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Despite general practice being under extreme pressure, many GPs still find the time and energy to offer their expertise in emergency situations. Peter Blackburn reports
26 September 2016
The UK’s ageing population and its families are being failed by a flawed and fragmented health and social support regime, a wide-ranging report by the BMA warns.
23 September 2016
BMA Scottish council chair Peter Bennie answers your questions
Doctors leaders in Scotland are calling for tougher measures to ensure that new housing developments do not overwhelm local GP services.
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 asked my patient if he was in pain. Having attended him for almost a week, it was the first time we had spoken.
‘Are you the bottom doctor?’ … Sorry, pardon? Did I hear that right?
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Read our long form feature on how the medical profession is diversifying its workforce.
Think you know what it's like being a junior doctor? Read one juniors' experience of her first year working in the NHS.
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The UK’s ageing population is being let down by an inadequate and fragmented health and social care system, warns a new BMA report
24 September 2016
The BMA suspends junior doctor industrial action in England
Dr Mark Porter, BMA council chair responds to comments from the doctors’ regulator, the General Medical Council, about language tests for European doctors.
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