but be renamed “physician assistants” and “physician assistants in anaesthesia,” Gillian Leng’s independent ...

After an extensive period of debate and examination of evidence about physician and anaesthesia associate roles, my review can provide clarity, says Gillian Leng It was a privilege to be asked by Wes ...

Wes Streeting, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, commissioned Gillian Leng to undertake an independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associates. The rationale, ...

Partha Kar, a Royal College of Physicians (RCP) councillor, has said that the college’s lack of a whistleblower policy left him with “no alternative” but to breach its rules and considers its plan to ...