Negotiating committees

Nominations for the Public Health Medicine Committee and Public Health Medicine Registrars subcommittee

If you meet the criteria for any of the seats below and would like your views and those of your colleagues to steer the course of BMA action then please complete a nomination form.

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Completed nomination forms must be returned by Friday 14 June 2013.

Public Health Medicine committee - nominations are invited for the election of one public health doctor (consultant, SpR, Specialty Registrar in public health medicine) from each of the following Regions of England: North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, North East, South West, London, East of England, East Midlands, West Midlands and South East.

Public Health Medicine Registrars subcommittee – nominations are invited for the election of a SpR or Specialty Registrar in public health medicine from each of the same regions of England listed in the main committee’s advert .

The first meeting of these committees will take place in the Autumn.

The Public Health Medicine Committee

The Public Health Medicine Committee (PHMC) meets three times a year, in early February, mid-May and early October, to discuss all matters affecting public health medicine and public health physicicians.

Will Frost is the senior policy executive.

T: 020 7383 6158
E: wfrost@bma.org.uk 

We have elected two new Co-chairs

 - read more and get an update on the Public Health transition in the latest letter to members. 
 

The Public Health Medicine Registrars subcommittee (PHMRS)

The subcommittee meets three times a year, usually on the same day as the main Public Health Medicine Committee, to discuss issues of particular relevance to trainees.

The chair is Ian Kennedy.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about the work of the committee, please contact Naa Addo at naddo@bma.org.uk or by phone 020 7383 6027.

 

The Public Health Medicine Consultative Committee (PHMCC)

Is made up of representatives of the Faculty of Public Health, the Public Health Medicine Committee, Unite and the Department of Health and meets to discuss issues relating to standards and the practice of public health medicine.

The chair is Professor Lindsey Davies and she is also the chair of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH).

 

The Welsh Committee for Public Health Medicine (WCPHM)

Considers and reports to the committee for public health medicine on matters peculiar to Wales, respecting the relationship of the medical profession in Wales to the Welsh Government. It keeps the central committee informed of the circumstances related to practice in Wales.

The committee normally meets three times a year with one meeting being an open meeting.

For any information on WCPHM committee, please contact Gayle Rogers on 029 2047 4610 or email grogers@bma.org.uk 

 

Downloads

Publich health medicine in Wales (PDF)

Public health speech to 2012 ARM

Dr Keith Reid reflects on the committee's work and achievements over the past year

Watch his speech