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Well versed – what poetry can bring to medicine

Why would a doctor write poetry? Given how some use it – as a coping mechanism in war and abusive situations, to help them better relate to patients and to combat burnout – they might ask, how can a doctor manage without it? By Seren Boyd

Doctors' Wellbeing By Seren Boyd

Well versed – what poetry can bring to medicine

Why would a doctor write poetry? Given how some use it – as a coping mechanism in war and abusive situations, to help them better relate to patients and to combat burnout – they might ask, how can a doctor manage without it? By Seren Boyd

By Seren Boyd 06.08.25

Binning the beige buffet

Health service catering has tended to offer little in the way of either 'health' or 'service', but it's not all pie, chips and pop, as Ben Ireland discovered at a hospital determined to do better

By Ben Ireland 31.07.25

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

Pushed beyond the limit

Paul Miller was an 'excellent' doctor who died after pressures at work led him to feel 'trapped and overwhelmed'. Ben Ireland attended his inquest and heard from family members about an intelligent, kind and modest man

By Ben Ireland 18.02.25

‘This can’t go on’

They were the words of a coroner but it didn't take a legal expert to recognise the harm wrought by a system where work is intense, admissions of ill-health carry a stigma and support services are either under financial threat or non-existent. Ben Ireland reports

By Ben Ireland 18.02.25

'No one knows about tomorrow': Doctors living with Parkinson's

Even doctors who treat patients with Parkinson's disease often take time to realise they have the condition themselves. Four tell Seren Boyd how their diagnosis has led to new priorities – and some positive change

By Seren Boyd 30.01.25

Disabled doctors do not receive required support, finds survey

BMA investigation finds employers are not doing enough to provide reasonable adjustments

By Tim Tonkin 03.12.24

In living memory

As a tree commemorating the lives of doctors who have died by suicide is planted as a living memorial at BMA House, the association calls for change in the fight for improving mental wellbeing in NHS

By Tim Tonkin 10.10.24
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