Responding to the Armed Forces Pay Review Body’s (AFPRB) recommendations, BMA armed forces committee chair Dr Sandy Wood said ...

Doctors in Northern Ireland have called on the health minister to make a credible pay offer to avoid strike action this month ...

Going on strike is unlikely to impact the amount of maternity allowance you will receive. This is set at £172.48 or 90% of your average weekly earnings (whichever is less) per week. This is not likely ...

Under current immigration guidance, unpaid leave taken to participate in legally organised industrial action is exempt from ...

Successful industrial action may require repeated or long periods of strike action. By planning ahead and saving, you can help to minimise the negative impact of losing pay. This will enable you to ...

New polling 1 shows the public value senior doctors working in the NHS, with almost 9 in 10 saying they believe competitive ...

Doctors in Northern Ireland will strike on 25 and 29 June following YES votes in their ballots for industrial action.

Launched in May 2026, the SAS Eligibility and Permanency Framework (EFP) is a mechanism designed to enable experienced ...

“The BMA agrees on the need to combat abhorrent antisemitism and racism that patients and doctors face in the NHS. The NHS must be inclusive and patients should not fear disclosing their religious ...

With many of these doctors employed on insecure, short-term contracts, which lack the safeguards and clear career progression ...

Commenting on the latest General Medical Services statistics for Northern Ireland, BMA Northern Ireland GP chair Dr Frances O’Hagan said, “These latest figures confirm what GPs and patients already ...

Many locally-employed doctors (LEDs), currently on a range of unregulated and often fixed term contracts, will soon be able ...