Our jam-packed April edition has a broad range of features - from a look at restrictive visa rules and the latest The BMA industrial action to a GP's innovative bid to keep their practice going and an interview with a TV medical adviser.

Read it here:
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A year or so ago, Peter Blackburn and I started looking in depth at the mental healthcare crisis.

We've produced a lot of work on the topic, but nothing has put it into such stark a context as attending the inquest into the death of this young woman.

Read Evie’s story here:

Industrial action by consultants, SAS doctors AND junior doctors in WALES suspended after meeting with devolved government Welsh Gov 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Each committee will now engage in separate pay negotiations in what BMA Cymru Wales says is 'a significant step forward'.

.BMA Consultants accept improved government pay offer but 'fight not over'.

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Rising concerns over the use of physician associates and other medical associate professionals (MAPs) in the NHS saw The BMA launch unprecedented guidance aimed at providing clarity and ensuring patient safety. Tim Tonkin reports in our latest edition [1/7]

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🚨Junior doctors in England have extended their strike mandate after a reballot - it is the third vote in favour of strike action in the #PayRestoration dispute. 🚨

This time, they have also voted in favour of taking action short of strike (ASOS).

Virtual wards are here, and there will be more of them in the #NHS .

It feels, from interviews for this piece, like they will take some getting used to (for doctors and patients).

But Mrs Kaye had relief in her voice when she said her husband is 'home now'. That's something.

‘Patients must know who is treating them and the skills and abilities that clinician has.’

Association chair Philip Banfield 💙 speaks out as The BMA launches landmark guidance on the role and responsibilities of Medical Associate Professionals.

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Frustration turns to action as junior doctors in Northern Ireland go on strike for the first time.

Our writer Ben Jaxen Ireland speaks to BMA NI Junior Doctors Committee members t calling for #PayRestoration at a demo in Belfast:
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‘I think the Government is rattled. It has been almost a year of strikes now and we’re still just as strong as we were at the beginning.’

Solidarity, songs and defiance at the Junior Doctors super picket in London yesterday @BMATim reports:

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Our coverage of a new The BMA report on the state of mental health care based on in depth interviews with 10 doctors 👇