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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

Life at Work By Tim Tonkin

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

Senior doctors indicate willingness to strike

Ballot finds consultant and SAS doctors prepared to take industrial action in struggle for pay restoration

By Tim Tonkin 04.09.25

Caring under fire

The attack of healthcare workers and institutions in war zones remains the scourge of the international community while the BMA continues to push for medical neutrality to be respected. By Tim Tonkin

By Tim Tonkin 19.08.25

The Doctor podcast

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19.08.25

Equality denied

People with disabilities have fewer rights in one part of the UK than they do in the others. For doctors, it means that basic things to keep them safe, like hand gel and fire doors, are literally out of their reach. By Jennifer Trueland

By Jennifer Trueland 15.08.25

Ready for anything

While her vehicle could become stuck in the mud, the rest of Kerry Greenan's volunteering experience in Africa sounds intensely liberating, seeing a wide range of medicine, which has prepared her well for life back in the UK. Tim Tonkin reports

By Tim Tonkin 14.08.25

Well versed – what poetry can bring to medicine

Why would a doctor write poetry? Given how some use it – as a coping mechanism in war and abusive situations, to help them better relate to patients and to combat burnout – they might ask, how can a doctor manage without it? By Seren Boyd

By Seren Boyd 06.08.25