The Latest Breaking News from BMA

Doctors refuse to rule out more strikes as five-day walkout comes to an end

The Resident Doctors Committee said it would be willing to re-enter talks with Health Secretary Wes Streeting.

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

NHS lessens impact of doctors’ strike as fewer take to picket lines

Resident doctors have been on strike for five days.

Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025

NHS chief accuses union of ‘extortionate’ pay strike demands

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The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

Resident doctors’ focus on pay is doing untold damage to the NHS

Letters: Robert Behrman fears resident doctors are leading the NHS towards a change in its entire ethos, and Prof David Cameron has cancelled his BMA subscription over their strike this week, but Marianne Gemmeke has sympathy for their action

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025

Hospitals make record number of requests for doctors to work during strikes

BMA has said patient safety risks occurred at some hospitals during the weekend of strike action

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2025

Wes Streeting ‘thought he had struck deal to halt strike by doctors’

BMA chiefs overruled their negotiators because pay demands were not met, sources say

The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2025

Tories would ban doctors’ strikes, Badenoch says

The Tory leader said that her party would introduce primary legislation to block medics from taking widespread industrial action.

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2025

Starmer urged to drop key workers’ rights pledge to prevent ‘people dying’ from doctors’ strike

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has made an offer to work with the government to take on the ‘militant’ British Medical Association (BMA)

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025

Physician associates union takes Government to court over planned role changes

It follows findings by a Government-ordered report that PAs have been used as substitutes for doctors despite having significantly less training.

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025

NHS patients told to brace for strikes up to Christmas

Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS England, warns that it will take a ‘huge effort’ to keep hospital waiting times down during a prolonged period of disruption

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025