All news on the topic: British Medical Association
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End in sight for doctors strikes as BMA agrees to open talks with Steve Barclay
The British Medical Association invited the minister to negotiations a day after the rest of the NHS workforce concluded talks with a deal for England
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Key workers say they were 'forgotten' in Jeremy Hunt's budget at demo in London
Members of the National Education Union attended the Save Our Schools demo, marching from Speakers’ Corner to Trafalgar Square at start of two-day walkout
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NHS warns of severe disruption ahead as thousands of junior doctors begin strike
The BMA says they are striking for “pay restoration” after a real-terms cut of 26%, but NHS national medical director warns patients face significant disruption
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Junior doctors 'paid less than Pret a Manger workers 'as 70,000 strike
The British Medical Association say junior doctors are demanding an end to a decade of below-inflation pay deals - they've hit out at the government over the latest 2% pay rise
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Doctor exodus to Australia and New Zealand feared as new NHS strikes start
The British Medical Association is worried UK doctors could leave the NHS for Australia and New Zealand unless the Tories settle ongoing pay disputes by the summer
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Nursing pay deal 'in sight' with ministers optimistic as talks begin with unions
NHS strikes could be nearing the end as government hopes discussions will bring about wage agreement to avert more walkouts by nurses, midwives and paramedics
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Royle Family star pledges to join NHS strikes in passionate rant against Tories
Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson appeared on Tuesday afternoon’s Loose Women episode and praised the work of the NHS from his personal experience
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End of GP appointment chaos as patients must now get slot first time they call
NHS England has imposed the stipulation in a new contract of employment for family doctors after talks with the British Medical Association broke down
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Consultant doctors 'in despair' as they vote on NHS pay dispute strike action
Consultants are balloted over industrial action after 86% showed their support for walkout in 'consultative vote' on top of BMA strikes planned for 47,600 junior doctors
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More than 17,000 NHS consultants would vote to strike in ballot next month
The British Medical Association held a consultative ballot to find out if NHS consultants would be prepared to strike over pay and pensions. It will now proceed with a formal ballot next month
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NHS strikes halted after Government agrees to offer workers an improved pay deal
The breakthrough means talks between NHS unions and ministers will start next week when almost 50,000 workers had planned walk-outs
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Tories invite NHS unions to pay talks in potential breakthrough to avert strikes
Health unions have finally been called in for pay talks by the Government - a day after the GMB union said paramedics would attend only the most obviously life-threatening 999 calls during its next England-wide strike
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Steve Barclay to meet doctors in desperate attempt to avert huge NHS strike
The under-fire Health Secretary will hold a face-to-face meeting with the British Medical Association (BMA) - the first of any NHS trade union after the government opened talks with the Royal College of Nurses (RCN)
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Tens of thousands of junior doctors to stage three-day strike next month
The British Medical Association (BMA) said this morning it was "serious" about full pay restoration, and said the strike from March 13 wouldn't be necessary if the government had held negotiations
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Thousands of junior doctors vote to go on strike next month in 72-hour walkout
Almost 37,000 votes were cast - with a massive 98% backing strike action. It is the largest ever turnout for a ballot of doctors by doctors' union the British Medical Association
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Junior doctors will join strikes next month in escalation of NHS pay row
Members of the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association will walk out on March 15 for the first time in the union's history. The BMA is also balloting junior doctors
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Working class men left behind when it comes to mental health, author warns
Attitudes towards mental health are changing but author and journalist Sam Delaney explains why working class men are being left behind and in need of help opening up
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GP surgeries closing earlier as they struggle to afford soaring energy bills
One in 10 GP partners have been forced to reduce time with patients and nearly a quarter have stopped recruiting surgery staff due to the cost-of-living crisis.
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Seven out of 10 junior doctors treated patients despite not feeling well enough
The British Medical Association said ministers' failure to get a grip of the NHS crisis is 'not only threatening patient safety, but is also putting junior doctors’ health at serious risk'
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Medical students fear working in the NHS and told to 'drop out while you can'
EXCLUSIVE: Medical students are needed to help bolster an already understaffed NHS workforce, but financial difficulties and the prospect burnout from exhausting shifts has left many feeling worried about what the future holds
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NHS consultants to be balloted on strikes as thousands 'driven out of jobs'
The British Medical Association (BMA) warns that morale in the NHS "has never been as low" and a 35% real-terms pay cut since 2009 means top medics are being "driven out of jobs they love"
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Trainee medics leave university with £100,000 in debt amid cost of living crisis
Figures show they begin professional careers saddled with an average of more than £30,000 in student debts. Tonight, experts warned rising debt could put off young people from studying medicine
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NHS doctors' mental health meltdowns as A&E staff suffer panic attacks on shift
A Sunday People investigation uncovers the shocking toll on hospital doctors, with half of NHS medics suffering mental health problems in the past year as they struggle with understaffing
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Exhausted NHS heroes crying in car parks after losing lives that could be saved
In a harrowing account, junior doctor Andrew Meyerson, 40, said: colleagues were "crying in the car park, devastated and shell-shocked, haunted by the substandard care that they have been forced to deliver"
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Junior doctors announce plan for 72-hour strike if major vote passes
Up to 45,000 junior doctors in England will down tools in March for 72 hours if a major strike ballot passes, the British Medical Association has announced today
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