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Pharmacy health checks and contraceptive service c...
- BY Matthew Limb
More patients in England could get care directly from community pharmacists, after a government agreement on access to…
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New hospitals highly unlikely to be delivered on t...
MPs from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee have said they have “no confidence” that the government’s…
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Sharp Scratch episode 98: Medical milestones
- BY Eabha Lynn
Éabha Lynn, BMJ editorial scholarIn this episode of Sharp Scratch, we considered those times that felt like important…
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UK regulator approves “groundbreaking” gene tr...
UK regulators have approved a “world first” gene treatment for treating sickle cell disease and transfusion dependent β…
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England’s diabetes prevention programme has deli...
Patients referred to the NHS’s national diabetes prevention programme in England have seen improvements in key cardiovascular risk…
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Nature and climate crisis: adaptations need to “...
Woody Caan, retired professorial fellow, Royal Society for Public Health1, Candice Howarth, head of local climate action21Duxford, Cambridge,…
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Semaglutide reduces risk of major cardiovascular e...
- BY Jacqui Wise
A weekly injection of semaglutide (Wegovy) resulted in a 20% reduction in the risk of death from major…
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Covid inquiry: What we learnt this week
This week the UK’s covid inquiry heard from senior advisers and civil servants who were at the heart…
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“Unforgivable” rise in deaths in children must...
The number of child deaths in England has increased by 8% in the past year, from 29.3 to…
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Why does the UK continue to trail other high incom...
- BY Jacqui Wise
New OECD data highlight the UK’s lacklustre performance on cancer, stroke and cardiovascular outcomes. Jacqui Wise examines what…
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A presentation to flesh out
This is a 12×6 mm soft, pink nodule with a small area of ulceration in the right axilla…
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Working in the sun causes one in three non-melanom...
- BY Jacqui Wise
The World Health Organization has called on governments to ensure that outdoor workers are protected from the sun,…
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