Doctors wanting to move vulnerable relatives to the UK face almost insurmountable barriers despite being willing to fund their care. In this audio feature, we hear about the experiences of Dr Irfan Akhtar and Dr Kamal Sidhu.

If you have been impacted by the Home Office’s policy around adult dependant relatives, the BMA’s international team and the doctor magazine would like to hear your story. You can contact the international team on [email protected] and The Doctor magazine at [email protected].

To find out more about the advice and support we offer to international doctors, go to www.bma.org.uk/img-services

If you haven’t already, you can read the article this audio feature stems from in the January edition of the doctor magazine or at www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/are-your-parents-at-home

When hairdressers and barbers closed with the advent of lockdown, Dr Ehsan Weidi decided to rescue the hair of his colleagues with the help of two other doctors, and a cutting edge initiative: Lockdown lids.

If you were inspired by this story and would like to donate to towards Refuge you can visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/luca-scott1

Read the article in The Doctor issue 26, here: https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/fringe-benefits

For more information about the BMA menopause survey please go to - https://www.bma.org.uk/menopause-report

BMA past president Prof Raanan Gillon and BMA president Prof Sir Harry Burns in conversation.

You can find the transcript to this podcast at this link: https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/ae4f0bdd86b94a9e902bd2153671abe5

This audio briefing discusses how the pandemic has affected doctors’ wellbeing and what the BMA has done to support them. With Duncan Bland, senior research advisor and Sophie Sauerteig, senior policy advisor – both in the workforce and innovation team; and Tom Rapanakis, head of wellbeing support.

You can find the transcript for this audio briefing at the following link: https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/bc940894120140a2a9a4edcf3cc2823a

The BMA's patient liaison group chair Lesley Bentley and deputy chair Jenny Wigram give an update on the PLG's work over the last year to deputy chair of council David Wrigley.

Senior policy advisor Kate Firth - from the BMA's equality, inclusion and culture policy team - discusses the BMA racial harassment charter for medical schools and guidance for medical students.

You can find the transcript for this audio briefing at the following link: https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/e8d7c0a8b0d94ae8bb90c6dde4c12e0e

Lucy Kerr, senior policy advisor in the BMA's professionalism and guidance team, discusses recent policy work on the experiences of doctors working through the menopause. The full report, Challenging the culture on menopause for working doctors, can be found on the BMA website.

You can find the transcript for this audio briefing at the following link: https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/b7619764c11a44feafbd7a0d34ebcd2e

Lucy Brant, senior policy advisor (Equality, Inclusion and Culture) in the BMA’s professionalism and guidance team, discusses recent work around ways in which we can better support disabled doctors and medical students in education, training and in the workplace.

You can find the transcript for this audio briefing at this link:https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/5394dab1e9cd490d831b2a4681cfa7cd

Alexander Ottley and David Parkin, both senior policy advisors in the BMA's Public Health and Healthcare team, give a briefing on medical technology innovation and the BMA's work in this area since 2019.

You can find the transcript for this audio briefing at the following link: https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod/production-bma-public/45499dd96a74466da97eb2fb74ee5351