BMA representatives have voted to support GPs who refuse to prescribe medicines for hospital patients unless the GP has been properly informed and the treatment has been started and stabilised in ...

Representatives at the BMA’s annual meeting have called for additional funding to meet the costs of delivering assisted dying services, emphasising that the money should not be drawn from existing ...

NHS staff working in overstretched mental health and paediatric services are reporting high levels of stress, burnout, and emotional strain as they struggle to protect care standards. The Royal ...

The word “frailty” once had the same meaning for doctors as it still does for the public. It summoned up an image of an emaciated older person, probably bent over, hobbling along with the aid of ...

The BMA and NHS trusts must do more collectively to prevent sexual harassment in NHS workplaces, doctors have urged. At the BMA’s annual meeting in Liverpool 98% of representatives voted in favour of ...