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Our two latest COVID reports focus on the public health response to the pandemic and how COVID has impacted existing health inequalities.
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Hearing each other: narrowing the gulf between primary and secondary care
Hearing each other: narrowing the gulf between primary and secondary care

The relationship between doctors in primary and secondary care has been put under pressure by legislative barriers, poor IT, and being forced to compete for meagre budgets. Tim Tonkin talks to doctors working to bridge the divide, and hears why it has never been more important to do so
For an international doctor, ‘home’ is always waiting
For an international doctor, ‘home’ is always waiting

The temptation to move back to India might never disappear, but the UK has its comforts too, writes Glamorgan consultant Raja Biswas
Next steps for junior doctors’ pay restoration
Next steps for junior doctors’ pay restoration

The BMA will ballot junior doctor members in England for industrial action if the Government doesn’t commit to pay restoration by the end of September
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Pay campaign Fair pay for junior doctors in England Junior doctors have made an enormous contribution and a significant sacrifice during the past two years. And yet their pay continues to be eroded by the government.
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