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Training & careers

The UK Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill Is Here Folks!

Jan 25, 2026

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7 min read

The UK Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill Is Here Folks!

What this paradigm shift means for the NHS and its doctors

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Culture of medicine

The Double-Speculum Dilemma

Jan 11, 2026

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8 min read

The Double-Speculum Dilemma

What’s the point of the exam if the speciality will just repeat it?

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Pay & pensions

What’s So Special About 2008?

Jan 4, 2026

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6 min read

What’s So Special About 2008?

Is the BMA right to use 2008 as the benchmark for pay erosion?

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Culture of medicine

Christmas in Hospital: What the Elderly Teach Us About Time

Dec 28, 2025

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7 min read

Christmas in Hospital: What the Elderly Teach Us About Time

While the world celebrates beginnings, the ward teaches us about endings

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Strikes & the BMA

Striking Doctors Deliver A Festive Reality Check to the Government

Dec 21, 2025

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7 min read

Striking Doctors Deliver A Festive Reality Check to the Government

With turnout up and rejection clear, the government’s hope of ‘strike fatigue’ was wishful thinking

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Training & careers

The 22-Point Problem with IMT Applications

Dec 14, 2025

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7 min read

The 22-Point Problem with IMT Applications

With inflated portfolio requirements, is it even possible for F2s to progress directly into IMT anymore?

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Training & careers

Prioritising UK Graduates: The Uncomfortable Conversation We Need to Have

Dec 7, 2025

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8 min read

Prioritising UK Graduates: The Uncomfortable Conversation We Need to Have

Are we shying away from talking about a key feature driving the specialty bottleneck crisis?

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Pay & pensions

More Doctors Fiscally Dragged into Higher Tax Brackets

Nov 30, 2025

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9 min read

More Doctors Fiscally Dragged into Higher Tax Brackets

Reeve’s budget will squeeze doctors, but will it improve the state of affairs in the UK?

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Culture of medicine

Negligence or Acceptable Risk? The New Standard of Clinical Harm

Nov 23, 2025

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6 min read

Negligence or Acceptable Risk? The New Standard of Clinical Harm

Where should the line be when doctors are over-worked but patients bear the consequences...

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Private healthcare

Why ‘Private’ Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word in Healthcare

Nov 16, 2025

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8 min read

Why ‘Private’ Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word in Healthcare

The uncomfortable reality of private healthcare and why we can’t ignore it

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Strikes & the BMA

Wes Streeting’s Wager: A Deal Meant to Fail?

Nov 9, 2025

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8 min read

Wes Streeting’s Wager: A Deal Meant to Fail?

The BMA rejects latest offer in just 4 hours, but was it designed to be accepted or just to set the narrative?

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NHS & policy

The Never-Ending Patient Journey

Nov 2, 2025

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7 min read

The Never-Ending Patient Journey

How some patients remind us of medicine’s persistent attempts to fix the unfixable

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