Call for 'honest' debate about NHS resources

30 September 2016

The BMA has called on all political parties in Scotland to stop using the NHS as a political tool and to have an honest debate on what it can and cannot provide.

‘Harrowing’ cost of poor discharges

29 September 2016

The health secretary has been accused of mismanaging health and social care in a parliamentary probe that found unsafe patient discharges were becoming increasingly common.

Call to rejuvenate 'demotivated' workforce

29 September 2016

The Government must rebuild trust with a ‘demotivated and frustrated’ workforce, doctors leaders have warned, after the outcome of a legal challenge to the junior doctors’ contract was announced.

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.

To the consultant who stood at my shoulder

So this will be my first emergency intubation in resus, I thought, as I looked at him and took a slow deep breath in.

Do we build a digital wall around our patients?

Is this ethical trade?

Do you know where your surgical instruments come from? Read our feature and find out how you can take action.

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

Think you know what it's like being a junior doctor? Read one juniors' experience of her first year working in the NHS.