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General Medical Council logo. More than 30 organisations, including DAUK, have called on the Government to preserve the GMC’s ability to investigate doctors’ fitness to practise under a distinct health route.

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September 17, 2025

Call to keep ‘health’ route in GMC investigations
Courts of Justice, which heard the legal challenge over the regulation of physician assistants.
Physician assistants: DAUK supports legal appeal over GMC regulation

September 16, 2025
DAUK has backed a plan to increase the consumption of plant-rich foods and ease pressure on the NHS.
DAUK backs plan to promote plant-rich diets and improve health

September 15, 2025
Dr Ellen Welch, DAUK co-chair, presenting the Feature of the Year (Specialist Audience) at the 2024 MJA Awards
DAUK delighted to support this year’s MJA Awards

September 15, 2025

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

Just before the holidays, NHS Medical Director Stephen Powis announced that the health service was on a ‘war footing’ to deal with the surge in Omicron cases . Yet despite his warning that the NHS would see ‘substantial hospitalisations’, the Government has stubbornly refused to change tack. There are nearly 14,000 people…

January 11, 2022
The NHS
DAUK’s GP Team: Primary Care in Crisis MP Briefing

https://vimeo.com/593700933 Contrary to widespread reports, GP surgeries have remained open throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Official NHS data confirms that more GP appointments are being offered than ever before, and GP teams continue to provide over 90 percent of all NHS consultations.  Practices were already struggling prior to the pandemic and…

January 11, 2022
Protect the Frontline
DAUK’s letter template to urge employers to assess their ventilation systems and PPE for staff

Employer_letterDownload Dear ….., I am concerned about the airborne spread of Covid in our work environment, especially now it is clear that the new Omicron variant is very easily transmitted through the air. I would like to make you aware of the new updated guidance from the UK Health Security…

January 11, 2022
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DAUK’s Dr Louise Hyde in Pulse: “Private Providers making the most of the pandemic’

Doctors Association UK representative Dr Louise Hyde, a GP in Tywyn, Wales, says her rural patient group is ‘generally not very demanding or well off’, but despite this she is seeing ‘way, way more’ of them choosing to pay for care. ‘I’ve recently had an elderly lady say she’s too…

January 10, 2022
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