Comment

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

Five years on

As the UK commemorates the fifth anniversary of the start of the pandemic, former BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul reflects on the need to learn lessons and to remember those lost

Chaand Nagpaul 10.03.25

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

Elgan Manton-Roseblade and Callum Williams 27.02.25

Committed to first-class journalism

As the print version of The Doctor magazine comes to an end, all of us here at the BMA are determined to continue offering award-winning journalism for you our members and doctors online

By Phil Banfield 23.01.25

Your BMA: new beginnings

The Doctor has achieved so much in print but the story doesn’t end here

By Latifa Patel 17.12.24

Your BMA: a magazine with clout

As The Doctor goes fully digital, I would like to celebrate some of its achievements so far

By Latifa Patel 19.11.24

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

Your BMA: here for you

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

By Latifa Patel 22.10.24

Rehabilitating a nation

An IPPR report finds the UK’s health is in poor condition but can the Labour Government’s plan make it well again?

By Tim Tonkin 27.09.24