Clinical News & Alerts

Emergency services will continue to operate normally during consultant strikes, with full emergency cover maintained throughout Routine and elective procedures will be…

Women have a higher core body temperature set point and delayed heat dissipation response compared to men, making them physiologically more vulnerable…

Monitor children for heat-related illness signs including excessive drowsiness, confusion, and lack of sweating, as they are more vulnerable to rapid temperature…

Baroness Mone and associates face legal action to recover substantial sums related to PPE Medpro contracts awarded during the pandemic procurement process.…

NHS maternity services require fundamental cultural change rather than incremental reforms to prevent continued failures in maternal and neonatal care Current system…

Martha's Rule extended across all maternity services following review evidence of serious, sustained safety failures in maternity care The patient safety escalation…

Brief walking breaks (5 minutes) can improve mood and counteract negative health effects of prolonged sitting during the working day Regular interruption…

Commercial vaginal microbiome testing is increasingly available direct-to-consumer, but evidence supporting clinical utility in routine practice remains limited and unclear Current evidence…

Key Takeaways for UK Clinical Practice Psychosomatic symptoms are neurobiologically real – functional disorders involve genuine alterations in nervous system processing rather…

Acute emotional stress from high-stakes football matches can trigger cardiovascular events in susceptible individuals; clinicians should counsel vulnerable patients (particularly those with…