GP contract negotiations with the Department of Health for the 2025-2026 GP contract have stalled, with BMA representatives saying they cannot move forward without a firm commitment from the ...

When we began negotiations for the 2025-2026 contract, the negotiating team made it clear from the first meeting there were several ‘key asks’ in terms of what we believed was needed from this year’s ...

The agreed reforms will make exception reporting more accessible to resident doctors, move responsibility for handling working hours exceptions away from clinical supervisors, and bring regulatory ...

The Doctors’ and Dentists’ pay review body, the DDRB, is late in making its pay recommendations. Keeping to schedule was one of the key reforms the BMA negotiated as part of last year’s deal. We wrote ...

After six months of hard-fought negotiations and a formal trade dispute, the BMA resident doctors committee (UKRDC) has secured an agreement on exception reporting (ER) reform, as agreed in the 2024 ...

Resident doctors in England have re-entered a pay dispute with the Government, citing key provisions of last year’s agreements that have not been upheld. The Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' ...