Thousands of elderly patients facing NHS waits of up to three days www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

"Chicken pox changed our lives. If I'd known we'd have got the vaccine" As a new chicken pox vaccine is rolled out, I spoke to two families devastated by severe pox related complications for @thetimes.com parenting section: www.thetimes.com/article/9119...

It's alright for brainstorming ideas but I once gave ChatGPT a science paper and asked for a news story. It did not deliver.

Are you a journalist or PR using AI? How do you use it? Have you used it for writing? How was it? Let us know your thoughts in comments below:

Survey reveals Britons value human journalism and worry about use of AI pressgazette.co.uk/news/survey-...

Charter to tackle sexual harassment across NHS in England has failed, say unions www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"CHILD PATIENTS WERE INFECTED BY DIRTY WATER" @hrwritesnews.bsky.social for @mailonlinescot.bsky.social Full Story: t.ly/4zk8Z #NHS admits that #ContaminatedWater at #SNP's #SuperHospital caused serious infections in young patients. #ScottishTheMailOnSunday #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS

Botched medical tourism costs NHS £20,000 per patient to repair: 'Places huge burden on overstretched services' trib.al/Zwkwy2q

How can Britain tackle falling child vaccine uptake? The NHS is partly to blame and must make access easier. Great to talk to Helen Skirrow off the back of a new Lancet paper on UK vaccine hesitancy:

📣 Nominations are now open for the #HardingPrize for Trustworthy Communication! 🏆 We’re looking for clear, balanced evidence-based communications that help people make informed decisions. Submit your article, video, podcast or post by 15 Feb 2026! t.co/8iec0BZDcE

Corridor care is “a type of torture” that is leading to patients dying and causing NHS staff to have nightmares, the UK’s nurses union has warned. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Patients to benefit sooner as UK boosts clinical trials with faster assessments and agile regulation, says @mhragovuk.bsky.social press notice: www.gov.uk/government/n...

I spent months investigating whether gut health affects ageing - and if I could hack my own gut to age better - by MJA member Hugh Pym www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A new website for the MJA...bear with us as we start to make changes. But let us know what you'd like to see and read? Maybe you'd like to write for us? Read more: mjauk.org/2026/01/12/a...

Why the NHS still wastes billions on patients who shouldn't be in hospital - by MJA member Nick Triggle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NHS staff face ‘national emergency’ as patient violence hits 285 incidents a day www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised

People on fat loss jabs ‘put weight back on faster than traditional dieters’ www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Self-amplifying MRNA covid jab approved by the @MHRAgovuk: www.gov.uk/government/n...

Call for routine blood pressure testing in younger children as rates rise www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

NHS bosses have launched a full investigation and issued an apology after a body was wrongly released from a hospital mortuary to the undertakers – with the error only discovered after cremation had taken place www.itv.com/news/2025-12...

Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Record numbers of NHS staff are being dismissed in a crackdown on incompetence in the health service. NHS data show there were almost 7,000 dismissals in 2024-25, a record since figures were first collected in 2011. By @lauradonnelly.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...

A time to pause and reflect - Merry Christmas to all our members and partners. See you in 2026 mjauk.org/2025/12/22/a...

Wiltshire deaths probe linked to patients' altered care records www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If you want the latest on BMA GP and government rows on access, contracts and more you need to follow MJA member @annacolivicchi.bsky.social @pulsetoday.bsky.social Here's her latest www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/politic...

Our freelance members might be interested in this report on the State of Freelance Journalism from @freelancingfor.bsky.social www.journalism.co.uk/half-of-uk-f...

New whooping cough vaccine breakthrough as reported by MJA member Jane Kirby www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

National screening committee advises against widespread prostate cancer screening but puts option for targeting high risk men out for consultation as MJA member Tobi Thomas explains here www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Mounjaro (tirzepatide) manufacturer Eli Lilly has added warnings to its patient information leaflet for the drug that acute pancreatitis can be a “serious, potentially life-threatening condition” #ukpharmacy #weightlossinjections #pancreatitis

This amazing UK gene therapy research is the top story on BBC today by MJA member Fergus Walsh www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response - By MJA member @jimreedbbc.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An important story here by our vice-chair @emmajourno.bsky.social and team at the BMJ t.co/k8wqs0KYl3

Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells @lauradonnelly.bsky.social it’s hard to be a man in today’s society as he launches a new men's health strategy: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...

Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds. By MJA member @andrewgregory.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Hundreds of hospice beds unused amid financial crisis, writes MJA member Hugh Pym www.bbc.com/news/article...

GPs threaten to shut for a day over online appointments tech, writes MJA member @annacolivicchi.bsky.social www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/2025-26...

The family of a nurse who died days after being misdiagnosed with indigestion say she was let down by the NHS when she needed it most. www.itv.com/news/granada...

Warning NHS could become ‘overwhelmed’ amid rise in emergency cases, by MJA member @ellapickover.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

🚨 Student midwives are being stopped from graduating and forced to extend training "to make up for deficits in theory and practice" the NMC has said. 67 separate concerns have been raised with the NMC about university courses in the past year: www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...

Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Interesting piece from James Gallagher www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Canada and Americas lose measles-free status as disease spreads buff.ly/39gpoAD

imagine this exclusive from @annacolivicchi.bsky.social has caused quite a stir www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/2025-26...

The failed or late identification of deafness by children's audiology services in England has had a "profound impact" on the lives of babies, children and their families, an independent review has found.

Nearly all NHS hospitals are missing cancer targets - is yours one of them? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’, writes MJA member Denis Campbell www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

UK to put 250,000 lives at risk from HIV, TB and malaria with aid cuts, writes @rachelschraer.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...