Parliamentary newsletter


January 2008

The latest edition of the Parliamentary Newsletter has been sent to Westminster MPs and selected Peers. The aim of the newsletter is to raise the profile of the BMA amongst parliamentarians and to promote wider knowledge of BMA policies.

The newsletter covers:
  • A message from Dr. Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of Council
  • The Government's proposals to force GPs to extend their hours
  • Opposition to a sub-consultant grade
  • An update on junior doctors' training
  • Medical regulation
  • Presumed consent for organ donation
  • Staff and associate specialist doctors
  • International medical students
  • Academic medicine
  • The NHS in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
For further information on this, or any other work of the Parliamentary Unit, please contact:

Email: parliamentaryunit@bma.org.uk
Telephone: 020 7383 6515

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