Research
Long term survival with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) versus thoracoscopic sublobar lung resection in elderly people: national population based study with propensity matched comparative analysis
Use of evidence based practices to improve survival without severe morbidity for very preterm infants: results from the EPICE population based cohort
Safety of reduced antibiotic prescribing for self limiting respiratory tract infections in primary care: cohort study using electronic health records
Uptake, outcomes, and costs of implementing non-invasive prenatal testing for Down’s syndrome into NHS maternity care: prospective cohort study in eight diverse maternity units
News
NHS failed to commission mental health services properly at Yarl’s Wood
US urges Puerto Rico to start aerial spraying to reduce risk of birth defects
Slow response contributed to scale of west African Ebola epidemic, CDC concludes
Congenital heart disease units will close in Manchester, Leicester, and the Royal Brompton
GMC says it can’t force doctors to disclose payments from drug companies
Soldiers injured in Iraq War were let down by lack of dedicated health facilities, Chilcot report finds
GP is suspended for three months for smacking hand of patient with dementia
GPs should have direct access to wider range of tests for suspected cancer, says NICE
Research News
A fifth of acute pancreatitis cases are not diagnosed promptly, inquiry warns
Calcium channel blockers are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer, study finds
Nursery policies on conjunctivitis may encourage GPs to prescribe antibiotics
GPs in England and Scotland are reluctant to use email consultations, survey finds
Letters
Corrado and colleagues reply to Van Brabandt and colleagues
Don’t dismiss pioglitazone on basis of uncertain risk
GMC review of fitness to practise procedures is complete
Adding to the transitional care evidence base for future national guidance
Features
What Brexit means for the European Working Time Directive
Was there ever a golden age for junior doctors?
Robert Califf: controversial new head of the FDA