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Government response to COVID-19 was ‘too little too late’, inquiry concludes

Report says 23,000 deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown

Health & Society Life at Work Ben Ireland
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Giving a voice

Ever since he was at school, Tom Dolphin has believed in helping people stand up for themselves. Elected BMA council chair in the summer, he tells Peter Blackburn of his plans, including new powers at a local level to press for doctors' rights

Life at Work Peter Blackburn
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New tech and old yarns

Designers and medics are looking to the past and the future to find ways of making healthcare more sustainable. Jennifer Trueland reports

Life at Work Jennifer Trueland
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Resident doctors refuse to bow to health secretary’s ‘emotional blackmail’

Five-day strike begins as BMA demands action from the Government on pay and jobs

Pay & Contracts By Ben Ireland and Tim Tonkin
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Up in smoke?

For many doctors, it's painful to see the huge amount of waste and environmentally damaging activity in the health service. Seren Boyd speaks to some of those determined to make the NHS more sustainable

Health & Society By Seren Boyd
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The contract that wasn't

GPs in Northern Ireland thought they had a deal. But money to cover indemnity costs was clawed back and funding remains woefully inadequate. Jennifer Trueland hears from GPs about the overwhelming support for collective action

Pay & Contracts Jennifer Trueland

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Life at Work 15.08.25

Government response to COVID-19 was ‘too little too late’, inquiry concludes

Health & Society 20.11.25

New tech and old yarns

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Giving a voice

Life at Work 18.11.25

Resident doctors refuse to bow to health secretary’s ‘emotional blackmail’

Pay & Contracts 14.11.25
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Sexism rife in medical schools, finds BMA

41 per cent of female students and 19 per cent of male students say they have experienced sexual harassment or sexual assault at medical school, reveals report

Life at Work By Tim Tonkin

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