BMA calls SRM to discuss NHS crisis

An emergency conference to address the crises of funding, staffing and morale facing the health service is set to take place next month. The BMA is urging doctors to attend a special representatives meeting on 3 May, amid mounting financial and workforce pressures that threaten to undermine doctors, patient safety and the NHS. BMA council chair Mark Porter (pictured) said that the extraordinary meeting was in response to the ongoing and ‘unprecedented’ pressures facing healthcare, adding that he hoped the occasion would be an opportunity for the medical community to discuss its concerns. He said: ‘Doctors from across the UK have called on the BMA to hold a meeting in response to the crisis in funding and capacity in healthcare, and the effect these have on both patient safety and doctors’ ability to help patients.   Unprecedented pressure ‘At a time of unprecedented pressures on healthcare and on those who deliver it, it is time to hear from doctors about the evidence-based solutions needed to protect high-quality patient care,' Dr Porter said. 'This will be an opportunity for doctors to highlight their concerns and outline the necessary solutions.’ A range of leading figures from the healthcare sector will be attending the event, which will take place in London. These include Nuffield Trust chief executive Nigel Edwards, who will address healthcare’s funding crisis, and Royal College of Physicians president Jane Dacre, who will...
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