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    • Friday, 12 November, 2021
      Camilla Cavendish
      It’s time to stand back and ask what GPs are for

      The breakdown between patients and doctors can be solved if we accept the way in which medicine has changed

    • Thursday, 28 October, 2021
      Health Care
      General practice is changing as doctors shift to flexible working patterns

      Many GPs are choosing part-time or locum posts to avoid burnout. But some practices are finding ways to ease stretched resources

    • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Boris Johnson hopes half-term Covid booster blitz will damp ‘Plan B’ calls

      British Medical Association claims UK government is being ‘wilfully negligent’ in refusing to act

    • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
      Pensions
      Doctors’ calls for broad NHS pension system reform rejected

      Government says measures introduced last year are sufficient to prevent risk of higher tax bills for working extra shifts

    • Sunday, 13 September, 2020
      Coronavirus treatment
      UK faces backlog of nearly 200,000 Covid-19 tests in government labs

      Concern rises about lack of robust test and trace system as doctors predict second peak

    • Thursday, 20 August, 2020
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Extend eviction ban or risk coronavirus increase, UK government warned

      Health bodies and charities say no one who has lost income because of pandemic should be made homeless

    • Wednesday, 24 June, 2020
      UK politics & policy
      Labour warns against reopening until track-and-trace more effective

      UK opposition call follows health leaders highlighting risk of ‘second wave’ of coronavirus infections

    • Friday, 15 May, 2020
      NHS England
      Doctors face uphill struggle to meet post-pandemic demand

      BMA survey lays bare worries that treatment and care available for other illnesses will suffer

    • Tuesday, 5 May, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      NHS was days away from running out of vital protective kit

      Documents seen by FT show demand for face masks and aprons was close to outstripping national supplies

    • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Government tells hospitals to stop buying antivirus kit

      Doctors express concern after letter informs trust procurement staff that protective equipment should be purchased nationally

    • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
      National Health Service
      Vital kit across NHS ‘running out’, say medics and care staff

      Supply chains at breaking point as surge of coronavirus patients with kidney side effects hits supplies

    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      National Health Service
      Doctors seek legal guarantee from NHS on pension tax

      Survey says consultants do not trust government’s compensation promises

    • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
      National Health Service
      Doctors dismiss government pensions solution as ‘sticking plaster’

      Trusts reporting longer waiting times for cancer and other diseases because of tax problem

    • Friday, 31 May, 2019
      Pensions
      Pension changes pushing NHS to ‘crisis point’

      Hospital leaders say doctors being forced to decide whether to cut their hours or quit

    • Thursday, 25 April, 2019
      Pensions
      Senior NHS doctors warn over pension tax rules

      BMA says staff will cut hours on an ‘unprecedented scale’ without reforms

    • Tuesday, 2 April, 2019
      Pensions
      Cuts to UK pension tax breaks drive NHS doctors to retire early

      Government data show 3,500 doctors took early retirement in 2016-18

    • Monday, 25 March, 2019
      National Health Service
      NHS consultants are turning down shifts over pension bill fears

      Problem stems from annual pension savings allowance taper introduced in 2016

    • Monday, 11 March, 2019
      Pensions crisis
      Doctors to sue UK government over pension changes

      BMA claims transition to new scheme discriminated against younger members

    • Friday, 25 January, 2019
      Pensions
      Doctors unfairly hit by pension allowances, says BMA

      Consultants ‘reducing working hours to avoid tax charges’

    • Tuesday, 23 October, 2018
      UK Budget
      Budget pensions move could deepen doctor hiring crisis, says BMA

      Union raises concern with government as speculation mounts that tax relief will be cut

    • Thursday, 16 August, 2018
      Brexit
      Doctors step up warnings over no-deal Brexit

      BMA says disruption could affect up to 1m patients with rare diseases

    • Monday, 13 August, 2018
      UK politics & policy
      A&E closures failing to boost patient care, study finds

      Death rates unchanged but anxiety and disruption of shake-up not worthwhile

    • Monday, 13 November, 2017
      UK politics & policy
      Workload of GPs to be reduced in Scotland to boost retention

      Doctors to receive guaranteed income under Scottish government’s draft deal with BMA

    • Sunday, 25 September, 2016
      UK labour disputes
      Junior doctors call off 5-day strikes over safety worries

      Concern widespread that extended walkout would have been dangerous

    • Monday, 5 September, 2016
      UK labour disputes
      Junior doctors call off strike after warning from hospitals

      NHS England said hospitals could not cope with short notice of action

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