Doctors are being forced out of the NHS because of a lack of suitable childcare facilities, says the BMA. It is calling for an urgent a rethink of the NHS childcare strategy.

BMA council member Tamara Everington, who has been leading the BMA research into the problem, said: 'All the working parents I have heard from say the same thing - arranging childcare around a contemporary medical career is a nightmare.'

Problems include:

-- NHS nurseries in some areas not having places for doctors' children

-- Soaring costs of childcare, particularly in London

-- A failure to address the 24-hour childcare needs of doctors.

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