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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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You are not required to notify your employer where you intend to return to work at the end of the full 52-week maternity leave period. If you are covered by the NHS Scheme and you want to return to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The SRDC represents all doctors in training in hospitals and public health medicine practice in Scotland. Views from around the country are brought together to form national policy. In late 2025, SRDC ...

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 ...