RJDC (regional junior doctors committee) elections for England will take place across August and September 2019, with all elections held online.
Your RJDC organises regional junior doctor union representation in that region. It also elects members to represent the region at the UK JDC (junior doctors committee).
The work of each RJDC is different; some have done regional audits on rest facilities, others have elected representatives who have gone on to become negotiators and lead on national work. The committee's primary role, however, is to co-ordinate LNC (local negotiating committee) reps across the area, escalating issues and disseminating information from UK JDC to regional members.
Find details for your regional election
Why you should vote or stand
- Represent junior doctors locally, regionally or nationally
- Make a change for your colleagues and patients
RJDC’s have led campaigns on medical bullying, DBS fees, fatigue and facilities auditing. They have led work on removing variability of mileage costs, improved communication with members and improved central support to LNC reps across the four nations.
Nationally, the JDC has just had a successful contract negotiation, winning more than 60 contractual improvements, agreed changes to child bereavement leave, improved access to shared parental leave, and granted £10 million for fatigue and facilities in hospitals across England.
This is your opportunity to ensure the RJDC is a representative, ambitious and active body that is connected to junior doctors on the ground, advocates strongly in the region and represents your region's interests on a national level.
Each RJDC has at least four meetings a year and, if elected to a UK JDC seat, there will be at least four JDC meetings a year. You will also receive emails that will need your attention throughout the year.
Please find details for your regional election below. This table will be updated with the details about local elections when available.
SJDC elections
For information on any elections to local negotiating committee junior doctor subcommittees (LNCJDS), formerly known as RJDCs, please go to the SJDC page.
Nominating and voting information
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Find your RJDC election
As long as you are a junior doctor in a training post - within two years of leaving a training post, and intending to return to training - then you can be involved in your RJDC. Although individual RJDC’s constitutions vary, for many positions, anyone can run for election. Please check with your regional BMA secretariat.
Find out more about the BMA's online election system.
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Midlands:
East Midlands
| BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Anne-Marie McKay |
Tuesday 3 September, 7pm
Refreshments served at 6.30pm
Crowne Plaza Nottingham, Wollaton Street, Nottingham NG1 5RH
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Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 30 August
Results: Announced at AGM |
West Midlands
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Melanie Sutton |
Thursday 12 September, 7pm
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, 75 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3DH |
Nominate: 5 August (9am) - 16 August (5pm)
Vote: 19 August (9am) - 30 August (5pm)
Results: Announced at AGM |
North of England:
Northern
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Mike Gallagher |
Tuesday 27 August 2019, 7pm (food served from 6.30pm)
County Hotel, Newcastle upon Tyne
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Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August -27 August
Results: Announced at AGM |
Yorkshire
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Marie Butterfield |
Tuesday 4 September, 7pm-8.30pm
Novotel Hotel, 4 Whitehall Quay, Leeds LS1 4HR
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Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 4 September
Results: Announced at AGM
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North West:
Mersey
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Joanne Alliston |
Tuesday 4 September, 7pm-9pm (food served from 6.30pm)
Liverpool Medical Institute, 114 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5SR |
Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 4 September
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North Western
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Sarah McCarthy |
Monday 2 September, 6.30pm
Postgraduate Education Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL |
Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 30 August |
South and East of England:
East of England
|
BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Sam Wakeford |
Thursday 5 September, 7pm
Hughes Hall, Wollaston Road, Cambridge CB1 2EW
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Nominate: 5 August (4pm) - 16 August (4pm)
Vote: 19 August (4pm) - 30 August (4pm)
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North Thames
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Patrick Boardman |
Wednesday 4 September, 7pm-9pm
BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JP
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Nominate: 5 August (12pm) - 19 August (12pm)
Vote: 20 August (12pm) - 3 September (12pm)
Results: Announced at AGM
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Thames Valley
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| James Steen |
Tuesday 4 September, 6pm-9pm
Seminar Room 3, George Pickering Education Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU |
Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 30 August |
South Thames
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Hugh Townsend |
Monday 30 September, 6.30pm-8.30pm |
Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 30 August
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South West:
Peninsula
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BMA contacts |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
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Angie Nokes
Richard Griffiths
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Monday 9 September, 7pm-9pm
Future Inn, 1 William Prance Road, Plymouth PL6 5ZD
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Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 6 September
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Severn
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
Frank Minal
Anne-Marie McKay |
Wednesday 4 September, 6.45pm
Future Inns Hotel, Cabot Room, Bond Street, South Bristol BS1 3EN
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Nominate: 5 August (12pm) - 19 August (12pm)
Vote: 19 August (5pm) - 4 September (12pm)
Results: Announced at AGM
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Wessex
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BMA contact |
AGM details |
Nomination and Election periods |
| Caran Chamberlain |
Wednesday 5 September, 7pm-9pm
Southampton |
Nominate: 5 August - 16 August
Vote: 19 August - 30 August
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Meeting attendance
To view attendance at the JDC meetings for 2018-19, BMA members can download our attendance record.
You will need to be signed in to the BMA website to view the record.
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