Most doctors think ministers want to destroy NHS, BMA boss says Philip Banfield says health service is in state of ‘managed decline’ and may not survive next ‘five or 10 years’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023
The NHS is ‘collapsing’ – leading medic warns The British Medical Association said that the NHS is ‘flashing red’ on almost all performance measures. The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023
NHS at 75 – patients being penalised for living longer, top medic warns The British Medical Association chair has warned that the health service is ‘shrinking’, despite increasing need for it. The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2023
NHS consultants to strike for two days in July Hospital consultants in England are set to take industrial action on July 20 and 21 after voting heavily in favour in a dispute over pay, the British Medical Association announced on Tuesday. Evening Standard · Jun 27, 2023
Hospital consultants to strike in July with 'Christmas Day' service for patients Most routine and elective services will be cancelled as hospital consultants down tools in a walkout over pay, the British Medical Association confirmed Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2023
'Government needs to explain why medics in England are deemed less worthy' The British Medical Association has rejected the below-inflation 5% rise offered, which is not surprising when junior doctors in Scotland have been promised more Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023
Junior doctors to strike for five days in longest walkout in NHS history Members of the British Medical Association in England will walk out over five days The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
Junior doctors to stage five-day strike with 'longest single walkout' in July Members of the British Medical Association are to go on strike in an ongoing dispute with the Government over pay and staffing Chronicle Live · Jun 23, 2023
BREAKING: Doctors in England to stage five-day strike in July Members of the British Medical Association will walk out from July 13 to 18 - adding to months of strike action Manchester Evening News · Jun 23, 2023
Junior doctors to strike for five days in July in longest NHS walkout Junior doctors in England will strike for five days from July 13 in what is thought to be the longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service, the British Medical Association announced on Friday. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2023
Junior doctors in England to stage five-day strike in July Members of the British Medical Association will walk out from July 13 to 18. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023
Junior doctors to strike for five days in row in July - what it means for patients The five-day walkout will take place between 0700 on July 13 and 0700 on July 18, the British Medical Association said Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2023
David Cameron and George Osborne to blame for NHS’s ‘disastrous’ Covid response, BMA claims The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023
Cameron and Osborne must be ‘taken to task’ for austerity at Covid inquiry – BMA The British Medical Association said the pair were responsible for a decade of cuts to the NHS. The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2023 Surgeons are latest medics to drop opposition to assisted dying being legalised The Royal College of Surgeons voted to fall in line with the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Nursing
Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023 Junior doctors resume strike as row over pay continues Members of the British Medical Association mounting picket lines outside hospitals across the country for the second of a three-day walkout
The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023 Junior doctors to resume strike as row over pay continues Members of the British Medical Association will mount picket lines outside hospitals across the country for the second of a three-day walkout.
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023 Junior doctors join picket lines over ‘unbearable’ working conditions Members of the British Medical Association have launched a three-day strike over pay.
Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023 Hospital patients at 'serious risk' as heatwave hits during doctors strikes NHS England issued a statement asking people to check on elderly friends and relatives and warning people with conditions such as asthma are at increased risk
Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023 150,000 NHS appointments to be cancelled as junior doctors go on strike today Patients face huge disruption as medics in the British Medical Association begin a 72-hour walkout in their bitter dispute with the Government over pay
Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2023 9 in 10 doctors expect NHS to get worse, poll shows on eve of 72-hour strike The British Medical Association polled 2,000 doctors on the eve of their three day strike from 7am following a decade of below inflation pay deals
Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2023 Record breaking day for London A&Es as junior doctors strike Hot temperatures and high pollen levels have put unprecedented pressure on accident and emergency departments in south west London
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023 Three-day strike by doctors in England expected to have ‘enormous impact’ Junior doctors are seeking a 35% salary rise to restore the value of their pay to 2008-09 levels
The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023 Union brands specialist doctors’ pay exclusion ‘gross injustice’ The British Medical Association said the Government is refusing to acknowledge the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on doctors.
Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2023 Junior doctors vow to strike for three days each month 'for as long as it takes' The co-chairmen of the British Medical Association's junior doctors' committee, Rob Laurenson and Vivek Trivedi, said they would stage walkouts until ministers back down