All British Medical Association (BMA) articles – Page 22
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NewsHospitals may 'struggle to cope' with walkout, GMC warns
Some hospitals may “struggle to cope” with next week’s planned strike and junior doctors should consider the impact on patients before taking action, the General Medical Council has warned.
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NewsBMA: Strike will be cancelled if Hunt drops imposition
Junior doctors have said they will abandon next week’s two day strike if the government drops its threat to impose a new contract.
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NewsBMA rejected plea from junior doctors’ leader to exclude children’s care from strike
Internal emails show BMA leader wanted paediatrics to be excluded from full walkout Withdrawing emergency care for children would be “difficult line to defend” Full emergency strikes planned for 26 and 27 April with no exclusions EXCLUSIVE: Internal emails from the British Medical Association show junior doctors’ leader ...
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CommentGeneral practice as we know it is disappearing before our eyes
The alleged crisis in GP recruitment is a red herring - the bigger issue is the need for commissioning to undergo major change
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CommentMaking improvement accessible to all
Why upcoming initiatives to improve healthcare could just succeed
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NewsHigh Court asked to block junior doctors' contract imposition
Government faces two separate legal challenges over plan to impose a new junior doctors contract BMA highlights loss of automatic pay progression, unsocial hours pay and on-call pay impact on women and carers Crowdfunded legal action by junior doctors has questioned whether health secretary has power to impose Royal ...
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: The sins of our fathers
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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Junior doctors’ contract revealed with new pay protection
Government publishes new junior doctors’ contract to be imposed from August Pay protection extended for some doctors Jeremy Hunt makes five changes to contract The final junior doctors’ contract to be imposed from August has been published by NHS Employers and includes extending pay protection for some doctors.
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NewsHunt: my biggest mistake
Jeremy Hunt has said that his biggest mistake to date as health secretary was to rely too heavily on inspection to improve poor care before he realised that culture change would have a greater impact.
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LeaderLocked in a deadly embrace with junior doctors, Hunt’s end appears nigh
The health secretary should go big on patient safety and keep quiet on that disputed contract
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News'The matter is closed' – Hunt shuts door on the junior doctors' contract
Jeremy Hunt says there is no point in further negotiation because of the stance taken by the BMA Health secretary claims proposed junior doctors’ contract is “much safer than what we have at the moment” Says asking if he has the confidence of NHS staff is “wrong question to ...
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NewsJunior doctors escalate strike to withdraw emergency cover
A strike by junior doctors next month has been escalated to include the withdrawal of emergency care.
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Planning for the Five Year Forward View’s Retirement
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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CommentContract ceasefire would allow us to evaluate safety and funding
Phil Hammond suggests a way forward in the junior doctors’ dispute
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NewsGovernment 'complacent' about future of general practice, warn MPs
DH and NHS England have been ‘complacent’ about GP capacity, MPs warn Older, white, affluent patients get better GP access than anyone else, report finds MPs have accused the Department of Health and NHS England of being “complacent” about the ability of general practice to cope with increased ...
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NewsGovernment lawyers say BMA judicial review 'bound to fail'
Letter from Government Legal Department says government gave proper regard to equality issues in junior doctors’ contract Letter references HSJ story that revealed BMA’s lawyers warned judicial review would not prevent imposition Junior doctors to start first of three 48 hour strikes on Wednesday The government’s lawyers have ...
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NewsAll NHS staff to get 1 per cent pay rise
Department of Health accepts overall 1 per cent pay rise for all NHS staff NHS Pay Review Body raises concerns over use of agency caps for NHS staff Review body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration says it may target pay in future All NHS staff will receive a ...
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NewsNHS patient safety chief says doctors’ contract is 'not dangerous'
Mike Durkin says new contract addresses “failings” in current agreement He urges “dialogue” and for doctors to “press their representatives to talk to employers” Warns people can “fall into positions… that owe more to institutional or group loyalty than to the evidence” NHS England’s national director for patient ...
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NewsRevealed: BMA lawyers warned that judicial review would not prevent imposition of junior doctors’ contract
The British Medical Association’s lawyers have warned the union that its planned legal action against the government will “definitely not” prevent the health secretary from imposing a contract on England’s 37,000 junior doctors, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS Employers admits junior doctor pay calculator may be inaccurate
NHS Employers says “variations” will occur between pay calculator predictions and actual salary Rotas including consecutive weekends were an error and have been changed Concerns raised that the rotas will lead to “jetlagged” junior doctors NHS Employers has accepted its pay calculator for junior doctors may not accurately ...