Articles

Leaving the door open

Maintaining professional boundaries is ingrained in medical training, and amongst psychiatrists may seem of particular importance. So how much can you, and should you, give of yourself to consultations?

Seren Boyd 08.04.26

Resident doctors embark on fifteenth strike

Frustration at the Government for moving goalposts when deal appeared close

Ben Ireland 08.04.26

Asylum seeker doctors free to work in NHS

BMA welcomes changes to immigration rules which reinstate the right of doctors seeking sanctuary in the UK to practise medicine

Tim Tonkin 30.03.26

The chance to make a difference

What do you do when a patient discloses alcohol misuse? There's definitely no quick fix, but Rachel Phillips was determined that her fellow GPs had access to the best possible resources. Jennifer Trueland reports

Jennifer Trueland 10.03.26

Fighting for compassion

A Sri Lankan doctor came to the UK with his family, determined to make a new life in the NHS. But his death has left his grieving family in immigration limbo. His widow, with support from the BMA, is calling for compassion. Tim Tonkin reports

Tim Tonkin 10.03.26

Doctors cleared of criminal damage

Six healthcare workers, including four doctors, say their climate activism has been vindicated after being found not guilty of criminal damage for breaking glass windows at the offices of JP Morgan they claimed was ‘an act of care’

Ben Ireland 17.02.26

The pioneers

To mark LGBT+ History Month, the BMA has highlighted four doctors who made important medical advances as well as often facing challenging personal circumstances. Tim Tonkin reports

Tim Tonkin 13.02.26

In pursuit of fairness

The attainment gap between doctors of different ethnicities has been known about for decades, but it hasn't narrowed. A Welsh initiative has given doctors fresh hope. Seren Boyd reports

Seren Boyd 09.02.26