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Trust our in-depth knowledge to help you with your employment related issues. Visit our Employment advice and support section.
Read our step by step guide for juniors and senior doctors in England on exception reporting. Along with supporting resources and FAQs.
Read our guide to checking your rota, learn the rules and use our online rota checker tool to check your rota now.
Here you can access the key guidance to help you understand the new 2016 junior doctor contract regulations.
The BMA has teamed up with an external third party specialist law firm, to provide our members with free basic immigration advice in connection with their employment or study in the UK. Contact our advisers on 0300 123 1233.
For England, Scotland and Wales. How many public holidays are you entitled to? How does it work in practice? What if you're part time? Find out the facts.
Information for junior doctors on leave entitlements, working on public holidays, fixed annual leave, sick leave and answers to your frequently asked questions.
Doctors have a duty to raise concerns about patient safety. Read our advice on why, when and how to raise a concern.
BMA Northern Ireland is encouraging junior doctors to understand their workplace rights and entitlements. Read our handy six-point guide to knowing your rights.
A new essential guide for GP practice managers and staff. Find out which training requirements are mandatory and how to meet those demands.
Job plans are annual agreements between the employer and the doctor so it is important you understand how best to prepare for your job plan review.
This brief guidance clarifies the clinical, legal and professional responsibilities of those who carry out medical procedures and those who are asked to seek consent for them.
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Whatever your career stage, we can help you along with the BMJ and the BMA Library. Visit our Career advice and support section.
Making the step from medical school to being an F1 doctor is both daunting and exciting - get everything you need to know for your first year on the foundation programme.
To continue your training after medical school you must apply for the foundation programme. The application period is only open for two weeks a year - use our guide to get key dates and information plus tips for your application.
Take the steps from medical school into postgraduate training with confidence - know your career options and get all the support you need for your training years.
From face-to-face masterclasses, to webinars and e-learning modules - we provide a variety of options to help with your professional development.
This one- hour free webinar is designed to help you to think about how you negotiate in clinical situations and highlight new approaches that you can use and embed into your work setting.
Whether you're staying close by or thinking about further afield, this guidance will help you get started on the steps you need to take to work abroad.
Ensure that your employer recognises your value and understands the principles of your role.
We're here to help you get your CV in top shape, no matter what stage you are in your career.
All the information you need to successfully complete your CESR application as a SAS doctor.
Flexible working and less than full time training (LTFT) is becoming more commonplace - read our step by step guide and see if LTFT is right for you.
Interested in pursuing your academic studies? Find out more about your options for combining training with academic study in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Get help with balancing the stresses of work and demands on your life. Visit our Work-life support section.
Confidential counselling and peer support services open 24/7 to all doctors and medical students. There is always someone you can talk to.
Problems can take hold of us at anytime, and can often feel difficult to manage on our own. We have a range of services to support and advise you through difficult times and coping with stress.
Check out our range of learning opportunities to grow your career and build your confidence in the workplace, including advice for overseas doctors who are thinking about working in the UK.
Find out how the NHS works in the UK with information about the NHS in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Let us support you in your professional and personal life with our range of services dedicated to helping make your life easier.
The BMA Refugee Doctor Initiative is a special package of free benefits available to refugee and asylum seeking doctors seeking to establish their careers in the UK. Find out more.
A new start in a new country can be a challenge. Whether you are working as a trainee or a doctor, we have guidance to support the transition to living and working in the UK.
Lloyd & Whyte offer both personal and commercial insurance packages to support you throughout your personal and working life as a doctor.
As a busy doctor, keeping ahead of the latest tax developments and dealing with tax matters can be time-consuming and challenging. Our tax experts Ernst and Young can help.
Reasonable adjustments are adaptations to assist students and doctors with disabilities. Find out more.
Whether you're thinking of having a baby, already expecting or going back to work as a parent, read our advice on contracts, leave options and pay.
'Caring, supportive, collaborative: a future vision for the NHS' is a project which aims to be an honest conversation with our profession about the sort of NHS doctors want to work in. Find out more.
Get the latest on STPs (sustainability and transformation plans) and find out how they affect you at a local level. Look at our analysis on funding, read our FAQs on how to get more involved, and check the deficit map.
On 7 January, NHS England published their long-term plan for the NHS. This briefing for members provides a summary of the key announcements, and what they may mean for doctors.
The SASC conference takes place every May at BMA House, London.
View highlights from the most recent UK consultants conference and see details of the motions passed.
A BMA survey of over 1,500 EU doctors working in the UK has found that less than a quarter have faith in the Prime Minister's commitment to protect their rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
A short guide on the NHS e-Referral Service for secondary care doctors.
6 out of 10 consultants are intending to retire from the NHS early. See the full survey results.
The latest news, guidance and current issues for general practice from the general practitioners committee (GPC).
With annual increases in demand for care, the NHS in England is under a growing amount of pressure and is struggling to meet targets. The BMA is undertaking regular analysis to provide an overview of how the health service is coping.
The BMA has consistently highlighted the serious impact of the woeful underfunding of the NHS, with rapidly growing demand wholly outstripping capacity. Find out more.
With 100 days to go until the UK leaves the EU, there is still too much uncertainty around the implications of Brexit for patients, doctors and health services.
Number of calls our support service received
4284
Number of contracts our employment advisers checked
223
Number of cases our employment advisers resolved
3080
15 January 2019
A review recommending an increase of 100 medical student places a year in Northern Ireland to tackle the severe shortage of specialist doctors does ‘not come as a surprise to the profession’.
Opportunities to reduce risks and liabilities in general practice must be explored if the GP partnership model is to survive, a report has found.
10 January 2019
Consultants have renewed calls to reform NHS pension rules after an ‘alarming’ survey found they were driving many to cut hours and retire early.
Cybersecurity got the attention of doctors last year as the WannaCry attacks shut down computers with messages demanding ransom payments.
Much has been written about the analogy of illness with a battle. In this narrative, we fondly tend to picture doctors as – at the very least – supporting the fighter, buckling on their armour and stocking their arsenals with nifty therapeutic weapons.
'I am scared that this country is heading towards a massive crisis'
19 February 2019 Flexible Teaching Room, Ninewells Medical School, Dundee, DD1 9SY
20 February 2019 Glasgow
Scotland, GP, GPs
21 February 2019 Belshill
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