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GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants despite misgivings

Court hears regulator continued with ‘medical professional’ in guidance despite warning its own staff to avoid doing so

Life at Work Tim Tonkin
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A chance to change

It is a familiar scene – patients trapped in a cycle of addiction and homelessness, seemingly doomed to make repeat visits to emergency departments and GPs. But Peter Blackburn meets the clinicians determined to give people a fighting chance to start new lives

Health & Society Peter Blackburn
Resident doctors (England) industrial action, picket line St Thomas's Hospital London, 17 December 2025

Resident doctors vote 'yes' to extend strike action mandate

Existing commitment to industrial action extended to August

Pay & Contracts Tim Tonkin
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Invisible, invaluable

They've been called a second NHS: the millions of unpaid carers who not only sustain their loved ones but keep them out of hospital and residential care. But for too many there is a chronic lack of support, which can affect their physical and mental health. Seren Boyd reports

Health & Society Seren Boyd
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GMC chief apologises for way it regulated assistant staff

Health and social care committee questions elements of the GMC’s approach to supervision of PAs/AAs

Life at Work Tim Tonkin
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Health inequalities and their effects on the NHS

A BMA data hub for health inequalities in England aims to help doctors better understand the damage it causes to their patients

Comment By Claire Chivers and Isabella Kerr

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GMC applied blanket term to doctors and assistants despite misgivings

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A chance to change

Health & Society 03.02.26

Resident doctors vote 'yes' to extend strike action mandate

Pay & Contracts 02.02.26

Invisible, invaluable

Health & Society 29.01.26

GMC chief apologises for way it regulated assistant staff

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What happened to FY3 locums?

Rate cuts and a dearth of locum shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis. Ben Ireland hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe

Pay & Contracts Life at Work Ben Ireland

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