We want as many medical students and doctors as possible to be members of the BMA. We have been working hard to ensure that the BMA feels relevant to us all at a national, local and individual level.

• Sustained membership of over 190,000 in every single month over the course of the last year.
• Initiated a three-year training programme to provide organising and campaigning skills for hundreds of BMA local reps and staff.
• Rolled out local intelligence reports, equipping reps with information to tackle local issues.
• Distributed more than 110,000 posters, leaflets and materials to activists through our Reps Hub.

We are determined to act upon the concerns of our profession to achieve the best possible outcomes, both individually and collectively, as a strong trade union.

• Over £1bn in consolidated pay secured for doctors in the campaign for full pay restoration with pay deals for resident, consultant and SAS doctors across our four nations.
• Supported more than 40,000 members seeking employment advice and support.
• Over £2.5m in compensation won for members this year.
• In Wales, GPs secured £52.1m investment, representing an 11 per cent uplift of the total Wales GMS contract value, while GPs in Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to bring pressure to bear, with 99.6per cent voting to reject a contract offer in Northern Ireland and an additional £13.6m in-year funding for 2024/25 secured in Scotland.

• £889m funding uplift secured by GPs in England alongside a commitment from the government to renegotiate a completely new contract within this Parliament.
• Isle of Man members first ever ballot for industrial action resulting in a historic pay deal.
• Pursued a group action on behalf of members affected by the McCloud pensions judgement.
• Launched the #FixOurFunding campaign to address poor medical student funding for English domiciled medical students, who are typically eligible for the lowest funding of any UK nation.
• Welcomed over 600 members to our ARM 2024 in Belfast.

• The voices of over 14,000 members informed our response to the Leng Review of medical associate professionals as we took legal action against the GMC as part of our high profile campaign on physician and anaesthesia associates.
• Continued to ensure that doctors’ experiences during the pandemic are heard and learnt from by actively contributing to the UK Covid Inquiry and Scottish Covid Inquiry to ensure that crucial lessons are learned and implemented.
• Following publication of the UK Government’s Employment Rights Bill, the BMA has led calls for the Government to go further on workers’ rights and trade union freedoms.
• Informed legislative debates on physician assisted dying and vaping.
• We continue to actively lobby to oppose the introduction of an individual duty of candour with criminal sanctions for doctors in Northern Ireland.
• Continued to influence internationally.

• The financial year of 2024 saw record revenue for the BMA, with £63.3m of income from
  members through subscriptions, up 6.2 per cent and £11.9m in other income (up 3.3%).
• Good progress on our recovery programme to financial sustainability by cutting our deficit from £11.4m in 2022 to a budget deficit for 2025 of £5.7m in the face of high inflation. To mitigate against continued inflationary pressures, we adapted our estates strategy and investment portfolio with projects to provide long-term, sustainable income for the BMA in the future.
• £7.4m of funding to support pay restoration campaigning.
• Romney recommendations implemented and incorporated into business as usual and a clear five-year voluntary target set by BMA Scotland that at least 50% of chair roles and 50% of deputy chair roles will be held by women by 2030.
• Half of the 50 recommendations from the Omambala report are now complete, including recommendations about how we hold data, record cases and use feedback, as well as learning and development for staff.