Dr David E Pickersgill
July 2007
Job title and specialty:
BMA Treasurer; Retired GP
Current positions held on BMA committees:
Ex-officio Member of all Standing Committees
Observer at Board of BMJ Publishing Group Limited
Director of BMA Investments Limited
Trustee of BMA Charities
Trustee of BMA Staff Pension Scheme
Current positions held on other bodies:
Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, NHS Appeals Authority
External Medical Adviser to NHS Ombudsman
Previous positions held within the BMA and on other bodies:
Member, Norfolk Local Medical Committee (27 years) – 6 years as its Chairman
Member of General Practitioners Committee
Treasurer of General Practitioners Defence Fund Limited
Past Director of General Practice Finance Corporation
Chairman of Private Practice Committee
Chairman of Statutes and Regulations Committee
Chairman of Medico-Legal Committee
Chairman, NHS Complaints Working Party
Adviser to NHS Ombudsman
Areas of Special Interest: (Now retired from full-time practice)
Medical defence
Complaints/discipline