‘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 ...

Responding to the Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's announcement to 'ban doctors from going on strike' ...

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 ...

Importantly, SAS doctors can still sit the same exams and build personal portfolios to gain CESR accreditation and achieve consultant status. It’s a pathway that values experience and flexibility.

The BMA has called on the Government to ‘step up’, as resident doctors vote to back strike action over unemployment and training place shortages. Foundation year one doctors in England have ...

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 ...

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.

If members vote for the new contract offer, its implementation will be staged from August 2026. Doctors already in a speciality training programme will be able to remain and increment on the 2002 ...

A significant milestone came on Wednesday, 22 March 2000, when BMA Wales called a meeting at Llandrindod Wells. The WSASC (Wales staff and associate specialist committee) was formed, giving SAS ...

NHS pension scheme members are being let down by pension scheme administrators who are not meeting their statutory requirements. The BMA Pensions Committee is campaigning for significant improvements ...