The BMA
@bma.org.uk
We’re the trade union and professional body for UK doctors and medical students.
The mental health of young people is worsening, placing increasing demand on both the NHS and schools.
#TheDrMagazine reports on how support services can't meet this rocketing demand.
🔗 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
#TheDrMagazine reports on how support services can't meet this rocketing demand.
🔗 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
![“Children and young people are having to reach an absolute crisis to meet thresholds for [mental health] services because waiting lists are so long… Too often there’s a sense that children need to be actively trying to end their life in order to be properly supported.”
John James Alexander Moore
Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:46ieymyomewdswfjjvvoxexq/bafkreicte2c6nm7vnu7bd6oegd5qlsb2bpf4ad5htphpqvv6lbr3btl2li@jpeg)
January 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM
The mental health of young people is worsening, placing increasing demand on both the NHS and schools.
#TheDrMagazine reports on how support services can't meet this rocketing demand.
🔗 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
#TheDrMagazine reports on how support services can't meet this rocketing demand.
🔗 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
The Government's Road Safety Strategy, announced today, is a welcome step towards improving public health. Any amount of alcohol impairs judgement and reaction times, and even modest reductions in blood alcohol limits have been shown to significantly reduce harm.
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The Government's Road Safety Strategy, announced today, is a welcome step towards improving public health. Any amount of alcohol impairs judgement and reaction times, and even modest reductions in blood alcohol limits have been shown to significantly reduce harm.
Resident doctors, we need your 'YES' vote to keep the pressure on the Government in 2026 to get you more jobs and better pay.
Tens of thousands of doctors are facing unemployment and real pay is down 21% since 2008.
Get your ballot back in the post by 26 January to make sure your voice is heard.
Tens of thousands of doctors are facing unemployment and real pay is down 21% since 2008.
Get your ballot back in the post by 26 January to make sure your voice is heard.
January 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Resident doctors, we need your 'YES' vote to keep the pressure on the Government in 2026 to get you more jobs and better pay.
Tens of thousands of doctors are facing unemployment and real pay is down 21% since 2008.
Get your ballot back in the post by 26 January to make sure your voice is heard.
Tens of thousands of doctors are facing unemployment and real pay is down 21% since 2008.
Get your ballot back in the post by 26 January to make sure your voice is heard.
For the past five days, tens of thousands of resident doctors in England took strike action over jobs and pay, yet it didn’t need to happen.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
December 22, 2025 at 11:09 AM
For the past five days, tens of thousands of resident doctors in England took strike action over jobs and pay, yet it didn’t need to happen.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
Our members showed their collective strength and are demanding a credible new offer from the Government.
Patients need doctors. Doctors need jobs.
We're on strike because there were no new jobs in the government’s offer last week, they simply repurposed jobs that already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper.
We need the Government to create more training places for resident doctors.
We're on strike because there were no new jobs in the government’s offer last week, they simply repurposed jobs that already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper.
We need the Government to create more training places for resident doctors.
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Patients need doctors. Doctors need jobs.
We're on strike because there were no new jobs in the government’s offer last week, they simply repurposed jobs that already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper.
We need the Government to create more training places for resident doctors.
We're on strike because there were no new jobs in the government’s offer last week, they simply repurposed jobs that already existed for the sake of ‘new’ jobs on paper.
We need the Government to create more training places for resident doctors.
🚨Calling all resident doctors in England🚨
It's time to vote YES in our re-ballot for jobs and pay.
Vote and post today! Don't delay.
Find out more👉 bma.org.uk/rdballot
It's time to vote YES in our re-ballot for jobs and pay.
Vote and post today! Don't delay.
Find out more👉 bma.org.uk/rdballot
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🚨Calling all resident doctors in England🚨
It's time to vote YES in our re-ballot for jobs and pay.
Vote and post today! Don't delay.
Find out more👉 bma.org.uk/rdballot
It's time to vote YES in our re-ballot for jobs and pay.
Vote and post today! Don't delay.
Find out more👉 bma.org.uk/rdballot
Across the country resident doctors were out on the picket lines showing their collective strength.
These strikes didn’t have to happen, Wes Streeting
could have listened to doctors and come forward with workable, sustainable solutions for both jobs and pay.
These strikes didn’t have to happen, Wes Streeting
could have listened to doctors and come forward with workable, sustainable solutions for both jobs and pay.
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Across the country resident doctors were out on the picket lines showing their collective strength.
These strikes didn’t have to happen, Wes Streeting
could have listened to doctors and come forward with workable, sustainable solutions for both jobs and pay.
These strikes didn’t have to happen, Wes Streeting
could have listened to doctors and come forward with workable, sustainable solutions for both jobs and pay.
"The GMC received more applications last year to leave our NHS than in the last decade" Dr Callum Parr tells Sky News.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The GMC received more applications last year to leave our NHS than in the last decade" Dr Callum Parr tells Sky News.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
Our Emma Runswick on BBC Breakfast this morning about today’s resident doctors’ strike over jobs and pay.
Thousands of resident doctors face unemployment, with many more leaving the UK altogether.
Thousands of resident doctors face unemployment, with many more leaving the UK altogether.
December 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Our Emma Runswick on BBC Breakfast this morning about today’s resident doctors’ strike over jobs and pay.
Thousands of resident doctors face unemployment, with many more leaving the UK altogether.
Thousands of resident doctors face unemployment, with many more leaving the UK altogether.
Today 10,000s of doctors will go out on strike, as they're willing to stand up for their profession against a totally avoidable jobs and pay crisis.
Resident doctors need jobs, and when they find those jobs, they need to be paid fairly for it.
Resident doctors need jobs, and when they find those jobs, they need to be paid fairly for it.
December 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Today 10,000s of doctors will go out on strike, as they're willing to stand up for their profession against a totally avoidable jobs and pay crisis.
Resident doctors need jobs, and when they find those jobs, they need to be paid fairly for it.
Resident doctors need jobs, and when they find those jobs, they need to be paid fairly for it.
What message do you want to send Wes Streeting tomorrow?
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What message do you want to send Wes Streeting tomorrow?
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Resident doctors in England📢
With the strikes going ahead tomorrow, it's time to get ready for the picket line. Join us from 7am at your nearest one, find yours here👉https://bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
With the strikes going ahead tomorrow, it's time to get ready for the picket line. Join us from 7am at your nearest one, find yours here👉https://bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Resident doctors in England📢
With the strikes going ahead tomorrow, it's time to get ready for the picket line. Join us from 7am at your nearest one, find yours here👉https://bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
With the strikes going ahead tomorrow, it's time to get ready for the picket line. Join us from 7am at your nearest one, find yours here👉https://bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Tomorrow’s strike is still entirely avoidable, Wes Streeting should work with us to come up with a credible offer to end this jobs crisis and avert the real terms pay cuts he is pushing in 2026.
We're willing to work to find a solution if he is
We're willing to work to find a solution if he is
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tomorrow’s strike is still entirely avoidable, Wes Streeting should work with us to come up with a credible offer to end this jobs crisis and avert the real terms pay cuts he is pushing in 2026.
We're willing to work to find a solution if he is
We're willing to work to find a solution if he is
Strikes will GO AHEAD from 17-22 December, after resident doctors in England voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest offer from Wes Streeting.
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Strikes will GO AHEAD from 17-22 December, after resident doctors in England voted overwhelmingly to reject the latest offer from Wes Streeting.
“Simply put, we don’t have the resources to look after the people of this country. I think the people of this country who pay a lot in taxes to have an NHS that works for them are suffering.” RDC deputy chair Arjan Singh
Listen here 🎧👇
Listen here 🎧👇
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Simply put, we don’t have the resources to look after the people of this country. I think the people of this country who pay a lot in taxes to have an NHS that works for them are suffering.” RDC deputy chair Arjan Singh
Listen here 🎧👇
Listen here 🎧👇
“Mr Streeting holds all the cards to both postponing the strike and ending the dispute once and for all, but he seems more interested in political grandstanding and exploiting public fears.”
Read our response in full.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Read our response in full.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Mr Streeting holds all the cards to both postponing the strike and ending the dispute once and for all, but he seems more interested in political grandstanding and exploiting public fears.”
Read our response in full.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Read our response in full.
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
Yesterday @bmacymru.bsky.social members joined forces with nurses to call for an end to corridor care in Wales, demonstrating outside the Senedd.
There must be immediate action to end this dangerous and undignified practice.
Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
There must be immediate action to end this dangerous and undignified practice.
Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yesterday @bmacymru.bsky.social members joined forces with nurses to call for an end to corridor care in Wales, demonstrating outside the Senedd.
There must be immediate action to end this dangerous and undignified practice.
Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
There must be immediate action to end this dangerous and undignified practice.
Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
The deal offered by government “does not fix the workforce crisis”… “there are no more doctors at the end of this deal”.
RDC chair Jack Fletcher discusses the health secretary’s offer on BBC Breakfast.
RDC chair Jack Fletcher discusses the health secretary’s offer on BBC Breakfast.
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The deal offered by government “does not fix the workforce crisis”… “there are no more doctors at the end of this deal”.
RDC chair Jack Fletcher discusses the health secretary’s offer on BBC Breakfast.
RDC chair Jack Fletcher discusses the health secretary’s offer on BBC Breakfast.
Don’t forget to submit your abstract for ICPH 2026. We’re seeking evidence-based interventions and real-world solutions in physician wellbeing, system change, leadership culture and more. Submit by 2 Feb 2026. Join the global conversation.
👉https://www.international-conference-physician-health.org
👉https://www.international-conference-physician-health.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t forget to submit your abstract for ICPH 2026. We’re seeking evidence-based interventions and real-world solutions in physician wellbeing, system change, leadership culture and more. Submit by 2 Feb 2026. Join the global conversation.
👉https://www.international-conference-physician-health.org
👉https://www.international-conference-physician-health.org
A new agreement has been reached with the DVLA by the BMA🙌 From 1 January 2026, the fee paid to doctors for completing medical forms for driving licences will rise to £50 for everyone, then increasing further to £62.50 from April 2026. and is the first increase since 2012.
December 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A new agreement has been reached with the DVLA by the BMA🙌 From 1 January 2026, the fee paid to doctors for completing medical forms for driving licences will rise to £50 for everyone, then increasing further to £62.50 from April 2026. and is the first increase since 2012.
Your strike action works. That’s why we must extend our mandate and keep the pressure on the Government to fix the jobs crisis and restore our pay.
Our re-ballot is open to ALL resident doctors in England.
Vote YES and return your ballot by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Our re-ballot is open to ALL resident doctors in England.
Vote YES and return your ballot by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Your strike action works. That’s why we must extend our mandate and keep the pressure on the Government to fix the jobs crisis and restore our pay.
Our re-ballot is open to ALL resident doctors in England.
Vote YES and return your ballot by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Our re-ballot is open to ALL resident doctors in England.
Vote YES and return your ballot by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Calling ALL resident doctors in England – our re-ballot on jobs and pay is officially open📢
Let’s keep the pressure up on the Government!
Look out for your orange envelope in the post and return your YES vote by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Let’s keep the pressure up on the Government!
Look out for your orange envelope in the post and return your YES vote by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Calling ALL resident doctors in England – our re-ballot on jobs and pay is officially open📢
Let’s keep the pressure up on the Government!
Look out for your orange envelope in the post and return your YES vote by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Let’s keep the pressure up on the Government!
Look out for your orange envelope in the post and return your YES vote by 26 January.
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Resident doctors in England have 48 hours to apply for the BMA strike fund, ahead of next week’s industrial action.
The pre-approval deadline is 12 noon on Weds 10 December, so don’t delay. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
The pre-approval deadline is 12 noon on Weds 10 December, so don’t delay. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Resident doctors in England have 48 hours to apply for the BMA strike fund, ahead of next week’s industrial action.
The pre-approval deadline is 12 noon on Weds 10 December, so don’t delay. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
The pre-approval deadline is 12 noon on Weds 10 December, so don’t delay. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Are you a UK resident doctor? Submitting a motion to our annual conference is your way to influence the BMA’s direction and shape the future of the profession.
Just 10 days left to submit motions for #RDconf 2026.
Learn more, and send your motions in now ⏩️ www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
Just 10 days left to submit motions for #RDconf 2026.
Learn more, and send your motions in now ⏩️ www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Are you a UK resident doctor? Submitting a motion to our annual conference is your way to influence the BMA’s direction and shape the future of the profession.
Just 10 days left to submit motions for #RDconf 2026.
Learn more, and send your motions in now ⏩️ www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
Just 10 days left to submit motions for #RDconf 2026.
Learn more, and send your motions in now ⏩️ www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
The BMA strike fund supports doctors who need financial help to join industrial action.
Applications are now open for the upcoming resident doctor strikes in England.
Apply now, and share the details with your colleagues:
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Applications are now open for the upcoming resident doctor strikes in England.
Apply now, and share the details with your colleagues:
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The BMA strike fund supports doctors who need financial help to join industrial action.
Applications are now open for the upcoming resident doctor strikes in England.
Apply now, and share the details with your colleagues:
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...
Applications are now open for the upcoming resident doctor strikes in England.
Apply now, and share the details with your colleagues:
www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign...