Life at Work

Specialty training squeeze

Doctors are fearing mass unemployment because the number of specialty training posts is woefully short. Ben Ireland hears calls for an urgent increase in places, and about the debate over prioritisation

By Ben Ireland 17.04.25

BMA ‘considering next steps’ after ‘disappointing’ High Court ruling

Submission that GMC description of PAs and AAs as medical professionals is ‘irrational’ dismissed

By Ben Ireland 17.04.25

Students call to expand specialty training places

BMA medical students conference hears demands to protect mental health and tackle sexism

By Tim Tonkin 16.04.25

BMA secures right to use evidence in PA challenge

High Court grants association permission to draw on documentation in judicial review against GMC

By Tim Tonkin 14.04.25

Call to suspend recruitment of PA and AAs

‘Shocking testimony’ exposes administration of inappropriate procedures threatening patient safety

By Tim Tonkin 03.04.25

Special job, special people – now they need specialty status

Providing healthcare away from populated areas has long been a challenge for the NHS. However, an emerging specialty is beginning to go some way to addressing the issue while offering doctors the chance to provide continuity of care to patients. Jennifer Trueland reports

By Jennifer Trueland 01.04.25

Demand to boost general practice investment in Scotland

Lack of recruitment taking toll on health service, says BMA

By Jennifer Trueland 27.03.25

Never forget – COVID and its legacy

Five years on, doctors look back on when the pandemic hit the UK and remember the extraordinary camaraderie but also the stress and exhaustion that still hangs over the health service and many of its staff. Lessons must be learned, they say.

11.03.25