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Planned overhaul for GP surgeries puts party on collision course with British Medical Association

Potential March stoppage in England would lead to further major disruption to hospitals and other services

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said ministers were ‘spoiling for a fight’ over the dispute.

Professional boxing is no stranger to controversy. The British Medical Association, the trade union for doctors in the UK, has called for years for the sport to be banned due to its damaging effects. It has a higher potential for injury than any other contact sport.

Ahead of the Autumn budget this week, the new president of the British Medical Association warns that “perverse” public health cuts have hit poorer areas hardest in the last decade so many people are too sick to work by their 50s

Many LGBT+ medics are not comfortable being open about who they are in the work place

Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary for England, has admitted to giving her leftover antibiotics to friends and family who were feeling unwell. This led to the British Medical Association issuing a statement, describing her actions as “not only potentially dangerous, but also against the law”.

John Chilsholm writes: He championed the reduction of junior doctors’ hours and defended the Abortion Act against attempts to reverse or limit it

Chair of the British Medical Association who educated the public about HIV infection while tackling its social stigma