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Resident doctors accept pay deal in Scotland

Nov 20, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Jennifer Trueland

Resident doctors in Scotland have accepted a pay deal worth around 11% but say there is still significant work to do to combat years of pay erosion. Almost all resident (formerly junior) doctors (98.2% on a turnout of 61.4%) voted to accept the offer, which comprises an 8.5% rise from April of this year, with a compounding increase of 2.3% from 1 October.
Tackling antimicrobial resistance

Sep 26, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Mary McCarthy

The rise of AMR (antimicrobial resistance) is a global health threat. World leaders are set to confront this issue at the dedicated United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) in New York today. This gathering presents a critical opportunity for decisive and sustainable action commensurate with the urgency and scale of the crisis. AMR is a natural phenomenon that is driven by the widespread misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in medicine, veterinary practice and agriculture.
Cass Review: insight from the front line

Sep 26, 2024 | bma.org.uk | David Strain

The Cass Review of gender identity services for children and young people has garnered controversy since its publication in April. While welcomed by some, others – including patients, their families, academics, scientists, legal experts, and some members of the British Medical Association – have voiced concerns. In August, the BMA council voted for the BMA to evaluate the Cass Review. More recently, it voted for the BMA to retain a neutral position on the Review until that evaluation has concluded.
Fighting for change for UK medical students

Aug 21, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Rob Tucker

I am thrilled to be elected as chair of the MSC (medical students committee) this year, and excited to deliver more for the 40,000+ medical students we represent across the UK with a new MSC team elected. You can find your local rep here.
BMA to undertake evidence-led evaluation of the Cass Review

Aug 8, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Phil Banfield

We understand that discussion around this issue has been difficult in the medical community, in society, and indeed within the BMA itself. As clinicians, one of the most difficult parts of medicine is caring for patients with complex needs in a system that too commonly lacks the resources to provide them with adequate support.
Surgical tourism creating ‘considerable complications’

Jun 24, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Peter Blackburn

‘Make no mistake – this is a slow-moving car crash waiting to happen.’Kent GP Reshma Syed is used to dealing with the consequences of obesity in her daily working life. From managing long-term conditions caused, or exacerbated, by patients being overweight, to dealing with ‘concerning’ complications arising from people having surgery abroad. ‘As a GP I’m at the forefront of this epidemic,’ Dr Syed told the BMA annual representative meeting in Belfast.
Northern Ireland faces loss of doctors

Jun 23, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Peter Blackburn

Northern Ireland could lose a generation of doctors to services across the border in the Republic of Ireland unless poor pay and conditions are reversed urgently, doctors’ representatives have warned.
BMA takes legal action over MAPs

Jun 23, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Peter Blackburn

The BMA has launched legal action against the GMC in a bid to stop the ‘dangerous blurring of the lines’ between highly skilled and trained doctors and the MAPs (medical associate professions). Speaking at the BMA annual representative meeting, council chair Phil Banfield (pictured above) said the association would not stand for the Government and NHS leadership ‘eroding’ the profession any further.
Putting the brakes on the harm caused by drunk and drug driving

Jun 20, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Ian Gilmour

It is a quite the coincidence that, just as I took up my Presidency with the BMA last July, there happened to be a motion passed at the BMA annual representative meeting on the harms of drink driving – indeed also on the wider heath harms of alcohol and other drugs. After years of seeing the harm first-hand in my patients, I decided 17 years ago to set up an advocacy group – the AHA (Alcohol Health Alliance) – and tackling drink-driving has been one of our calls ever since.
Junior doctors march for pay restoration

Jun 6, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Jennifer Trueland

Hundreds of junior doctors from across Northern Ireland gathered at Stormont on Thursday to demand full pay restoration. The rally took place on the first day of their latest 48-hour strike which saw juniors walk out of hospitals and GP practices from 7am on 6 June to 7am on 8 June. Fiona Griffin, chair of BMA Northern Ireland’s junior doctors committee, said urgent action was needed now, and she called on newly-appointed health minister Mike Nisbett to listen and act.