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Ilona Kickbusch and Gabriel Leung: China steps up to convene a new global health meeting
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Nick Scriven: Planning for summer pressures—the strain placed on the NHS by heatwaves
As the UK swelters under record temperatures we need to focus on the effect that this is having on our patients and also our staff throughout healthcare services. Last year […]
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—25 July 2019
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals […]
Abi Rimmer: Refugee and migrant health—leaving no one behind
“There is no health without migrant health.” It’s a statement that most of us would probably agree with but in reality, in a country where the future of our national […]
Julio César Jiménez Guzmán: Let’s talk about sex—seriously
There is no doubt that the rollout of anti-retroviral treatment to some 21 million people living with HIV over the past two decades has been a milestone in public health. […]
Andrew Goddard: Turning the green paper from a whimper to a bang
The RCP’s first reaction to the publication of Advancing our health—prevention in the 2020s is disappointment, both its content and the nature of its publication. Making sure people stay physically […]
Laura Downey: Childbirth in the UK—it’s time to be honest about what the NHS can deliver
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Alex Armitage: Hunger strike for climate justice
Cliff Kendall worked on the frontline of the 2010 HIV epidemic and has seen how many lives can be lost to government inaction, which is why he is now going […]