Long waiting times down to lack of doctors

20 April 2018

'Disappointing' waiting times for Welsh patients are because of a lack of doctors, the chair of BMA Welsh council has said.

Doctors sharpen focus on knife crime

20 April 2018

Almost 10 years since co-founding Medics Against Violence, Christine Goodall still gets a buzz from school visits.

Medical students cast your vote

19 April 2018

Medical students are being encouraged to get online to cast their votes, with this year’s medical students committee election now under way.

The future of clinical excellence awards is now secure

Local Clinical Excellence Awards are a substantial part of consultants’ pay; and we’ve just secured an important deal with the Government to ensure this continues to be the case.

A farewell

Some accident, some decision, some omission. Some absolute calamity of circumstance.

NHS pressure: when does winter stop and 'normal practice' return?

Winter is over, but the pressure is not. The British Medical Association predicts this summer could be as busy as the winters of 2015 or 2016, while the Royal College of Emergency Medicine recently warned that we could see these winter pressures extend into the summer.