Campaigns, debate, ways of working and inclusivity – just some of the issues addressed at the 2026 BMA public health medicine ...

A successful statutory ballot provides the BMA with a legal mandate for strike action. Recent improvements to the Employment Rights Act mean this mandate will be for one year. There are further ...

Responding to the publication of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 4 report, BMA council chair Dr Tom Dolphin said: “Today’s ...

These updated standards mark a significant step forward, incorporating advances in clinical practice as well as insights ...

If used to its potential, a council seat is one of the most powerful ways you can make a difference to you and your colleague ...

Politicians must “urgently deliver serious long-term and radical reform that finally puts our NHS on a sustainable footing for generations to come”, BMA Scotland has warned today. BMA Scotland Chair ...

Doctors leaders in Scotland are calling for urgent reform and brave decisions to put the NHS on a sustainable footing ahead ...

The day-to-day oversight and operation of education, training and support must remain at a local level, with local teams mapping onto existing local team and deanery functions. This is essential to ...

The BMA is extremely alarmed by the Israeli strikes in Lebanon, which the World Health Organization has said ‘left the country’s already strained health system struggling to cope’. The unrelenting and ...

Responding to a letter, and comments in the media this morning, from the Health Secretary about the ongoing resident doctors ...

Responding to a story in the Financial Times, which reports that senior health officials have discussed banning UK doctors ...

Latest update - GPs vote to reject the new imposed GP contract GPs have spoken loud and clear: over 55% of GP members voted in the referendum, which closed on 25 March. They overwhelmingly voted to ...