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BMA recommends Scottish junior doctors accept 10.8% pay offer

The British Medical Association (BMA) in Scotland has recommended a pay deal which will see wages rise by 10.8%. The Scottish Government offer – which also extends to dentists in training – includes a backdated 8.5% increase from April of this year ...

11 Oct 2024 at 11:15

NHS is entering winter ‘in bad shape’ as new figures show rising waits

The NHS is going into winter “in bad shape”, experts have warned, as new figures show key targets continue to be missed amid rising waits. Figures from NHS England show the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England has climbed to its ...

10 Oct 2024 at 14:02

Doctors’ union votes for ‘identity-based care’ despite warning over lawfulness

The doctors’ union has voted for transgender patients to have “identity-based care” and called for this approach to be embedded into training. But the British Medical Association (BMA) has been warned the move risks going against the law, after ...

25 Jun 2025 at 20:24

Transgender doctor raised concerns over nurse eight months after incident

A transgender doctor raised formal concerns about patient safety eight months after an incident involving a female nurse occurred but denied trying to get her struck off, an employment tribunal has heard. Nurse Sandie Peggie, who has worked at ...

12 Feb 2025 at 16:36

GPs in England accept contract terms helping end ‘8am scramble’ for appointments

GPs in England have accepted new contract amendments which would “bring back the family doctor” and end the “8am scramble” for appointments, the Government has said. The British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union for doctors, and the ...

28 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Striking doctors willing to ‘discuss all options’ to halt five-day walkout

Resident doctors are willing to “discuss all options” in crunch talks with the Government to avert strike action, the co-chair of the Resident Doctors Committee (RDC) has said. A five-day walkout is scheduled to start next week and could ...

17 Jul 2025 at 16:56

Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

There is a “real concern” over the wellbeing of doctors in training, the medical regulator has warned. The General Medical Council (GMC) said that the proportion of training doctors who are at “high risk of burnout” has doubled since ...

15 Jul 2025 at 00:01

Resident doctors agree ‘window for negotiations’ with Streeting

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s resident doctors committee, met ...

06 Aug 2025 at 19:22

Northern Ireland

GPs to reduce ‘unfunded’ work as part of dispute over finances

GPs across Northern Ireland are to reduce the “unfunded work” they carry out, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. The move towards collective action is part of an ongoing dispute with the Department of Health over ...

28 Jul 2025 at 19:36

Northern Ireland

GPs to reduce ‘unfunded’ work as part of dispute over finances

29 Jul 2025 at 08:33

NHS maintained 93% of planned care during resident doctors’ strikes

The NHS maintained care for an estimated 10,000 more patients during the latest doctors’ strike compared with last year’s industrial action. Early data shows that 93% of planned operations, tests and procedures went ...

03 Aug 2025 at 00:01

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

There is no extra money to cover industrial action by resident doctors, NHS trust leaders have warned. It comes amid “worrying demands” for “excessive rates” to provide cover for striking medics, NHS Providers said....

15 Jul 2025 at 18:06

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