The Latest Breaking News from BMA

Junior doctors’ strike to go ahead this week amid standoff with government

Six days of NHS strike action are scheduled to start from Wednesday

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2024

London flu hospitalisations up two-thirds in a week ahead of longest ever NHS strike

Health leaders warn NHS 'running hot' ahead of action by junior doctors

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023

Soaring Hospital Parking Fees in England Spark Outcry Amidst NHS Funding Concerns

The Liberal Democrats have decried this exponential rise in parking costs as a "tax on caring" and have criticised the government for falling short of its 2019 manifesto promise.

International Business Times UK · Dec 28, 2023

Health secretary sparks outrage with ‘doctors in training’ remark

Victoria Atkins causes fury with her remarks about junior doctors, as strike row heats up

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

Health secretary accused of deliberate slight over ‘doctors in training’ remark

Victoria Atkins makes comment about junior doctors after refusing to resume talks unless they call off strike

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Health secretary wrong to say many junior doctors do not support strike, says BMA – as it happened

Victoria Atkins had claimed many junior doctors were unhappy about the BMA’s decision to call strikes for this week

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Latest junior doctors’ strikes 'could lead to 75,000 cancellations in London' as medics walk out for second day

Training medics who are members of the British Medical Association are also preparing for the NHS’s longest-ever walkout in January

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Thursday briefing: Junior doctors strike to ‘save’ NHS

In today’s newsletter: Patients in England have been warned of serious disruption as junior doctors begin one of the most devastating strikes in NHS history

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2023

Junior doctors strike as London A&Es swamped in party season - The Standard podcast

Junior doctors’ three-day walkout amid “extraordinary pressure” on NHS

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023

'We cannot go on like this', say junior doctors as strikes begin

The Standard spoke with several junior doctors on the picket line who claimed that many NHS medics are struggling with the cost of living and exam fees

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2023