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The British Medical Association is the trade union and professional body for doctors in the UK. 
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SAS new contract

The BMA has concluded negotiations for new contract packages for SAS doctors in England and Wales. 

Members have voted in favour of the new contracts packages in our recent referendum. 
Read about the new SAS contracts
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Risk assessment tool

The BMA has endorsed a simple risk stratification tool to help facilitate your work-based risk assessment. The tool uses a scoring mechanism to help you quantify your biological risk to COVID.
Access the tool
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COVID emergency helpline

We're here to help

Contact us for emergency COVID advice 24 hours, 7 days a week. Call 0300 123 1233.
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The BMA can help you navigate and understand issues from annual allowance to pay scales to job planning.
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For 24/7 emergency COVID advice please call us. For all other non-emergency enquiries normal opening times apply.
Call - 0300 123 1233 Email - [email protected] Webchat - talk to an adviser
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Fairness on the Frontline

We're demanding fair pay for NHS consultants

Consultants have given their all in leading the fight against COVID-19. Yet, their real terms pay has been slashed year-on-year. Add your voice to the campaign to start to restore the pay taken from consultants in England.

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News
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On the ground: faced with upheaval

An abrupt termination of an overseas doctor’s contract left him in difficulty with his visa, but a BMA adviser’s efforts bought him the time and space he needed to keep his career on track
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Clinical excellence awards agreement extension

Interim arrangement on terms and conditions prolonged in light of COVID crisis
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The mission: unearthing the origins COVID-19

A British epidemiologist and two other researchers who went on the World Health Organization mission to investigate the origins of COVID-19 describe their experiences. Tim Tonkin reports
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Events
The ultimate retirement plan - 22 April
International conference on physician health 2021: a vision for humanity in medicine
Writing a Will: what you need to consider - BMA Law webinar
Events