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The Royal College of GPs has called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to address the impact of its inspections on GPs from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.

Structural inequities have for a long-time persisted across the medical profession which has limited the professional development of many BAME doctors. In light of this, the BMA has launched a members forum to address the many instances of discrimination that exist across the NHS. 

Many doctors from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) do not feel protected from the risk of Covid-19 infection in their place of work, according to a BMA survey.

Almost a fifth of doctors said they have sought informal mental health support during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Royal College of Physicians.

Intensive care unit (ICU) staff treating Covid-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic had poor mental health with almost half meeting the threshold for PTSD, severe anxiety or problem drinking.

Doctor burnout has risen to staggering levels since the start of the coronavirus pandemic with more than half of younger doctors in the UK considering leaving for a different career, according to a new survey.

The medical profession needs to make reasonable adjustments for women going through the menopause to help combat the senior doctor shortage.

A lack of robust IT systems across the health service has meant that GPs are now expected to give tests for hospital outpatients and prescribe medication that would normally be given in secondary care.

Doctors should not be hit with a large tax bills after working extra hours to deal with Covid-19 and instead should be properly rewarded for their ‘extraordinary efforts’ during the pandemic.