When Graham Serjeant arrived in Jamaica in 1966, it was accepted wisdom that few of those affected by sickle cell disease (SCD) survived beyond childhood. Yet he encountered adult patients living with ...

The Marmot review’s author spoke to the WIRED Health conference about “proportionate universalism,” racism, and a million UK children living in destitution. Mun-Keat Looi reports ### Biography Michael ...

Education in equitable practice and decoloniality in global health must begin early in medics’ careers if medicine is to progress away from extractive practices, writes Lim Ying Jia, Nicole The roots ...

Clear guidance is necessary as the recording of consultations by patients and clinicians becomes the norm, write Waseem Jerjes and Azeem Majeed Patients recording their consultations is becoming an ...

Attempts to ensure children have easy access to vaccinations through the NHS are too often thwarted by unnecessary barriers, child health experts have warned. Hard to book appointments, inconvenient ...

A new healthy food standard will force supermarkets and food manufacturers to encourage people to make healthier food choices, the government has said. The move, which will be introduced as part of ...

India’s organ transplantation programme is crippled by insufficient funding, a shortage of specialised doctors, and procedural delays, especially in its public hospitals, according to an official ...

Has the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)—which pays GPs for recording processes and achieving clinical outcomes—led to improvements in patient care? This is the question that Ho and colleagues ...

Doctors should provide high quality, evidence based care reflecting individual preferences and needs, regardless of weight, argue Juan Franco and colleagues Doctors have traditionally recommended ...

Treatment requires a personalised approach When women reach the menopause, they can face difficulties in accessing good advice about management of their symptoms. The challenge for their healthcare ...

The legal system, an ancient butt of jokes about its absurd rulings and quirks, may be the only authority standing between us and our self-inflicted doom. Wherever we look—where democratic rights are ...

Vaccine hesitancy may not be as big a factor as poor access, new research finds. Emma Wilkinson looks at what NHS organisations are doing to make it easier for parents to get their children immunised ...