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Secondary care doctors prepare for strike ballot Consultants and SAS doctors in England respond to ‘inadequate’ pay award
Doctors in Northern Ireland to vote on strike action Doctors in Northern Ireland will vote on whether to take strike action in response to an unacceptable offer on pay, in a ballot opening next month.
The COVID vaccination success story has a hidden vulnerability The precarity of the UK’s clinical academic workforce could be its downfall, writes David Strain.
Rebuilding public health Campaigns, debate, ways of working and inclusivity – just some of the issues addressed at the 2026 BMA public health medicine conference
BMA Scotland launches manifesto for the NHS In a 'watershed moment' for health services, doctors in Scotland are calling for urgent reform and decisions to protect the founding principles of the NHS
Statement: Israel's strikes on Lebanon We are alarmed by the attacks which are in violation of medical neutrality and international humanitarian law
GPs in England overwhelmingly vote to reject imposed contract Members remain in dispute with the Government after 99 per cent vote to reject a contract that would critically endanger GPs