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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 “living with Covid” on Monday as ...

22 Feb 2022 at 01:25

NHS is ‘riddled with racism’, says British Medical Association chair

The chair of the council of the British Medical Association has said the NHS is “riddled with racism” following the findings of a survey into the experiences of doctors. The survey found at least 75% of ethnic minority doctors experienced racism ...

02 Feb 2022 at 06:55

Workers face first commute since Plan B axed as masks in classrooms end

Commuters across the country are set to travel in to work for the first time since Plan B measures to curb the spread of Omicron were axed on Wednesday. The Prime Minister told MPs in the Commons that work-from-home guidance would be dropped ...

20 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Commuters return and masks in classrooms end as Plan B axed

Many people resumed commuting on Thursday after guidance to work from home in England was lifted as Plan B measures to curb the spread of Omicron are axed. An increase in road congestion was recorded in London and Manchester while demand ...

20 Jan 2022 at 13:55

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 first when trying to access ...

30 Dec 2021 at 22:25

‘Nothing has changed since Mid Staffs probe’, senior medic warns

“Nothing has changed” since the public inquiry into care failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, a leading medic has warned. Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of council at the British Medical Association (BMA), called for a ...

27 Jun 2022 at 12:48

Medics in pay restoration vow after ‘30% real-terms pay cut since 2008’

Doctors have suffered a real-terms pay cut of 30% since 2008, medics have said, as they vowed to work to achieve pay restoration. One medic warned that “it’s likely that industrial action will be required to move governments ...

27 Jun 2022 at 15:30

Scotland

Doctors ‘bearing the brunt’ of NHS failings, BMA warns

Doctors in Scotland will have to spend years apologising for the failings of the NHS, a leading trade union boss has warned. Dr Lewis Morrison, chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland, said staff “need ...

29 Jun 2022 at 13:57

Doctors threaten industrial action over weekends contract

GPs have threatened the possibility of industrial action over a contract that forces them to offer appointments at evenings and weekends. Medics at the British Medical Association (BMA) annual conference in Brighton ...

28 Jun 2022 at 14:52

Doctors’ anger over Government proposals for GPs to prescribe energy discounts

Doctors have angrily dismissed a Government proposal for them to write prescriptions to give discounts to people struggling to pay their energy bills during the cost-of-living crisis. The British Medical ...

21 Aug 2022 at 23:59

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 ...

19 Aug 2022 at 01:01

Hundreds of doctors angry over new pay deal likely to leave NHS, survey reveals

Hundreds of doctors in Wales are now more likely to leave the Welsh NHS as a result of a “disappointing” pay deal announced last month, the British Medical Association has warned. More than a third ...

23 Aug 2022 at 09:24

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