Annual Representative Meeting 2004 - supplementary agenda
(Published 25 June 2004)
TO FOLLOW ITEM 2
STANDING ORDERS
544 Amendment by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE:
That part (ii) of item 2 be amended to read as follows:
“A ‘two-thirds’ majority shall be two-thirds of representatives present and voting. Those voting will only include those voting ‘for’ and ‘against’ the motion.
That the following be added:
“Abstentions will not be used for the calculation in either case.”
The amended motion would then read:
“That the following amendments be made to the interpretation section of the Standing Orders:
(i) A 'simple' majority shall be when the number of votes 'for' the motion is greater than the number of votes 'against' the motion;
(ii) A 'two-thirds' majority shall be two-thirds of representatives present and voting. Those voting will only include those voting 'for' and 'against' the motion.
Abstentions will not be used for the calculation in either case.”
REPORT OF THE AGENDA COMMITTEE
TO FOLLOW ITEM 11
545 Motion by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE: That the “A” be removed from agenda item 319 and that it be placed in the grey section.
546 Motion by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE: That the “A” be removed from agenda item 525 and that it remain in its current position on the agenda.
TO FOLLOW ITEM 12
547 Amendment by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE: That the section on section on Finances of the Association (items 99-105) finish at 2.50 pm on Monday afternoon and not 2.45 pm as stated in the agenda.
BYE-LAWS
TO FOLLOW ITEM 16
548 Motion by the CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISATION COMMITTEE:
That, in view of the management changes within the BMJ Publishing Group, this Meeting:
(i) invokes its power under Article 63 (7) to consider the following proposed amendment to the first schedule to the bye-laws to which three weeks' notice has not been given:
Under "Board of the BMJ Publishing Group": remove current wording in columns four and five and replace with the following wording in column four: "Council shall appoint the Chairman of the Board and such executive and non-executive directors as it deems necessary or appropriate."
(ii) instructs the Organisation Committee to review these changes and, consulting the Finance Committee and the Board of the BMJPG, bring recommendations to the 2005 ARM;
(iii) recommends to Council that a minimum of three non-executive directors should be members of the BMA.
Note: if this motion is carried it will supersede the amendment to the constitution of the Board of the BMJPG as set out on page 2 of appendix III to the ARM agenda.
549 Motion by the CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISATION COMMITTEE: That the Representative Body invoke its power under Article 63 (7) to consider the following proposed amendment to the second schedule to the bye-laws to which three weeks’ notice has not been given:
That the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee be renamed the Central Consultants Committee and that consequent amendments be made throughout the bye-laws to remove references to the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee and replace them with the Central Consultants Committee.
ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNCIL
TO FOLLOW ITEM 19
550 Rider by THE HALIFAX DIVISION: That the following words be added to item 19: “and include their attendance records.”
The motion with the rider would then read:
551 Motion by MAIDSTONE DIVISION: That the Annual Report should again include the names of members of Council, Chairmen and members of principle committees and include their attendance records.
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
TO FOLLOW ITEM 25
552 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs:
That this Meeting notes with concern the Department of Health’s proposals to change the rules on eligibility of overseas visitors to NHS treatment and their proposed new system of administration. In particular this Meeting opposes proposals to:
(i) deny failed asylum seekers free primary medical services;
(ii) make practices responsible for the collection of any NHS charges;
(iii) remove the current discretion practices have to provide free NHS primary services to overseas visitors.
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
Primary and secondary care
TO FOLLOW ITEM 67
553 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs:
That this Meeting:
(i) believes that PCOs should provide adequate services for all of their population to avoid selective postcode services provision;
(ii) condemns the fact that a “postcode lottery” is developing for enhanced services provision;
(iii) believes that persisting with purely local negotiation of local enhanced services will lead to an inexorable increase in postcode variation of service provision.
FINANCES OF THE ASSOCIATION
TO PRECEDE ITEM 103
554 Erratum: Parts (iv) and (v) should read (i) and (ii) in item 103.
MEDICAL WORKFORCE
Medical students
TO FOLLOW ITEM 125
555 Amendment by ANDREW GREEN AND RUSSELL WALSHAW: That the words “the student’s GP and” be deleted from part (i) of item 125, so that part (i) would read: “any medical student whose request to do so is supported by the university’s or another appropriate occupational health physician.”
MOTIONS NOT RELATED TO ANY SECTION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNCIL
TO FOLLOW ITEM 175
556 Amendment by JOHN GARNER AND PETER TERRY: That item 175 be amended to read:
“That this Meeting welcomes proposed legislation in the Scottish Parliament to increase penalties for obstructing emergency workers (including doctors, nurses and paramedics) when attending emergency situations and calls for the Government to consider similar legislation across the UK.”
ARMED FORCES
TO FOLLOW ITEM 218
55 Motion by THE ARMED FORCES CONFERENCE: That this Meeting calls on the Departments of Health to ensure that all Reserve Medical Officers receive two weeks' paid leave to fulfil their annual training requirement.
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE BMA
Payments to members
TO FOLLOW ITEM 304
558 Amendment by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE: That a new part (i) be inserted into item 304 to read as follows: “should not approve any remuneration of individuals for loss of earnings;”, the subsequent parts be reordered and the word “and” be removed from the beginning of the current part
(ii).
The amended motion would read:
Motion by THE AGENDA COMMITTEE: That the Compensation Committee:
(i) should not approve any remuneration of individuals for loss of earnings;
(ii) should not approve remuneration of individuals for loss of private practice earnings;
(iii) should limit the rates of compensation for loss of earnings to rates based on the appropriate NHS salaries;
(iv) should formulate and publish a scale of remuneration of those undertaking Council, board and other craft committee duties.
GENERAL PRACTICE
TO FOLLOW ITEM 359
559 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs: That this Meeting believes that far from meeting the aspirations and promises, the new GMS contract as implemented will not address the problems of patient allocations as had been hoped for and demands that it should be renegotiated to fulfil these aims.
560 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs: That this Meeting condemns much of the funding arrangements of the new GMS contract and:
(i) reiterates that the value of the global sum must be urgently re-negotiated to an amount that reflects the true cost of providing essential and additional services;
(ii) insists that (until the value of the global sum is adequate) the correction factor must be uplifted in proportion to any growth in practice capitation since 30/6//2003;
(iii) demands that the governments honour their commitment to fully fund the cost of the quality and outcomes payment from central resources;
(iv) insists that quality and outcome payments must be based on the actual prevalence of the condition and not reduced by mathematical manipulation;
(v) that the green field site proposals in the new contract will be seriously detrimental to the provision of quality general practice in areas of rapid population growth and demands their renegotiation.
561 Item 360 has been withdrawn by the proposers.
THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC
Nutrition and health
TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BRACKET WITH ITEM 412
562 Motion BY THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH: That this Meeting calls on the government to ban TV advertising of processed foods before the watershed in order to protect the health of children
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
Funding
TO PRECEDE ITEM 428
563 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs:
That this Meeting condemns the cuts in many deanery and WDC educational budgets and believes this will adversely affect current and future GPs and their staff and:
(i) demands that the Department of Health rectify the significant funding cut to training but not at the expense of other training and development funding streams for doctors and staff;
(ii) believes failure to restore the funding will prevent the government’s and profession’s aspirations for high quality patient care;
(iii) calls on government to guarantee sufficient funds in future years to support properly and expand the recruitment, training and retention of all GPs;
(iv) believes the proposed cuts reflected a culture of “organisational prejudice” within the Department of Health against the purpose and values of general practice;
(v) instructs the BMA to convey conference’s lack of confidence in the government’s commitment to GP recruitment.
PENSIONS
TO FOLLOW ITEM 497
564 Motion by THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF LMCs: That this Meeting opposes the proposal to increase the retirement age to 65, and wishes the BMA to take all steps necessary to protect medical practitioners who have contributed to the current scheme in good faith, and have planned their retirement accordingly.