New information service ‘would reassure medics and patients on assisted dying’
Dr Andrew Green, chairman of the British Medical Association’s medical ethics committee, called for such a service to be ...
Doctors' union which went on strike accused of underpaying its own staff
Staff members at the BMA could go on strike just months after medics took to the picket line for the same reason ...
Doctors should be able to opt out of recommending assisted dying, MPs told
The assisted dying bill was being scrutinised by MPs who heard from medical experts about the details of the potential ...
Doctors fuelled Covid misinformation among ethnic minorities, says Badenoch
Tory leader claims the British Medical Association broadcast false claims that the Government was withholding data ...
Northern Ireland resident doctors vote to accept 4% pay rise
The British Medical Association says 95% of members voted in favour of the proposed pay offer.
Assisted dying Bill committee to hear from chief medical officer Chris Whitty
MPs scrutinising the assisted dying Bill will hear from England’s chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty as they ...
Offer 'first step' towards doctor pay restoration
A proposed 8% pay rise for doctors on the Isle of Man is the "first major step" towards pay restoration, a union has said.
Doctors must be able to opt-out of offering assisted dying, medical chief tells MPs
A High Court judge must hear from at least one of the doctors and can also question the dying person, or anyone else they ...
'Too much paperwork' in referring patients to England
The level of bureaucracy involved in referring patients to specialist care in England "is too much to deal with", doctors say ...
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Doctors’ union warns NHS will struggle to last another year without reform
Dr Iain Kennedy, chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA) Scotland, said in his annual New Year message on Tuesday that current evidence suggests there will be a large increase in people ...
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British Medical Association credits new health minister for suspension of strike action
The British Medical Association says a new health minister may be partly why strike action was suspended. The union called off planned industrial action after Manx Care offered an eight percent pay ...
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British Medical Journal (BMJ)
The journal is published by the BMJ Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association. The editor in chief of BMJ is Fiona Godlee, who was appointed in February 2005. The journal ...