Mike Farrar is bringing decades of experience to tackling waiting times and health inequalities in the worst-performing part of the health service. In the first of three features about efforts to improve care in Northern Ireland, he tells Jennifer Trueland why he's up for the challenge
‘The medical system is failing many disabled and neurodivergent medical students and doctors,’ BMA discovers
Scheme, which protects residents from loss of earnings, valid until 2026
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Ever since he was at school, Tom Dolphin has believed in helping people stand up for themselves. Elected BMA council chair in the summer, he tells Peter Blackburn of his plans, including new powers at a local level to press for doctors' rights
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