The Latest Breaking News from Tom Dolphin

NHS doctors call government’s proposed pay rise ‘derisory’ and mull further strikes

The British Medical Association (BMA) described the figure as a ‘pay cut’

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Starmer’s shift to the right to combat Farage threat is ‘utterly doomed’, union boss warns

Union boss Matt Wrack warned that the PM ‘can never out-Farage Farage’ as the government attempt to win back votes lost to Reform UK

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2025

Dr Dolphin, call off these strikes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the NHS under pressures not seen since the once-in-a-century Covid pandemic, the BMA’s refusal to reconsider the timing of its industrial action is dangerous and wrong

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025

Health minister says BMA leaders ‘turning union into farce’ in online GP access row

It came despite Stephen Kinnock’s claim that the government wants ‘to work constructively with the BMA’

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025

NHS physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds

Government review says PAs sometimes used to fill roles designed for doctors, potentially exposing patients to risk

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025

Tom Dolphin: BMA’s new chair who’s taking on government despite bid to be Labour MP

As members vote to strike for a 29% pay rise, new elected chair of UK’s main doctors union says he is no party lackey

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2025

Wes Streeting to meet BMA as public support collapses for resident doctor strikes

Exclusive: polling shows strong approval by voters for strikes has halved from 52% a year ago to 26%

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2025

Doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, says BMA chief, warning strikes could go on for years

Dr Tom Dolphin claimed the 29 per cent pay demand is both reasonable and easily affordable for the NHS

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Resident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, BMA chair says

Exclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last years

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025

Lee Anderson makes lengthy apology to doctor over 'misleading' social media post

TORY MP Lee Anderson has apologised to a doctor after sharing a “misleading” social media post about him...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 6, 2023