BMA is meeting change with outraged reaction rather than adaptation

Abstract

EDITOR,—Hooray for editorial registrars! Douglas Carnall has bravely tackled the fundamental problems facing representative organisations such as the BMA.1 The association has recruited and accredited a new nationwide echelon of local medical politicians numbering roughly 4000, but the development of local negotiating committees may become a lost opportunity. Despite excellent work by officials in setting up and training local negotiators in industrial relations, media presentation, and …