Trust in organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic Preamble The new coronavirus called the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the disease known as COVID-19. Three vaccines have been authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for … Continue reading
There is quite an argument in the United Kingdom about the situation in the National Health Service (NHS) regarding pensions. I must declare that I contributed to the NHS defined benefit pension scheme throughout my medical career including the 19 … Continue reading
It is disappointing to see even limited medical support for legislation for putative public health benefits. There is an impression that some doctors are too keen to resort to legislation to enforce their views on the public when it is … Continue reading
There are less than two months until the Welsh Assembly Government will have the power to remove the organs from a person’s body after death without informed consent if the person is an adult living in Wales. The next of … Continue reading
I appreciate there have been other shock election results recently! However I was shocked to be directly elected to the British Medical Association (BMA) Welsh Council for the session 2014 – 2017. I was heartened by the number … Continue reading
Statement as a candidate for election: I am a medical practitioner (MB, BS, 1980) resident in Wales since 1991. I left my employment with Cardiff University in 2012 to pursue my medical education career and I am now in … Continue reading
It is deeply disappointing to read the flow of misinformation from the BMA that is passed on by BMA News regarding organ removal. The latest example comes from an article entitled “Off The Record. Northern Ireland” (BMA News December 14th … Continue reading
The Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill is a deeply flawed piece of legislation and it is shameful of the BMA in Wales to have lobbied for it. It adds further shame for doctors on BMA Wales committees who formerly opposed presumed … Continue reading
The outbreaks of measles in Swansea and other places is regrettable. The government and the NHS authorities made major errors in their responses to people who were concerned about the triple mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the late … Continue reading
Re: Consultation on the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill 2013 Submission to: National Assembly for Wales Health and Social Care Committee <HSCCommittee@wales.gov.uk> Pre-amble The principles underlying the Bill are deeply flawed for two reasons. Firstly the principle of … Continue reading