Our priorities
- Restoring pay for SAS doctors in Wales.
- Work with Welsh Government and NHS Employers Wales to ensure appropriate implementation of the new contract packages for SAS doctors following the recent referendum.
- Continue to ensure further implementation of the SAS Charter in Wales.
- Ensure there is greater transparency of recording SAS doctors' work.
- Ensure management roles in health boards are offered to all.
- Ensure SAS terms and conditions of service are up to date.
- Promote quality job planning.
- Encourage SAS doctors to be trained as appraisers.
SAS charter promotion
The committee has created a poster to promote the SAS charter for Wales for members to share via any channels, such as hospitals, libraries and postgrad centres.
Our people
Chair: Ali Nazir
Deputy chair: Hisham Bakr
Voting members for 2022-2025:
Cwm Taf Morgannwg
Ali Nazir (Chair)
Raj Nirula
Hisham Bakr
Shahzad Dildar
Betsi Cadwaladr
Julie Jones (Vice-Chair)
Vishwanath Puranik
Michelle Louise Hatch
Tarek Elmargarbi
Arumugam Jayanthi
Hywel Dda
Sharmila Edekar
Sujatha Udayasankar
Adam Tyler
Vacant
Vacant
Swansea Bay
Duvvoor Prathap Reddy
Dwijen Baruah
Naleen Kumar Thota
Cardiff and Vale
Ineta Zobina
Annette Preest
Vacant
Aneurin Bevan
Kavan Arora
Vacant
Powys
Julia Bignall
Velindre
Vacant
Public health
Vacant
WSASC Executive Subcommittee
Ali Nazir (Chair)
Hisham Bakr (Deputy Chair)
Julie Jones
Raj Nirula
Sujatha Udayasankar
Duvvoor Prathap Reddy
Our meetings
We meet four times a year to discuss the latest issues affecting SAS doctors in Wales. These meetings are open to committee members only.
Meeting dates for 2023/24
- Wednesday 20 November 2024 (Virtual only)
- Tuesday 18 March 2025 (Hybrid)
- Wednesday 18 June 2025 (Virtual only)
How to join
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 Wales SASC, this is:
- Seats/term – every three years, health boards and Trusts in Wales elect 28 representatives for a three-session term. Seats are distributed evenly between boards based on the number of SAS doctors employed in the board area.
- Timeline - elections are usually held in July or August.
- Eligibility - all SAS doctors who are BMA members, and working in a Welsh health and social care trust are eligible to stand and vote in this election.
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
Direct elections WSASC 2025-28
Health board / number of seats
- Swansea Bay University Health Board representatives 3
- Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board representatives 6
- Cardiff and Vale University Health Board representatives 2
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board 3
- Hywel Dda University Health Board 5
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board 6
- Powys Teaching Health Board 1
- Velindre NHS Trust 1
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust 1
Eligibility
To stand or vote in this election, you must:
- be a BMA SAS doctor
- be working in one of the health boards and Trusts above
- have a BMA online account
Nominations
- Nominations - from 9am on Tuesday 10 June 2025 to 12 noon on Tuesday 1 July 2025.
- Ballot - from 9am on Thursday 3 July 2025 to 12 noon on Thursday 24 July 2025.
Results
Results will be announced from Monday 28 July 2025.
If you have any questions about these elections, please email [email protected]
Read our guide on how to use our online system for elections.
Get in touch
If you want to find out more about the work of the WSASC, email us or call 029 2047 4696.
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