All British Medical Association (BMA) articles – Page 48
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BMA defends doctors after annus horribilis
Doctors' leaders' have launched a passionate defence of the profession after admittting that a series of high-profile scandals has dented patient trust.
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BMA meets Milburn for post-Ledward talks
The British Medical Association has met health secretary Alan Milburn following friction with the government in the wake of the Rodney Ledward scandal. A BMA statement said Mr Milburn had welcomed the opportunity and expressed support for consultants. In return, chair Dr Ian Bogle 'reiterated the BMA's total support for ...
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BMA launches review of funding
The British Medical Association is pushing ahead with its review of healthcare funding in the UK, announced in December as the winter crisis took hold.
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BMA hopeful of settlement to out-of-hours dispute
A resolution may be in sight to the long-running dispute between the government and junior doctors over payments for out-of-hours work. The British Medical Association's junior doctors committee has said a new deal negotiated with the Department of Health has 'sufficient merit' to be put to a referendum after a ...
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BMA hits out at 'frail' data in league tables
'The frail quality' of information in hospital league tables makes them of little use to patients, doctors or managers, the British Medical Association this week warned.
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BMA warns of 'charging'option
The NHS must consider charging patients, the British Medical Association has warned in a consultation document being sent to every GP in the country.
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BMA urges halt to debt recovery following cyclone
The British Medical Association has written to chancellor Gordon Brown and international development secretary Clare Short, urging the government to halt debt recovery from Mozambique in the aftermath of cyclone Eline, which left thousands homeless. Mozambique will soon benefit from government proposals to write off unpayable debt, but the BMA ...
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BMA criticises 'lack of clarity' on NHS spending
The British Medical Association has criticised a 'lack of clarity' on government spending on the NHS in England. A paper from its health policy and economic research unit, examining Department of Health press releases, says top-slicing for the modernisation fund and repeat announcements of the same money 'made it difficult ...
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BMA to fight Shipman 'contempt'
The British Medical Association will 'vigorously' defend itself to the attorney general, who has been asked to investigate whether it was in contempt of court for releasing a briefing document about GP Harold Shipman before he was found guilty of 15 murders.
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BMA calls for GPs to be brought within race act
The British Medical Association is calling for GP practices with five partners or fewer to be brought within the ambit of the 1976 Race Relations Act as the Race Relations (Amendment) Bill makes its way through Parliament. A similar loophole excluding small practices from the Sex Discrimination Act was closed ...
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BMA considers patient charges
Doctors' leaders are to consider charging NHS patients for medical care under a major review of health funding. The British Medical Association plans to spend at least 18 months considering how to pay for the the NHS.
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Short Cuts: BMA urges Web guidance for health and medicine
The British Medical Association has called for the Department of Health to issue urgent guidance on the use of the Internet for health and medical matters. Dr Paul Cundy, chair of the information management and technology sub-committee of the BMA's GP committee, said it was worried about security and confidentiality ...
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In Brief: The BMA has written to Tony Blair asking to cancel third world debt
The British Medical Association has written to prime minister Tony Blair urging him to cancel all the unpayable debt owed to the British government by the world's poorest countries. The BMA, which is supporting the Jubilee 2000 campaign, said it hoped Mr Blair would match and then exceed US president ...
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Short Cuts: BMA describes plans for asylum seekers as 'failure'
The British Medical Association has added its voice to criticism of the government's plans to disperse asylum seekers across the country. It says that although the plans could be implemented as early as next month, health authorities in the proposed cluster areas have not been consulted, informed or helped to ...
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Short Cuts: ACHCEW clashes with BMA over confidentiality
The Association of Community Health Councils for England and Wales is seeking legal advice over British Medical Association guidelines which it fears will compromise patient confidentiality. Director Donna Covey urged the BMA to 'look again' at its guidance on confidentiality and disclosure of health information, in particular the assumption that ...
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BMA seeks regulation for complementary medicine
The British Medical Association has called for complementary and alternative medicine to be regulated to end the 'current unacceptable situation' in which 'virtually anyone is free to practise, irrespective of training or experience'. In evidence to a Lords sub-committee, the BMA says a single regulating body should be established for ...
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Short cuts BMA pushes for children's commissioner post
The British Medical Association has called for the government to establish an independent children's commissioner in a bid to improve the UK's 'poor record' on child health. A BMA report says the UK ranks 18th in a table of countries for deaths in early childhood, while social inequalities are 'marked' ...
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Angry BMA votes to increase its opposition to PFI
The British Medical Association has voted to increase its opposition to the private finance initiative, following concessions won in Scotland, where the scheme has been vigorously opposed.
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BMA slams police privatisation plan
Plans by a second police force to privatise police surgeon services have come under fire from the British Medical Association after claims that standards have slipped since the first contract was let.