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Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK vice chair. Ellen spoke to the i Paper about the demand for weight loss jabs on the NHS

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July 1, 2025

GPs struggling with demand for NHS weight-loss treatment
Group of doctors in green scrubs holding the top of each others hands.
Concerns over dismantling of NHS whistleblower protections

June 28, 2025
Health workers protest outside DEFRA. DAUK has signed an open letter to the Government calling for health and the environment to be placed at the heart of the UK's food strategy.
Call for health to be at the heart of the UK’s food strategy

June 25, 2025
Baby's feet cradled in an adult's hands. DAUK’s GP committee says it is ‘sceptical’ about plans for every newborn baby in England to have their DNA mapped to screen for diseases.
DAUK ‘sceptical’ at plans to DNA test all babies

June 24, 2025

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Dr Steve Taylor says it is vital GPs are trained by GPs
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‘No substitute for GPs training GPs’

DAUK’s Dr Steve Taylor says its ‘vital that GPs are trained by GPs’. Dr Taylor, GP spokesperson for the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) said there was ‘no substitute’ for GP trainers in general practice. His comments come as the BMA’s GP registrars committee said it was increasingly seeing non-GPs appointed…

June 20, 2025
Banner with 'there is no Planet B' on it during a climate change protest.
Climate crisis
Staying healthy during a heatwave

As the Met Office warns the UK is heading towards a heatwave this weekend, DAUK is encouraging people to access our website Our Health, Our Planet. Our Health, Our Planet is full of information aimed at keeping people safe during extreme weather events. It is the ultimate guide to the…

June 19, 2025
Someone typing on a laptop. Doctors for the NHS is asking for entries to its Peter Fisher Essay Prize 2025
DAUK News
Peter Fisher Essay Prize 2025

Doctors for the NHS is asking for entries to its Peter Fisher Essay Prize 2025. The prize is open to all resident doctors and closes on 31 July. The essay should be under 2,000 words, excluding references, and use the title: ‘How can medical education be improved for the benefit of…

June 16, 2025
Health Secretary Wes Streeting in front of a Union flag. Mr Streeting is urged to lift ARRS restrictions on GPs
General Practice
Call to lift ARRS GP funding restrictions

DAUK’s GP committee has renewed its call for ARRS restrictions to be lifted on GPs. It follows a speech by Health Secretary Wes Streeting to the NHS Confederation Expo conference in which he said GPs ‘should be able to run local hospitals’. Mr Streeting said that the ‘strongest acute trusts’…

June 12, 2025
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