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• BMA statement of priniciples on revalidation

  A set of principles which the BMA would like to see used to develop revalidation policy in the months ahead.

• Accommodation campaign - No room for more student debt

  The one-day Sleep in Tent protest took place on 18 July. Over 150 medical students gathered to protest at the removal of free accommodation support.

• Doctors call for Royal Commission to review co-payments, 9 July

  Doctors believe that patients should have the choice to purchase treatment not available on the NHS while still receiving the rest of their treatment on the health service.

• Annual Representative Meeting 2008

  The ARM is the BMA's key policy making meeting, and this year took place in Edinburgh from 6 to 10 July. Archived webcasts of the event are available now.

• Forever cool: the influence of smoking imagery on young people

  Exploring the effects of pro-smoking imagery and how exposure to positive images of smoking can be decreased and exposure to positive images of health increased.