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BMA describes GMC’s attitude to patient safety as ‘indifferent’

Regulator’s approval of PA and AA training courses lambasted by doctors leaders

Closure of specialist GP practice ignored risks to patients

Health leaders who failed to carry out impact assessments and proper consultation ordered to review processes and adjust services for homeless patients

By Peter Blackburn 08.05.25

Redefining health

A GP wants to change the way her colleagues and patients think about health – and many say they have already benefited from the new approach. Jennifer Trueland reports

By Jennifer Trueland 06.05.25

BMA announces strike ballot on pay for resident doctors

Government fails to commit to pay restoration forcing doctors leaders to take further industrial action

By Tim Tonkin 02.05.25

BMA describes GMC’s attitude to patient safety as ‘indifferent’

Regulator’s approval of PA and AA training courses lambasted by doctors leaders

By Tim Tonkin 30.04.25

Call to end ‘corridor care’

Petition to end use of unacceptable treatment locations submitted by doctors leaders

By Tim Tonkin 29.04.25

Call to support GP practices

£290m needed to deliver funding restoration to stabilise general practice, says BMA Scotland

By Jennifer Trueland 28.04.25

A life-shortening inequality — how patients with learning disabilities are let down

Patients with learning disabilities die earlier, and are more likely to die from avoidable causes. Campaigners say there needs to be better training, more specialist staff and greater insight into their complex needs. Seren Boyd reports

By Seren Boyd 25.04.25

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