Identifying opportunities for progress

Abstract

Health services are struggling to maintain progress made over decades in reducing the incidence of preventable illnesses. Cases of gonorrhoea are increasing, even though condoms are effective at preventing its transmission, with infections becoming more complex and treatment resistant strains becoming more common (doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-084789).1 Infant mortality in the UK is rising, even though many of these deaths could be avoided with better support for public health (doi:10.1136/bmj.r1053).2 UK deaths from cardiovascular disease in working age adults are now also on the rise, after falling …