DAUK in The Independent: missed opportunity to procure PPE from the EU
DAUK in The Independent as it is reveals there were several missed opportunities to source PPE from the EU.
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April 17, 2020
DAUK in The Independent: NHS staff ‘gagged’ over protective mask shortage
DAUK has been approached by a number of doctors who have been prevented from speaking out on social media or in the press about concerns regarding PPE. This is unacceptable. Read our front page article with The Independent.
March 30, 2020
DAUK in The Independent Less than 1 per cent of doctors feel that the NHS is “well prepared” for the new coronavirus, according to a new poll
Eight out of the 1,618 respondents said they believed the health service was ready to deal with an outbreak when asked by The Doctors' Association UK (DAUK), despite the prime minister's insistence that the NHS will cope if it is hit by a surge in the number of people falling ill.
March 3, 2020
DAUK in The Independent: the Government must be held accountable for the worst A&E times on record as doctors ‘work themselves into the ground’
Dr Rinesh Parmar, The Doctors’ Association UK Chair tells The Independent that the latest A&E wait times figures came as a “direct result of years of underfunding” citing poor morale and spiralling workloads as contributing to a staffing crisis in emergency medicine.
January 9, 2020
The Independent: Dr Mu-Chun Chiang: Home Office backtracks on threat to deport NHS doctor
Following widespread coverage in the news media, the Home Office has now granted Dr Mu Chiang, a GP trainee threatened with deportation, leave to remain. This week the DAUK intervened in Dr Mu Chiang’s case, calling on the Home Office to reconsider their decision. DAUK’s call on the Home Office was published in both The Independent and The Guardian. Dr Rinesh Parmar, DAUK’s Vice-Chair said the government should review its “senseless” hostile environment policy.
October 3, 2019
DAUK in The Independent: doctors write to after Home Office refuses many visas
Doctors told to leave UK after Home Office refuses to issue them visasThe Doctors' Association UK's letter to the home secretary was published in The Independent yesterday. read the article…
June 6, 2018
