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We’re marching at #PrideInLondon today 🌈 . BMA members are joining the parade as part of the celebrations @PrideInLondon
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The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM, relating to the crisis in Gaza. Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here:
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RT @TheDrMagazine: The BMA has warned the Government will need to work ‘hand in hand’ with doctors if its 10-year plan for the NHS is to su….
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“If you want to make change in a big organisation, you have got to have the staff come with you.”. Our council chair @thomasdolphin speaks to @BBCNews about the government’s 10 Year Health Plan:
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If the Government wants the 10 Year Health Plan to be as transformative as it would have everyone believe, then it needs to implement it hand-in-hand with those providing care to patients on the frontline every day. Read our high-level summary here:.
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Today we await publication of the Government's 10 Year Health Plan. To succeed the plan must reduce staff shortages and value staff. This means fixing pay, contracts and unemployment and ensuring changes are made in partnership with frontline workers. 🔗
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RT @SAS_DrClodagh: If you can't see it, you can't be it. Without accepting and normalising differences of ability we will lose valuable ins….
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Today is the start of #DisabilityPrideMonth . Through the month, we’ll share examples of how we’re supporting more inclusive practices for doctors and patients. Read from our new RB deputy chair @SAS_DrClodagh on normalising disability in the workplace
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The GMC is failing us. Join the BMA's NEW register to show your support for change. 🔗 It's open to all doctors, so spread the word to your friends and colleagues.
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RT @SAS_DrClodagh: The GMC has failed. They have argued in court they have neither a statutory duty to protect the public nor a legal duty….
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RT @thomasdolphin: 1) Residents in England, post your strike ballot back ASAP - tell your colleagues.2) GPs in N Ireland, find your referen….
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RT @BMAResidents: Have you returned your ballot yet?. It's time to get posting this weekend. Monday 30 June is the last safe posting date….
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It's welcome that the need to improve mental health support has been acknowledged in the Ten-Year Health Plan. The Government must now commit to funding that reflects the true scale of need, or the proposed reforms risk falling short. Full response 🔗👇.
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RT @BMAResidents: We need over 50% of you to vote to meet the legal threshold for taking strike action. Let’s put our weight behind the f….
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RT @TheDrMagazine: ‘I will empower BMA members so that everywhere that doctors work and medical students study, they know that they are str….
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RT @thomasdolphin: First day as Chair of Council @theBMA. Good introductory phone call this evening with @wesstreeting - lots more to discu….
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Tonight, @thomasdolphin has been elected as the new BMA Chair of Council. We offer him our congratulations and a warm welcome to the role. Thank you to @DrPhilBanfield for his dedication to our members and the medical profession over the past three years.
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Farewell to our former BMA representative body chair .@DrLatifaPatel 👋.The messages of thanks and admiration from your colleagues really do say it all - watch here 👇
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And that’s a wrap on #BMAARM25! . Thank you to everyone who joined us in Liverpool – and followed along online. Watch the highlights from an action-packed few days, filled with debate, discussion and more.
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