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Latifa Patel, RB chair

Your BMA: new beginnings

The Doctor has achieved so much in print but the story doesn’t end here

Comment By Latifa Patel

BMA sets out doctors’ priorities for assisted dying legislation

Prospective enactment must seek to protect doctors and patients, says association

By Tim Tonkin 23.12.24

SAS doctors accept pay offer

Doctors employed under the 2021 specialist and specialty doctor contracts will receive an annual pay increase of up to 7.1 per cent

By Tim Tonkin 20.12.24

Here to help: refugee doctors

Doctors who desperately want to work, in a country that desperately needs doctors – but it’s far from simple for those leaving war-torn countries to practise in the UK. Jennifer Trueland meets two who are benefiting from a scheme to help their language skills, while Tim Tonkin hears about an initiative which offers continuing medical education

18.12.24

Comfort and joy

A home visit to a lonely and dignified patient left GP Adam Simon determined that she wasn’t going to miss out on Christmas

By Seren Boyd 18.12.24

GPs gain right to review NHS Resolution decisions

Ruling sets a vital precedent for independent contractors, such as dentists, says doctor

By Tim Tonkin 18.12.24

Doctors reject contract offer

BMA urges Welsh Government to improve on proposals

By Tim Tonkin 18.12.24

Your BMA: new beginnings

The Doctor has achieved so much in print but the story doesn’t end here

By Latifa Patel 17.12.24

Inequality is an emergency too

It might be hard to see a chaotic emergency department as presenting 'opportunities', but a group of doctors committed to tackling health inequalities say they can be places where meaningful interventions can be made which benefit patients – and reduce pressure on emergency medicine

By Peter Blackburn 17.12.24