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Almost half of Scots junior doctors could quit profession, BMA warns

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf is being urged to act before it is too late as a new survey of junior doctors revealed almost half are considering quitting the profession. A BMA Scotland survey of its junior doctor members revealed 49.8% were ...

04 Oct 2022 at 19:00

Scotland

78% of doctors willing to strike over pay, survey suggests

More than three-quarters of doctors who took part in a recent survey have said they are prepared to strike in a pay dispute. The study, undertaken by BMA Scotland, spoke to 3,100 medics north of the border between July 20 and August 5 ...

19 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Northern Ireland

Minister announces £5.5m package ‘to help strengthen GP services through winter’

A £5.5 million package to ease pressure on GP services in Northern Ireland has been unveiled by Health Minister Robin Swann. The British Medical Association (BMA) has welcomed the funding package but warned it would not be a solution ...

26 Sept 2022 at 18:36

Scotland

Foreign trainee GPs face having to leave UK due to visa issues, warns BMA

Some international doctors training in Scotland face having to leave the UK due to issues with visas and sponsorships, the British Medical Association (BMA) has warned. Currently, foundation training – the first two years of a ...

28 Jul 2022 at 14:30

Scotland

NHS enduring ‘perpetual winter’ amid crisis ‘many years in the making’ – BMA

The NHS in Scotland is enduring a “perpetual winter”, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said, amid high states of alert for some health boards. Lewis Morrison, chair of the BMA in Scotland, issued the warning after it ...

29 Jul 2022 at 18:46

Doctors let down by Government during Covid-19 pandemic, says BMA

The Government “failed in its duty of care” to doctors during the coronavirus crisis, a union has said. The British Medical Association (BMA) launched a scathing attack on the ministerial response to the Covid-19 pandemic. ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Former health secretary voices concern over ‘Uberisation’ of GP services

The NHS is moving to an “Uberisation” of GP services, with patients being forced to see a different doctor every time they are in contact with the health service, Jeremy Hunt said. A lack of continuity of care in general ...

21 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Doctors who died during pandemic to be remembered

Doctors who died during the coronavirus pandemic will be remembered with a special service during which a sculpture in their honour will be unveiled. The names of 50 doctors will be read aloud at the event on Wednesday ...

16 Mar 2022 at 03:55

Concerns that Living with Covid plan ‘neglects most vulnerable in society’

The axing of self-isolation laws and the end of free universal testing in England will cause uncertainty, anxiety and hardship, according to unions and charities. Boris Johnson set out the Government’s strategy for ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Families honour doctors who died in pandemic at memorial service

Families of doctors who died during the pandemic have paid tribute to them at a memorial service in London. Members of the British Medical Association came together at BMA House in Fitzrovia to remember the 50 ...

16 Mar 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Life is ‘really scary’ in Scotland’s A&E departments, reveals junior doctor

Working in A&E at the moment is “really scary” a doctor said, as she told how pressures on the NHS from waiting times and the pandemic had resulted in an “exhausted, broken workforce”. Dr Lailah Peel said she ...

06 Apr 2022 at 13:25

Calls for NHS staff to be given priority access to lateral flow tests

The Government is facing calls to give NHS staff priority for lateral flow tests amid a shortage. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the British Medical Association (BMA) said health workers should come ...

30 Dec 2021 at 22:25

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