The Latest Breaking News from BMA

Physician associates aren’t doctors and shouldn’t be regulated as such, says BMA

Union says government’s plans for General Medical Council regulation diminishes role of doctors and could confuse patients

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

‘I’m not a doctor’: the role physician associates play within NHS

Plans to increase their number in England to plug workforce gaps have been criticised – but their work is valued by hospital colleagues

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

More than 113,000 surgeries and appointments cancelled during ‘unprecedented’ doctors’ strike

Impact of junior doctors action likely to be even worse than figures show, warns NHS’s top medic

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

NHS England chiefs accused of undermining doctors’ strike action

BMA says request to return to work is down to ‘political pressure’ rather than ‘patient safety’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

London's chief nurse warns impact of longest-ever junior doctors strike will be felt 'for weeks'

Chief nurse for the NHS in London says cancelled operations 'won’t be rescheduled as soon as we would like' as hospitals battle a surge in winter viruses

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2024

203 abandoned cars removed from Bangkok roads

City Hall has removed more than 200 abandoned cars from Bangkok roads after no owners showed up to claim them.

Bangkok Post · Jan 4, 2024

Hospitals call on junior doctors to return to work but BMA wants 'credible' pay offer to call off strikes

Junior doctors are staging the longest walkout in NHS history.

Evening Standard · Jan 3, 2024

Junior doctors’ union hints at end to NHS strikes saga

Sign of hope comes as NHS bosses warn they need ‘light at the end of the tunnel’

The Independent UK · Jan 3, 2024

Doctors in England begin their longest strike in NHS history

Hospital doctors in England on Wednesday began their longest strike in the 75-year history of Britain's National Health Service as they walked off the job for six days.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 3, 2024

Junior doctors’ leaders warn of more strikes unless ministers make new offer

Row breaks out on first day of NHS’s longest ever stoppage as requests to return to work rejected

The Guardian - UK · Jan 3, 2024