About the BMA in Wales
November 2004
The British Medical Association is the professional organisation and trade union for doctors in the UK. Across the UK more than three out of four practising doctors, and the majority of medical students, are members. The BMA office in Cardiff supports nearly 5,500 members from every branch of the medical profession in Wales.
The BMA in Wales has recently moved to prestigious new offices at Caspian Point in Cardiff Bay, close to the National Assembly for Wales. The previous BMA Welsh House at 1 Cleeve House, Lambourne Crescent, Llanishen, Cardiff, was opened by the Rt Hon David Hunt MBE MP, Secretary of State for Wales (at that time), on 9th December 1991. However, there has been a BMA Welsh House in Cardiff since 4th November 1955, which was at 195 Newport Road, Cardiff.
The recent transfer of functions to the National Assembly for Wales in the form of devolution has been welcomed by BMA Cymru Wales as an opportunity to develop strong and constructive relationships with Assembly Members and to contribute to decision making for the benefit of the NHS in Wales.
As the voice of the medical profession BMA Cymru Wales communicates the profession's collective views on a wide range of subjects to politicians, the public and the press.
Doctors are represented through the BMA's craft committees and it's Welsh Council, which consist of:
- Welsh Council - read more here
- Welsh Council Chairmen's Group
- Welsh Consultants and Specialists Committee - read more here
- General Practitioner Committee (Wales) - read more here
- Welsh Committee for Public Health Medicine and Community Health - read more here
- WCSC non-consultant career grades subcommittee
- Welsh Junior Doctors Committee - read more here
- Welsh Medical Academic Staff Committee - read more here
Throughout Wales the BMA has an established network of local negotiating committees (LNCs) in each Trust, and BMA representatives ensure that the interests of doctors are protected in negotiations on terms and conditions of services through these LNCs.
Contact
BMA Cymru Wales, Fifth Floor, 2 Caspian Point, Caspian Way, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF10 4DQ
Telephone: (029) 2047 4646
email here to: info.cardiff@bma.org.uk
Please include your membership number when e-mailing the Cardiff office
The BMA in Wales is an integral part of the British Medical Association (UK). The BMA is a professional association of doctors, representing their interests and providing services for its 122,000 plus members. This includes almost 4,000 from overseas and 11,500 who are medical students.
More than 80% of British doctors are members.
It is:
- an independent trade union
- a scientific and educational body
- a publishing house
- a limited company, funded largely by its members
- register doctors, that is the responsibility of the General Medical Council (GMC) - go to their website here
- discipline doctors, that is the province of the employer/health authority and/or the GMC
- recommend individual doctors to patients.
British Medical Association, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
Telephone (head office): (+44) 0207 387 4499