Medicine has become ‘taskified’. Complex decisions and processes about patient care are reduced to fragmented tasks, which ...

The British Medical Association (BMA) is calling on NHS England to immediately pause the implementation of the International ...

We are now starting a new session and, on behalf of both Stephen Millar and myself, thank you for electing us back as respectively your deputy chair and chair of our retired members committee. The ...

A punitive culture surrounding the enforcement of ‘professionalism’ standards in UK medical schools is causing a chilling ...

Responding to Yvette Cooper’s appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, BMA council deputy chair Dr Emma Runswick said: “We welcome Yvette Cooper to the role of Health Secretary ...

However, this new research suggests that there are significant issues with how professionalism is defined and applied in medical schools. This UK-wide study draws on responses from 2,573 medical ...

The MEC (medical ethics committee) is made up of BMA members from a wide range of specialties and experience, alongside lay members who are experts in their fields including theology, law and moral ...

Work experience in a caring or service role is now an essential step when getting into medical school. Medical schools will be looking for students who have gained a broad range of healthcare ...

The BMA uses an online system for nominating and voting in committee, councils and conference elections, and at the ARM (annual representative meeting). The following committees are currently running ...

The Consultant Charter has been developed to provide an overview of the standards you should expect your employers to meet and to help identify where they are falling short. The charter will help both ...

There have been important changes to the National Clinical Excellence Award scheme which is now known as the National Clinical Impact Award scheme. These changes were unilaterally introduced by the ...

This page explains how doctors pay is decided by what kind of doctor you are. Choose your branch of practice on the left. NHS doctors' pay is reviewed annually by the DDRB, the independent review body ...