Published 1 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2658
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2658

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Day of action in support of NHS fails to get enough support at BMA conference

Andrew Cole

1 Liverpool

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Delegates at the BMA’s annual representative meeting in Liverpool this week overwhelmingly backed the association’s new campaign to fight commercialisation in the NHS but stopped short of agreeing to hold a march or take part in a national day of industrial action.

Members actually voted by a small majority in favour of a national march and rally, but this number failed to meet the two thirds majority needed for motions that have financial implications.

Backing a march, Ian Banks, a member of the BMA council, said that doctors taking to the streets would be a "nightmare" for the government. "To have that march could be the turning point for the BMA in terms of its membership and for the future of the NHS," he said. "We need to show people that we care."

But council chairman Hamish Meldrum warned that setting up a march, finishing with a rally and concert, . . . [Full text of this article]


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