The BMA UK council is the principal executive committee of the trade union. It sets the strategic direction of the association in line with policy decided by the representative body. Council is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policy throughout the year between annual representative meetings.
Our people
BMA council currently has 69 voting members. Each is directly elected by the membership to give a geographical and branch of practice mix as well as five seats for ethnic minority members.
There are also a number of ex-officio non-voting members, including those who chair some of the many committees reporting to council.
UK council members
Council chair - Tom Dolphin
Chair of representative body - Amit Kochhar
Deputy chair of representative body – Clodagh Corrigan
Treasurer - Peter Holden
President – Farah Bhatti
Northern Ireland council - Alan Stout
Scottish council - Iain Kennedy
Welsh council - Iona Collins
Consultants committee – Joint chairs Shanu Datta and Helen Neary
General practitioners committee - Katie Bramall
Resident doctors committee – Jack Fletcher
Medical academic staff committee – Joint chairs David Strain and Jonathn Gibb
Medical ethics committee - Andy Green
Medical students committee – Henry Budden and Elgan Manton-Roseblade
Private practice committee - Jennifer Yell
Public health medicine committee - Heather Grimbaldeston
Staff, associate specialists and speciality doctor committee - Ujjwala Mohite
Board of the BMJ Publishing Group - Peter Vicary-Smith
Board of science - David Strain
Organisation committee – Joint chairs Jamshid Khan and Arjan Nagra
Patient liaison group - Joint chairs Emma Beeden and Rowena Skinnner
Retired members committee - Peter Curry
Alphabetical last name list of members elected in the 2026 election to serve until the close of the ARM in 2029 (2028 for medical student seats)
Becky Acres (Scotland)
Manish Adke (Wales)
Barrak Almoosawi (Resident Doctors)
Samira Anane (North West)
Andrew Ashworth (Other)
Sahar Awadallah (Yorkshire)
Oluwaseun Theophilus Babalola (Scotland)
Ella Banbury (Medical Students)
Matt Bilton (South Central)
Stuart Blake (Scotland)
Madjda Bougherira (North West)
Alex Boulton (East of England)
Katie Bramall (General Practice)
Nina Breunung-Joshi (East of England)
John Chisholm (Retired Doctors)
Iona Collins (Consultants)
Clodagh Corrigan (Northern Ireland)
Hannah Dawa (Wales)
Patrick Davey (South Central)
Lucy-Jane Davis (South West)
Chris Day (Staff Associate and Specialist Doctors)
Thomas Dolphin (Consultants)
Omar Elsobky (London)
Paul Evans (North East)
Keith Farrell-Dillon (London)
Jack Fletcher (North East)
Alex Freeman (South Central)
Anusha Gajanan (Medical Students)
Eilidh Garrett (West Midlands)
Fiona Griffin (Northern Ireland)
Gaurav Gupta (South East Coast)
Michael Henley (East Midlands)
Peter Holden (General Practice)
Jonathan Hopkins (West Midlands)
Ian Hume (East of England)
Alphabetical last name list of members elected in the 2026 election to serve until the close of the ARM in 2029 (2028 for medical student seats).
Anil Jain (North West)
Iain Kennedy (General Practice)
Jamshid Khan (East Midlands)
Khadija Khan (London)
Amit Kochhar (Staff Associate and Specialist Doctors)
Rebecca Lavelle (Resident Doctors)
Charlotte Lawthom (Wales)
Huda Mahmoud (Consultants)
Elgan Manton-Roseblade (Medical Students)
Brian McGregor (Yorkshire)
Martin McKee (Academics)
Adelina McLeod (North East)
Ian Morris (South West)
John O'Driscoll (West Midlands)
Francesco Palazzo (Resident Doctors)
Callum Parr (London)
Mohmed Patel (Ethnic Minority)
Kapilraj Ravendran (Ethnic Minority)
Richard Rawlins (South West)
Emma Runswick (Resident Doctors)
Melissa-Sue Ryan (East Midlands)
Vishal Sharma (Ethnic Minority)
Rajvir Singh (Ethnic Minority)
Amy Small (Yorkshire)
Shabina Sultan (Ethnic Minority)
Reshma Syed (South East Coast)
Mirac Burak Tak (South East Coast)
David Watkin (Public Health Medicine)
Andrew John (Northern Ireland)
Callum Wood (Consultants)
Peter Wright (Occupational Medicine)
David Wrigley (General Practice)
Our meetings
The UK council meets six times a year. The meetings take place at BMA House in London or virtually from 10am to 5pm.
Next meetings of the 2026-27 session
- Thursday 16 July
- Wednesday 16 September
- Wednesday 18 November
- Wednesday 20 January
- Wednesday 24 March
- Wednesday 19 May
2027-28 session
- Wednesday 14 July 2027
- Wednesday 15 September 2027
- Wednesday 17 November 2027
- Wednesday 19 January 2028
- Wednesday 15 March 2028
- Wednesday 17 May 2028
2028-2029 session
- Wednesday 19 July 2028
- Wednesday 20 September 2028
- Wednesday 15 November 2028
- Wednesday 24 January 2029
- Wednesday 14 March 2029
- Wednesday 16 May 2029
Our terms of reference
The BMA UK council sets the strategic direction of the association in line with policy decided by the representative body at the annual representative meeting. It is responsible for the formulation of policy throughout the year and is the principal executive committee of the trade union.
The constitution
Council comprises 69 members elected from a single UK constituency covering geography, branch of practice and ethnic minority representation. Gender constraints are also applied.
The council electoral zones are: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, north eastern, north western, central, eastern, London, central southern, and south western.
The branch of practice categories are academics, armed forces, consultants, general practice, resident doctors, medical students, occupational medicine, public health medicine, retired doctors, staff, associate specialists and specialty doctors.
The full constitution of council is set out below:
- President of the association
- Chair of the representative body
- Deputy chair of the representative body
- Chair of council
- Treasurer
- Chair of Northern Ireland council
- Chair of Scottish council
- Chair of Welsh council.
And the chairs of those committees and boards as specified annually by council on the advice of the organisation committee, subject to the proviso that the number of ex-officio members (excluding the four chief officers: the president of the association, the chair of the representative body, the chair of council and the treasurer) shall not exceed half the total number of voting members.
Voting members are elected from a single UK constituency and are drawn from all UK electoral zones and from all branches of practice.
To ensure a spread of members from around the UK and from the various branches of practice, at least one member will be elected from each electoral zone and at least one from each branch of practice. Medical students will be limited to a maximum of two elected members and retired members to one elected member.
The UK electoral zones are: Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, north eastern, north western, central, eastern, London, central southern, and south western.
The branch of practice categories are academics, armed forces, consultants, general practice, resident doctors, medical students, occupational medicine, public health medicine, retired doctors, staff, associate specialists and specialty doctors.
In accordance with the TULCRA 1992, only those members directly elected to council by the membership of the BMA are eligible to vote.
Elections
Upcoming elections
Elections for the whole council are scheduled for spring 2026.
Get in touch
We're happy to answer any queries, give advice or help on any matter related to the UK council. Email council secretariat.