Opinion

Are children more accepting of death than adults?

When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—overdefinition

Medical education in a post-Roe world: student advocacy is patient advocacy

Resolving conflict about treatment for seriously ill children

Why we need full pay restoration

A dream about value, the NHS, and end of life care

Gender in Nepal’s health sector

Rammya Mathew: Doctors are being pushed to the absolute brink

An ethicist’s view on the Archie Battersbee case

Why the monkeypox outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern

As prime minister, Boris Johnson did not do enough to tackle racial inequalities

To end monkeypox, we must return power to our patients

What can we learn from the first 100 days of the monkeypox outbreak?

Climate crisis: Wellcome has failed to set a clear red line for the fossil fuel industry

When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—overdetection

Umbrella reviews: a useful study design in need of standardisation

Downplaying the catastrophic health impact of heatwaves costs lives

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—4 August 2022

David Oliver: Politicians’ abject failure to tackle the existential crisis in the NHS

Helen Salisbury: A feeling of safety

“Downgrade your mask before entering”—a dangerous NHS policy at a critical public health juncture

Welcome to your new hospital

Surrogate endpoints in trials—a call for better reporting

Safeguarding asylum-seeking children housed in contingency accommodation is everyone’s responsibility

Aquatic Federation’s new eligibility policy—an unacceptable erosion of bodily autonomy for women and girls

What should a health and social care workforce strategy look like?

Britain’s not working

The UK government’s “personal responsibility” policy for covid is hypocritical and unsustainable

When code-switching is a requisite on clinical rotations

A sustainable NHS needs innovation that is driven by data and without boundaries

Forecasting the mental health harms of overturning Roe v Wade

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—28 July 2022

The burden of prolonged smell and taste loss in covid-19

David Oliver: Relearning to value experts and their knowledge

Partha Kar: NHS restructuring—can our leaders make it work?

Helen Salisbury: Why we should keep jabs local

Abortion rights: history offers a blueprint for how pro-choice campaigners might usefully respond

Old buildings and out of date facilities are costing the NHS dear

A prescription from Kerala for transforming healthcare

Lack of focus on climate in Conservative party leadership contest is deeply concerning

When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—too much of everything

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—21 July 2022

Groundhog day: the signs of a climate emergency are with us again

David Oliver: My personal pandemic experience is just one of many

Time to disrupt health care or is that impossible?

Covid-19: One year on from “Freedom Day,” what have we learnt?

Matt Morgan: Life threatening problems, big and small

A seven point plan to suppress covid infections and reduce disruptions

The medical expert: time for a re-think?

Helen Salisbury: Learning to say no

Covid continues to disrupt: what is the plan to deal with it?

The terrible waste caused by our outdated system of care records

When I use a word . . . . Too much medicine

Patients cannot consent to care unless they know how much it costs

Erasing the stigma: tattoos in the medical workforce

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—7 July 2022

David Oliver: Covid-19 and the Dunning-Kruger effect

Rammya Mathew: Keep caring, even when it’s hard

Helen Salisbury: The commercial determinants of health

Boris Johnson and health: unfulfilled promises

Workforce: the persistent victim of the covid-19 pandemic

GP crisis requires more than just technology to fix it

Beyond shame, sorrow, and apologies—action to address indigenous health inequities

When I use a word . . . . Unnecessary, hateful, sickening words

Exit means exit for Boris Johnson?

Saved bed days: the ultimate currency

Removing special covid leave will only undervalue staff and threaten patient safety

Women’s unpaid work in health systems: the myth of the self-sacrificing gene

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—7 July 2022

Tackling racism: moving beyond rhetoric to turn theory into practice

Sajexit: what Sajid Javid’s tenure as Health Secretary achieved

Breaking the Northern Ireland protocol would create problems for health and care

David Oliver: What can we learn from formal complaints during covid-19?

How best to achieve a better and sustainable world?

Helen Salisbury: Discouraging self-isolation with covid

Improving leadership should include support for leaders’ wellbeing

Individual responsibility: a red herring that lets the fossil fuel industry off the climate catastrophe hook

When I use a word . . . . Values

Monkeypox—not doing enough is not an option

Digital health and care plan: a compelling and surprisingly realistic vision

Integrated care systems must be agile and avoid becoming ensnared in bureaucracy

No one is safe until everyone is safe—from polio too

Overturning Roe v, Wade has had an immediate chilling effect on reproductive healthcare

Ann Robinson’s research reviews—30 June 2022

The fall of Roe v, Wade: the fight for abortion rights is universal

New, shorter treatments for drug resistant TB are a lifeline for people living through conflict

David Oliver: Is England’s NHS too “top down”?

Partha Kar: Understanding how others relate to you

Helen Salisbury: Unintended consequences of open access to medical notes

Could the use of digital services improve the provision of HIV PrEP in the UK?

Polio’s detection in London is a wake-up call

Overturning Roe v Wade: reproducing injustice

The impact of remote care on burden of treatment

When I use a word . . . . Counterfactual medical history: Milton’s poetry

The steady crisis across the NHS

The covid-19 pandemic will end with public health tools, not clinical ones

A cursory National Food Strategy lacks substance and joined up thinking on food insecurity

Tom Nolan’s research reviews—23 June 2022

The United States needs people to stand up for abortion

David Oliver: Reconciling patients and professionals after poor experiences