Mental health spending pledge under MP scrutiny

27 September 2016

A committee of MPs will monitor the health secretary’s pledge to boost mental health spending as research reveals many NHS commissioners plan to cut budgets.

End to free movement of labour 'could be a disaster'

27 September 2016

Shadow health secretary Diane Abbott has warned that ending freedom of movement for EU health workers could spell disaster for the NHS.

12-hour GP day policy changed

27 September 2016

The NHS has dropped a demand that GP practices open for 12 hours on weekend days

We stand with all our colleagues

Whatever your view on the outcome of the EU referendum, there is no doubt of the profoundly destabilising force it has exerted upon the country.

I look young. Get over it

I asked my patient if he was in pain. Having attended him for almost a week, it was the first time we had spoken.

Reared on gastrointestinal surgery

‘Are you the bottom doctor?’ … Sorry, pardon? Did I hear that right?

Is this ethical trade?

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The Right Mix

Read our long form feature on how the medical profession is diversifying its workforce.

Year in the life of a junior doctor

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