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Group of doctors in green scrubs holding the top of each others hands.

Physician associates: Our letter to the Lancet

Health Secretary Wes Streeting in front of a Union flag. Mr Streeting has announced extra GP funding and reforms

GP committee responds to funding and reforms announcement

Black and white head and shoulders photo of DAUK chair Ms Helen Fernandes. She says the proposed regulatory framework for physician associates is 'not fit for purpose'.

Physician associates: Regulation framework ‘not fit for purpose’

Head and shoulders photo of Dr Marnie Sethi, DAUK sustainability committee member. Marnie has blogged on the health impact of the climate crisis.

Guest blog: The increasing health impact of the climate crisis

Learn Not Blame: Take our survey into NHS Just Culture

Cover of the book Why Can't I See My GP by Dr Ellen Welch. The title is in a black font on a blue background with the author's name in white at the top and a stethoscope on the right.

DAUK highlights GP crisis with health committee and MP doctors

Physician associates: Safety concerns highlighted by peers

Patient safety fears over physician associates regulation

Baroness Bennett has secured a short debate in the House of Lords on physician associates

Briefing on House of Lords debate on physician associates

Chair calls for ‘open engagement’ over assisted dying

Physician associates review: DAUK in the media

Physician associates: Launch of independent review welcomed

Patient safety must be the priority for NHS reform

Surprise as Streeting’s reform plan fails to mention GP role

Head and shoulders photo of Dr Steve Taylor in his GP surgery

‘Glut’ of unemployed and underemployed GPs ready to work

Dr Matt Kneale, DAUK committee member, says doctors are increasingly angry at the use of physician associates

Fears doctors are being replaced by physician associates

Chancellor Rachel Reeves MP announced a rise in employer National Insurance contributions. There are fears it could could impact general practices.

Fears over impact of National Insurance rise on general practices

Budget 2024: NHS funding boost welcomed but concerns over impact of national insurance rise on general practice

Dr David Nicholl has been speaking in the media about the review into physician associates

Learn not Blame: Whistleblowing helps create a safer NHS

DAUK welcomes filing of legal challenge on PA and AA regulation

Public health ‘interlocked’ with environmental health, DAUK tells marine consultation

Physician associates: DAUK welcomes BMA support for legal challenge on regulation

GP crisis: Health secretary urged to work with GPs to cut red tape

‘Funding shortfall to blame for GP staffing crisis’

Guest blog: ‘Today is a pivotal moment in public health’

Covid 19: Inquiry hears from healthcare alliance

Legal challenge over PA and AA regulation ‘is everybody’s struggle’

Practitioner Health ‘needed more than ever’

Member discount on new edition of Cases Workbook for the MRCGP

Physician associates: Doctors’ leaders call for pause on expansion plans in letter to the Times

DAUK delighted to support MJA Awards evening

DAUK donates to landmark legal challenge against the GMC and calls on royal colleges to follow suit

Physician associates: Doctors concerned Parliament was ‘misadvised’ over PA regulation

‘The climate crisis is a health crisis,’ doctors warn as new climate-health website launches

DAUK welcomes new Health Select Committee chair to her post

Darzi report: DAUK GP committee’s response

DAUK responds to RCP independent review

DAUK GP shares her story with national TV viewers

Healthcare alliance to take the stand at Covid Inquiry

Letter to the Times: Invest in public health to reduce obesity

We urge PSA to refer surgeon’s suspension for High Court review

DAUK calls for increase in GP funding in national newspaper

‘Invest in public health to improve the nation’s health’

Chair ‘shocked but not surprised’ by report into doctors’ workplace experiences

Collective action: GPs carrying out more work for less funding, DAUK tells national radio listeners

Collective action is needed to save general practice

‘GP vote for collective action is about patient care’

UKFPO ‘failing to support students transition from academic study to professional practice’

DAUK write to Prof Lord Darzi – Add your support

DAUK hopeful general practice is a government priority as Wes Streeting pledges to ‘fix NHS front door’

‘Funding not reform’ needed to resolve GP crisis

New government urged to work with health care bodies to strengthen the NHS

Service of thanksgiving for Dr Jenny Vaughan

Chair ‘delighted’ to continue in the role for another year

DAUK joins thousands on a march to urge leaders to tackle wildlife crisis

Head and shoulders photo of Dr Ellen Welch, author of Why Can't I See My GP?

Support for BMA legal action over physician associate regulation

Physician associates: Chair highlights PA issue in national media

DAUK sets out manifesto to relieve pressure on general practice

Physician associates: Call for roll-out pause as GP campaign refers to PAs as ‘physicians’

Physician associates: DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl signs royal college expression of concern

General election: GPs feel demoralised, DAUK tells national radio listeners

DAUK annual general meeting

Physician associates: Support for legal challenge to GMC regulation

General election: Invest in staff to improve the NHS

GP crisis: Election a chance to highlight issues facing general practice

Our response to GMC consultation on regulation of physician associates

Video highlights funding crisis facing general practice

GP crisis: Invest in primary care to improve NHS efficiency

Write to your MP

MP Briefing: Why Can’t I See My GP? The Great British Paradox

Tweet your MP and ask them to attend our MP Briefing

We join health professionals to call out Government-backed campaign promoting meat and dairy

Mental Health Awareness Week: Mental health resources

General practice in crisis and the impact on family doctors

Frustration for final year medical students still to be allocated jobs

Dr Benn case: Letter to the Times

Can doctors protest against climate change and still be doctors?

Essay writing competition: Deadline extended

GP crisis: GPs must be included in decisions affecting general practice

Essay writing competition: One week left to enter

DAUK statement on the outcome of Dr Sarah Benn’s MPTS hearing

DAUK statement on the MPTS case of Dr Sarah Benn

Government’s proposed welfare reforms ‘an appalling state of affairs’

Physician associates: Members urged to complete GMC consultation

Take part in our video campaign

DAUK contributes to Building Trust in Health Journalism event

GP crisis: Call for more general practice funding as study shows link to life expectancy

DAUK welcomes reversal of cuts to hospital doctors’ mental health service

Figures showing one-third of doctors considering leaving UK practice ‘unsurprising’, says DAUK GP lead

Guest blog: Dr Peter Bailey urges a rethink on ‘wrong and irrational’ stop to funding for NHS Practitioner Health

Practitioner Health funding to be pulled for hospital doctors

Chris Packham proud to support medical students’ essay writing competition

Tributes paid to Dr Jenny Vaughan

DAUK sad to learn of the death of founding member and former chair, Dr Jenny Vaughan

DAUK GPs highlight the crisis facing general practice in a series of broadcast interviews

Chris Packham to judge essay writing competition

Lack of funding behind fall in satisfaction with the NHS

Physician associates: Consultation launched on regulation

RCP physician associate vote ‘a landmark result’

DAUK launches medical student essay writing competition

NHS whistleblowers: DAUK and healthcare professionals ask to be part of Thirlwall Inquiry

Physician associates: DAUK highlights issues facing GPs

‘We need to recognise the gravity of the climate crisis’

GP committee concerned at health tech boss’s reported remarks

Physician associates: ‘Roll-out needs to be slowed down’

Physician associates: Expansion of roles ‘risk to patient safety’

Physician associates: DAUK acknowledges new NHS England guidance and urges further measures

Frustration as 25% of medical students not allocated first choice foundation school

‘Budget fails to address general practice funding crisis’

Join us for Overseas NHS Workers Day

DAUK supports fatal motion to throw out physician associates legislation

GP crisis: ‘GPs doing their best with limited resources’

DAUK open letter regarding changes to the allocation of Specialised Foundation Programme jobs

Bestselling book exploring the GP crisis published today

Physician associates: Lords to scrutinise PA legislation

PAs roll-out blurring lines between doctors and non-doctors, co-chair tells national radio

Physician associates: DAUK calls for motion of regret

Why Can’t I See My GP? to be republished after topping best-seller list

DAUK GP Lead says 1.9% contract uplift is ‘completely derisory’

Pharmacy First ‘dancing around the edges’ of GP funding crisis

Powerful new book on the crisis in general practice sent to every MP

Tweet your MP about #WhyCantISeeMyGP

Write to your MP – #WhyCantISeeMyGP

Co-chair responds to Commons approval of PA legislation

DAUK on Good Morning Britain: Support for national vaccine campaign

Pressures facing GPs highlighted on national radio

Our concerns over the regulation of physician associates featured in the media

Physician associates: Regulation must be paused over safety concerns, says DAUK

New book explores the crisis facing general practice through the experiences of GPs

Physician associates: DAUK co-chair discusses concerns on national radio

DAUK raises concerns over GMC regulation of non-doctors

PPE waste scandal: Money should be recovered for the NHS

Plans to regulate non-doctors creating ‘unprecedented concern’

Expansion of non-doctor roles risks patient safety and undermines the profession, says DAUK chair

Climate crisis: Urgent action needed to save hundreds of thousands of lives, says DAUK

GP crisis: Licence fee to cost more than the Government pays for general practice

Impact of changes to UK immigration policy clarified

Plan to cut UK immigration is “cruel and inhumane” and will add to NHS staffing crisis, says DAUK

Urgent action needed on GPs funding and staffing crisis

Learn Not Blame: NHS whistleblowers need greater protection

We need to re-evaluate MAPs roles, says DAUK co-chair

Urgent investment needed in primary care to avoid preventable cancer deaths

Calls for funded training and supervision for ARRS staff

We stand with our brilliant international NHS colleagues after Jenrick plan to cap migrant workers

Lucrative data contract “terrible deal” for the NHS, taxpayers and patients, says DAUK

New health secretary urged to review GP funding

DAUK renews calls for pause on NHS recruitment of physician associates

Westminster roundtable: Why we need whistleblowing law

New Health Secretary urged to prioritise healthcare staff concerns

Doctors call for pause in NHS Federated Data Platform contract

DAUK urges GMC reevaluation: More than 2,800 doctors warn against PA regulation risks

Doctors welcome Health Secretary’s openness on climate change action

Press Release: DAUK call for regulation of healthcare managers to improve accountability

DAUK condemns the Government’s decision to lean on the independent sector to meet waiting list and staffing targets.

DAUK statement on the need for reform and regulation of non-doctor roles

New NHSE GP contract could lead to more practice closures says DAUK GPs Dr Lizzie Toberty and Dr Steve Taylor

Foxglove, DAUK and other campaign groups are preparing to sue the government over Palantir deal

“NHSE does not view GPs as equal partners in providing high quality patient care”, GP lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in the Pulse

Dr Udoye cleared for the second time following DAUK and seven other organisations wrote to the GMC, reports the BMJ

DAUK outraged at GP contract imposition by NHS England

Sawbones: Who Are We?

Huge national NHS Demonstration ‘End the Crisis – Support the Strikes!’ to take place in central London – tens of thousands expected to march

DAUK called on medical schools to suspend clinical placements during the strike days in a letter on Monday, reports Pulse news

DAUK has called on all universities in England to cancel placements scheduled for strike days over concerns for patient and staff safety, reports The Guardian

The impact of BMA strike action on undergraduate medical education

DAUK celebrates 3rd Overseas NHS Workers Day

An Overseas Doctor’s harrowing experience of UK Immigration

DAUK as part of COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance to seek justice for health workers at UK COVID Inquiry

Webinar Recording: What the Pandemic taught us that could help medics in Ukraine

DAUK’s Dr Amy Attwater on ITV news

Event: What the pandemic taught us that could help medics in Ukraine

DAUK writes to NHS Trusts outlining the programme for Overseas NHS Workers’ Day 2023 (3 March)

NHS is being blighted by toxic workplace culture, says DAUK’s Dr Amy Attwater in Wales Online

Latest developments in UK health department’s attempt to buy a Federated Data Platform (FDP): DAUK’s work mentioned in The Register

Race Equality Week 2023: DAUK’s reflection

DAUK Conference and Exhibition 2023

DAUK’s Letter to NHS trusts for Overseas NHS Workers Day

DAUK’s Dr Amy Attwater speaks to The Guardian about mental health crisis of NHS doctors

DAUK’s Dr Amy Attwater talks about junior doctors’ burnout on i News

DAUK believe continuity of care and relationship based medicine must be at the centre of all future community health policy, says GP lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in i News

Decision to withdraw special pay arrangements for NHS workers suffering from long covid is callous and shortsighted, says DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale in the BMJ

Letter to GMC on the case of Dr Valentine Udoye

It’s not enough to ‘train more doctors’; We need to ‘train more specialty doctors’, says DAUK Vice Chair Dr Ayan Basu in The Byline Times

DAUK’s letter on reduction of ILR fees for IMGs mentioned in a Parliament debate

Monetising the NHS at the point of care would have consequences, writes Dr Ellen Welch and Dr Lizzie Toberty in The Guardian

Co-chair Dr Ellen Welch’s Metro article gets mentioned in The Herald

Express and Star interviews DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl, a senior consultant, on the current NHS crisis and its impact on patient care

Pulse Today reports on DAUK’s letter to every MP to support a debate on January 30 to reduce ILR fees for healthcare professionals

“I fiercely oppose Sajid Javid’s proposal to introduce fees for GP appointments and A&E visits”: DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch writes in the Metro

DAUK urges MPs to support debate to reduce fees for international medical graduates (IMGs)

Guest Blog by an A&E doctor warns that if the Government does not respond to the concerns of NHS medics, there might be permanent walk outs in the future

“At this point, it is government policy to pursue and allow strike action”: DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati on ambulance strikes in i News

For the NHS to continue to run effectively, we need real change, not false promises, writes Amy Attwater in Metro

Junior doctor blamed Birmingham hospital for her suicide, DAUK has called for inquiry to look into the high rate of suicide among the trust’s doctors, reports BBC

Ealing Today reports on DAUK’s Learn Not Blame Co-lead Dr Jenny Vaughan’s OBE award

DAUK’s Dr Silan Fidan speaks at the NHS Solidarity March to Downing Street alongside other notable speakers

It is ‘imperative’ that GPs have access to mental health support that is tailored to their needs, says DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Croton in Pulse

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl discusses Med Students’ debt, Pensions and Retention issues in the NHS on BBC Radio

DAUK GPs have called Sir Keir Starmer’s plans for NHS as ‘incredibly unsafe’, reports The Mail+

NHS will be ‘no better off’ under Labour than the Tories, says DAUK’s GP Committee and GP Survival

DAUK’s Dr Silan Fidan writes for The House: “Going on strike is the only way to save our NHS”

DAUK’s GP Committee in Pulse Today says Labour’s plan to allow patients to self-refer to secondary care could be ‘downright unsafe’

DAUK Co-chair Dr Matt Kneale in The Telegraph talks about “numerous bottlenecks” in hospitals before patients are sent home

DAUK and GP Survival’s letter to opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer

Being forced to deliver substandard care is taking its toll on junior doctors’ mental health: DAUK’s Dr Matthew Lee speaks to Mirror

DAUK and GP Survival challenge Wes Streeting’s plan to change GP model

DAUK and GP Survival respond to Wes Streeting’s plans for General Practice outlined in his Times interview

There is little evidence that patients unable to obtain a GP appointment turn up in A&E, says DAUK GP lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in Pulse Today

It is deeply unfair to say that the NHS staff need to work harder, writes DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale in The Independent

DAUK describes the current NHS crisis as worse than any they have ever seen before, reports National World

‘Enough is enough’ in ‘broken’ NHS, says DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch

A&E consultant describes the current NHS crisis as “human tragedy”

DAUK’s Learn Not Blame Co-lead Dr Jenny Vaughan on LBC says the government has not listened to the situation of frontline doctors

Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, called on investment for the whole health and social care sector, reports National World

NHS at breaking point: Dr Ellen Welch calls for immediate investment into health and social care

DAUK Medical student weighs in on NHS horrors “I don’t know if I want to do it anymore.”

DAUK Features on prime time SKY News

National World reports DAUK’s suggestions to solve the staffing crisis in the NHS

DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale says on LBC News that Funding and Staff Retention are key factors for the current NHS Crisis

DAUK in The Telegraph says oxygen shortages – which were rare even at the height of the Covid crisis – had become “a common occurrence”

DAUK’s letter to the PM Rishi Sunak featured in Sky News

“It is within the power of this government to invest in the NHS to make it a better place. Focus on the staff and they will stick around to look after the patients.”: Co-Chair Dr Ellen Welch in The Times

DAUK shares tales of distressing scenes in A&E with The Times

“GPs dealing with at least 60 patients a day is increasingly becoming the new normal. And we’re just not set up to that.”: Dr Lizzie Toberty in i News

PM Rishi Sunak’s five-point plan is desperately short of detail and reads like another soundbite, says DAUK Co-Chair Dr Matt Kneale on LBC

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on BBC Newsnight speaks about the current healthcare emergency in the NHS

DAUK’s Dr Yasotha Browne on Sky News talks about the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 and how it’s related to today’s NHS crisis

Doctors in the NHS are being forced to give care in substandard conditions: No one signed up for this, says DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati on News Agents’ Podcast

If the effects of the new year pressure on the NHS stretch into February, hospitals may have to cancel elective care, says DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati in i News

The Doctors’ Association UK issues an open letter to Rishi Sunak: Parlimentary recess needs to end. Summon MP’s back from Christmas break for an emergency meeting on the state of the NHS

Medical Student representatives speak to media about student finances and NHS bursary

‘In the last 20 years, I’ve never seen things as stretched as they were on this New Year’s Day’, says DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on Times Radio regarding the current pressure on the NHS

Current unbearable pressure on NHS is a nationwide problem which needs a nationwide solution, says DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati on i News

“More people on gurneys than I have ever seen before”, says DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on LBC regarding the pressure on the NHS at the start of 2023

DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale in The Guardian today with regards to COVID-19 testing for China arrivals: “Not the be-all and end-all”

Dr Jenny Vaughan co-lead of DAUK’s “Learn Not Blame” campaign and immediate past chair has been honoured with an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list today

The ‘Twindemic’ of Covid and Flu has made the Christmas period “utterly chaotic” for the NHS, says DAUK’s Dr Matthew Lee in i News

DAUK representative Martin Finley speaks on LBC about the recent BMA poll which reveals that 40% junior doctors plan to quit the NHS

DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch in Medscape News UK: ‘Pay Restoration will go a long way to retain NHS staff’

Dr Matt Kneale on LBC discusses pay and conditions for NHS staff

DAUK calls on NHS England to set up an inquiry to look into the high rate of suicide among doctors, reports the BMJ

DAUK co-chair Dr Matt Kneale calls for short-, medium- and long-term plans to immediately tackle retention and improve patient outcomes in the NHS

Politicians need to work with NHS staff rather than work against them, says DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch on LBC

DAUK members “voted unanimously” to oppose the proposal for medical doctor degree apprenticeships, reports BMJ

Doctors’ Association UK sounds the alarm over rising rates of doctor suicide

DAUK’s Co-chairwoman and GP Dr Ellen Welch calls for ending the negative narrative around remote GPs and applaud creative solutions to bolster the workforce

DAUK has taken legal steps to make sure NHS’ deal with Palantir complies with patient data protection law, reports Bloomberg

DAUK Conference and Exhibition: TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ATTENDEES

DAUK Exhibition Entry Details

Dr Yasotha Browne, DAUK EDI lead, appears on LBC to talk about flexible working for menopausal people in the NHS

Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, says in the Guardian that poorest people will suffer most as NHS is ‘neglected and private practice becomes the norm’

MedScape UK reports on DAUK’s impact on the outcome of Dr Manjula Arora’s case

Matt Hancock is looking for your forgiveness – don’t give it to him, says Co-Chair Dr Ellen Welch in Metro UK

DAUK has written to the Home Secretary expressing concerns that visa delays for overseas doctors is sabotaging the NHS, Medscape UK reports

DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch’s book, ‘How the NHS coped with Covid-19’, tells stories of workers who risked their lives in the pandemic: reports Metro

GP bashing articles in the media need to end, reports Pulse Today

Say hello to languages in research: ahoj, bonjour and… สวัสดี?

Work by DAUK and others on Manjula Arora’s case shows an appetite for a co-ordinated effort on workforce inequalities, says Professor Partha Kar in BMJ

End Red Tape for IMG doctors, DAUK writes to Home Secretary Suella Braverman

DAUK holds a successful Medical Student Elective event

The NHS has historically underinvested in IT infrastructure, says DAUK’s Dr Lizzie Toberty in i News

GMC should continue to encourage a culture which seeks to resolve issues locally first: i News Reports on Dr Manjula Arora’s case

The GMC yesterday apologised to GP Dr Manjula Arora, Doctors Net reports

The Case of Dr Manjula Arora and the laptop – DAUK’s campaign for justice. GMC apologises today for their handling of the case

DAUK demands urgent action over future of GP profession, reports Euro Weekly News

DAUK’s campaign reveals that GPs have over 200 patient contacts per day

The NHS needs a long-term difference: DAUK’s EDI lead Dr Yasotha Browne on Sky News

Politicians who blame staff for NHS crisis should reconsider their viewpoint: DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch

The NHS cannot survive more funding cuts, warns DAUK

What is the Solution to the Growing Waiting time in A&E? Dr Matt Kneale in conversation with Dr Adrian Boyle in Times Radio

Primary Care Networks turning to private providers can be like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic: warns DAUK GP Committee

Exploitation of Overseas Doctors in the UK: DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan talks to the BBC

Treatment of Resident Medical Officers by UK recruitment agencies a “disgrace”, finds joint DAUK and BMA survey

How to eradicate Bullying at Workplace: DAUK’s suggestion in Financial Times

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan in the BMJ on the effect of GMC investigation

Coroner’s verdict: GMC investigation news leads to a top psychiatrist taking his own life

We might see a two-tier healthcare system soon: warns DAUK

‘Our Plan for Patients’ would make ‘no tangible difference’ to patients

Being a GP no longer compatible with a long-term healthy and sustainable career: DAUK’s Dr Lizzie Toberty in The Times

DAUK’s Dr Lizzie Toberty on Sky News

DAUK asks for GPs to be paid per contact, Pulse Today reports

Leading Newspapers of Britain cover DAUK GP team’s letter to the new Health Secretary

‘This job is making us ill’: GPs from DAUK call for reform

The new Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey need to listen to GPs: DAUK GP Committee

Letter to Therese Coffey from DAUK’s GP group and Collaborators

The Times’ view on NHS cancellation and the Queen’s Funeral: DAUK’s Response

DAUK GP lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in Sky News

DAUK Co-chair Dr Matt Kneale on Doctors’ Burnout

DAUK speaks to Reuters on cancelled Doctor appointments due to Queen’s funeral

DAUK Co-chair Dr Ellen Welch on Channel 5 News

GP surgeries forced to rearrange appointments due to Queen’s funeral, causing significant angst to patients and doctors

DAUK GP Committee comments on IPSO’s Rejection

DAUK’s Dr Yasotha Browne speaks on Industrial Action by doctors

DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati in i News

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on Times Radio

DAUK writes a joint-letter to Prime Minister candidates about visa delays

DAUK Sustainability lead Dr Matthew Lee on the impact on hospitals following rise in energy bills

DAUK’s EDI lead Dr Yasotha Browne on Times Radio

DAUK in i news on Liz Truss’ decision to give social care billions meant for clearing the Covid backlog

DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch on Radio Jackie

Joint letter to The Times on IMG doctors’ issues

DAUK at TEDxNHS Reconnected 2022

DAUK in Medscape UK

DAUK spokesperson Dr Dolin Bhagawati speaks to Channel 4 news

DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati on Channel 4 News

DAUK’s GP Lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in inews: “GPs call for a clean break from NHS England funding model”

DAUK’s EDI Lead Dr Yaso Brown in iNews: “NHS staff should be prepared for rising numbers of racist attacks”

DAUK in Pulse: “GMC launches another 23 MPTS appeals ahead of legislation change”

DAUK in Pulse: “Newly qualified GPs receiving letters threatening deportation”

DAUK co-chair Ellen Welch speaks to the Morning Star

DAUK’s treasurer Dr Elissa Abi-Raad writes in Metro: “I’m a proud immigrant doctor, but paying off my student debt feels impossible”

DAUK voice concerns as hospital seeks to appoint ACP to consultant role

DAUK’s Co-chair Dr Matt Kneale speaks to Times Radio

“Things won’t collapse in a bang… it’ll be a million whimpers” The Times speaks to a GP and an A&E doctor – DAUKs Co-Chair Dr Matt Kneale

“NHS Staff deserve more than the woeful pay-rise we’ve been offered” DAUK’s Dr Meenal Viz speaks out in Metro

Dr Richard Gilpin from the DAUK team in Health Europa Quarterly: The Urgent Care Crisis in the UK

DAUK Write to HEE as they approve an apprentice scheme for doctors

DAUK Co-Chair Dr Ellen Welch on LBC discussing the Covid Inquiry

Pulse report exclusively on DAUK’s IPSO complaint

Press Release: General Practice at Boiling Point

Dr Neil Barnard gives an honest account on why he is leaving the NHS in Metro

IPSO complaint about Mail Online in Pulse

Why Doctors Need the Pay Rise – DAUK on LBC

BMJ: The GP crisis requires more than just technology to fix it

DAUK calls for a formal enquiry in Dr Vashishtha’s case

DAUK speaks out about lateral flow testing

Certificate of Sponsorship (COS) crisis for doctors on non-permanent visas – DAUK write to HEE

Neurodiverse doctor denied rights

Privatisation HAS cost lives

Dr Arora: Case Overturned

Disbelief as GPs are threatened with deportation

Sign DAUK’s complaint to IPSO calling out Mail Online’s claims that GPs are fuelling waits in Emergency Departments

DAUK’s #FreeNHSParking campaign in the Daily Mirror

Javid ridiculed for ‘Blockbusters’ comment

Write to your MP to support Whistleblowers

Member Event: Mosquitos, Machetes and Magic: Medicine in Papua New Guinea with Dr Beth Lewis

DAUK letter in support of Dr Arora reported in the Independent

#Liveablenhsbursary story in the Guardian

Quoted in the BMJ on Dr Arora

DAUK in The Times – Manjula Arora

DAUK on Manjula Arora’s laptop travesty in Pulse

Suspended for Requesting a Laptop ‘wrongly’?

‘Part time’ is full-time in today’s general practice

‘What you get as a student doctor will not even cover your rent’

#Liveablenhsbursary campaign: student speaks out

Invite your MP to our emergency briefing

Why are overseas-trained NHS doctors more likely to be struck off without lawyer at disciplinary?

Dr Jenny Vaughan, DAUK Chair, on Jeremy Hunt’s vision for the NHS: not throwing stones?

DAUK Chair Speaks out on Jeremy Hunt’s critique of the NHS

Sign our letter to the RCEM on ACPs

DAUK Medical Students help support launch of the #LiveableNHSBursary campaign, as MANCUNION reports

#LiveableNHSbursary campaign makes the BMJ

Discharge into care homes illegal: DAUK speaks out

DAUK vows to fight on for free parking

Tweet your MP to support a #LiveableNHSBursary

#LiveableNHSBursary

Part Time is NOT short time

Tweet your MP – Ask them to attend the launch of the Whistleblowing Bill

Worst ever Spring crisis for the NHS: DAUK members tell the hard truth

He Ate Cake While We Battled to Save Patients’ Lives

Bigger is NOT Better

Where a ‘part-time’ week is 38 hours: Stop blaming the GP

Covid Rule Relaxation: Irresponsible Government

Time to save the World: “It’s now or never”

The Calm Voice of Reason

DAUK’s GP team in The Observer: “GPs of All Ages Are Needed”

Stop Charging NHS Staff to Park in a Hospital!

Stop This Toxic Culture

DAUK agree it is time for change: widening participation in the UKFPO foundation programme

Medical Aid Ukraine

GMC Report into Doctor Deaths

GP Anger at NHSE contract imposition

This is going to Hurt, but the way international healthcare workers in the NHS are treated will leave you heartbroken, says DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Babul Hossain

DAUK comment on NHS waiting lists to keep rising despite Covid recovery plan

Dr Matthew Bigwood, an anaesthetist and DAUK member, comments on ending free PCR and lateral flow tests ‘ putting lives at risk’, as scientists warn

Our children are sitting ducks, says DAUK’s Dr Louise Hyde

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch pleas for parents to protect their children as MMR vaccine uptake hits 10-year low

Dr Lizzie Toberty featured in Times letters: Sajid Javid’s plan to nationalise GPs

Actions have consequences. That’s why denying an unvaccinated patient a heart transplant is the ethical choice, says DAUK committee member, Dr Elissa Abi-Raad

DAUK’s Dr Yasotha Browne on NHS Pay in inews

Press Release: At last, guidance on PPE for frontline doctors

What Implications does the Toombes vs Mitchell case have for healthcare professionals – our BMJ opinion piece

DAUK in inews: “ Operation Red Meat: No 10 plan to clear NHS backlog will fail without ‘tens of thousands’ more staff”

DAUK in BMJ News: “Reassess effects of mandatory vaccination on NHS staffing”

DAUK Members Newsletter – 18th January 2022

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl in Mail+ “ Prof Jonathan Van-Tam’s metaphors always scored with the public. It’s up to the subs’ bench to replace our star pandemic player”

DAUK’s Dr Louise Hyde in Inews: How to fix the NHS

DAUK’s Diversity Lead Dr Yasotha Browne in Mail+: “GPs like me will do everything to give Britain its boosters. But we’re exhausted – and feel so undermined”

DAUK’s Dr Elissa Abi-Raad on ITV: NHS staff worked tirelessly while Number 10 partied

DAUK’s GP Lead Dr Elizabeth Toberty speak to LBC about Nightingale ‘surge hubs’

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl in Mail+: “Politicians’ hollow words won’t help the NHS through this Omicron crisis”

DAUK’s GP Team: Primary Care in Crisis MP Briefing

DAUK’s letter template to urge employers to assess their ventilation systems and PPE for staff

DAUK’s Dr Louise Hyde in Pulse: “Private Providers making the most of the pandemic’

DAUK’s GP Lead Dr Lizzie Toberty on Newsnight on the current NHS Crisis

Current NHS staffing is becoming a “nightmare” says DAUK’s GP Lead Dr Lizzie Toberty in iNews

“NHS does not have enough staff to man Covid surge facilities” DAUK in the Independent

DAUKs Dr David Nicholl speaks about Omicron on international News X

DAUK in the BMJ: “Give NHS staff working with patients higher grade masks”

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on Covid test shortage: “Move key workers to the front of the queue”

Dr Lizzie Toberty, DAUK’s GP Lead in Pulse: “GPs buying own PPE to ward off Omicron”

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan calls for protection for Healthcare Workers on Sky News

DAUK in The Guardian “Give FFP3 Masks to NHS Staff during Omicron”

DAUK send open letter to Jenny Harries and Ian Peters requesting urgent amendment to the outdated PPE guidance issued by the UKHSA

DAUK’s Dolin Bhagawati in The Independent: Migrant NHS workers must be given right to remain ahead of ‘looming winter crisis’,

DAUK’s Editorial Lead Ellen Welch responds to the Covid-19 inquiry report in inews

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholls on BBC Midlands on the current NHS pressures

GPs are struggling to cope with growing mental health crisis – DAUK’s Louise Hyde in Politics Home

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Croton in The Times:’Will the family doctor ever see you again’

Dr Jenny Vaughan, DAUK chair – Doctors.net lead story on whistleblowing case

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on Times Radio on the covid vaccine

DAUK’s David Nicholl in Mail Plus on the PMs lack of PPE

Who do you trust with your medical appointments, your GP or Sajid Javid? DAUKs Ellen Welch writes in The Guardian

To Vape or not to Vape? DAUK’s Ellen Welch in Mail Plus

#MaskUp says Dr Louise Hyde from DAUK’s GP team

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch writes in Mail Plus on the covid vaccination in pregnancy

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl tells Mail Plus readers why they need to get vaccinated

DAUK’s Rosie Shire in Mail Plus on the new Covid variant

DAUK GPs Dr Lizzie Toberty and Dr Ellen Welch, speak to the Financial Times – ‘General practice is changing as doctors shift to flexible working patterns’

DAUK’s joint letter in the BMJ- ‘NHS staff face growing tide of abuse from patients frustrated by long waits for care’

DAUK’s joint letter to the health secretary – lack of access to secondary care referral pathways

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Doctors call for increased GP access to secondary care

I’m an overseas trained doctor and my elderly parents aren’t allowed to join me in the UK – how’s that fair?

Petition to Parliament to debate GP Access

IPSO rules no breach of editors code, but suggest ‘taking concerns to the police’

DAUK lead call for an appeal for Dr Raisah Sawati against MPTS erasure decision

1,600 GPs back DAUK’S complaint over media coverage of access to primary care

DAUK reports Telegraph to media regulator over ‘misleading’ GP coverage

GPs are not lazy – we are working harder than ever says DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Croton as she gives an insight into a typical day

NHS England’s top GP quits Twitter over its ‘toxic and demoralising’ atmosphere for doctors as DAUK GPs Dr Ellen Welch and Dr Lizzie Toberty warn ‘the consequences of this false narrative are deadly serious’

‘Nazi b*****ds’: GPs facing torrent of abuse and violence as patient frustration boils over, with DAUK GP Dr Lizzie Croton giving her side of the story

BMA blasts ‘completely unfair’ newspaper column suggesting GPs deserve abuse – Dr Shan Hussain speaks out in The Pulse

“Blaming GPs for problems accessing care will not solve anything – better support and funding is needed” DAUK in Politics Home

DAUK in The Times: “NHS doctors and nurses suffer ‘sinister tide’ of abuse”

DAUK’s letter of complaint to IPSO

DAUK in The Independent: “I was going to break if I didn’t stop – why I have decided to resign as a GP”

DAUK activism celebrated in the Financial Times: “Pandemic shines spotlight on grassroots healthcare activists”

Viewpoint: ‘Hero’ label must not stop doctors demanding fair pay and support

West Suffolk hospital chief resigns prior to bullying claims review

“There is misogyny. Some older men find it very difficult to accept women in senior roles”

Tips to Cope With the Challenge of Changeover Day

The next battle for the NHS: Sajid Javid v Rishi Sunak

NHS staff release video of the abuse they face from patients – with racist slurs and false Covid claims

NHS doctors and nurses suffer ‘sinister tide’ of abuse

DAUK Chair, Dr. Jenny Vaughan discusses COVID vaccines and how she feels it is important for everyone to support and listen to each other, with journalist Shelagh Fogarty from the radio station LBC.

DAUK said it was “callous” to exclude junior doctors from the increase – Latest on Jabs vs Variants, ‘Pingdemic’ Record, Pay Strike?

DAUK say they are dismayed at the 3 percent pay award which represents a real-terms pay cut as inflation is estimated to be 3.7 per cent this year

Dr Kaveri Jalundhwala, co-chair of DAUK, urges youths to get jabbed, after Doctors warn over increasing number of young people with COVID in ICU

DAUK’s Mr Felix Brewer in the Daily Mirror

‘Wildly irresponsible’: England’s ‘Freedom Day’ condemned by health experts, NHS doctors

DAUK in City AM: Doctors call for strike action over ‘derisory’ pay offer as Covid hospitalisations rise

DOCTORS’ ASSOCIATION UK CONDEMNS SHAMBOLIC AND DERISORY NHS PAY INCREASE AND CALL FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION: “FAIR SAY ON FAIR PAY”

Burnout is harming GPs’ health and patient care, DAUK warn

Johnson’s UK virus gamble sparks fear, unease as cases grow

‘Unfolding disaster’: Doctors slam England’s plan to ease restrictions as COVID cases soar

GMC urged to learn from racism ruling and stop ‘wasting money’ on costly legal appeal

DAUK PRESSES FOR GREATER NHS RACE AWARENESS AS GMC APPEALS RACISM VERDICT

DAUK in GPOnline: “International staff play a vital role in the NHS”

DAUK in BMJ News: “Bawa-Garba is free to practise again without restrictions after tribunal ruling”

DAUK Chairman, Dr Jenny Vaughan, speaking on BBC news about the Dr Bawa Garba case, said that health care needed an open and transparent culture where harm was minimised by learning from mistakes.

DAUK GP Dr Rosie Shire’s webinar on data grab

Big Brother’s big data grab: GPs caught up in patient records controversy

Omer Karim case: NHS ethnic minority staff ‘extremely concerned’ over GMC decision to appeal tribunal finding

DAUK in inews: NHS awarded the George Cross

Indefinite leave to remain sought for fitting ‘thank you’ for health and social care staff

CQC will not launch inquiry into inspection process despite open letter from 145 GPs

Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba Can Return to Unrestricted Practice

Dr Bawa-Garba free to practise without conditions after MPTS ruling

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK welcomes Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba’s fully restored licence to practice medicine

The NHS Datagrab (GPDPR) explained

DAUK in the BMJ: “Covid-19: GPs urge government to clear up confusion over symptoms”

Dr Ellen Welch in The Sunday Times Letters: “Shortsighted vision”

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan on Channel 4 on PPE

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire attends MP Briefing on GPDPR with Foxglove on behalf of Clive Lewis, Labour MP

GPDPR (aka NHS Data Grab)- a guide for practices

Write to your MP to ask them to attend DAUK’s emergency briefing “Primary Care in Crisis”

Wexham Park doctor racially discriminated against by General Medical Council

The delay to the NHS data grab provides more time to find out what it really means for patients

Labour asks NHS and Matt Hancock to pause plans for sharing patient data

MPs may not have solutions for the burnout emergency among NHS staff, but doctors do

NHS plans to share patient data with private companies are SHELVED after widespread backlash from doctors, patients and campaigners over privacy fears

The Tories are facing court over their NHS ‘data grab’

DAUK in The FT: NHS hit by legal threat over GP data ‘grab’

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire on NHS data: “Government faces legal challenge over NHS data sharing plan”

Dr. Rosie Shire in Pulse: “Doctors threaten legal action to halt ‘unlawful’ mass GP data extraction”

DAUK in The Telegraph: “Warning NHS plans to share medical records with third parties could ‘erode’ GP-patient relations”

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch in The Guardian: “GPs warn over plans to share patient data with third parties in England”

Urgent legal challenge of the government from DAUK in partnership with Foxglove legal and others

An Overseas NHS Workers Day:The DAUK calls for fast-track citizenship for frontline NHS staff – An interview with Dr KM Fardeen

GPs stricken by long Covid ‘shocked and betrayed’ at being forced from jobs

Call for health workers to get mental health support like veterans post-pandemic

Viewpoint: The letter NHS England should have sent to GPs

DAUK in The Times: GPs challenge NHS bosses on face-to-face appointments

DAUK in the Telegraph Letters: Doctors under pressure are well aware that general practice is broken

GPs respond to ‘tone deaf’ and ‘badly judged’ NHSE face-to-face order

If general practice fails, The NHS fails

Common Covid vaccine myths debunked by doctors and health experts

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK SUPPORTS PRIMARY CARE WITH THE MESSAGE “GENERAL PRACTICE NEVER CLOSED”

Government must come clean over lack of PPE for frontline workers

DAUK Press Release: Stage 2 Clinical Assessment

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch and Dr Louise Hyde in GP online: Patients and GPs are unhappy with access to general practice, what’s the solution?

DAUK in GP Online: “GP practices ‘at breaking point’ after 20% surge in appointments last month”

Dr Pushpo Hossain talks on Byline TV about the Government’s low pay rise for NHS staff

DAUK supports BAPIO’s India COVID Fund

Dr Jenny Vaughan on BBC’s Newsnight on the COVID-19 crisis in India

DAUK’s Chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on LBC: NHS staff rubbishing vaccine impact need to ‘go on another course’

DAUK in Medscape: Medics on the Move

DAUK in NHS Providers: Healthcare workers must be protected from immigration insecurity

GP team receive reply from Nadhim Zahawi on the COVID-19 vaccine

DAUK Supports Eco Medics

DAUK’s GP team in Practice Index: “GPs warn of burnout amid new access claims”

DAUK in Healthcare Leader News: “Act on plan to remove GMC’s power to appeal FTP decisions, Government urged”

DAUK in the trade press: “Healthcare bodies urge government to strip GMC of power to appeal MPTS rulings”

DAUK in Doctors.net: “GPs warn of burnout amid new access claims”

“GPs demand government review into unprecedented demand on general practice” DAUK in GpOnline

Press Release: Frontline Doctors Respond to Reports of Patients Struggling to see GP

DAUK in The Times responding to Healthwatch report about GP access

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain in The Mirror on the relaxation of lockdown rules

“Blood clots from the AZ vaccine are rare” says DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch in Metro

DAUK in BBC News: “West Suffolk Hospital: Directors due to step down after ‘witch-hunt'”

Dr Batt-Rawden in The Guardian: “I don’t blame colleagues for leaving the NHS: the government has betrayed them”

DAUK’s Chair Dr Jenny Vaughan in The Guardian: “Two directors to step down at Suffolk hospital hit by ‘witch-hunt’ claims”

DAUK in the BMJ: “Junior doctors’ morale: the pandemic Groundhog Day

“The collective power of doctors speaking up” DAUK in BMJ Blogs

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain on BBC Panorama: Cashing in on Covid

MedSupplyDriveUK Survey

DAUK in CNN: “He should be on the frontline of the pandemic response. Instead, he is facing deportation”

DAUK joins 13 other healthcare organisations in calling for the GMC to be stripped of its power to appeal fitness to practice decisions

DAUK in Pulse: “Call for more urgent law change as GMC appeals 14 further FTP decisions”

“Call for urgent reform as GMC uses appeal powers 14 times since Bawa-Garba case” DAUK in GP Online

“Medical apprentice plan faces doctor opposition” DAUK in Doctors.net

DAUK in Pulse on The Doctor Apprenticeship Scheme

DAUK in the Guardian: “I don’t blame colleagues for leaving the NHS”

DAUK’s Chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on Sky News

DAUK in the BMJ: ‘Another epidemic: abuse and violence towards doctors from patients and the public’

DAUK in GP Online: Hancock condemned for calling NHS GP practices ‘private companies’

DAUK comments on NHS Englands text drive to increase vaccine uptake

DAUK’s Vice Chair Dolin Bhagawati: ‘NHS workers lost to covid deserve more’

DAUK’s Felix Brewer in The Sunday Times – NHS Pay

DAUK in GP online: Poll reveals huge scale of pandemic impact on GP mental health

Ending the blame game: Driving cultural change in a crisis to empower staff – DAUK’s Chair speaks at the HSJ virtual workforce webinar

DAUK’s medical student team: Update on our letter to the UKFPO about SJT resits

DAUK in The New Federalist: MIGRANT NHS WORKERS FACE UNCERTAINTY AFTER RIGHT TO REMAIN BILL IS DELAYED

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain on BBC Radio 4 on Overseas NHS Workers Day

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on mandatory vaccination

DAUK discuss the 1% pay rise for NHS staff in The Mirror

Press Release: DOCTORS’ ASSOCIATION UK condemns Govt recommendations regarding pay for NHS staff

ITU Support Group Launch with Prof Kevin Fong together with Doctors in Distress and DAUK

‘As a doctor, the pay rise for NHS staff is a slap in the face given the sacrifices that have been made’ DAUK in the Independent

‘Workers from overseas play a huge role within the NHS – we deserve to feel valued’ Dr Alex Vallakalil in The Independent

Dr Claire Ashley from DAUK’s GP Team in GP Online: ‘Thousands of overseas GPs recognised for ‘extraordinary contribution’ to NHS’

DAUK’s Overseas NHS Workers Day recognised in UK Parliament

Join DAUK’s live webinar tonight on Overseas NHS Workers Day

DAUK’s Overseas NHS Workers Day supporters

Children’s Poet Laureate Michael Rosen supports DAUK’s Overseas NHS Workers Day

The International Health service support DAUK’s Overseas NHS Workers Day

DAUK’s Overseas NHS Workers Day recognised by “Days of the Year”

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain in The Sunday Times

Dr Rosie Shire, GP with DAUK in the Huffington Post: ‘NHS Cohort Rules Are Risking Vaccine Wastage, Medics Fear’

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson discusses PPE and Matt Hancock on LBC

DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden on Medscape

DAUKs Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden: ‘Doctor begs Covid-sceptic Tory MP to volunteer in her ICU as patients die’

Scottish CMO responds to DAUK’s GP Committee over Covid-19 vaccination

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain on BBC Radio 4: File on 4 – Stories from the PPE frontline

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain on ITV News: ‘Calls for foreign NHS staff who joined fight against Covid to be given indefinite leave to remain in UK’

DAUK in The Mirror: ‘PPE supplies to frontline NHS staff are no laughing matter Matt Hancock’

DAUK in the BMJ: ‘We urgently need to double down on the basics, if we are to find a way out of lockdown’

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson in The Guardian: ‘Covid coughing study suggests NHS staff at far greater risk than thought’

The Judgement is in: The Good Law Project ‘Government acting unlawfully by failing to publish details of Covid-related contracts’

DAUK in the BMJ: ‘Covid-19: NHS trusts deny restricting PPE during pandemic’

DAUK’s Vice Chair Dolin Bhagawati in The Guardian: ‘Hancock criticised for claim there was never a national PPE shortage ‘

DAUK’s Dr Ellen Welch in The Times: Pregnant women ‘should be included in Covid vaccine trials’

DAUK’s Dr Natalie Ashburner and Dr Richard Gilpin in Health Europa Quarterly: Stress, Distress and Burnout in Healthcare

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire on GP Burnout

DAUK launches Overseas NHS Workers Day on 5th March 2021

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson on CNN regarding Covid deniers

DAUK’s Editorial lead Dr Dolin Bhagawati spoke to LBC about the impact of Covid-19 on hospital care

DAUK in The BMJ: Promoting reusable PPE

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan at the Westminster Health Forum

DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden spoke to Good Morning Britain about abuse received by NHS staff during the Covid-19 crisis

DAUK in The Guardian: Hospital incursions by Covid deniers putting lives at risk

DAUK in the BMJ: urgent review of online exam for medical students

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire on Sky News discusses concerns about the second dose vaccination delays

Dr Rosie Shire of DAUK on Good Morning Britain discusses concerns about the second dose vaccine delay

DAUK in the Daily Mail regarding treatment of students taking UKFPO online exams

DAUK on Doctors.net: issues regarding online UKFPO assessments

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire in Wales online discussing the vaccine roll-out

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire in The Mirror: Hancock reveals 75% of over 80s vaccinated but warns cases ‘long long way from being low enough’

Dr Rosie Shire from DAUK’s GP Team in inews: On the vaccination front line: ‘Often you don’t know how much vaccine is arriving until the week before’

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on CNN discussing vaccines

Home Secretary Priti Patel responds to DAUK’s concerns that delays in providing biometric residence permits are preventing frontline doctors working in the NHS

DAUK write to Matt Hancock following NHS staff being denied covid vaccination

DAUK’s Anna Sigston in the Huffington Post: NHS U-Turns Amid Anger Over ‘Inhumane’ Exam Conditions For Medical Students

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire discussing the vaccine rollout with German news programme TAFF

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel in Healthcare leader news: ‘There is a breaking point that us as human beings will reach as well’

DAUK in the Daily Mail raising concerns around delaying the second covid vaccine dose

DAUK’s Medical Student Committee write to UKFPO about SJT concerns

DAUK write third letter to ministers which features in The Times

DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati in the Financial Times: London hospitals admitting 800 Covid patients every day

DAUK on BBC Panorama: The Virus vs The Vaccine

DAUK’s Katie Sanderson on BBC Today

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel on NBC Newsnight discussing the UK covid vaccine rollout

DAUK’s President Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden on BBC London discussing the abuse of NHS Staff and #NHSBlueheart

DAUK’s Vice-chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on LBC news discussing the government’s plans for Christmas

DAUK’s Medical Student Committee write to UKFPO

DAUK fight for frontline workers

Join DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan speaking at the Westminster Health Forum on Clinical negligence in the NHS – patient safety, the impact of COVID-19, legal cost reform and next steps for policy

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan on ITV News

DAUK’s Vice-chair Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks to LBC’s Maajid Nawaz about protection from prosecution for pandemic healthcare workers

DAUK support Oxfam’s campaign to cancel the debt of the poorest countries in the world

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson on Sky News

DAUK on Panorama: The Virus vs The Vaccine

DAUK’s Dr Rosie Shire, Bloomberg News: Can Johnson Defy Critics and Vaccinate 15 Million Britons in Time?

DAUK teams with Doctors in distress to support ITU doctors this Blue Monday

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on BBC Midlands Today: “Grow up and take coronavirus seriously”

DAUK’s Dr Pushpo Hossain on LBC discussing working on the frontline

DAUK’s Vice-chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on BBC South East News

DAUK’s Vice-chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on BBC London News

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks to LBC News on the handling of the covid vaccine rollout

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel speaks to LBC on the covid vaccine rollout

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson on LBC radio discussing the importance of social responsibility

DAUK’s Dr Katie Sanderson talks to BBC Radio 4 about caring for covid patients during the second wave

DAUK’s Vice Chair Dr Jenny Vaughan on CNN: UK hospitals struggle to keep up with new cases

DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden in Medscape: England’s New Tightened National Lockdown

DAUK’s Dr Zainab Najim in Deutsche Welle: London NHS frontline workers brace for post-holiday case surge

DAUK in GP Online: Tougher measures imminent as Hunt warns COVID-19 crisis ‘off the scale’

DAUK in The Express: Frontline medics warned NHS ‘on its knees’ as coronavirus cases hit record high

DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati on BBC 5 Live discussing Covid situation in London

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks to Clive Bull on LBC about current lockdown measures

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on ITV News

DAUK’s Dr David Nicholl on CNN Newsroom

DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden on BBC News: NHS doctor receives 20 to 30 abusive messages a day

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan discusses restoring healing after healthcare harm

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel on RT UK: Migrant Process Delays Hindering NHS Workforce

DAUK feature in CNN Edition: UK Prime Minister says “tougher restrictions” to come

DAUK in The Daily Mail: London’s Nightingale hospital at the ExCeL will have just 300 of its 4,000 beds in use when it reopens next week

DAUK in The Telegraph: Why have security measures been ramped up outside London hospitals?

DAUK’s Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden in Birmingham Live: NHS doctor’s harrowing account from the coronavirus frontline – as hospitals ‘run out of oxygen’

DAUK’s Dr Kaveri Jalundhwala speaks to the BMA about her experience with Long Covid

DAUK in the BMJ: Doctors’ leaders call for revised PPE guidance to reflect new variants

DAUK’s President speaks to The Guardian: How the Covid surge has left the NHS on the brink

DAUK in The Independent: The doctors who want to help NHS fight Covid – but can’t because of Home Office delays

DAUK in Eastern Eye: Trade unions, charities urge the Govt to provide free visa extension, right to stay to migrant NHS workers

DAUK’s Dr Dolin Bhagawati in The Financial Times: Covid hospital patient numbers in England surpass April peak

DAUK in BBC News: Covid-19: Protect us from unlawful killing charges – medics

DAUK’s Dr Jenny Vaughan and Dr David Nicholl honoured in the BMJ: Speaking Truth to Power

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Toberty on RT International

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Toberty on LBC

DAUK in Pulse: GPs express frustration at not being prioritised for Covid-19 vaccination

DAUK in CNN Health: UK chief medical officers defend delay of second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel in The Daily Mail discussing consent issues and the covid vaccine

DAUK in Sky News: COVID-19: Batches of Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrive at UK hospitals ahead of roll-out

DAUK in The Telegraph: Chris Whitty moves to head off GPs’ rebellion over Pfizer Covid vaccine doses

DAUK GP Committee response to the COVID Vaccine Direct Enhanced Service – letter to NHSE and Matt Hancock

DAUK in The Sunday Times ‘Stories Of Our Times’ podcast: Could the NHS be overwhelmed in two weeks?

DAUK in The Times: Doctors want new legal protections if they have to choose between patients

DAUK on Al Jazeera: Dr Natalie Ashburner speaks about the mental health impact of the Covid-19 crisis on NHS staff

DAUK on Sky News: Dr Jenny Vaughan describes need for improved government support for those asked to self-isolate

DAUK on ITV News: Dr Katie Sanderson speaks about current NHS working conditions

DAUK on BBC South East News: “Staff are making every available space they can to look after patients”

DAUK supports MPS in call for legal protections for healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients

DAUK on BBC Radio 4: Concern for the coming weeks as hospitals continue to face ‘unremitting’ second wave

DAUK on ITV News: Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden warns of the Covid crisis in hospitals

DAUK on LBC radio: Dr Zainab Najim speaks about changes to the Pfizer vaccine schedule

DAUK in the BMJ: Covid-19: Hospitals in crisis as ambulances queue and staff are asked to cancel leave

DAUK in the Sun: ‘We can’t administer oxygen, we’re treating patients in ambulances & seeing them die – NHS staff are at breaking point’

DAUK in the Guardian: Visa rules forcing migrant NHS workers to leave UK amid Covid second wave

DAUK on Sky News: Dr Katie Sanderson discusses the severe situation in hospitals as Covid-19 cases continue to rise

DAUK on ITV News: Dr David Nicholl speaks about the crisis facing the NHS

DAUK on LBC radio with Eddie Mair: Should Christmas be cancelled?

DAUK in the Guardian: NHS staff on Covid frontline – ‘There’s no let-up, it’s just constant’

DAUK on LBC News: Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks about the government’s handling of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout

DAUK in The Guardian: Covid vaccine – chief medical officers defend rescheduling of second dose

DAUK in the Daily Mirror: Coronavirus vaccine chaos with appointments axed last minute as surgeries wait for jab

DAUK in The Daily Mail: Top GP warns that Boris Johnson’s U-turn on Covid-19 second jab could cause ‘disastrous’ waste of Pfizer vaccine

DAUK in Pulse: BMA ‘will support’ GPs who honour existing appointments for second dose of covid vaccine

DAUK in GP Online: CMOs seek to reassure GPs about 12-week COVID-19 vaccine gap

DAUK on LBC: “We have to adapt or there is more tragedy to come”

DAUK in the Independent: As a doctor I urge you not to ‘Clap for Heroes’ this lockdown, instead make a real-life difference to NHS staff

DAUK in The Guardian: ICU medics in London plead with public to follow Covid rules

DAUK in the Guardian: ‘It makes me want to cry’: voices of hospital staff on the Covid frontline

DAUK in The Sun: “We believe that a further period of even tighter restrictions is essential to avert a national disaster”

DAUK in the Huffington Post: Covid Vaccine – NHS Staff Struggle To Get Jab In Echo Of PPE Shambles

DAUK on Sky News: Dr Vinesh Patel speaks about challenges facing the mass vaccine rollout in primary care

DAUK in The Morning Star: Public Health Bodies Demand Greater Financial Support For Low-income Workers Self Isolating

DAUK on Medscape: COVID-19 Causes Rising Burnout Intensity in UK Doctors

DAUK on Doctors.net: Practices feel unready for a second wave

DAUK on Good Morning Britain: Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden warns of hospitals struggling to cope with surge in Covid-19 cases

DAUK Evidence Summary: What do I need to know about the ‘Oxford Vaccine’?

DAUK on BBC World Service: Dr Katie Sanderson speaks about the extreme pressures facing hospitals and frontline staff

DAUK in the Independent: As a critical care doctor I’m scared of what the NHS is facing – the vaccine rollout can’t come soon enough

DAUK in the Financial Times: Covid hospital patient numbers in England rise

DAUK in the Times: Essex NHS overwhelmed and Londoners given 999 warning

DAUK in Medscape: COVID-19 Causes Rising Burnout Intensity in UK Doctors

DAUK featured in Huffington Post: I’m An NHS Doctor. Boris Johnson’s Christmas Plans Are Deadly

DAUK in The Independent: Coronavirus has exposed a number of problems with the NHS – skills and funds must be better distributed

DAUK in The Guardian: NHS urged to publish delayed report on hospital ‘witch-hunt’

DAUK in the Financial Times: Whistleblowers need more protection in a post-Covid workplace

DAUK on Bloomberg: New Covid-19 Strain Puts Growing Pressure on U.K. Hospitals

DAUK in the New York Times: U.K. Virus Surge Surpasses Spring Peak as Lockdown Choices Loom

DAUK gets a Moment – Organisation’s Viral Posts Inspire Twitter Platform for NHS Workers to Speak as One

DAUK in the Daily Mail: Secondary school re-opening ‘WILL be delayed by at least an extra week but primaries will open on schedule’ amid fears of coronavirus spike caused by mutant strain that can spread more easily among children

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden, DAUK President, in the Guardian: I work in intensive care. Our beds are full, and more Covid patients are arriving

DAUK on Sky News: COVID: NHS boss Sir Simon Stevens issues warning as hospital admissions top first peak

DAUK in the Guardian: Doctors raise alarm over ‘dire’ situation in NHS as Covid cases rise

DAUK in the Birmingham Mail: Birmingham doctor breaks down as he condemns ‘killer’ misinformation around Covid-19

DAUK in LBC: Covid patients ‘piling up at the door’ as hospitals risk getting overwhelmed

DAUK in The Washington Post: “‘Eye of the storm’: As U.K. coronavirus cases hit record high, health-care workers are overwhelmed”

DAUK in the Times: Hospital cases of Covid surge towards new high

DAUK in The Times: Beds aren’t the problem. It’s the shortage of doctors and nurses

DAUK on Doctors.net.uk: Immigration delays keep doctors idle

The DAUK in the Times: NHS office staff ‘given Covid vaccine before doctors’

DAUK’s Dr Kaveri Jalundhwala speaks to LBC news about the COVID vaccine rollout

DAUK in the Independent: Migrant doctors blocked from working due to Home Office delays amid mounting pressure on NHS

DAUK in The Daily Mail: NHS workers ‘frustrated’ as admin staff get Covid vaccines BEFORE frontline doctors

DAUK writes to Home Secretary regarding BRP and IHS delays – Press Release

The DAUK in The Independent: Doctors and nurses at London’s frontline hospital denied coronavirus vaccine

DAUK on Doctors.net.uk: Doctor alarm as risk increases and vaccines limited

DAUK on Medscape: “UK COVID-19 Update: Jab ‘Likely’ to Protect Against New Variant”

DAUK in the Telegraph:

DAUK in The Telegraph: Boris Johnson speaks of ‘heavy heart’ as Christmas is sacrificed to protect the vulnerable

DAUK reacts to increased Christmas COVID restrictions – Press Release

DAUK on Medscape: “Xmas Tier 4 Lockdown as Virus Variant Spreading Fast”

DAUK in Reuters: Fact check: COVID-19 vaccines won’t alter recipient DNA; frontline workers have suffered directly from the virus

DAUK in The Guardian: Give NHS staff Covid vaccine now or face growing winter crisis, say hospital bosses

Sign this DAUK Letter: Our Health Secretary MUST Work With GPs

Waste, Negligence and Cronyism: DAUK highlights government shortcomings in New York Times

DAUK on Medscape: “UK COVID-19 Update: A&E Diverts, Tier Changes, ‘Missing’ Results”

DAUK on Medscape: “Scrapping 4 Hour Wait Target”

Press release: scrapping of four-hour target must not be a response to continual failure of the Government to meet targets as waiting times spiral says DAUK

DAUK’s GP Team write to the CQC calling for inspections to pause during the pandemic

DAUK’s GP Committee meet with NHSE to discuss the delivery of the Pfizer/BioTech vaccine

DAUK in the Huffington Post: “COVID Vaccine Rollout Will Be A Disaster For Doctors Like Me”

DAUK in the Guardian: Doctors step up drive for probe into PPE and Covid deaths among health workers

DAUK on Medscape: “Doctors Intensify Calls for Inquiry Into PPE Shortages”

DAUK in the Times: “Busy hospitals are becoming a Covid breeding ground once again”

DAUK in the Huffington Post: ‘The Covid Vaccine Means We Must Delay Christmas’

DAUK in the Huffington Post: Pregnant Doctors Like Me Are Still Being Put At Risk

DAUK influencing All-Party Parliamentary Group report into the UK response to the pandemic

DAUK on Doctors.net.uk: How NHS struggles with absence caused by pandemic

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel in The Telegraph: “GPs warn that Covid vaccine rollout could bankrupt them”

DAUK on ITV news

DAUK in the Huffington Post: “I’m An NHS Doctor. Boris Johnson’s Christmas Plans Are Deadly”

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Toberty on the COVID-19 vaccination in ‘GP Online’

DAUK in Newsweek: What’s in U.K. Spending Review for the Next Year of COVID Crisis?

DAUK on Bloomberg: “Fear of Covid Vaccine ‘Chaos’”

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Toberty in the Huffington Post: “Could We Have A Mass Vaccine Rollout By Christmas?”

DAUK’s Dr Vinesh Patel and Dr Elizabeth Toberty ask hard-hitting questions at Independent SAGE meeting

Dr Vinesh Patel speaks to Sky News about the COVID-19 vaccine

DAUK’s Dr Elizabeth Toberty on Practice Index: GPs press for resources for practices to deliver vaccine

DAUK survey finds three-quarters of GPs struggling to get enough flu vaccine

DAUK speaking up for whistleblowers at vital roundtable meeting

DAUK in Management in Practice: MP briefing raises issues pertinent to Primary Care

DAUK at Independent Sage

DAUK on Medscape: “GPs’ Second Wave Concerns”

DAUK on Doctors.net.uk: “Threat to NHS as virus overwhelms hospitals”

DAUK on Medscape: “England’s 4 Week National Lockdown to Protect NHS”

DAUK on BBC 5 Live

DAUK on Newsweek: “What Happens When Hospitals Run Out of Beds for COVID Patients?”

DAUK in the Guardian: “Almost half of British women do not self-examine for breast cancer”

DAUK in the Times: ‘how elderly paid price of protecting NHS from Covid-19’

DAUK in the Telegraph: London’s Nightingale hospital ill-prepared for a second wave, say health professionals

DAUK writes to the Huffington Post: I’m An NHS Doctor. What I’ve Seen In The Second Wave Would Shock You

DAUK on ITV News: “Long Covid” – the emerging and very worrying condition

DAUK summarises National Guidance on self isolation and contact tracing for NHS workers

DAUK reacts to the NHS Confederation report on the “Triple Whammy” from coronavirus

Join DAUKs Dr Jenny Vaughn next Monday on How to manage Doctors in difficulties and difficult behaviour

DAUK in Asian Voice: Doctors fighting racism “want” to resign

DAUK on LBC News: Doctors fear second coronavirus surge due to lack of testing

DAUK on World Suicide Prevention Day: It’s Ok Not To Be OK

DAUK in The Mirror: NHS and social care staff face mental health crisis in wake of Covid-19’s first wave

DAUK in The Guardian: the NHS staff broken and burned out by Covid

Progress on disproportionate GMC fees during maternity and shared parental leave

DAUK call for virus death doctor investigations to be published

DAUK victory on free visa extensions for doctors stranded due to cancellation of PLAB

DAUK’s Protect the Frontline campaign featured by the National Guardian

DAUK in The Independent: Cover-up fears as reviews of Covid-19 deaths among NHS staff to be kept secret

DAUK in Personnel Today: reviews launched into deaths of NHS and social care workers

DAUK in the Evening Standard: NHS staff advocacy groups call for government u-turn on scrapping free hospital parking

DAUK in the Guardian: Doctors warn ‘culture of fear’ in NHS could prevent whistleblowing

DAUK demand a public inquiry into hundreds of staff deaths and PPE failings

DAUK in the BMJ: doctors launch judicial review over PPE failures

DAUK in New European: doctors use European law to take government to court over lack of PPE during coronavirus outbreak

DAUK in The Times: doctors launch High Court challenge over PPE

DAUK in Pulse: Doctors launch legal bid to force public enquiry into pandemic PPE provision

DAUK in The Mirror: campaigners launch legal bid to force government to open PPE inquiry

DAUK in The Independent: doctors preventing from raising concerns around PPE

DAUK on LBC radio: our whistleblowing survey revealing an unacceptable level of bullying and harrassment

DAUK in Medscape: PPE Whistleblowers

DAUK on BBC News: doctors told not to speak up about PPE shortages

DAUK in The Sunday Times: doctors take legal action to force inquiry into PPE shortage

DAUK in The Telegraph: healthcare workers are very worried about lack of PPE

DAUK in The Mirror: 100,000 signatures on our letter to Boris Johnson on coroner’s inquests and a public inquiry into healthcare worker deaths and PPE

DAUK in Medscape: our call for coroner’s inquests into every healthcare worker death

DAUK writes for The Independent: when doctors cause patients harm, we have a legal duty to be honest. The government should uphold the same standards

DAUK on BBC Radio 5 live: moral injury and the NHS

DAUK in Medscape: Are health professionals being gagged over PPE shortages?

DAUK in The Telegraph: PPE stuck in Turkey as DAUK calls for a public inquiry

DAUK on BBC Radio 4 Today

DAUK in The Independent: doctors who die deserve inquests

DAUK on LBC: our call for a public inquiry into lack of PPE

DAUK on LBC: Doctors’ Association UK demands public inquiry into lack of PPE

DAUK in Medscape: CPR should be considered an Aerosol Generating Procedure

DAUK in The Sun: the Fabulous NHS Care Package campaign

DAUK in The Mirror: sewing group could be prosecuted for making scrubs

DAUK in The Times: landlords urged to offer up empty homes to NHS staff

DAUK in the BMJ: Silencing NHS staff who speak out is sheer stupidity

Press release: joint release with Protect on supporting staff to raise their concerns

DAUK in The Daily Mail: doctors bullied into not wearing PPE

DAUK in the Evening Standard: doctors could leave profession over fears for safety

DAUK in GP Online: GPs barred from speaking out about PPE shortages

DAUK in The Guardian: doctors wanted not to speak up about concerns on PPE

DAUK in The Independent: NHS staff ‘gagged’ over protective mask shortage

DAUK in GP Online: loss of death service ‘morally unforgivable’

DAUK says ongoing PPE shortages are unforgivable

Guest Blog: Dr Dinesh Palipana reflects on his journey to becoming a doctor whilst living with quadriplegia

DAUK in the BMJ: how do I tell a colleague they have made a mistake?

DAUK speaks to the Royal College of Nursing about bullying of doctors by those in management positions

DAUK in The Times in a firm response to ‘stop moaning and get a grip, doctors told by their leader’

DAUK on BBC news on whistleblowing at West Suffolk

DAUK in the press: rude and violent patients are bullying hospital staff

HEE confirms to DAUK that application extension granted following Oriel crash

PRESS RELEASE: NHS staff reporting being unwell due to work related stress hit a record high as doctors say this should be a red flag for the government

DAUK on Medscape: NHS to Crackdown on Racist and Sexist Harassment

DAUK in the BMJ: what lies beneath, getting under the skin of GMC referrals

PRESS RELEASE: NHS doctors bullied to the brink, 600 medics speak out

DAUK front page of the Daily Mirror: harrowing stories of burned out NHS doctors bullied and broken

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden Chairs panel at Royal College of Physicians on Wellbeing in the Workforce

DAUK on Medscape: doctors call for private sector reform as inquiry finds that a dysfunctional system allowed rogue surgeon to ‘hide in plain sight’

PRESS RELEASE: the private sector must learn as a whole from mistakes made in the case of rogue surgeon Ian Paterson

Dr Jenny Vaughan for the Intensive Care Society Podcast: Criminalisation of Healthcare. Does it improve patient safety?

TED talk: Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden Co-Founder of DAUK reveals how tough things are for frontline doctors

DAUK on BBC Newsnight: the whole system is broken

DAUK in The Guardian: Hancock sticking his head in the sand and ignoring whistleblowers

DAUK on ITV news: Dr Jenny Vaughan talks Learn Not Blame after treatment of whistleblowers at West Suffolk

DAUK in HSJ: Trust stripped of ‘outstanding’ rating amid culture concerns

DAUK for BBC Radio Suffolk: Dr Jenny Vaughan talks Learn Not Blame following finger-printing at West Suffolk hospital to identify whistleblower

DAUK in The Guardian on West Suffolk: without moving to just culture in the NHS where staff can speak open and honestly, patients will continue to come to harm

DAUK in The Guardian: urgent inquiry ordered into ‘witch-hunt’ at West Suffolk hospital

DAUK in GP Online: private GP companies like Bablyon should not be able ‘cherrypick’ patients at the expense of the NHS

DAUK in The Guardian: Bed shortages leave Sunderland patients to sleep overnight in A&E

DAUK in Pulse: NHS hospital trust says GPs will manage patients it has told doctors to discharge early

DAUK on BBC News: witch hunt to find whistleblower at West Suffolk hospital Dr Rinesh Parmar speaks to BBC

PRESS RELEASE: a finger-printing ‘witch hunt’ at West Suffolk to identify a whistleblower

DAUK in The Guardian: hospital’s fingerprint hunt for whistleblower

DAUK in the BMJ: Doctors slam “unacceptable” move after hospital asks clinicians to discharge patients early

DAUK in The Guardian: Cornwall hospital to discharge patients early despite saying it may be harmful

DAUK Co-Founder Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden writes for The Metro If we don’t start looking after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

PRESS RELEASE: A&E waiting times the worst on record as 30% of doctors report being burnt out

PRESS RELEASE: Royal Cornwall Hospital doctors will not put patients at risk

DAUK in The Independent: the Government must be held accountable for the worst A&E times on record as doctors ‘work themselves into the ground’

DAUK in The Telegraph: medics say NHS on its knees

DAUK in The Chronicle: The worrying statistics that expose record waiting times at your A&E

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden for The Sunday Times: empathy “beaten out” of doctors

DAUK on The Sunday Times investigation into GP crisis

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden for AJEM: Women should not have to prove their non-inferiority

Dr Jenny Vaughan for SMACC podcast: when healthcare becomes a crime

DAUK co-ordinates open letter from 2000 doctors to Boris Johnson ahead of the Queen’s Speech

DAUK letter in GP Online: Over 1000 GPs sign letter from 2000 doctor to Boris Johnson warning the NHS is on its knees

Co-Founder of DAUK Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden number 10 in a list of influential women in healthcare

Dr Natalie Ashburner on Radio Aire discussing pressures on A&Es as picture of 4 year old sleeping on the floor on oxygen emerges

DAUK in The Guardian: allegations of bullying at Matt Hancock’s local hospital West Suffolk

The Canary: DAUK’s Dr Yaso Browne interviewed for a documentary for The Canary on the NHS

The Financial Times: DAUK survey on pensions shows that consultants do not trust the latest ‘promises’ that the government will pay back their tax bills on retirement.

The Guardian: DAUK criticises this government’s handling of the NHS pensions tax crisis

Guest Blog by Ifat Ataullah: Why greater transparency in NHS disciplinary proceedings against doctors is essential

DAUK at EMTA 2019 in closing debate: this house believes resilience is rubbish

Dr Rinesh Parmar for The Sunday Times on Conservatives’ pledge to deliver an extra 6000 GPs.

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK calls on political leaders to stop playing party politics with the NHS

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden steps down as Chair, to continue as Co-Director

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden DAUK Chair goes to Westminster to speak at the Health Form about the blame culture in the NHS

Dr Rinesh Parmar for The Telegraph: the Government must now pay more than lip service to the pensions crisis

ITV news: Dr Natalie Ashburner DAUK Editor speaks out on shortage of psychiatrists in the NHS

Dr Cicely Cunningham for the HSJ with James Titcombe and Peter Walsh: A just culture for both staff and patients

Guest Blog by Amandip Sidhu: 1st Year anniversary

PRESS RELEASE: Junior Doctors Contract changes accepted in crucial referendum

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK will not endorse BMA junior doctor contract deal

PRESS RELEASE: Charlie Massey Chief Executive of the General Medical Council admits that his decision to take Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba to court to have her struck off was incorrect

Coverage in Pulse: GMC chief executive admits Bawa-Garba legal advice was wrong during interview with DAUK

Samantha Batt-Rawden for the BMJ: A change of tone from the GMC—but can they win back doctors’ trust?

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden presents a BBC Radio 4 documentary on why doctors are leaving the NHS

Jenny Vaughan for the BMJ: Medical manslaughter — will the findings of an independent review be a tipping point for change?

DAUK in the Evening Standard: DAUK calls on the GMC to issue clear guidance to protect both doctors and patients

Jenny Vaughan for the BMJ: The Bawa-Garba case should usher in a fairer culture in healthcare

PRESS RELEASE: Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba restored to the medical register and able to return to practice

DAUK in The Guardian: Dossier reveals ‘petty tortures’ of NHS trainee doctors denied leave

Overturning Injustice: BMJ feature on our Law and Policy Officer Dr Jenny Vaughan

Dr Jenny Vaughan for BMJ-the criminalisation of unintentional error

Criminalisation of Healthcare. Does it improve patient safety? Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art conference

Dr Cicely Cunningham featured on BBC World Service, The Why Factor – Blame

Dr Natalie Ashburner and Dr Jenny Vaughan at Psychiatric Trainees Committee Conference – Supported and Valued

Dr Jenny Vaughan speaks at SAS day

Dr Jenny Vaughan for the BMJ: How can a “just culture” truly develop in healthcare?

Dr Jenny Vaughan wins BMJ award

Dr Batt-Rawden gives keynote speech at Birkbeck College

Dr Cicely Cunningham speaks at Action against Medical Accidents AvMA conference

PRESS RELEASE: Matt Hancock’s laudable statement that prevention is better than cure now needs to be backed up with real action and resources

Dr Alan Woodall joins the DAUK committee as GP and Public Health Lead

‘What is stopping you doing something so patently sensible’ says Rosie Cooper MP to the GMC. Dr Jenny Vaughan reports from the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry.

Dr Jenny Vaughan wins first British International Doctors Association Award for outstanding services to BME doctors

Would you like to join the DAUK committee and help with our social media?

DAUK invited to submit written evidence alongside the BMA to the parliamentary inquiry into gross negligence manslaughter

Dr Jenny Vaughan and Dr Robert Hirst join the DAUK committee

Parliamentary inquiry into gross negligence manslaughter, Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and the GMC

GP Frontline: a profile on DAUK

DAUK in Pulse: Doctors call on health secretary to stop GMC overturning MTPS decisions

DAUK in GP Online: campaigners warn NHS faces ‘breakdown’ unless GMC appeals are stopped

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK co-ordinates 11 medical organisations urging Matt Hancock to halt the GMC’s legal action against doctors

DAUK in GP Online: GMC ‘failing to learn’ as tribunal appeals continue after Bawa-Garba case

DAUK replies to Charlie Massey raising concern over the GMC’s continued appealing of MPTS verdicts to impose harsher sanctions on doctors

DAUK receives a reply from Charlie Massey

Would you like to join the DAUK commitee?

PRESS RELEASE: Dr Philippa Whitford MP joins the call of DAUK and over 1200 doctors for a public investigation into the GMC’s handling of Bawa-Garba

The Guardian: the court of appeal was right to reinstate Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba

PRESS RELEASE: the case of Bawa-Garba vs GMC has become a lightning rod for a profession at breaking point

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK welcomes the resignation of Dr Arvind Madan

PRESS RELEASE: DAUK welcomes the HSSIB report

DAUK speaks to GP Online about the Bawa-Garba appeal

What is Learn Not Blame?

PRESS RELEASE: The GMC’s serious error of judgement in aggressively pursuing Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba has set the safety culture back decades

DAUK speaks alongside Adam Kay at “Junior Doctors Getting Heard”

PRESS RELEASE: 1 in 4 doctors burnt out according to GMC survey

Join the team at DAUK

A statement from our new Chair and an update on our constitution

DAUK supports colleagues at Alder Hey

DAUK responds to comments that GPs have become a “council of despair”

Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden for The Sunday Times: letter published in response to “doctors hopeless at childbirth”