Responsibility for commissioning all vaccination services and most screening services will move from NHS England to integrated care boards (ICBs) from 1 April 2026, NHS England has confirmed. The plan ...

John Webb was a masterly technical surgeon and pioneer cytologist. In an era when a lump in the breast presaged uncertain frozen section biopsy and mastectomy, Webb mastered fine needle aspiration and ...

Imran was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and later moved with his family to Karachi, where he grew up as one of six siblings. From modest beginnings, his exceptional academic achievements earnt him a place ...

Martin and colleagues articulate so clearly what many GPs, like me, feel.1 The pendulum in primary care has swung so far towards health promotion and illness prevention that those with acute, subacute ...

It’s been a disturbing couple of weeks in the United States for scientists, public health workers, and healthcare providers. In January, shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President and ...

Ringfenced surgery comes with funding, staffing, and ethical considerations With long waiting lists in the NHS, the UK needs innovation to tackle a backlog of surgical cases.1 One solution is surgical ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

What you need to know Measles is caused by Morbillivirus hominis , a member of the Paramyxoviridae family (which includes mumps, parainfluenza, and Nipah viruses).1 Spread is airborne through aerosol ...