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When GPs need to appeal CQC decisions

If a practice receives a notice of proposal to cancel its registration this can be appealed but the effort involved can be overwhelming

By Errol Archer 01.11.24

Grant cuts will decimate healthcare services, warn doctors leaders

Funding for charities and the third sector set to fall by £4.5m putting vulnerable at risk

By Peter Blackburn 31.10.24

2,000-signature petition calls for GMC to reverse suspensions of climate activist doctors

Supporters of Diana Warner and Sarah Benn gather outside regulator’s London office

Ben Ireland 25.10.24

Torn apart: visa rules and dependent relatives

Pinak Roy loves his job as a GP but while the Government seems happy for him to care for his many patients, it won’t give the visa that would allow him to care for his own mum

By Tim Tonkin 23.10.24

Your BMA: here for you

Many of us are exhausted – but the BMA is here to help

By Latifa Patel 22.10.24

Hopes restored: from Kabul to Dundee

When the Taliban banned women from higher education, female medical students in Afghanistan lost their futures overnight. But a group have made it to Scotland where, despite having to start all over again, they are determined to succeed

By Jennifer Trueland 21.10.24

You’re welcome

A ‘nurturing’ GP practice shows Seren Boyd how it seeks to reassure, gently challenge, and communicate sensitively with its patients in a bid to tackle deep-rooted health inequalities

By Seren Boyd 21.10.24

A voice for the dispossessed

Some of Andrea Williamson’s colleagues at medical school joked that she ought to become a social worker rather than a doctor. For the renowned GP, it is the social determinants of health that drive her work

By Peter Blackburn 17.10.24