Responding to the Government's elective reform plan to end the waiting lists backlog, Prof Phil Banfield, chair of BMA ...

Philip Banfield has been a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in North Wales for the past 29 years. He is honorary professor in the Cardiff University School of Medicine and has been recognised ...

Plan for Change, Prof Phil Banfield, chair of BMA council, said: "The Government's plan for improvements in elective care to ...

The BMA is a professional association and trade union representing and negotiating on behalf of all doctors in the UK. A ...

Doctors on the Isle of Man have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action with 121 of 127 (95%) doctors voting yes in a ballot over pay. This is the first time doctors on the island ...

Responding to the Government’s update 1 on discussions around the GP contract for England, and the announcement of £889m funding uplift for general practice in England next year, BMA GP committee ...

A second group of secondary care doctors in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a pay offer from the Department of Health (DoH). In a referendum that closed this week, 94.7% of ...

Responding to the Government’s announcement of investment for hospices in England Professor Philip Banfield, BMA council chair, said: “As people reach the end of their lives, they deserve to be ...

Assisted dying, social inequality, cybersecurity, refugee doctors, climate change and Christmas comfort – just some of the issues covered in the December issue of The Doctor ...

GPs in Wales have voted overwhelmingly to reject the 24/25 General Medical Services (GMS) contract offered by the Welsh Government last month. The unequivocal result was delivered just weeks after the ...