What we do

BMA as a trade union

Trade union and professional association

We stand up for doctors both individually and collectively on a wide variety of employment issues and, since the inception of the NHS, we have been formally recognised for collective bargaining purposes within national negotiating machinery and by individual employers at local level.

Our work as a trade union

BMA as a professional body

Through research and publishing we lead debate on key ethical, scientific and public health matters and award grants to encourage individual research in medicine.

Working with other bodies

We also work with a number of other professional bodies on issues which we, our members, or their patients have a legitimate interest.
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Our work as a professional association