A sea of troubles – prescription drug dependency

Patients who become dependent on prescription drugs often lack the support and information they need. Following years of work by the BMA and campaigners, they are being promised new services and clinical guidelines. Peter Blackburn reports

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Brexit will not divide medical cooperation, conference hears

22 October 2019

Brexit will not stop doctors in the UK and Europe from working together in the interests of advancing healthcare and medicine, the BMA has pledged.
BMA steps up call for second referendum

18 October 2019

The BMA has called on the Government to put the final decision on Brexit to a public vote, following the announcement of a revised withdrawal agreement.
Report into sexism at the BMA published

17 October 2019

The BMA has apologised after publishing an independent report into sexism in the association and has made a commitment to reform

A farewell from Jeeves Wijesuriya, outgoing junior doctors committee chair

It has been an absolute privilege to serve on your behalf as chair of JDC.
First do no harm (terms and conditions apply)

‘Primum non nocere’ (‘First, do no harm’) doesn’t actually appear in the Hippocratic Oath, but it’s what most people will think of first if you ask them about it.
Please do not feed the lawyers

Apparently there are four main types of error in medicine: failure to consider a possible diagnosis, failure to examine or investigate appropriately, failure to interpret signs correctly or failure to record ones’ actions.

'People like us don't become doctors'

Overcoming the toughest social barriers to enter medicine, doctors and medical students tell us how they made it against the odds.
Are you paying to go to work?

We asked GPs and hospital doctors about pension tax charges and how they’re affecting work commitments. Here are the results.
Neil Armstrong's doctor

When Neil Armstrong's crew returned to earth, it was flight surgeon Bill Carpentier who looked after them. Fifty years on, he tells us about his weeks quarantined with the moonwalkers.
The hard road back

Alastair Watt was a respected and hard-working consultant. His death raises serious questions about how the NHS looks after its doctors when they return to work after illness.
A place of refuge?

Squalid and overcrowded – we visit one of the largest refugee camps in Greece.
Streets of Shame

Homelessness and the NHS - a tome of tragedies
Born of injustice

Separated at Birth junior doctor and mother of two is back in family court, under very different circumstances.
Separated at birth

The impact of poor access to mental healthcare during pregnancy.
An end to market madness?

Quietly, the NHS is being reorganised by health leaders but the pace of change is being forced by frontline services buckling under pressure of increased demand and diminishing resources.
When a doctor calls for help

Dr Meng Aw-Yong explores the impact of a GMC investigation and where doctors can turn for support.
Care across boundaries

How volunteering in the UK and abroad benefits doctors and the countries that host them.
Enjoy your elective

Follow these medical students and their elective journeys in Malta, Australia, New Zealand, the Himalayan region of India, and at home in the UK.
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