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Juggling childcare: are you aware of unpaid parental leave? Lizzie Schofield explores how unpaid parental leave could offer salaried GPs more flexibility when it’s needed most
Reflections about our joint webinar: attacks on healthcare in Myanmar A coup in 2021 pushed the country into crisis, with many healthcare workers refusing to work under the military-run health ministry
Politicians ignore doctors at their peril The Government needs consultants to run the NHS and only offering competitive rates of pay will retain them
The practice of medicine is not a to-do list Delegating the work of doctors to others and breaking it down into a list of tasks risks undermining the value they add to patient care
Retired members' news: ARM, pensions, assisted dying and subscriptions Reports have come in that the UK was ill-prepared for the COVID pandemic and the point at which BMA life membership is awarded is under discussion
Death in service benefits and annualisation Krishan Aggarwal discusses two pension issues of particular concern for locum GPs: death in service benefits and annualisation
BMA elects president who aims to empower all doctors Figurehead awarded OBE for championing diversity in NHS