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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

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

The ordeal: doctors reflect on the COVID crisis

Bungled guidance, a ‘criminal’ lack of protection for staff, and patients ‘raining from the sky’. As a new phase of the COVID inquiry gets under way, three doctors describe their experience of the pandemic

By Ben Ireland 15.10.24

Right to care

Refugees and asylum seekers are often wrongly turned away from primary care because they lack proof of ID and address. Seren Boyd reports on a scheme which makes it easier for them to register

Seren Boyd 27.09.24

‘An NHS on its knees’

In a health service ravaged by COVID and years of funding cuts, the NHS Confederation chair sets out his priorities

By Tim Tonkin 19.09.24

Blue plaque for pioneering doctor

One of a few select women to be commemorated under the scheme, Diana Beck was the UK’s first female neurosurgeon

By Jennifer Trueland 17.09.24

NHS in 'critical condition'

Darzi review reveals failings in quality of care, performance and patient access

By Tim Tonkin 16.09.24