Life at Work

Read news stories, features and analysis below about the latest developments in healthcare from the award winning team of journalists at The Doctor magazine

GPs describe work as ‘unmanageable’

BMA survey shows devastating effect of years of underinvestment in general practice in Scotland

Life at Work By Jennifer Trueland

‘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

GPs describe work as ‘unmanageable’

BMA survey shows devastating effect of years of underinvestment in general practice in Scotland

By Jennifer Trueland 16.06.25

Doctors deserve ‘better employers’ to improve working conditions, says health secretary

Wes Streeting calls for NHS leaders to do more to make daily life easier for staff

By Ben Ireland 12.06.25

PA regulation unlawful, claims group of doctors

Anaesthetists United says GMC acts irrationally in its approach to overseeing associate staff

By Tim Tonkin 23.05.25

BMA describes GMC’s attitude to patient safety as ‘indifferent’

Regulator’s approval of PA and AA training courses lambasted by doctors leaders

By Tim Tonkin 30.04.25