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23,000 COVID deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown, inquiry finds ‘Catastrophic impact’ laid bare as ‘toxic’ government did ‘too little too late’
Dedicated to improving conditions for students before, during and after medical school BMA medical students committee education lead Callum Williams outlines the urgent need for change in UK medical education and training
A reformed contract for resident doctors and our recommendation to vote 'yes' BMA Wales believes package makes progress towards pay restoration goals, improves terms and conditions and sets out a path to addressing medical unemployment
23,000 COVID deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown, inquiry finds ‘Catastrophic impact’ laid bare as ‘toxic’ government did ‘too little too late’
A new resident doctor contract: a guide for medical students As medical students are the resident doctors of the future, we wanted to take the time to explain what the proposed new resident doctor contract will mean to medical students and soon to be graduates in Wales
GPs back vote of no confidence in health minister LMCs conference in Northern Ireland hears doctors seek way of working outside NHS
Flipping the script in medicine for hermeneutical justice Each November, Islamophobia Awareness Month invites us to reflect on the persistence of Islamophobia in Britain. But this year’s theme, ‘Flip the script’, demands more than reflection. It asks us to change the lens entirely