BMA council chair issues statement welcoming commons select committee report on white paper – but says its falls short on private provider reform

Affordable and available childcare would make a vital contribution in retaining doctors and levelling the gender pay gap. Jennifer Trueland reports

Barriers are set to be broken between primary and secondary care, and an end is promised to the waste and fragmentation caused by competitive tendering. But there is much the Government needs to do if its new blueprint is to succeed – especially with the threat of the private sector still looming. Peter Blackburn reports