
Heartsink
Last week, I attended one of the first performances of a new play, ‘Heartsink’ by Farine Clark, a…

‘which of these was a neighbour?’: The House of Lords vote on abortion and the need for mercy
One in three pregnancies in England and Wales ends in abortion.
And five in six of those abortions now…

dignity in dying: it sounds really attractive, doesn’t it?
The morning after the Scottish Parliament voted down the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill…

A moment for thankfulness: on running short of time
Reports on 26 February strongly suggest that the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will not…

A letter to our fellow resident doctors
Please note that the following letter represents the views of some CMF members, not of CMF itself. We…

the trouble with opt-outs
‘Organ donation is in crisis’ declared a recent headline in The Observer, as the number of people…

Three-parent embryos: can the end ever justify the means?
Every year, about one in 5,000 babies are born with a mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutation, inherited from…

The Leng Review and the leadership void: A call to fill the gap
So, the Leng Review has been published. A debate that has been admittedly toxic has finished its first…

Resident doctors’ strike
A strike by resident doctors (formerly known as junior doctors) will go ahead in England and Wales from…

bereavement leave and the grief we don’t talk about
The government are consulting on proposals to extend bereavement leave to those who lose a baby before…
