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Nagpaul confirmed as next BMA council chair
Chaand Nagpaul has been confirmed as the next British Medical Association (BMA) council chair, succeeding incumbent Mark Porter on 29 June.
Dr Nagpaul, a London GP of 27 years, is currently the BMA GPs committee chair, having been elected to the position in 2013, serving as part of the committee’s UK negotiating team between 2007 and 2013 before that.
Nagpaul said: “It is a tremendous privilege and honour to represent the medical profession as BMA council chair. The challenges facing doctors and the health service in which we work have never been greater. Doctors are at the sharp end of chronic underfunding, staff shortages and rising demand on the NHS, and see firsthand the devastating impact these pressures have on patient care.
“I will work to ensure that the BMA supports doctors facing these pressures, and will lead the charge for an NHS that is properly resourced by the next government, so that doctors can provide the safe, high-quality care patients deserve.”
A chair of his local BMA division, Nagpaul is also a fellow of the Royal College of GPs.
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