Opinion

Commentary and features from the Academy of Medical Sciences community.

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Meeting the challenge of health misinformation together

Professor Dame Angela McLean FMedSci and Professor Sir Chris Whitty FMedSci explore the risks of misleading health information and how the medical sciences community can help people find trustworthy...

Vaccines: cause for optimism, but no room for complacency

Professor Helen McShane FMedSci explores the power of vaccines to save lives, and why continued research and public trust remain essential.

1 October 2026

Research, risk and patient safety: making decisions under uncertainty

Professor Sir Chris Whitty FMedSci explored risk, uncertainty and medical decision-making at a recent lecture exploring how rapid transformation in science...

23 September 2026

Making AI regulation work in real-world healthcare

AI regulation cannot end at approval. To ensure AI remains safe, effective and equitable, the NHS needs people, time and infrastructure to evaluate it.

16 September 2026

One of Britain's best cards is medical science. Burnham should play it

Investing in health through Britain’s world-class medical science sector is a double win for health and economic growth.

12 August 2026

Without clinical academics, the UK's life sciences ambitions will fall short

Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci says the UK must act now to stop clinical academic careers becoming an impossible choice.

27 July 2026

Britain excels at discovery but struggles to turn it into growth and social benefit

Professor Andrew Morris CBE PMedSci, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences and senior sector figures from research, the NHS, industry, private capital...

22 May 2026

Academy supports Russell Group briefing to reverse 'alarming decline' in clinical academic posts

Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci, Vice President (Clinical), Academy of Medical Sciences expresses the Academy's support of the Russell Group briefing...

17 December 2025

Response to UK–US pharmaceuticals deal

Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE PMedSci, President of the Academy of Medical Sciences, responds to the government's UK–US pharmaceuticals trade deal announced...

1 December 2025

Science diplomacy and global health beyond HIV

Professor Tom Solomon CBE FMedSci reflects on the International Health Lecture 2025, co-hosted by the Academy of Medical Sciences and The Lancet, and delivered...

11 November 2025

Top tips for writing a successful Fellowship nomination

Top tips for nominating candidates for Fellowship, so that we can continue to elect the brightest minds to the Academy.

23 July 2025