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A hostile environment?

Doctors have come from across the world to work for the NHS – it is often said there would not be an NHS without them. But many international doctors have felt an increasing sense of threat, fuelled in part by the toxic debate over immigration. Peter Blackburn reports

By Peter Blackburn 03.10.25

A champion of equality

For GP, life peer and former BMA president David Pitt, health and politics were inextricably linked. As part of Black History Month, Tim Tonkin looks back at the legacy of a physician and political and civil rights activist who never stopped fighting for his principles or patients

By Tim Tonkin 01.10.25

War's forgotten victims

Go to a conflict zone and you'll find a lot more than combat trauma to deal with. Babies continue to be born, often in appalling circumstances. Pippa Letchworth tells Jennifer Trueland how she trains doctors in obstetrics in some of the most challenging places on earth

By Jennifer Trueland 25.09.25

Making exception reporting work

Exception reporting, the system resident doctors in England use to report additional working hours, has been stymied by bureaucratic and cultural barriers. But after a breakthrough in negotiations between the BMA and the Government, it may at last work as intended. Ben Ireland reports

By Ben Ireland 23.09.25

Back from the brink

Intense stress, and a feeling that no one is there to help, has tragically led to a number of doctors taking their own lives and caused others to consider it. To mark National Suicide Memorial Day for health and care workers, Seren Boyd meets those for whom it has a painful resonance

By Seren Boyd 17.09.25

At the dawn of IVF

Duncan Campbell was the anaesthetist who worked with Patrick Steptoe, the pioneer of IVF. Dr Campbell's innovation – in the face of opposition – made safe laparoscopic surgery possible. Now in his 90s, he tells his story

By Duncan Campbell 16.09.25

10-year plan lacks substance

Doctors mull the Government’s long-term strategy for the NHS at emergency meeting and find a dearth of detail as well as concerns with finance initiatives

By Tim Tonkin 14.09.25

What I learned from my four-year CESR journey

A lengthy process, slowed by COVID, became a cherished achievement for one doctor who describes the pitfalls she had to overcome

By Uma Padmanabhi 05.09.25