BMA will ask members about “lived experience” of sexism and racism in the organisation

The BMA must conduct an annual anonymous survey of its members about whether they have experienced sexist or racist behaviour within the organisation, after representatives at the annual representative meeting in Liverpool backed a motion calling for “lived experience” research.The association has faced pressure to act on the findings of a 2019 report by Daphne Romney KC, commissioned in the wake of sexism allegations brought by female members.Romney’s report called for an end to insulting and denigrating behaviour among members and for everyone to call out bad behaviour when they see it. The BMA has implemented more than half of the recommendations,1 but last year female doctors said publicly that the process of responding was taking too long.2Proposing the motion, Grant Ingrams, a GP from Leicestershire and Rutland, acknowledged that the BMA was making progress but added, “What is missing is any proof that this activity is resulting in change….
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