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The Latest Breaking News from the British Medical Association

Fewer resident doctors thought to have gone on strike than in last year’s NHS stoppage

Picket-line turnout on first day of industrial action believed to be lower with hope of less disruption to NHS services

The Guardian - UK

Streeting says ‘we won’t let BMA hold country to ransom’ as resident doctors start five days of strikes – as it happened

Health secretary says government doing all it can to ‘minimise risk and disruption’ as BMA says pay has fallen more in real terms since 2008 than rest of population

The Guardian - UK

Doctor strikes begin despite Starmer’s last-ditch plea to avert five-day walkout

Health secretary Wes Streeting says BMA has left ‘damage at the door of the NHS’

The Independent UK

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‘This strike will harm patients’: Top NHS official’s stark warning as BMA doctors set for five-day walkout

Resident doctors from the British Medical Association are due to walk out at 7am on Friday in a row over pay

The Independent UK

Voices: Poll of the day: Do you think resident doctors are fairly paid for the work they do?

Resident doctors are demanding a significant pay rise amid claims of long-term wage erosion, but critics argue their current salaries are fair and further increases would be unaffordable for the NHS

The Independent UK

Top medics ask union to row back hard stance on doctors’ strikes, warning they risk patient safety

Medical Colleges have warned the British Medical Association that it is risking patient safety by advising doctors to withhold strike plans from employers

The Independent UK

No extra money to cover resident doctor strikes, NHS trust leaders warn

The British Medical Association announced resident doctors in England would walk out for five days from 7am on July 25.

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Concern over resident doctor wellbeing as medics prepare for key strike talks

The Government and the British Medical Association are to meet to try and avoid strike action.

Evening Standard

Resident doctors acting in ‘unconscionable way’ over strikes – Streeting

The Government and the British Medical Association are set to meet this week.

Evening Standard

Junior doctors and Streeting set for showdown talks in last-ditch bid to avoid ‘dangerous’ 5-day NHS strike

Labour health secretary set to meet doctors’ union as new poll shows collapse in public support

The Independent UK

Some junior doctors striking this month ‘could be earning over £100k’

A group of clinicians may be earning six-figure salaries while working a 40-hour week

Evening Standard

Doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, says BMA chief, warning strikes could go on for years

Dr Tom Dolphin claimed the 29 per cent pay demand is both reasonable and easily affordable for the NHS

The Independent UK

Resident doctors in England to strike from 25 July

BMA union says it is giving Wes Streeting two weeks to come to the table to negotiate ‘a path to pay restoration’

The Guardian - UK

NHS disruption expected as resident doctors vote for strike action

Resident doctor members of the British Medical Association have taken industrial action 11 times since 2022.

Evening Standard

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Downing Street refuses to reopen pay negotiations with resident doctors as fresh wave of strikes announced

Walkouts by up to 48,000 medics - formerly known as junior doctors - would have devastating consequences for NHS

The Guardian - UK

NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff

The Royal College of Nursing and Unison are undertaking indicative ballots to assess members’ willingness to strike

Evening Standard

Streeting urges doctors to vote against strike action

Resident doctors, formerly known as junior doctors, in England are being balloted for strike action by the British Medical Association (BMA).

The Independent UK

Doctors threaten strike action after 4% pay rise announcement

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

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Evening Standard

GPs 'should not have to report every case of underage sexual activity' says British Medical Association

The British Medical Association claims this would break patient confidentiality and would risk losing the trust of minors who seek help for their sexual health

Euronews

Eurovision winner Nemo takes action after UK court ruling over transgender women

Nemo called the ruling of Britain’s highest court an “attack on trans+ rights”. Doctors at the British Medical Association have condemned the ruling, and now, the UK's only judge to publicly say they are transgender plans to take the UK governement to the European Court of Human Rights.

The National (Scotland)

Doctors slam Supreme Court ruling as 'reductive' and 'scientifically illiterate'

Doctors at the British Medical Association (BMA) have branded the Supreme Court's gender ruling as "scientifically illiterate" ...

Evening Standard

BMA urges Government to expand specialty training posts for NHS medics

The British Medical Association claims 4.7 applications were made for every post last year, up from a ratio of 1.9 in 2019.

The Independent UK

Allowing physician associates to take on doctors’ responsibilities ‘costs lives’

The Royal College of Physicians and the British Medical Association (BMA) are among those who have raised concerns about the use of PAs and AAs.

Evening Standard

GPs accept new contract to 'free up' doctors: Will it end the ‘8am scramble’?

The deal includes an extra £889 million in funding for the year 2025 to 2026

The Independent UK

GP action has been like ‘holding up a mirror’, according to top doctor

The British Medical Association (BMA) announced family doctors would stage collective action in August.

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