Wining, dining and debating the issues of modern medicine

THE BMA's annual conference is over for another year. Doctors from across all branches of medicine and from all corners of the UK have now returned to their hospitals, surgeries or offices.

For outsiders looking in, it may seem this conference is little more than an annual get-together, an opportunity for camaraderie and fine dining. They would be wrong. The four-day conference includes a lot of hard debate on issues that challenge us ...