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Juggling childcare: are you aware of unpaid parental leave? Lizzie Schofield explores how unpaid parental leave could offer salaried GPs more flexibility when it’s needed most
23,000 COVID deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown, inquiry finds ‘Catastrophic impact’ laid bare as ‘toxic’ government did ‘too little too late’
Only one piece of the pandemic preparedness puzzle We urgently need to improve the UK’s ability to cope with a future pandemic or health emergency – so how does the latest UK Government announcement measure up?
Retired doctors: Cass, pensions and the GMC Peter Curry, BMA retired members committee chair, updates members on the BMA’s local restructure plans, the evidence led evaluation of the Cass Review, meeting plans, pension news and GMC issues
Getting your voice heard It’s vital that doctors’ experiences of the pandemic are heard and learnt from. But giving evidence to the COVID inquiry requires a huge amount of work behind the scenes
Progress made by the BMA retired members committee The BMA retired members committee has been busy since the association's annual representative meeting. New RMC chair Peter Curry gives an overview of work to date and highlights upcoming events and priorities
Your BMA: unprecedented growth This year’s ARM will likely be dominated by the fight for better pay and conditions