The PPC (private practice committee) considers and reports on matters of concern to those working in private general and consulting practice.
The committee engages with key stakeholders in private healthcare to represent the views of the profession. This includes private medical insurers, private hospitals providers, royal colleges and specialty associations.
Our priorities
- Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) - to participate fully in consultations with regards to the CMA’s order and private healthcare.
- Private medical insurers (PMIs) - to gather information including fee capping and restrictive fee practices imposed by PMIs and seek to restore a proper relationship between consultants, patients and insurers.
- Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) - to continue to engage with PHIN on the implementation of the CMA’s ‘Information remedy’, to ensure that doctors’ views are effectively represented.
- To engage with private hospitals regarding the practising privileges agreements to ensure the documents have justice and balance.
- To organise an annual conference aimed at doctors engaged in private practice.
Our people
Co-chairs: Dr Jennifer Yell and Dr Jeremy Lawrance
Deputy co-chairs: Dr Shaima Villait and Mr Sakkaf Ahmed Aftab
Mr Michael Henley
Dr Peter Holden
Dr Shah Khan
Dr Rachael Liebmann
Mr Ram Moorthy
Mr Rajnesh Nirula
Dr Nimish Shah
Dr Evan Sun
Take part in one of our free courses designed to give you the right skills to:
- break down equality and inclusion bias (CPD-accredited)
- value difference and inclusivity
- live our BMA behaviour principles.
Our meetings
The committee three times a year to discuss latest issues affecting private medical practice. These meetings are open to committee members only.
Meeting dates:
- Tuesday 8 March 2022, 1pm-5pm
- Thursday 12 May 2022, 1pm-5pm
All our meetings take place either virtually or at:
BMA House
Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JP
For more information email [email protected].
Conference
The PPC held a virtual conference on Monday 15 November 2021.
It was an opportunity for doctors working in, or considering setting up in private practice, to get practical advice and to network with colleagues.
How to join PPC
There are many advantages to becoming involved in our committees. You can actively influence BMA policy-making and negotiations, represent your colleagues' voices and develop your leadership skills.
Each committee has a few routes to becoming an elected member. In the case of PPC, these are:
- Seats/term - every year, elections for eight seats on PPC take place for a one-session term.
- Timeline - elections take place in June or July.
- Eligibility - all BMA members who meet the specified criteria for each seat are eligible to stand and vote in these elections. The criteria will be specified in the elections section below.
- Seats/term - every year, elections for one seat on PPC take place for a one-session term.
- Timeline - the nomination period opens a month before ARM, and voting closes a few days after ARM.
- Eligibility - all UK private practice doctors who are BMA members can stand for election but only ARM delegates can vote.
The election section below is kept up to date with details about any running elections, so make sure you keep checking it throughout the year.
Elections
Elections to the Private practice committee are now closed.
Get in touch
If you have any questions or would like to find out more about the work of the PPC, please email [email protected].