The Five Year Forward View (FYFV) was an important milestone for mental health and marked the start of a committed government agenda on mental health that has now become one […]
After the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests last summer in the wake of the killing of George Floyd in the US, the UK government established the Commission on Race and […]
During the pandemic, doctors came together to push for political change. We must continue to use our newfound voice, says Samantha Batt-Rawden […]
The success of the NHS covid-19 vaccination programme shows the benefits of national leadership and local delivery in healthcare. Working at speed and scale, the programme put in place a […]
This year’s World Health Day, celebrated today (7 April 2021), focuses on the critical need to enhance equity for the most vulnerable communities worldwide. Covid-19 has further highlighted this need, […]
Every so often we encounter a book, or even an article, that says something important and changes our thinking. Often they are books that express clearly something that we have […]
As the UK government announce plans to expand testing rollout, Stephen Reicher and colleagues argue that testing without support for self-isolation won’t work […]
Abraar Karan and Thomas Pogge look at how we could subsidize the healthcare needs of the world’s poorest people into effective market demand […]
Every time that the world faces a major epidemic outbreak, we are reminded of how ill-prepared we are to effectively deal with the emergence of new infectious diseases. This is […]
In Germany, patients’ rights to access their health information has been enshrined in the Civil Code since February 2013. The right to “inspect medical records” in § 630 g states […]
