Life at Work

Fighting for compassion

A Sri Lankan doctor came to the UK with his family, determined to make a new life in the NHS. But his death has left his grieving family in immigration limbo. His widow, with support from the BMA, is calling for compassion. Tim Tonkin reports

Life at Work Tim Tonkin

In pursuit of fairness

The attainment gap between doctors of different ethnicities has been known about for decades, but it hasn't narrowed. A Welsh initiative has given doctors fresh hope. Seren Boyd reports

Seren Boyd 09.02.26

GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants despite misgivings

Court hears regulator continued with ‘medical professional’ in guidance despite warning its own staff to avoid doing so

Tim Tonkin 05.02.26

GMC chief apologises for way it regulated assistant staff

Health and social care committee questions elements of the GMC’s approach to supervision of PAs/AAs

Tim Tonkin 23.01.26

Vindicated whistleblower says doctors should not be fearful of raising safety concerns

Ex-CEO Susan Gilby awarded £1.4m in damages after tribunal finds she was unfairly dismissed from Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Ben Ireland 16.01.26

What happened to FY3 locums?

Rate cuts and a dearth of locum shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis. Ben Ireland hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe

Ben Ireland 15.01.26

In search of a future

Many have fled persecution before a long and dangerous journey. Now they want to give something back to the country that offered them safety. But for refugee doctors, that is far from easy. Tim Tonkin reports

Tim Tonkin 09.01.26

This man saved my life – I live by his example

A little boy from an Italian village, a 'hopeless case', Alessandro Tamburrini's life was saved by an American surgeon. It's to that man, his friend and guide, that he dedicates his own surgical career. Interview by Seren Boyd

Seren Boyd 18.12.25

Health service pressure disproportionately affects disabled staff, finds survey

‘The medical system is failing many disabled and neurodivergent medical students and doctors,’ BMA discovers

Tim Tonkin 03.12.25