The Latest Breaking News from British Medical Association

GPs warn of industrial action over evening and weekend appointments

One GP told the British Medical Association that medics should channel their “inner Mick Lynch”, in reference to the RMT leader

Wales Online · Jun 28, 2022

Government risk strikes by snubbing calls to give hero NHS staff 'pay restoration' rise

NHS workers including hero nurses and doctors who worked to save lives during the pandemic could strike this year amid planned pay rises of around 3%, says the TUC

Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2022

Well of NHS goodwill is ‘running dry’, ministers warned

The chairman of the British Medical Association is demanding the Government reverse ‘brutal’ pre-pandemic cuts to health services.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

Final year medical students ‘struggle to afford food’ on NHS bursary ‘no longer fit for purpose’

The British Medical Association says it is ‘deeply worrying’ that students are facing financial hardship while completing their degree

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Record number of patients waiting more than 12 hours for a hospital bed - what's happening at your local A&E?

Around one-third of all patients across GM hospitals are waiting more than four hours to be seen in A&E

Manchester Evening News · Apr 24, 2022

Millions from LGBT community ‘thrown under the bus’ by Johnson

An LGBT campaigner within the Church of England, charity Mind and the British Medical Association have condemned the U-turn on conversion therapy.

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Lack of GPs to cause 100 practices per year to close says British Medical Association

The British Medical Association (BMA) thinks each practice should close its patient list as each GP sees an average of 45 people a day, the previous safe maximum was 25

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022

Surgeries shutting as burnt-out doctors see 45 patients a day in 'Uber-isation of GPs'

The British Medical Association warned doctors are so overburdened that every GP practice would have to close its list to new patients due to safety fears

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022

Ex-Health Secretary teams up with 'former enemies' to shame Government over GP crisis

Former secretary of state Jeremy Hunt is launching a campaign to shame Boris Johnson over GP crisis even allying with the British Medical Association

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2022

Families honour doctors who died in pandemic at memorial service

The British Medical Association held a Covid-19 memorial service to remember the 50 doctors who lost their lives to Covid.

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2022