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  Obesity rise sparks call for public health promotion

  20 May 2013

  BMA Cymru Wales has stressed the importance of comprehensive public health promotion after the resul...

  Tags: obesity, public health, child healthcare, BMA Cymru Wales, Wales

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  Call for clarity on CPR

  16 May 2013

  The GMC should be clearer about rules allowing disabled medical students and trainees to prove they ...

  Tags: General Medical Council, disability, medical students, cardiovascular disorders

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  Doctors seek complete openness over clinical trials

  10 May 2013

  The UK should produce a mandatory open register of all clinical trials, a BMA conference said. Medic...

  Tags: academics conference, clinical trials, medical academics, BMA medical ethics, COMAR

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  Call for full trainee representation on medical education bodies

  10 May 2013

  Trainees should be represented on all the new bodies that have taken over responsibility for medical...

  Tags: academics conference, COMAR, medical academics, medical students, BMA medical education

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  BMA releases doctors' guide to medical ethics dilemmas

  10 May 2013

  A new guide by the BMA will help doctors tackle some of the dilemmas that they face on a daily basis...

  Tags: BMA medical ethics, medical records, patient confidentiality, doctor-patient relationships, violence at work, refusal to treatment, consent to treatment

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  BMA research panel wants your views

  9 May 2013

  Wanted: doctors keen to share their opinions with the BMA. The association’s health policy an...

  Tags: research, full members, BMA

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  Survey finds communication with NHS staff is lacking

  8 May 2013

  Doctors leaders have urged health boards to engage with staff better after just one in five NHS work...

  Tags: quality of care, work patterns, managers, medical workforce planning, BMA Cymru Wales, NHS Wales

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  BMA urges junior doctors to fill in GMC training survey

  2 May 2013

  Junior doctors are being reminded to respond to a GMC survey about their training. It is compulsory ...

  Tags: junior doctors, medical education and training, general medical council, postgraduate training

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  Standards expected of doctors come into force

  22 April 2013

  Doctors will need to meet updated standards on their conduct, skills and knowledge from today. The l...

  Tags: general medical council, standards of care, quality of care, doctor-patient relationships

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  Conference aims to aid doctors without revalidation link

  18 April 2013

  Doctors struggling to find an appropriate connection for revalidation can find help at a BMA-hosted ...

  Tags: revalidation, general medical council