News and opinion

Read the latest news and blogs from the BMA or head over to The Doctor, our new site for interviews, investigations and analysis.

Doctors looking at BMA news stories illustration
Latest news
Featured
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’
Resident doctors plan strike unless pay offer improved More than 92 per cent of those who voted in a BMA Scotland ballot in favour of strike action, on a turnout of 58 per cent
The BMA national finance survey 2025 Help contribute to the future contract consultations 
Resident doctors reject offer Government revised proposal to avert strike knocked back via indicative vote
Christmas in the UK for beginners International medical students from sunnier climes will find the cold, damp and lingering darkness of a British winter quite a shock. Here are a few tips on how to survive it
If anything happens to me, I want to be a donor When there is no record and consent is merely 'deemed' by the law, support for donation drops significantly – often to around 50% or 60%. That gap – between 90% and 60% – is where lives are being lost
Welcoming the first NHS domestic abuse awareness day Drive aims to raise awareness, challenge stigma and strengthen the services victims and survivors rely on