‘Acting up’ refers to the act of performing the duties (e.g. clinical and managerial) of someone who belongs to a higher grade than you, while providing cover for their absence. Within the context of ...

In a statement, the joint national medical associations say hospitals have been repeatedly attacked and subjected to air strikes. At least 94% of hospitals in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. Many ...

The BMA has called on the Government to ‘step up’, as resident doctors vote to back strike action over unemployment and ...

Importantly, SAS doctors can still sit the same exams and build personal portfolios to gain CESR accreditation and achieve ...

If members vote for the new contract offer, its implementation will be staged from August 2026. Doctors already in a ...

I am delighted to introduce myself as the new WSASC deputy chair (Welsh specialist, associate specialist, and specialty ...

The ballot of first-year resident doctors (FY1s), which closed at midday today, saw 97% (or 3,950) of resident doctors voting for strike action on a turnout of 65%, providing them with a mandate for ...

Ahead of the Health Secretary’s speech at Labour Party Conference, the BMA’s GP committee in England (GPC England) has given Wes Streeting 48 hours to avoid entering into dispute with general practice ...

– Retention. Doctors who face discrimination want to leave their roles. The NHS needs to retain its doctors and must therefore create a workplace that values doctors from all backgrounds, as the ...

Please join us at a local meeting to discuss the resident doctor contract. Meet members of the NIRDC and negotiations team and give them your views on what you would like to see in a new contract.

Working in NHS Fife, I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with many SAS doctors across various departments. While there are currently no SAS colleagues within radiology in our trust, I regularly ...

After missionary work overseas, coming out of the training deanery environment and having children, I first started as a ...