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BMA is urged to back doctors who refuse to take part in government’s Prevent programme

BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2869 (Published 29 June 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k2869
  1. Gareth Iacobucci
  1. The BMJ

Doctors have urged the BMA to support members who refuse to take part in the government’s Prevent programme.

Under the strategy, which is part of the UK government’s counterterrorism plan, NHS organisations are legally obliged to report people who they think may be at risk of becoming terrorists. General practices are not covered by this directive.

The …

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