BMA turns its back on performance related pay

The BMA has turned its back on performance related pay and local pay bargaining. At its annual meeting last week the association unanimously opposed both concepts. To prolonged applause the consultants' leader, Mr John Chawner, declared, “They strike at the heart of the NHS and at the heart of the way we work as a profession.”

The chairman of the BMA's council, Dr Sandy Macara, said that he hoped that the health secretary, the chancellor of the exchequer, and the prime minister had heard the applause. “I know; you know; only the government fails to understand that if it persists …