British Medical Association6hOpinion
Urgent call to expand training places
The RDCUK has also called for measures to ensure international medical graduates registered and practising in the UK on or ...
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Responding to the Government's plan to abolish NHS England
Responding to the Government's plan to abolish NHS England, Prof Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: ...
British Medical Association1dOpinion
Four-year undergraduate medical degrees
Four-year courses for graduate students already exist. Entrants will have demonstrated they have what it takes to complete an ...
British Medical Association1d
BMA demands end to PA postcode lottery after review concludes no evidence of their safety
In November 2023, the BMA called for a national pause in the recruitment and expansion of PAs and AAs following evidence that ...
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Resident doctors demand expansion of NHS training posts to ensure jobs for UK medics
The BMA’s UK resident doctors committee (RDC) has called on the Government to greatly expand the number of specialty training ...
British Medical Association1dOpinion
Making the most of the medical students conference
The BMA prides itself on inclusivity. The agenda committee does its best to invite students who have not had the opportunity ...
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BMA investigation finds more than 32,000 doctors’ shifts unfilled in hospitals in London in six months
More than 32,000 shifts, which should have been filled by doctors in hospitals across London, were not staffed over a ...
British Medical Association2dOpinion
More than a medical student
The importance of introducing yourself appropriately to give patients a semblance of familiarity in an unnerving environment, ...
British Medical Association5dOpinion
Out of medical school and into a pandemic
Oisín Fearon, deputy chair of the Northern Ireland resident doctors committee, was a fourth year medical student when COVID ...
British Medical Association2dOpinion
COVID reflections: the view from Northern Ireland five years on
Alan Stout was chair of the Northern Ireland GPs committee during COVID, where he led on the rapid primary care response, ...
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If not Now, When? Dr Gareth Oelmann delivers GPCW' annual report to the Welsh Conference of LMCs
Press release from BMA Cymru Wales. Addressing the Welsh conference of representatives of local medical committees, Dr Gareth ...
British Medical Association9dOpinion
Challenging the stigma of obesity
Many of us have been trained to see obesity through a clinical lens, focusing on metrics like BMI, waist:hip ratio, diet and ...