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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

GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants despite misgivings

Court hears regulator continued with ‘medical professional’ in guidance despite warning its own staff to avoid doing so

Tim Tonkin 05.02.26

A chance to change

It is a familiar scene – patients trapped in a cycle of addiction and homelessness, seemingly doomed to make repeat visits to emergency departments and GPs. But Peter Blackburn meets the clinicians determined to give people a fighting chance to start new lives

Peter Blackburn 03.02.26

Resident doctors vote 'yes' to extend strike action mandate

Existing commitment to industrial action extended to August

Tim Tonkin 02.02.26

Invisible, invaluable

They've been called a second NHS: the millions of unpaid carers who not only sustain their loved ones but keep them out of hospital and residential care. But for too many there is a chronic lack of support, which can affect their physical and mental health. Seren Boyd reports

Seren Boyd 29.01.26

GMC chief apologises for way it regulated assistant staff

Health and social care committee questions elements of the GMC’s approach to supervision of PAs/AAs

Tim Tonkin 23.01.26

Health inequalities and their effects on the NHS

A BMA data hub for health inequalities in England aims to help doctors better understand the damage it causes to their patients

By Claire Chivers and Isabella Kerr 21.01.26