Collective action will not advise or instruct any practices to breach their contract or obligations as part of their 2026/27 ...

The Sessional GPs Committee has developed a template agreement for locum GPs working in out of hours settings. Current terms of employment for locum GPs in Out of Hours are often extremely varied and ...

Dr Heather Grimbaldeston, BMA public health medicine committee chair said, ...

NHS England (NHSE) has begun discussions with the Government Legal Department (GLD) about including the practice level GP reimbursement scheme within a Statement of Financial Entitlements (SFE) ...

Almost half of hospital trusts have been asking non-doctors to fill in on medical rotas, according to FoI (Freedom of ...

However, NHS England expects Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to identify their top ten specialties and ensure that by 1 October ...

Doctors work shifts that would be unacceptable in many other industries. We accept chronic understaffing. We tolerate broken ...

The BMA has today raised the alarm as freedom of information (FOI) requests of UK hospital Trusts and Boards reveal how many are putting less-qualified staff on doctors’ rotas in place of a doctor.

Doctors in Northern Ireland will vote on whether to take strike action in response to an unacceptable offer on pay, in a ...

Responding to an investigation from the BMJ 1 that found 13,000 patients waited over three days in England’s emergency ...

Medical academics: working for the future of healthcare. All doctors engaged in medical academic activities in and out of the NHS, industry, higher education and beyond are invited to attend. The ...

This is an introduction to the basics of job planning, including how the process should work, what the job plan should contain and other keys points that you should be aware of. Job plans are part of ...