British Medical Association

Prestigious literary award for local doctor’s debut

A doctor from Bedford has won a British Medical Association award for his debut book, 'Lifeline', which casts a critical eye over the current state of the NHS. Dr Barry Monk...

Bedford could feel coronavirus impact for “a generation”

A council report has painted a grim picture of a post-coronavirus Bedford, saying there will be a "profound" knock-on effects of COVID-19 on the area that may last for a generation. The report...

Region’s doctors fear non-Covid backlog is ‘uncontrollable’

Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has sought to reassure patients after the British Medical Association (BMA) said the non-Covid backlog is ‘uncontrollable’. A BMA...

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