Johann Malawana Research Articles

Proposed junior contract is a good deal, Malawana tells ARM

The chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee has said that the proposed new contract for junior doctors in England was a good deal. Speaking at the BMA’s annual representatives meeting in Belfast on Thursday 23 June, Johann Malawana said that he recognised that juniors had different views on the contract but that he thought it was a good deal. Junior doctors and final …

Junior contract will ensure fair weekend pay for part time trainees, says BMA

The proposed new contract for junior doctors in England is being changed to ensure that trainees who work less than full time (LTFT) receive a fair level of pay for working at the weekend, the BMA has said. The chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, Johann Malawana, said that the Department of Health and NHS Employers had confirmed on Thursday 2 June that changes would be made to the proposed contract in regard to LTFT trainees. Writing on Facebook on Saturday 4 June, Malawana said, “On Thursday the DH/NHSE side were able to confirm a few modifications as to the intent with LTFT trainees. Particularly in regard to pro rating the weekend supplement for LTFT.” A BMA spokesperson confirmed that the government had agreed to respond to concerns that the association had raised over LTFT pay. “The …

BMA urges Hunt to lift imposition and resume talks

After the two days of full strike action by junior doctors this week, the BMA has written to England’s health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, offering to return to negotiations if the threat of imposition of the contract is lifted. The letter from Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, also highlighted the outstanding issues remaining in the contract.1 The letter was sent after the two days of strike action by junior …

BMA denies that 90% of junior doctor contract is agreed

The chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee has refuted a government claim that 90% of the junior doctor contract in England had been agreed. In February England’s health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced that he would impose a new contract on junior doctors in England.1 On Wednesday 19 April Johann Malawana, chair of the Junior Doctors Committee, wrote to the health secretary and offered to call off an all-out strike planned for next week if the government abandoned its plan to impose the contract in August.2 In a letter in reply, sent on the same day, Hunt said that 90% of the contract had …

Johann Malawana: Government must recognise cost of healthcare

The BMA Junior Doctors Committee chair, Johann Malawana, says that the government and its advisers have failed to recognise the costs involved in providing today’s healthcare services

Hunt says there are no preconditions to junior contract negotiations

Jeremy Hunt has said in a letter to the BMA that there are no preconditions to negotiations on the junior doctor contract in England. In a letter sent to Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, on 17 November the health secretary for England said “there are no preconditions to talks whatsoever.”1 Malawana had previously said that the BMA wanted the government to withdraw preconditions to contract negotiations.2 A spokeswoman …

BMA hopes ballot will force contract change without need for strike

The BMA hopes that balloting junior doctors over industrial action will itself pressure ministers into changing their plans to impose a new contract on junior doctors in England. The BMA will ballot junior doctors on industrial action from Thursday 5 November.1 The association has said that from this date ballot papers would arrive with junior doctor members who were eligible to vote in the ballot. The ballot will close on Wednesday 18 November. Speaking to the BMJ Live event in London on Friday 23 October, Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, said that the exercise of balloting junior doctors was about increasing the pressure on the government. “This is all about pressure,” he said. “What we …

Chair of BMA Junior Doctors Committee to speak at BMJ Live

Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA’s Junior Doctors Committee, will speak at the BMJ Live event later this month. Malawana, who was elected chair of the committee in September, will speak at the two day event on 23 October. …

BMA writes to Hunt to demand assurances before re-entering junior doctor talks

The BMA has written to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, to seek the clear “concrete assurances” that it wants before agreeing to re-enter negotiations on the junior doctor contract. The BMA was replying to a letter that Hunt sent to Johann Malawana, chair of the BMA Junior Doctors Committee, on 8 October.1 In that letter, Hunt said that the new contract for junior doctors in England would not cut junior doctors’ pay or increase their working hours. Writing in reply, Malawana said that, if the health secretary was able to give assurances on the matters he had raised, then the BMA would be able to re-enter contract negotiations. “If you will offer us clear assurances on our reasonable needs for a safe contract, we would be in a position to enter negotiations on the number of other areas that …

Inside job

Johann Malawana, junior doctor on the MMC Programme Board, gives his experience from the other side of the fence

Laying good foundations

The foundation programme has been introduced this summer in the UK. But next year, there are plans for a national application scheme. <b>Johann Malawana</b> describes the proposals and the implications for students