Articles

In case of emergency

Peter Holden is a pioneer of immediate medical care who led a remarkable response to the terrorist attack in Tavistock Square on 7 July, 2005. Recently elected as BMA treasurer, he looks back over a remarkable career. By Peter Blackburn

Peter Blackburn 21.10.25

Looking after each other

As a resident doctor, you can find yourself in a new town, hundreds of miles from friends and family. But there is often strong support available from your new colleagues, in the shape of the doctors’ mess. Here, Sonya Bushell and Nitish Trikha describe how their messes help resident doctors socialise and integrate into the medical community

17.10.25

A world of possibilities – the appeal of occupational health

Occupational health is often misunderstood, but it can offer huge opportunities that go well beyond the patients being treated. Tim Tonkin reports

By Tim Tonkin 16.10.25

A quest for recognition

SAS doctors can often 'go under the radar'. As a week celebrating their achievements comes to a close, three of them tell Tim Tonkin about the opportunities and challenges they have had, and why it's important to 'create visibility'

By Tim Tonkin 10.10.25

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