Life at Work

Equality denied

People with disabilities have fewer rights in one part of the UK than they do in the others. For doctors, it means that basic things to keep them safe, like hand gel and fire doors, are literally out of their reach. By Jennifer Trueland

By Jennifer Trueland 15.08.25

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

PAs and AAs should be called ‘assistants’ and not see undifferentiated patients

Recommendations in Leng Review, which BMA calls ‘inadequate response’ to ‘patient safety scandal’

Ben Ireland 16.07.25

Immigration rule reform will affect overseas doctors, says BMA

Letter to home secretary outlines critical role played by international medical graduates

By Tim Tonkin 11.07.25

‘Placeholder’ doctors face double whammy

Doctors without confirmed job locations also left out of on-call rotas

By Peter Blackburn 26.06.25

‘Worsening crisis’ in emergency departments

Consultant paints stark picture of daily working life

Peter Blackburn 25.06.25

Call for ‘stable’ supply of medical professionals

Government plan to double medical school numbers questioned

By Ben Ireland 24.06.25

Long Covid – the fight for justice

The first scandal was that doctors were exposed to COVID due to failings in government PPE provision. The second was that those with Long Covid have been denied the support they need, causing huge financial and emotional distress. Recognition of the condition as an industrial disease would be a positive and necessary step. Peter Blackburn reports

By Peter Blackburn 23.06.25