• Paediatrician who “groomed a community” to conceal child abuse is sentenced to 79 years
• NHS must focus on routine care to tackle growing waiting lists, says spending watchdog
• Will human factors restore faith in the GMC?
• Clean household air for the Americas
• Alexander Kumar: From the Amazon to the Arctic
• Locum GPs must have same death in service benefits as other doctors, say LMCs

Paediatrician who “groomed a community” to conceal child abuse is sentenced to 79 years

A Pennsylvania paediatrician whose medical licence was revoked 19 years ago?then reinstated after a local campaign?will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted in the abuse of 31...

NHS must focus on routine care to tackle growing waiting lists, says spending watchdog

The National Audit Office (NAO) has urged NHS England and NHS Improvement to set out by the autumn what actions they plan to take to reverse growing waiting times for elective procedures and cancer...

Will human factors restore faith in the GMC?

The relation between the General Medical Council (GMC) and the profession it regulates could fairly be described as in crisis. The case of junior doctor Hadiza Bawa-Garba placed the fitness to...

Clean household air for the Americas

Elimination of disease is a fundamental aspiration of public health, and the Americas have a remarkable history of success. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) region was the first WHO region...

Alexander Kumar: From the Amazon to the Arctic

BiographyAlexander Kumar, 35, is a doctor and photographer who harks back to the age of exploration, having lived, worked, and travelled in more than 90 countries. His specialty training was in...

Locum GPs must have same death in service benefits as other doctors, say LMCs

The BMA?s General Practitioners Committee must actively seek changes to the NHS pension scheme to make it fairer for all GPs, local medical committees (LMCs) have urged.On 20 March the annual LMC...