Better and safer: a new ambition for GPs in England

Katie Bramall-Stainer describes herself as outspoken, effective, and efficient. She’s someone who relishes detail and can’t sleep if she hasn’t finished scrutinising the fine print of a proposed GP contract or a liability agreement. These are traits, one might hope, that are well suited to the job for which she has just been elected—chairing the BMA’s GP Committee (GPC) in England.Inauspicious beginningsBramall-Stainer became GPC chair on 3 August,1 after a difficult period for the committee. Farah Jameel, the London GP who was elected chair in November 2021 and the first woman in the post,2 was on maternity leave when she was reportedly suspended by the BMA 12 months into the role. The GPC then had to pass a vote of no confidence in Jameel as a means of electing a new chair.3Bramall-Stainer is diplomatic in her assessment of the situation. “I don’t think it’s fair for me to make comments…
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