No deal would be 'catastrophic'

16 August 2018

Leaving the EU without a deal could have ‘catastrophic’ consequences for patients and the NHS, the BMA has warned.

Call to rethink pension tax rules

15 August 2018

Doctors have called on the Treasury to rethink the taxation rules around pensions, which are encouraging GPs and consultants to cut their hours, retire early or leave the scheme entirely.

Single, lead employer schedule set

14 August 2018

A timetable to bring in a single, lead employer for junior doctors working in Northern Ireland by August 2019 has been announced after years of lobbying by BMA Northern Ireland junior doctors committee.

It’s not OK – barriers to women in accessing healthcare

I could hear the screaming from my outpatient clinic room. As I went outside the clinic staff looked disapprovingly at the frustrated toddler and his exhausted mum. And as I helped push the buggy and steer her older child through the door I could see things were not good.

Where are the chinks in your armour?

One of the things everyone is afraid of, on starting medical school, is how they will deal with the horrors of the job. Will the sights and smells of the dissecting room make you sick? Will you faint in theatre?

We can’t build a modern health service on crumbling foundations

We often talk about general practice being the foundation on which the NHS is built. But what happens when the literal foundations – the bricks and mortar of practice buildings themselves – show signs of cracking?