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Ben Ireland

London

Staff Writer at The Doctor Magazine

Writer for the British Medical Association's @TheDrMagazine You may remember me from @travelweekly or @nottslive

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  • BMA members vote to help fix ‘failed’ NHS workforce plan

    3 days ago | thedoctor.bma.org.uk | Ben Ireland

    BMA members have called on their union to join forces with royal colleges and faculties to develop workforce plans, amid growing concerns over the NHS’s ‘failed’ planning up to now.

  • Call for ‘stable’ supply of medical professionals

    4 days ago | thedoctor.bma.org.uk | Ben Ireland

    Government plan to double medical school numbers questioned Doctors have called for a ‘stable and adequate supply of medical professionals’, aligning the number of medical student places with workforce needs and postgraduate training. A motion tabled by the BMA’s medical students committee commits the association to rethinking its support for to 15,000 by 2031/32.

  • BMA condemns punitive action taken against climate activist doctors

    4 days ago | thedoctor.bma.org.uk | Ben Ireland

    Association calls for protections for members engaging in non-violent advocacy  ‘If we punish the doctors who shout for help, who is left to resuscitate society?’The question was posed by GP Nora Murray-Cavanagh as she tabled a motion at the BMA’s annual representative meeting asking doctors to recognise that climate change is a public health emergency and that medical professionals have an ethical duty to advocate for urgent action.

  • Climate activist doctor Sarah Benn's suspension extended

    1 week ago | thedoctor.bma.org.uk | Ben Ireland

    Tribunal finds retired GP’s fitness to practise ‘remains impaired’ Climate activist doctor Sarah Benn has been suspended from the medical register for a further 12 months. The Medical Practitioner’s Tribunal Service ruled that the retired GP’s fitness to practise remains to be ‘impaired’.

  • Doctors deserve ‘better employers’ to improve working conditions, says health secretary

    2 weeks ago | thedoctor.bma.org.uk | Ben Ireland

    Wes Streeting calls for NHS leaders to do more to make daily life easier for staff The health secretary has told NHS leaders they must do more to be ‘better employers’ to help create better working conditions for doctors and ease the pressure on the Government.

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Ben Jaxen Ireland
Ben Jaxen Ireland @ben_ireland_11
20 Mar 25

In this podcast, climate activist doctors Sarah Benn and Diana Warner talk in-depth about their direct action in protest against fossil fuel giants (and the sanctions they received for doing so). It expands on the reports we've published about their actions and motivations🎙️

The Doctor Magazine
The Doctor Magazine @TheDrMagazine

‘How can you treat a person and ignore the climate?’ The fourth episode of #TheDoctorPod hears from retired GPs and climate activists Diana Warner and Sarah Benn on why addressing the climate crisis should be seen as part of a doctor’s duty to safeguard human life. Follow and https://t.co/Mk3714tXJq

Ben Jaxen Ireland
Ben Jaxen Ireland @ben_ireland_11
23 Jan 25

RT @TheDrMagazine: Climate activist doctor Sarah Benn has had her appeal against the decision to suspend her from the medical register for…

Ben Jaxen Ireland
Ben Jaxen Ireland @ben_ireland_11
8 Jan 25

RT @TheDrMagazine: A doctor has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for criminal damage caused to petrol pump display screens he carried…