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A doctor from North Lanarkshire has been jailed for 12 years after being convicted of a campaign of sexual abuse over nearly four decades. Krishna Singh, 72, was found guilty of 54 charges against 48 women while he was a GP in Coatbridge. BAPIO condemns this kind of unprofessional conduct and welcomes the judgment toRead more

IV INDIA-UK HEALTHCARE CONFERENCE 2022 Royal College of Physicians of London by- Madhu Mati Sahani, Nephrologist, London At the 4th India – UK healthcare conference, for the first time I had the opportunity to experience the spirit of collaboration between the two countries. The main aim was to improve ties in healthcare at all levels,Read more

BAPIO Training Academy’s venture with Ujala Cygnus secures a £6.9 million deal to train Indian doctors in acute medicine, creating 20 jobs in the UK. BTA is now closely working with the Department of Health to explore innovative and sustainable ways of training and developing doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals to deliver safe, effective,Read more

“BAPIO is delighted to support this very important trial. We request all our members to encourage all their contact to register for the trial. Our own BAPIO Pharmacy lead, Professor Mahendra G Patel OBE is one of the leads on this world’s fastest and largest recruiting clinical trial in primary care” Dr. Ramesh Mehta. PublicRead more

BAPIO Collaborated with Commonwealth Association for Health & Disability (COMHAD) for an International Conference of COMHAD 2021 on 10 th ,11 th and 12th of Dec 2021. BAPIO joined with COMHAD organising an international conference on “Post Covid- 19 challenges for Challenged”. There was a preconference workshop on “Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development” andRead more

The Dance Fitness classes organised by the BAPIO Health and Well-being forum and BINA are a great hit. The classes are run by  Dr Swapna Gambhir, well known for her Bombay Jam classes. It has been proven that learning new moves and combinations can improve memory as well as concentration. It tones your muscles, andRead more

BAPIO has raised serious concerns with Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and Charlie Massey, the CEO of the General Medical Council about the cancellation of PLAB2 tests during January and February 2022. The GMC announced on 22 December 2021 that it was cancelling all PLAB2 tests for overseas doctorsRead more

The first ever, ground-breaking conference dedicated exclusively to the cause of promoting dignity in the healthcare workplace was planned to bring together national experts, stakeholders and the frontline, multiprofessional workforce to the haloed setting of Keele Hall on 15 January, 2022. The Alliance for Equality in Health Professions set up by BAPIO in 2020, tookRead more

Findings of the CQC’s survey released today confirm the conclusions of the BAPIO survey that the ethnic minority GPs fear the CQC inspections and feel harassed by their demands without considerations of unavailability of resources. Dr Ramesh Mehta OBE, President of BAPIO said “While we welcome the CQC attempt to shine the light on theirRead more

BAPIO has written to Dr.Rosie Benneyworth, Chief Inspector of Primary Medical Services and Integrated Care. Care Quality Commission raising concern that there has been a lack of a robust action plan emerging from CQC around how it plans to tackle the disparities seen in outcomes and inspections in practices led by Black, Asian, and ethnicRead more