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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

Life at Work By Jennifer Trueland and Tim Tonkin

Call for assisted dying safeguards

Patients must have ‘informed choice’ with access to palliative care, doctors agree

By Peter Blackburn 23.06.25

Long Covid – the fight for justice

The first scandal was that doctors were exposed to COVID due to failings in government PPE provision. The second was that those with Long Covid have been denied the support they need, causing huge financial and emotional distress. Recognition of the condition as an industrial disease would be a positive and necessary step. Peter Blackburn reports

By Peter Blackburn 23.06.25

Mental health services ‘not safe’

A public inquiry into the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex has highlighted repeated failings and hopes to effect change across the country. Ben Ireland heard evidence from the latest round of hearings

By Ben Ireland 19.06.25

Climate activist doctor Sarah Benn's suspension extended

Tribunal finds retired GP’s fitness to practise ‘remains impaired’

By Ben Ireland 18.06.25

GPs describe work as ‘unmanageable’

BMA survey shows devastating effect of years of underinvestment in general practice in Scotland

By Jennifer Trueland 16.06.25

Doctors deserve ‘better employers’ to improve working conditions, says health secretary

Wes Streeting calls for NHS leaders to do more to make daily life easier for staff

By Ben Ireland 12.06.25

Rowing for Ukraine – a doctor's solo voyage across the Atlantic

Leo Krivskiy was already supporting doctors in Ukraine, but Russia's second invasion led him to an extraordinary 3,300-mile challenge to raise money for vital medical supplies. Seren Boyd reports

By Seren Boyd 12.06.25

Resident doctors fear for jobs

Shortage of specialty training places forcing many to rethink careers, finds BMA survey

By Jennifer Trueland 11.06.25