📅Nominations for the 26/27 Welsh Medical Students Committee are now open
🏴 Be the voice for medical students in Wales
🗓️ Nominations close 12pm, 14 May
👉 Nominate yourself: elections.bma.org.uk
🗣️Many thanks to the candidates and members who joined our Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan Division hustings this week.
🙏 Diolch yn fawr!
Thank you to @plaidcymru.bsky.social @welsh-labour.bsky.social @greenparty.org.uk @libdems.org.uk
Screenshot of Senedd candidates at the BMA Cymru Wales and RCN Wales virtual joint hustings events
🙏Thank you to all the candidates and members who took part in last night’s joint virtual hustings event with RCN Wales
👩💻Read our manifesto to find out what we want to see from the next Welsh Government ⬇️
🔗https://bit.ly/4vQILo6
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Retired BMA members in North Wales 👋
Join us 28 April - 13:30 to hear updates from the BMA, pensions, ethics and the Beds Campaign — and reconnect over lunch ☕️🤝
Optional: stay for the Senedd election hustings (6–7.30pm) with a hot supper 🍽️
🔗www.bma.org.uk/event...
🩺GPs in Wales!
❓Have you completed our workforce, wellbeing and workload survey?
🗣️We need to hear from the profession to help inform our work
🛍️Complete the 10-15 minute survey and be in with a chance to win £50 in shopping vouchers
👩💻 bit.ly/4czHrND
🗳️WRDC votes to enter dispute over pay
📩Members, please look out for an email with more details
📲Check your contact details are up to date
bit.ly/4vozXW6
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📩 Wales members: check your emails for invites to our hustings
Ask future MSs about: 🗣️
🏥 GP investment
👩⚕️ Doctor workforce
⚠️ Patient safety & corridor care
#HealthInOurHands manifesto 👉www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/working-with-...
🙌WRDC Win!
📕As part of the resident doctor and dentist contract reform package, we’ve secured the following reforms to study budget for all residents regardless of whether they move to the new contract.⬇️
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📣Calling all BMA Cymru members - what health issues are important to you ❓
🧾Read our manifesto and talk to your candidates about issues which concern our NHS
👉www.bma.org.uk/what-...
📢In its March 2026 meeting, Welsh Council voted unanimously to pass the following motion.
Read the motion in full 🔗www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/uk-national-a...
🚨Welsh Council has 1 remaining seat at this year’s ARM, with 15 candidates standing All BMA members in Wales
🗳️Simply log in to your BMA account and vote under the elections section.
🕛Voting closes: 12 noon, 8 April 2026
🗣️For years we have called for restrictions on the placement and promotion of foods high in fat, salt and sugar, so this is a welcome step forward.
🛒We will continue to campaign to ensure people are given the best chance to make healthier choices to prevent obesity
www.gov.wales/healthier-ch...
"It makes no consideration for the way doctors routinely sacrifice their own health to bridge the gap between dwindling resources and rising patient demand"
Read our response to the 26/27 pay award
bit.ly/4lTgGrt
“As doctors in Wales, we have repeatedly raised the alarm.
"All political parties must commit to ending corridor care and tackling the causes of long waits"
Read our response to the latest RCEM report ⬇️
www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
🗳️ Calling all BMA members in Wales
Welsh Council has 1 remaining seat at this year’s ARM, with 15 candidates standing.
👉 Check your email tomorrow to vote online. 📧
🕛 Voting opens 12 noon, 25 March and closes 12 noon, 8 April 2026.
⚕Join the BMA today! 🌟 Get FREE access to exclusive resources, training, support, and guidance throughout your medical career.
📰From wellbeing resources to professional development, we've got you covered. Join now
"It’s not about a floor that leaks, it’s about how patients suffer"
Cardiff and Vale LNC chair Professor Argiris Asderakis on how the poor state of UHW is impacting patient care with significant delays and disruption to vital services ⬇️
www.itv.com/news/wales/2...
📣Resident doctors in Wales: you should have received the 2026 employment & training places survey by email.
📝 Please complete by Friday— your response is vital to exposing the scale of the employment crisis in Wales.
💻Link will be in your emails.
🏥 Our NHS is showing visible symptoms of strain: record waiting lists, corridor care, and GP closures. 📉 It’s time for action. Ask your candidates what they are promising for healthcare in Wales 🗳️ Read our #Senedd2026 manifesto: #HealthInOurHands 👉 tinyurl.com/372rjdtm
As outlined in our 2026 Senedd manifesto we want to see the Welsh Government go further on tobacco and vaping regulation by
👮♂️Tackling illegal trade
🚫Banning flavoured vapes
🛒Tightening restrictions on promotions
🔗Manifesto bit.ly/46STJP5
#Nosmokingday2026
✉️Members in Wales keep an eye on your inbox! You will soon be able to nominate yourselves for a chance to be at ARM.
🗳️ The ARM shapes BMA policy for the year ahead.
📅 22–24 June 2026 | Hybrid
Read more🔗 www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/a...
🗞️ ABUHB latest BMA LNC Newsletter includes:
⚖️ MHA assessment rates (unchanged since 2005)
🗣️ Speaking Up Safely
❄️ Winter pressures & patient flow
We’re pushing for urgent action to protect staff & services 💪
🔗 Read more:
bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr...
🗳️ Your Voice. Your Council. Vote now.
Voting is open in the biggest ever BMA UK council election – with 247 candidates standing for 69 seats.
Check your post for your voting pack 📬 and make your voice heard.
👉 www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/u...
👋Croeso to delegates attending today’s Welsh Conference of Representatives of Local Medical Committees
Join the livestream now:
bma.org.uk/what-we-do/l...
#WLMC2026
Don't forget to complete our employment and training places survey to inform our work
www.surveymonkey.com/r/NS5KYRD?ut...
📣Resident doctor members in Wales
📩We've sent you an email with more detail about what this means and what we're doing in Wales to tackle medical underemployment
❓Have you completed the 2026 Wales Resident Doctor Employment and Training Places Survey?
🏥If you're a resident doctor working in Wales we need to hear from you, whatever your circumstances to help improve opportunities for all
🔗https://bit.ly/4d2Hrr2
Yellow daffodils
Dymuna BMA Cymru Ddydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus i bawb.
BMA Cymru wishes everyone a Happy St David’s Day.
