• Half of patients prescribed statins fail to hit target reduction in LDL cholesterol
• Exclusive: Trainees can face fees of {pound}65 a night to stay in hospital during 24 hour non-resident on-call shifts
• Drive to curb prescribing of over-the-counter drugs saves less money than planned
• When doctors and parents disagree: royal college issues advice on dealing with conflict
• Should I publish in an open access journal?
• Open access: remember the patients

Half of patients prescribed statins fail to hit target reduction in LDL cholesterol

Half of patients prescribed statins in primary care fail to reach the target cholesterol concentration specified by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) after two years, a new...

Exclusive: Trainees can face fees of {pound}65 a night to stay in hospital during 24 hour non-resident on-call shifts

Junior doctors are calling for a change in their contracts to ensure that no one is charged to stay overnight in hospital accommodation, after an investigation found that one in five acute trusts in...

Drive to curb prescribing of over-the-counter drugs saves less money than planned

A major policy push by NHS England to save £100m (?1.2m; $1.3m) a year by curbing GPs? prescribing of over-the-counter drugs delivered only modest savings last year, the government has...

When doctors and parents disagree: royal college issues advice on dealing with conflict

Disagreement between doctors and parents about a child?s treatment can usually be resolved by careful listening or early involvement of mediation services, says new advice from the Royal College of...

Should I publish in an open access journal?

Yes?Matthew Kurien, David S SandersDigital technology has changed the landscape of scientific publishing. For centuries scholarly communication by publishing in print journals was central to academic...

Open access: remember the patients

?Remember the ladies,? wrote the future US first lady Abigail Adams in 1776 during the revolution, in a famous letter to her husband, the future president John Adams. ?In the new code of laws which I...