The Doctor Magazine

Award-winning journalism from the British Medical Association, the trade union and professional body for doctors and medical students in the UK @theBMA

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Our latest newsletter is with doctors now📨

In it, we:
🤖Hear doctors' concerns about robotics in healthcare
📢Join @BMA_NIRDC members on the picket line
🇧🇬 Report on the rise in medical students studying in Bulgaria

All that and more:
https://t.co/3Gp6rZ5UC9

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‘We will not hesitate’

Consultants in England have backed the use of strike action as part of efforts to improve working conditions and restore pay.

Read in full👇

https://t.co/FAHESAx6ox

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A new workforce bottleneck risks being created if the Government fails to increase the numbers of consultant and GP posts available.

Read our report from The BMA's #ARM2026👇

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Unless the Government increases the numbers of consultant and GP posts available, it risks creating a new workforce bottleneck.

Doctors at #ARM2026 have called for action. Learn more:
https://t.co/xRTgfAZV79

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‘It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get a [training] place in the UK, but it is also a fact that there are success stories’, says Dr Adetayo ‘[However] People have gone to Bulgaria, they’ve graduated and now they’re working in the NHS without any problems whatsoever.’ [6/6]

Read our story👇

https://t.co/7i2uuPiayp

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Amid the soaring demand and competition for places at UK medical schools, some British students are turning to studying overseas to realise their dreams of entering medicine, with Bulgaria being one such location. @BMAtim hears from those who have taken the plunge🧵[1/6]

https://t.co/7i2uuPiayp

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Dr Ade Adetayo is something of a trailblazer, having studied in Bulgaria and qualifying as a doctor in 2021. Now working in emergency medicine in the NHS Dr Adetayo also co-founded MedConnect Europe, a recruitment agency for UK students wishing to study medicine abroad. [5/6]

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GPs in England have begun their July collective action in response to the Government's imposed 2026/27 contract.

This month, GPs are targeting ‘unsafe ‘and ‘underfunded’ transfers of hospital work to their practices.

See more👇

[General Practice @BMA_GP]

GPs in England are taking part in collective action over the Government’s plans to impose the 2026/27 contract.

In July we're taking a stand against unfair workloads. Get involved to put pressure on the Government to address the unsustainable demands facing our profession.

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Resident doctors in England have voted to accept the Government's offer on pay and jobs.

Result:
52.9%✅
47.1%❌

Full story:
https://t.co/W2PzAxB2ng

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Full report from @JenTrueland, who has been on the ground in Belfast, here:
https://t.co/Na5bsTdKV6

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Resident doctors in Northern Ireland began a 24-hour walk-out this morning in their continued battle for pay restoration.

@JenTrueland, in Belfast, hears how @BMA_NIRDC leaders accused Northern Ireland’s health minister of ‘burying his head in the sand’👇
https://t.co/bEcF5o2pRU

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"We’re falling behind the rest of our colleagues in the rest of the UK on pay."

@JenTrueland speaks to @BMA_NIRDC members on the picket line in Belfast as they take part in a 24-hour strike today:
https://t.co/EIpsP6eKeV

[The Doctor Magazine @TheDrMagazine]

Resident doctors in Northern Ireland began a 24-hour walk-out this morning in their continued battle for pay restoration.

@JenTrueland, in Belfast, hears how @BMA_NIRDC leaders accused Northern Ireland’s health minister of ‘burying his head in the sand’👇
https://t.co/bEcF5o2pRU

[Jennifer Trueland @JenTrueland]

In Belfast this morning for the latest strike by @BMA_NI resident doctors - they're after pay restoration and jobs. Quite a crowd gathered outside the Royal Victoria Hospital getting lots of toots of support from passing cars/vans/ambulances. I'm reporting for @TheDrMagazine.

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Senior doctors in Northern Ireland took to Stormont yesterday to strike - for the first time - over pay.

They were also pointing out a particular irony to members of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

@JenTrueland was there to report:
https://t.co/Jro6GJ4liC

[Jennifer Trueland @JenTrueland]

Stormont bathed in sunshine. Here to cover @BMA_NI consultants and SAS docs’ strike action for @TheDrMagazine (if I survive the heat).

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Today, for the first time, consultants and specialist, associate specialist and specialty doctors in Northern Ireland will go on strike because of pay.

The @BMA_NI strike will last 24 hours, with Christmas Day levels of cover in place.

@JenTrueland reports:
https://t.co/s6NhHEBRAp

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Doctors have demanded an end to the ‘rationing of healthcare’ introduced by imposed contract variations which order GPs to make compulsory requests for advice from secondary care rather than having a right to refer.

Read more👇 https://t.co/uwObM5UUBP

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‘This substitution must stop.’

@TheBMA calls for the government to set a scope of practice for advanced practitioners in a major motion at this year's ARM.

@ben_ireland_11 covers the debate:
https://t.co/JETnJiHTra