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Elgan Manton-Roseblade and Callum Williams

UK foundation programme recruitment needs urgent change

Many medical students find their allocation to be both delayed and hundreds of miles away from friends and family causing considerable distress

Comment Elgan Manton-Roseblade and Callum Williams

Special job, special people – now they need specialty status

Providing healthcare away from populated areas has long been a challenge for the NHS. However, an emerging specialty is beginning to go some way to addressing the issue while offering doctors the chance to provide continuity of care to patients. Jennifer Trueland reports

By Jennifer Trueland 01.04.25

Demand to boost general practice investment

Lack of recruitment taking toll on health service, says BMA

By Jennifer Trueland 27.03.25

ICO fines IT firm for data breach

Patient records held by Advanced Computer Software Group hit by ransomware attack

By Tim Tonkin 27.03.25

Data-sharing dispute fears resurface

Conflict around refusal to allow access to patient information may reignite, warns GP

By Tim Tonkin 26.03.25

Jailed climate activist doctor given interim 12-month GMC suspension

Decision means potential further sanctions could be applied in full after release

By Ben Ireland 21.03.25

The Doctor podcast

Welcome to The Doctor podcast, brought to you by the British Medical Association. Each month, we bring you conversations inspired by stories featured in The Doctor magazine. Our episodes are posted monthly, so follow us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, to be the first to find out when a new episode drops.

20.03.25

Medical students demand government ‘fix our funding’

Nine in 10 face financial pressures and 40 per cent consider dropping out or pause in study

By Ben Ireland 20.03.25

Never forget – COVID and its legacy

Five years on, doctors look back on when the pandemic hit the UK and remember the extraordinary camaraderie but also the stress and exhaustion that still hangs over the health service and many of its staff. Lessons must be learned, they say.

11.03.25