Written evidence from the BMA to the above inquiry. The BMA's evidence draws attention to a number of issues and states that the extent to which the NHS can contribute to reducing health inequalities should be viewed in the context of evident widening inequalities in wealth and other related socio-economic inequalities.
The commission is to release a proposal in summer 2007 outlining the rights of patients to be treated abroad. The BMA believes that future legislation on the issue of cross border patient mobility provides a unique opportunity to raise general standards of healthcare in the EU.
The BMA welcomes the Department of Health’s recent consultation with the medical profession and patients on a new approach to responding to complaints to unify and reform the current arrangements for making complaints across health and social care.
The British Medical Association’s comments on the above consultation. The BMA would like to comment on certain areas of the document, most notably the proposed medical report template to be used by medico-legal experts
Written evidence from the BMA's Patient Liaison Group and endorsed by the BMA to the Health Select Committee's into Public and Patient Involvement in the NHS.