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PAs must not assess, diagnose or manage undifferentiated patients in any healthcare setting, and resident doctors must not be responsible for supervising them. W ...

Responding to a survey from the GMC 1, which found that 23% of locally employed and 31% of SAS doctors said they had experienced or witnessed bullying and harassment in their role, BMA UK SAS ...

The BMA has today written to Professor Gillian Leng, author of last year’s review into physician assistants and anaesthesia assistants, to reject proposed national clinical protocols that would allow ...

The BMA’s UK resident doctors committee (UKRDC) has today elected Dr Callum Parr as its new chair. Dr Parr is a resident doctor based in London, working as an internal medicine trainee.

What I never imagined was that my career would eventually bring me to Wales, into the SAS grade, and ultimately to a specialist post in frailty medicine. One of my early placements was at the Royal ...

SAS week provides an important opportunity to recognise the outstanding contribution of SAS doctors and the value that this vital cohort of doctors bring to our services. Yet meaningful recognition ...

This guidance has been developed following reports that healthcare staff are being encouraged to adopt an excessively ...

As the first female chair of the UK SAS doctors committee from a BAME and IMG (international medical graduate) background, I ...

The BMA is calling on the Scottish Government to scrap plans which would see the number of health boards slashed from 14 to ...

For SAS doctors, that means improving working conditions, tackling discrimination and ensuring they receive the contract, grade, pay and development opportunities their work deserves. It also means ...

When I became a SAS doctor more than 13 years ago, I did not see it as a clear career pathway. As I often say, I did not land on the SAS pathway. The SAS pathway landed on me. At the time, SAS roles ...