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Drug users in Ireland will be able to use supervised injecting rooms later this year, starting in Dublin, followed afterwards by other major cities, the Irish government has said.Announcing the...

The UK government has offered concessions on weekend pay for junior doctors, as part of negotiations on proposed changes to the contract for doctors in training, HSJ (Health Service Journal) has...

bmj;352/jan22_7/i417/FIG1F1fig1Credit: Sophie BergbernA group of junior doctors and senior academics has delivered a letter of protest to the Department of Health for England to demand that the...

bmj;352/jan22_5/i277/FIG1F1fig1A woman being treated for metastatic breast cancer with capecitabine was admitted with bloody diarrhoea. She developed an acute abdomen three days later. Contrast...

A 30 year old otherwise healthy woman presented with a 15 year history of widespread pruritic rash and slow clinical progression. This symmetrical rash was composed of thick hyperkeratotic plaques,...

Some 300 000 doses of a vaccine against Ebola virus disease will be available from May for use in emergency situations and clinical trials, under a deal signed by the drug company Merck and by Gavi,...

The NHS in England is to try out new ways to equip patients with medical technologies in their home, as it seeks to improve the care of older patients, people with long term conditions, and people...

More than 80 international drug companies and key industry associations have issued a joint statement setting out how governments and industry can collaborate to overcome the growing threat of...

The recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in west Africa was unprecedented in scale, with over 28 600 cases and 11 300 deaths.1 Survivors may have a range of continuing health problems, including...

Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that has caused a public health crisis in Brazil after being linked to a sharp increase in birth defects, has spread rapidly across the Caribbean this month, prompting...

A new international analysis of attitudes of primary care doctors has identified “a clear correlation” between stress levels among GPs in the United Kingdom and their desire to leave their job.The UK...

Doctors’ leaders have warned that “exorbitant” and “inexplicable” planned rises in the fees that GPs and hospitals have to pay to England’s healthcare regulator amount to a “raid” on overstretched...

Hospitals in England were told to implement minimum nurse to patient ratios in emergency departments, in guidance that was blocked from publication by the government.The National Institute for Health...

Iacobucci’s article asks how the needs of people with learning disabilities are to be met.1 The government now promises ratings on the quality of care offered to this group, yet such commitments in...

Smart weapons against tuberculosisThe fight against tuberculosis is getting smarter with whole genome sequencing (WGS). In a non-commercial trial (Lancet Respir Med doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00466-X)...

Scotland’s chief medical officer wants the profession to take a critical look at modern practice and abandon the outdated “doctor knows best” culture by better supporting patients in taking informed...

The publication of a very well constructed randomised controlled trial1 of betahistine (Serc) for Meniere’s disease underlines the lack of evidence for the efficacy of this drug at both low and high...

Members of the Indian Association of Medical Journal Editors have voiced their concerns about the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) current guidelines on academic promotions, which do not recognise...

Study question What is the long term efficacy of betahistine dihydrochloride on the incidence of vertigo attacks in patients with Meniere’s disease, compared with placebo?Methods The BEMED trial is a...

Saturday 16thNew case of Ebola in Sierra Leone The World Health Organization confirmed a new case of Ebola virus disease in Sierra Leone, barely 24 hours after it had declared the end of transmission...