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Our latest newsletter is with doctors now📨
In it, we:
🤖Hear doctors' concerns about robotics in healthcare
📢Join @BMA_NIRDC members on the picket line
🇧🇬 Report on the rise in medical students studying in Bulgaria
All that and more:
bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRU…
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Consultants in England have confirmed fresh strike dates for 25 and 26 November, after failing to secure a meaningful commitment from the government on improving working conditions and pay.
More to follow
‘A sigh of relief’
As latest data from NHS England shows a significant reduction in training place competition ratios, @BMAResidents chair @callumjparr warns that a long-term workforce strategy for the NHS is still needed.
Read in full👇
bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
London-based doctors are voting on whether to take further action as part of a @TheBMA campaign to increase the living allowance paid to those working in the capital.
Read in full👇
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
‘Cutting pay is not the way to tell a workforce you value them’
BMA chair @thomasdolphin slams government proposals to recommend yet another below inflation pay rise for doctors.
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bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
UK defence medical capability is at risk of being undermined unless pay rates for doctors in the armed forces are raised to compete with those in the NHS.
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bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/…
🚨BREAKING🚨
Consultant, SAS and resident doctors in Northern Ireland are set to strike again next month, as progress on restoring pay continues to stall.
More to follow
Resident doctors will stage a full walk-out from 7am on 20 November until 7am on 21 November, while consultants and SAS doctors will provide only Christmas day cover as part of action scheduled from 7am 23 November until 7am 24 November.
Pauline Josiya is one year out of medical school in Malawi. She’s often the most senior clinician on duty at her hospital. @Seren_Boyd speaks to UK doctors involved in a charity supporting medical training in Malawi in a bid to boost its workforce🧵[1/5]
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Brighton GP Elizabeth Howard, who spent 3.5 years in Malawi: ‘People die of a stroke because they don’t have their blood pressure treated. It just seems so unnecessary.’ [4/5]
Read more and find out how you can support @MedictoMedic, from an overseas elective to running a marathon in Malawi [5/5]
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
‘The real magic happens over there.’
In her latest piece exploring the merits of social prescribing, @JenTrueland visits the Flipside - a charity-run community-based resource that is making a real difference for the patients who use it.
Read in full👇
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
‘We feel like we are treading water’
As the @HealthFdn warns that the government could miss its target for cutting elective care wait times, @TheBMA chair @thomasdolphin calls on ministers to address the root causes of the NHS backlog.
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thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
‘Shocking but sadly unsurprising’
A survey published by the GMC has revealed that many locally employed and SAS doctors are too afraid to report incidents of bullying and harassment in the workplace @BMAtim reports 🧵[1/5]
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
Reflecting on the survey @BMA_SAS chairs @drujjwalam and John Edwin said that while progress towards improving workplace experiences had been made in recent years, more work was needed to root out bullying once and for all. [4/5]
They said: ‘The behaviours illustrated in this report have no place in our NHS, and when doctors speak up, they need to be assured that they will be listened to and their concerns will be acted on.’ [5/5]
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thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…