On the calculated death rates from coronavirus.
From Stephen Watkins, retired Director of Public Health, Stockport. Based on 119 deaths in a …
Does an ageing population lead to increased healthcare costs?
In every population every individual is ageing. To say that we have an ageing population means …
Future of the House of Lords
THE CASE FOR A SECOND CHAMBER WHICH WOULD ADD SOMETHING TO PARLIAMENT AND PROMOTE EMPOWERMENT …
Greater Manchester Devolution Package
An MPU-Unite Statement SUMMARY What follows is an analysis of why we feel ‘DevoManc’ is …
Evidence to the Labour Party Investigation into Health Service Organisation
The author is a member of BMA Council, a former (1987-97) President of the Medical …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 15 Chasing the Achievable
There have been three main themes to this book. The first is that the medical …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 14 The British Medical Association as a Trade Union
The British Medical Association has always been a trade union. Its objective has always been …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 13 Doctors and the Women’s Movement
Women in Medicine Women in medicine have had equal pay for many years, since long …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 12 Doctors and Health Workers
The medical profession’s attitude to other health workers contains a number of contradictory strands. First …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 11 Medicine and Racism
All of us who have been brought up in a racist culture are racist and …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 10 Medicine, Peace and Civil Liberties
The idea that the BMA was swinging to the left arose in 1983 as a …
Medicine and Labour Chapter 9 The Patients’ Movement
The Growth of the Patients’ Movement The last decade and a half has seen a …