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The health and wealth of nations WHO resolution makes sea change towards achieving prosperity through better treatment for all. Themed ‘the political economies of health’, the 2025 public health medicine conference is an opportunity for doctors to decide how to shape this moment  
Calling all doctors who teach, train and research As the medical academics conference draws near, agenda committee members Shree Datta and Lucy-Jane Davis explain its role in advocating for the specialty
Your LNC. Your union. Your BMA Survey seeks members’ views on performance of LNCs
Only one piece of the pandemic preparedness puzzle We urgently need to improve the UK’s ability to cope with a future pandemic or health emergency – so how does the latest UK Government announcement measure up?
BMA action on protecting the climate and doctor activists Concerns remain with measures taken by the GMC against doctors carrying out peaceful protest
BMA statement on speciality training application bottlenecks Statement from BMA chief officers.
International medical students matter: working for a better future International medical students are largely forgotten about, and many lack a voice, whilst needing issues heard at national level. We are calling for a change