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Health secretary pressed for answers on workforce and training places

Members of the Commons health committee urge Yvette Cooper to clarify the Government’s plans for specialty training places and NHS staffing.

Life at Work Tim Tonkin
I can more than sympathise

I can more than empathise

When GP Genevieve Allum hears about her patients' health problems, she doesn't tell them that she has a serious genetic condition of her own. It has convinced her there should be more support for people with rare diseases – including doctors. Seren Boyd reports

Doctors' Wellbeing Seren Boyd
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Inquiry report highlights ‘huge impact’ on health service staff

The BMA in Scotland has warned that action must be taken now to protect the NHS and its workforce in any future pandemic.

Health & Society Jennifer Trueland
Doctors in corridor

Slow progress

The Bengoa report set out an ambitious path for health and social care reform in Northern Ireland. Despite early political consensus, progress has been slow. Jennifer Trueland hears from three members of the original report panel – including Rafael Bengoa himself – about what needs to happen next

Life at Work Jennifer Trueland
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Budget fails to deliver for NHS, says BMA

Government offers £190m to assist with meeting the demands of winter pressures and £100m for the expansion of medical robotics

Pay & Contracts Tim Tonkin
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Call to unfreeze London weighting

BMA seeks end to cap on living allowance for medical staff

Pay & Contracts Tim Tonkin
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Worlds apart

Resident doctors such as Pauline Josiya are often the most senior clinicians in Malawi's public hospitals, working 24-hour shifts, with little break and scant resources. Seren Boyd hears about the challenges she faces and speaks to British doctors involved with a charity which supports medical training in Malawi

Health & Society Seren Boyd
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Government waiting-time target in jeopardy

By the end of the current Parliament, 92 per cent of waits will be within 35 weeks, rather than target of 18, says Health Foundation report

Life at Work Tim Tonkin

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