British Islamic Medical Association
The British Islamic Medical Association is a British organisation which aims to serve Muslim healthcare professionals in the UK.[1] The association was founded in 2013[1] and is an affiliate of the Muslim Council of Britain and the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations.
Campaigns[edit]
National Health Promotion[edit]
The British Islamic Medical Association holds regular conferences and workshops and has created tool kits to address various issues that are dealt with by Muslim medical professionals.[1] One such project has been ‘Lifesavers’, launched in association with the British Heart Foundation.[1] The project was carried out in collaboration with mosques in the UK, and aimed to train members of the public and Muslim communities in basic life support and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.[2][3]
In a similar project, the association has also collaborated with Cancer Research UK on a project aiming to educate members of the public and Muslim communities about bowel cancer and raise awareness about the availability and importance of bowel cancer screening services.[4][5]
British Medical Association and the National Health Service[edit]
Along with other medical associations and medical professionals, the British Islamic Medical Association joined the British Medical Association in opposition to comments made at the 2016 Conservative Party Conference[6] in which medical professionals working in the NHS from overseas were referred to as an ‘interim workforce’.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Mosque: Back To The Future". MuslimMatters.org. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "The wonderful things Muslims will be doing in your community this Christmas". The Independent. 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Learn life-saving CPR skills for free at Sleaford Islamic centre". www.sleafordstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Boosting awareness of bowel cancer screening services". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Cancer Research UK hopes to increase cancer screening in Oldham". Revolution 96.2. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ Matthews-King, Alex. "Newly trained doctors to be tied to NHS for four years, announces Hunt". Pulse Today. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
- ^ "Calling overseas doctors an 'interim' workforce is dangerous". Pulse Today. October 22, 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2019-02-14.