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The first female leader of the British Medical Association's GP committee took sick leave due to a sexist culture at the union.Dr Farah Jameel, a doctor in Camden, London, became the first woman in the committee's 100-year history to be…

Doctors threatened industrial action last night in a dramatic escalation in the row over face-to-face appointments.The British Medical Association voted unanimously to reject plans aimed at improving patients’ access to GPs.They claimed…

'We will not accept an NHS unprepared for a pandemic, without vital PPE to protect the health and lives of health and care workers,' Dr Chaand Nagpaul will say todayChronic neglect of the NHS and a lack of preparedness before the…

Dr John Chisholm, chair of the BMA's medical ethics committee, said the neutral position means the association will not lobby for or against a change in the law, but represent the views, interested and concerns express by its…

Dr David Strain said 12-year-olds have 'enough maturity' to decide whether to get a Covid vaccineSome 12-year-olds have 'enough maturity' to decide whether to get a Covid vaccine, a British Medical Association chief claimed today…