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Trade unions demand end to attacks on overseas workforce Employees from ‘international backgrounds, or perceived as ethnically distinct from the majority population, are facing a sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric’
General practice to receive more than £500m Announcement 'reflects the level of funding needed to stabilise and rebuild general practice across Scotland'
Resident doctors set strike date Full walk out planned for 14 November in England unless health secretary returns to negotiate
JMF 2026: giving you the tools, skills and knowledge to transform our profession Have you been interested in getting involved but thought conferences were only for established representatives? Then this event is for you
Changes to academic public health training will worsen the medical recruitment crisis The BMA is calling upon the NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) to work with partners to support more equitable access to academic public health training
Trade unions demand end to attacks on overseas workforce Employees from ‘international backgrounds, or perceived as ethnically distinct from the majority population, are facing a sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric’
Resident doctors plan strike in response to pay offer Scottish government proposes remuneration below pay review body recommendation