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Following the evidence

The chair of the health and social committee is planning to take on some of the thorniest issues facing the NHS, and has valuable personal experience to draw upon

By Peter Blackburn 16.01.25

Applications open to BMA Giving

Grants make it possible for charities to offer support for numerous causes from suicide prevention to helping doctors in war zones

By Tim Tonkin 14.01.25

Warzone ready

Working in hostile environments requires exceptional skills and the need to make difficult, often heartbreaking decisions. Doctors have the chance to learn from some of the best in the business at the course run by the David Nott Foundation

By Jennifer Trueland 14.01.25

Doctor jailed for climate protest

Patrick Hart sentenced to 12 months for cracking petrol-pump screens and is due before tribunal

By Ben Ireland 08.01.25

BMA sets out doctors’ priorities for assisted dying legislation

Prospective enactment must seek to protect doctors and patients, says association

By Tim Tonkin 23.12.24

Inequality is an emergency too

It might be hard to see a chaotic emergency department as presenting 'opportunities', but a group of doctors committed to tackling health inequalities say they can be places where meaningful interventions can be made which benefit patients – and reduce pressure on emergency medicine

By Peter Blackburn 17.12.24

Emergency measures: doctors' struggle against climate change

Global warming is considered a threat to health by many doctors, some of whom are prepared to take direct action to make their voices heard

By Ben Ireland 09.12.24

Cybersecurity: cracks in the system

A ransomware onslaught on a hospital in London this year has exposed the vulnerability of online patient data, which has compromised care and breached privacy. Doctors tell Tim Tonkin of the urgent need for the NHS to be better prepared and protected

By Tim Tonkin 06.12.24