MWF produces a newsletter every month and a larger publication Medical Women three times a year. For more information follow the links to the side and for extracts of our latest newsletter see below. You can also read a copy of the article written by our honorary secretaries on why MWF is still relevant today by clicking here>>
Drs Beryl De Souza and Rosalind Ramsay – Honorary Secretaries
Feedback from Autumn Meeting
We are delighted with your feedback from the Autumn Meeting and have taken
on board your suggestions, especially the excellent ideas for future workshops.
We look forward to hearing from you with any further comments. We are grateful
to our sponsors who enjoyed being at our meeting and to Clinique for providing
us with a valuable sample bag. Prof. Allyson Pollock is kindly giving her
talk for us to put on our website for your use. Our medical press coverage
and photographs can be found here>>
Consultant Exapnsion - Write to your
MP
The BMA has identified that many more hospital consultants are needed to maintain
and improve the quality of patient care in the NHS. There is mounting clinical
evidence that in many areas of medical practice, there is a need to increase
the number of consultants over and above the expansion that has already taken
place in recent years, in order to ensure that patients receive the highest
possible level of care and that the NHS delivers its services in the most
cost effective way. Trusts in England should begin work with their PCT colleagues
to enable this expansion to start. In order to highlight the importance of
focused and targeted consultant expansion, you can write expressing your concerns
direct to your MP. To get in touch with your MP, visit: www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/ConExpanCampaign.
Invitation to BMA Central Consultants & Specialists
Committee (CCSC) meeting
The BMA welcomes all consultants, and would be particularly keen to hear from
less well-represented groups including female consultants and those from ethnic
minorities. At each of the four CCSC meetings per year, a maximum of five
places will be made available for non-CCSC members to attend as visitors.
The aim of the scheme is to give consultants who are not members of the CCSC
the opportunity to see and, where appropriate, participate in policy-making
processes. Email arivett@bma.org.uk for more information.
MWF Tavistock House North, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HX,
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