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Prevention before cure: prioritising population health
A policy paper from the British Medical Association (BMA) suggests a framework for a cross-government approach to prioritising population health. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 1, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Doctors and MPs demand evidence on migrant healthcare policies
This week, MPs, Royal Medical Colleges, leading academics, healthcare professionals and unions wrote to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, calling for the publication migrant healthcare policy reviews. Signed by The Academy of Royal Medical Colleges and politicians including Lord Hunt of Kings Health, David Lammy MP, Caroline Lucas MP and Kate Green MP, the letter claimed the reviews received “evidence of deterrence and serious harm” caused by these policies “which we consider to be of the utmost seriousness”. Over the last two years the Department of Health and Social Care...
Source: Doctors of the World News - March 31, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martina Villa Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news

Enhanced pay for junior doctors taking shared parental leave
Junior doctors taking shared parental leave will have their pay enhanced above the statutory rate from Monday, the British Medical Association has announced in a positive first outcome from the 2016 contract review. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 29, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Pressure of virtual consultations could be ‘final straw’ for stressed out GPs
The necessity for GP surgeries to implement video and e-consultations is putting additional pressure on over-stretched out doctors, according to researchers and the British Medical Association. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 5, 2019 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Calls for free sanitary products to be available in all UK hospitals
The British Medical Association is calling for free sanitary products across all hospitals in the UK, as doctors say it is essential to the health, dignity and wellbeing of inpatients. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - February 2, 2019 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

NHS launches revolutionary plan to cut GP waiting times
The NHS is recruiting 22,000 healthcare professionals to treat patients for minor conditions and ease the pressure on GPs as part of a new deal with the British Medical Association. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Major GP contract reform revealed
The number of non-GP care staff in general practice will grow by 20,000 under a new five-year contract deal, NHS England and the British Medical Association have said, probably outnumbering the GP workforce for the first time. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - January 30, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Number of visits to England ’s A & E departments by homeless people ‘has more than TREBLED since 2011’
The British Medical Association found nearly 32,000 homeless people visited A&E departments in England last year. They blame rising admissions on Government cuts and drugs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medical establishment joins together against harmful NHS charging policy
Following a string of media reports revealing the harm caused by NHS charging to Doctors of the World patients and others, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) have today joined together to call for a suspension of the charging regulations pending an independent review. In doing so, they’ve joined other voices, including the British Medical Association Council Chair, Dr Chaand Nagpaul and Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, who have recently...
Source: Doctors of the World News - December 20, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Martina Villa Tags: Uncategorised Source Type: news

Emergency departments heading for 'worst winter on record', warns BMA
Hospital emergency care departments in England are heading for the worst winter on record and will need up to 10,000 more beds to care for patients safely, according to new analysis from the British Medical Association (BMA). (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - December 12, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

CCGs considered refusing temporary patients
Three clinical commissioning groups considered rejecting temporary registrations in a move which the British Medical Association said would breach NHS regulations and potentially drive people towards accident and emergency. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 2, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Matt Hancock woos the BMA
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has written to Dr Chaand Nagpaul, chair of the British Medical Association (BMA), outlining his commitment to working with the BMA on upcoming contract negotiations for consultants, general practitioners, junior doctors, and specialty and associate specialists. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - October 11, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Preventing illness will save NHS
PREVENTING serious illness before a patient needs to see a doctor is “the secret to the NHS’s long term sustainability”, as it would save billions of pounds, a medical chief has warned. Writing in the Sunday Express, Dr Kailash Chand, the honorary vice president of the British Medical Association, claimed nine out of 10 modern diseases could be avoided through education. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Consultants 'singled out for special punishment' says BMA leader
Medical consultants were “singled out for special punishment” by the government’s “disappointing” pay offer, a leading member of the British Medical Association has told HSJ. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 29, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

BMA vows tougher line on consultant contract after pay award
A senior figure within the British Medical Association has suggested the union will take a tougher stance with the government over planned reforms to consultant contracts. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 21, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news