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A fishing trawler heading out to sea. DAUK is concerned an outright ban on seabed bottom trawling in all UK marine-protected areas has not been introduced.

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September 13, 2025

Concern at Government rejection of bottom trawling ban
DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact on GPs of the rollout of weight-loss treatment
DAUK in the media: Demand for NHS weight-loss treatment impacting GPs

September 13, 2025
Dr Steve Taylor speaking at the DAUK conference. Dr Taylor has warned the Government’s pledge to ‘bring back the family doctor’ is little more than political posturing.
‘Government GP pledge political posturing’

September 9, 2025
Courts of Justice, which heard the legal challenge over the regulation of physician assistants.
DAUK response to High Court ruling on physician assistants

September 6, 2025

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IPSO complaint about Mail Online in Pulse

DAUK's letter of complaint about the Mail Online's grossly misleading article blaming a 'lack of face-to-face appointments for rising A&E attendances has featured in Pulse this week.  The Mail Online article's reckless and groundless extrapolation to vilify GPs for what is known to be a growing problem with multiple causes,…

July 15, 2022
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DAUK's Co-Chair Matt Kneale on LBC - and what the pay rise asked for meanshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9LImv7GuSM "The money is there to spend when it needs to be spent ... the claims about £350 million a week from Brexit, just TWO WEEKS of that would be enough to restore doctors pay" Dr…

July 12, 2022
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BMJ: The GP crisis requires more than just technology to fix it

Co-chair and GP, Dr Ellen Welch, co-authored a BMJ Blog article on the GP crisis. The group of GPs have raised concerns after a UK think tank published "At your service: A proposal to reform general practice and enable digital healthcare at scale" which introduces the role of technology in…

July 9, 2022
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DAUK calls for a formal enquiry in Dr Vashishtha’s case

Pulse covered DAUK's response to Dr Vanshishtha's case. Read more here.  Health Education England fails neurodiverse GP trainee by refusing to provide reasonable adjustments The Doctors’ Association UK is shocked to hear of the treatment of neurodiverse GP trainee Dr Priyank Vashishtha, who was dismissed from his GP training programme…

July 9, 2022
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