British Medical Association - BMA Committees

BMA Committees

As part of the representative remit of the BMA it has a number of representative committees formed from members elected at the Annual Representatives Meeting (ARM) and via other election processes. The most senior of these is Council. It meets five times a year to implement policy as decided at the ARM and to take relevant decisions during the year. Council has 34 voting members, led by the Chairman who is elected by council for an initial term of three years and to a maximum of five.

The Board of Professional Activities reports to Council and considers ethical, scientific, research, and educational matters whilst The Board of Representative and Political Activities considers reports from the following committees which represent doctors across the seven branches of practice which are:

• Central Consultants and Specialists Committee (CCSC) – representing senior hospital doctors
• General Practitioners Committee (GPC) – representing NHS General Practitioners (GPs)
• Junior Doctors Committee (JDC) – representing junior hospital doctors, including GP registrars in the hospital part of their training
• Medical Academic Staff Committee (MASC) – representing academic and research staff
• Medical Students Committee (MSC) – representing medical students
• Public Health Medicine Committee (PHMC) – representing public and community health doctors
• Staff and Associate Specialists Committee(SASC) – for doctors in the non consultant career grades.

Branch of Practice committees have a majority of BMA members but may also include non-members. All members are elected. These UK committees are mirrored across the devolved nations of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.