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International Women's Day 2025
Highlighting the challenges women still face in medicine, as well as showing some women who paved the way for women in medicine today.


Gender Gap in Medicine
Women in medicine still face challenges that their male counter-parts do not


Pain and Race in Healthcare
Analysis on how people of a diverse background are treated differently regarding pain medication


LGBTQ+ Bias in Healthcare
Like other marginalised communities, the LGBTQ+ community experiences disparities in healthcare experience. To start, there is a lack of...


Gender Bias in Healthcare
The issue of gender bias in healthcare is enduring and has significant consequences for both patient outcomes and the efficient provision...


Differing Maternal Outcomes Based on Race
Whilst the UK exceeds regarding its low maternal mortality ratio, there are still unfortunately disparities in maternal healthcare...


What is the Impact of Less Than Full-Time Training
Less than full-time training (LTFT) is an option for all post-graduate doctors who want to work less than 40 hours a week (Health...


Interview with Gemma Poole (Founder of the Essential Baby Company)
Hi everyone, I'm Aisia, the founder of Anatome and I was lucky enough to interview Gemma Poole, who is the founder of the Essential Baby...


How the Conservatives’ New Legislation May Impact Transgender Health Care
On the 4th of October 2023, Rishi Sunak made a speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. He laid down his vision for the...


Racial Bias in Healthcare
It’s a well-known fact that racial disparities exist within our National Health Service, both with regard to patients and staff members...


The Relationship Between Race and Different Health Conditions
As students, we are taught that race can play a role in different conditions or the prescription of medications. For example, there are...


Queer Bodies in Anatomy
It’s no secret to many of us that our anatomical imagery is less than representative, whether that be in the case of skin tone or body...


The Relationship Between Dermatology and Ethnicity
As with many areas of medicine, within the practice of dermatology, ethnically minoritised groups suffer poorer health outcomes due to...


Disabilities in Medical School
If you search for a definition of disability most will be something like an impairment, condition, or injury that limits a person’s...


How Can we Support Our Non-Native English-Speaking Colleagues?
There is much research regarding the experience of non-native English-speaking patients in healthcare, where it was found that...


The Othering of the Non-Standard
To ‘otherise’ someone is “to make a person or group of people seem different, or to consider them to be different” (Cambridge Dictionary,...


Race-Based Discrepancies in Medical Investigations
In the era of changing ideas and a greater understanding of the disparities seen in healthcare, the conversation surrounding racial...
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