Branch of practice committees
Branch of practice committees
Branch of practice (BOP) committees represent and act for all doctors in each of the seven branches of practice, whether they are BMA members or not. The branch of practice committee structure is mirrored in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Further details on the current committees is available.
All doctors in a branch of practice can take part in voting and stand for election to the BOP committee whether or not they are members of the BMA, although the majority on the committee must be members. They do so through geographically based local or regional BOP committees which represent all doctors in an area in that discipline, eg local medical committees for GPs, or regional junior doctors' committees.
The BMA, and thus the BOP committees, are recognised by the health departments in national negotiations for NHS doctors and by the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body as representing all doctors in that BOP.