Resident doctors in Wales have voted to accept a new contract that includes an increase in basic pay, more flexible study leave, and a review of training bottlenecks.1 The new contract, which will ...

Patients referred for treatment at adult gender dysphoria clinics in England are facing “unacceptable” waiting times of over five years alongside poor levels of safety monitoring, an inquiry has found ...

In October 2025, foundation year one (FY1) doctors in England voted for industrial action against the UK government, not only over reduced pay but also, for the first time, over specialty training ...

Frédéric Péchier, a French anaesthetist, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died, at two private clinics from 2008 to 2017. The Doubs criminal court in ...

Resident doctors in England have begun a new round of strikes—the third this year—during one of the NHS’s most pressured periods. The latest five day walkout, which ends at 7 am on Monday 22 December, ...

If you ask children in a war zone for their one wish, the answers are heartbreakingly simple, writes Johanna Thomson ### How to donate The BMJ ’s annual appeal is supporting the work of Médecins Sans ...

An emphasis on overdiagnosis must not overshadow the issue of access to care, writes Lade Smith News of the UK government’s review into rising demand for mental health, attention deficit hyperactivity ...

We live in a world of lies, damned lies, and AI hallucinations. A US publication calculated that Donald Trump told 30 573 lies during his first term as president.1 Trump is neither alone nor ...

As the NHS launches its most contested clinical trial in decades, Deborah Cohen speaks to Emily Simonoff, Pathways lead investigator, and Hilary Cass, the author of the review that led to the study ...

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Everyone’s life is interesting—not just those who have pioneered a new surgical technique or reached the heights of an academic career, as the doctors featured in BMJ obituaries in 2025 show As a ...

Cultural competency is not enough for palliative medicine to build trust and offer good deaths to all, write Jamilla Akhter Hussain , Rekha Vijayshankar , and Mary Hodgson Death, dying, and grief are ...