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Timetable and agenda

The timetable below gives the approved dates and times for the discussion of items at the 2008 Annual Representative Meeting.

The agenda for the meeting, with the full list of motions, can be downloaded in full as a PDF using the link on the right.

Monday 7 July 2008

9.30	Preliminary business (items 1-15)
10.00	Report by Chairman of Council (item 16)
10.20	Medicine and Government (items 17-32)
10.40	Privatisation of the NHS in England (items 33-36)
11.00		Use of resources (item 37)
11.05		Privatisation of public information (item 38)
11.15		Privatisation of commissioning (item 39)
11.20		Independent Sector Treatment Centres (item 40)
11.25		Polyclinics (item 41)
	NHS Next Stage Reviews
11.40		London (item 42)
11.50		England (items 43-47)
12.00	Scotland (items 48-53)
12.20	Pensions (items 54-56)
12.30	Medico-legal Affairs (items 57-58)
12.35	Prison Medical Services (items 59-61)
12.40	Contingency time
12.45	Session closes
2.00	Finances of the Association (items 62-63)
2.20	Treasurer’s question and answer session
2.30	General Practice (items 64-81)
2.55		Extended hours (items 82-89)
3.10	Consultants (items 90-100)
3.30		Post-CCT fellowships and the sub-consultant grade (items 101-102)
3.45	Staff and Associate Specialist Doctors (items 103-113)
4.10	Junior Doctors (items 114-120)
4.35	Medical Academic Staff (items 121-125)
4.55	Contingency time
5.00	Open Forum - The Future Role of the Doctor
6.00	Session closes

Tuesday 8 July 2008

9.00	Armed Forces (items 126-133)
9.20	Medical Students (items 134-140)
9.45		Accommodation for F1 doctors (items 141)
	Training and Education
9.55		Undergraduate education (items 142-145)
10.10		Foundation training (items 146-150)
10.15		Postgraduate training (items 151-159)
10.30		MMC and recruitment (items (160-168)
10.40		Funding for postgraduate training (items 169-176)
10.55		NHS medical education England (item 177)
11.05		Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) (items 178-181)
11.20		Training implications of European Working Time Directive (items 182-183)
11.30		Careers development (items 184-185)
11.35	Contingency time
11.40	Annual General Meeting
11.45	Parallel Sessions (1) Care of the Elderly (2) Equality and Diversity
12.45	Session closes
12.45	Session closes

Wednesday 9 July 2008

9.30	Mental Health and Community Care (186-198)
9.45	Public Health Medicine and Community Health (199-204)
10.00	Science, Health and Society (item 205)
10.05		Infectious and communicable disease (items 206-212)
10.20		Alcohol and other drugs of addiction (items 213-224)
10.25		Complementary and alternative therapies (item 225)
10.35		Men's health (item 226)
10.40		Climate change and sustainability (items 227-230)
10.45		Transport, travel and health (items 231-236)
10.55		Nutrition, exercise and obesity (items 237-243)
11.00		Reproductive health (items 244-249)
11.05		Other motions (items 250-265)
	National Health Service
11.25		The 18 week target (item 266)
11.35		Patient choice initiatives (items 267-268)
11.40		Treatment and prescribing (items 269-283)
11.45		NHS funding and finance (items 284-298)
12.00		Other motions (items 299-344)
12.15	Charities (item 345)
12.20	Contingency time
12.25	Occupational Medicine (item 346-350)
12.45	Session closes
	Workforce
2.00		The role of the doctor (items 351-352)
2.05		Other healthcare professionals (items 353-356)
2.15		Work life balance (items 357-361)
2.20		European Working Time Directive (items 362-363)
2.35		Other motions (items 364-372)
2.40	Professional Regulation and the GMC (items 373-387)
3.05		Revalidation (items 388-389)
3.10		Standard of proof (item 390)
3.20	Doctors' Pay and Contracts (items 391-397)
3.25		Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body (items 398-404)
3.40	Structure and Function of the BMA (405-450)
4.10		Communications ((items 451-467)
4.25	Equality and Diversity (items 468-474)
4.40	Private Practice (item 475)
4.45	Professional Fees (items 476-480)
4.55	Wales (items 481-491)
5.15	Northern Ireland (items 492-501)
5.35	Retired Members (items 502-503)
5.40	Chairman of Council’s question and answer session
5.55	Contingency time
6.00	Session closes

Thursday 10 July 2008

9.00	Forensic Medicine (items 504-506)
9.10	Health Information Management and IT (items 507-524)
9.40	British Medical Journal (item 525)
9.45	Medical Ethics (526-545)
10.30	International Affairs (items 546-554)
10.50		International medical staff (items 555-557)
10.55		International welfare (items 558-566)
11.10	Motions arising from the ARM
12.10	Contingency time
12.20	Approval of the Annual Report of Council and provisional approval of the minutes (items 567-568)
12.30	Session closes