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BMA to ballot senior doctors in England for industrial action

By Liz Wells 31 March 2026

The BMA will ballot senior doctors in England for industrial action following a lack of progress in talks with the Government and last week’s ‘inadequate’ pay award.

WORKFORCE

Starmer gives resident doctors 48 hours to cancel strike or lose new package

By Liz Wells 31 March 2026

Sir Keir Starmer has given the BMA 48 hours to call off the upcoming resident doctors' strike in England or face losing 1,000 extra training places.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: GPs in England vote to reject imposed contract changes

By Liz Wells 26 March 2026

GPs across England have voted 'overwhelmingly' to reject the Government’s imposed changes to their contract for 2026/27.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors announce further strikes in England

By Liz Wells 25 March 2026

The BMA has dismissed the latest government pay offer to resident doctors as 'insufficient', and has called for a further six days of strike action in England.

COMMUNITY

BREAKING NEWS: BMA's GP committee for England rejects 'unsafe' plans for unlimited same-day appointments

By Liz Wells 26 February 2026

The BMA’s GP committee for England (GPC England) has overwhelmingly voted to reject the Government’s unrealistic and unsafe plans to impose changes to GP practice contracts.

PREVENTION

Doctors warn regulation around ultra processed foods failing to protect public health

By Liz Wells 12 February 2026

The UK’s current approach to regulating, producing, marketing, and distributing food is failing to protect public health, a new report highlights.

WORKFORCE

Resident doctors strike averted in Scotland

By Liz Wells 11 February 2026

Resident doctors in Scotland have voted to accept a revised pay and contract reform offer and call off strike action.

ONEADVANCED

Rethinking digital access in primary care

09 February 2026

Ric Thompson, senior vice-president of health & care at OneAdvanced, discusses the dispute between the BMA’s GP Committee for England and the Government over the push for continuous online access

RESIDENT DOCTORS

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors leader 'optimistic' new mandate for strike action won't be used

By Liz Wells 03 February 2026

A BMA resident doctors' leader says he is ‘optimistic’ that the new mandate for strike action over pay and jobs will not be used following ‘constructive’ talks.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors in England vote for more strike action

By Liz Wells 02 February 2026

Resident doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a mandate for industrial action for a further six months.

BMA

'Prioritisation Bill alone won't solve the jobs crisis,' says BMA

By Liz Wells 29 January 2026

The bill to prioritise UK medical graduates for NHS training has been passed to the House of Lords, but the BMA says it alone ‘won't solve the jobs crisis’.