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BMA Giving open to applications

Funding is used to provide a range of help and advice to doctors in financial need and assist some back into work

Tim Tonkin 13.01.26

Full of care

Even the busiest NHS job can seem like respite when you're caring for someone with complex needs at home. But doctors in the almost impossible position of balancing both can also face discrimination and harmful assumptions. Seren Boyd reports

Seren Boyd 07.01.26

An act of conscience

GP Patrick Hart has been to prison for actions relating to his climate activism and was recently suspended from the GMC register. He tells Ben Ireland why he has 'never been so sure' he is doing the right thing

Ben Ireland 16.12.25

The war on waits

Hospital waiting lists in Northern Ireland are a source of 'national shame', says Mark Taylor, the surgeon appointed to tackle the problem. He tells Jennifer Trueland that breaking down barriers between health and social care trusts is a key part of the solution

Jennifer Trueland 08.12.25

More to give

Mike Farrar is bringing decades of experience to tackling waiting times and health inequalities in the worst-performing part of the health service. In the first of three features about efforts to improve care in Northern Ireland, he tells Jennifer Trueland why he's up for the challenge

Jennifer Trueland 05.12.25

Bringing hope

Tackling Northern Ireland's huge waiting lists has been given funding and a new sense of urgency, but advances are only possible thanks to the innovation and hard work of doctors on the ground. Jennifer Trueland finds out how it's working

Jennifer Trueland 04.12.25

Government response to COVID-19 was ‘too little too late’, inquiry concludes

Report says 23,000 deaths could have been avoided with earlier lockdown

Ben Ireland 20.11.25

Up in smoke?

For many doctors, it's painful to see the huge amount of waste and environmentally damaging activity in the health service. Seren Boyd speaks to some of those determined to make the NHS more sustainable

By Seren Boyd 13.11.25