Competition for postgraduate medical specialty training posts is causing widespread despair and anger among the UK’s resident doctors (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1023 doi:10.1136/bmj.r1166).12 Applicant ratios ...

The on-call consultant who failed to refer the teenager Martha Mills to intensive care two days before she died of sepsis will face no sanction, a medical practitioners tribunal has decided. The ...

Scotland is in danger of creating a new “lost tribe” of young doctors who question their future in the profession because of a lack of training opportunities. BMA Scotland found that seven out of 10 ...

Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness in late adolescence may offer protection against common cancers later in life. In a Swedish cohort of one million 18 year old men, those in the highest ...

O’Doherty LJ, Carter G, Sleath E, et al. Health and wellbeing of survivors of sexual violence and abuse attending sexual assault referral centres in England: the MESARCH mixed-methods evaluation.

A woman in her 80s, with Parkinson’s disease, presented to the emergency department with a four day history of fever, malaise, gritty eyes, sore throat, and a progressive rash all over the body. She ...

Surgical robots have been with us for 40 years. With a workforce crisis, growing waiting lists, and AI looming, will surgeons continue to collaborate with robotic helpers or be replaced by them, asks ...

Tom Nolan reviews this week’s research Will cardiovascular disease prevention mostly be delivered by subcutaneous injection in the future? With increasing numbers of people starting tirzepatide and ...

Liquid biopsy becomes available in England A blood test that speeds up cancer diagnosis by two weeks and can help patients with suspected lung or breast cancer receive targeted treatment is now ...

Government spending on the NHS will rise by 3% a year after inflation over the next three years, slightly above what many in the health service were expecting. This compares with an average annual ...

New evidence on levonorgestrel and desogestrel Meningiomas are common primary brain tumours.1 Although most of these tumours are non-cancerous, they can cause neurological symptoms and affect quality ...

More awareness, research, and treatments are needed The rise in non-prescribed use of ketamine across the UK in recent years is concerning because of the potential effects on physical and mental ...