Life at Work

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A service at breaking point

Patients fading away in corridors, treatment targets missed, care delivered far from people's homes – whichever party rules Wales after 7 May will be given some urgent priorities by doctors. By Seren Boyd

Life at Work By Seren Boyd

A service at breaking point

Patients fading away in corridors, treatment targets missed, care delivered far from people's homes – whichever party rules Wales after 7 May will be given some urgent priorities by doctors. By Seren Boyd

By Seren Boyd 02.05.26

Working at the limit

There is perhaps no greater safety net in society than the local GP practice – but what happens when the intense working pressures mean it no longer feels safe to its staff? In the first of a series of articles ahead of the Welsh elections on 7 May, Seren Boyd visits a practice in a deprived part of south Wales, to hear doctors' priorities for the new government

By Seren Boyd 01.05.26

A rich tapestry: hopes and fears for the Scottish NHS

What's the state of the Scottish health service in the run-up to the election on 7 May? Doctors tell Jennifer Trueland about the intense challenges they face, including a lack of jobs and long waiting times

By Jennifer Trueland 29.04.26

Leaving the door open

Maintaining professional boundaries is ingrained in medical training, and amongst psychiatrists may seem of particular importance. So how much can you, and should you, give of yourself to consultations?

Seren Boyd 08.04.26

Asylum seeker doctors free to work in NHS

BMA welcomes changes to immigration rules which reinstate the right of doctors seeking sanctuary in the UK to practise medicine

Tim Tonkin 30.03.26

Fighting for compassion

A Sri Lankan doctor came to the UK with his family, determined to make a new life in the NHS. But his death has left his grieving family in immigration limbo. His widow, with support from the BMA, is calling for compassion. Tim Tonkin reports

Tim Tonkin 10.03.26

In pursuit of fairness

The attainment gap between doctors of different ethnicities has been known about for decades, but it hasn't narrowed. A Welsh initiative has given doctors fresh hope. Seren Boyd reports

Seren Boyd 09.02.26

GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants despite misgivings

Court hears regulator continued with ‘medical professional’ in guidance despite warning its own staff to avoid doing so

Tim Tonkin 05.02.26