British Islamic Medical Association

The British Islamic Medical Association (BIMA) is a British organisation which aims to serve Muslim healthcare professionals in the UK.[1] BIMA was founded in 2013[1] and is an affiliate of the Muslim Council of Britain and the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations.

Campaigns

National Health Promotion

BIMA holds regular conferences and workshops and has created tool kits to address various issues that are dealt with by Muslim medical professionals.[1] One such project has been ‘Lifesavers’, launched in association with the British Heart Foundation.[1] The project was carried out in collaboration with mosques in the UK, and aimed to train members of the public and Muslim communities in Basic Life Support/CPR.[2][3]

In a similar project, BIMA has also collaborated with Cancer Research UK on a project aiming to educate members of the public and Muslim communities about bowel cancer and raise awareness about the availability and importance of bowel cancer screening services.[4][5]

British Medical Association and the National Health Service

BIMA, along with other medical associations and medical professionals, joined the British Medical Association in opposition to comments made at the 2016 Conservative Party Conference[6] in which medical professionals working in the NHS from overseas were referred to as an ‘interim workforce’.[7]

References
  1. "Mosque: Back To The Future | MuslimMatters.org". Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. "The wonderful things Muslims will be doing in your community this Christmas". The Independent. 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. "Learn life-saving CPR skills for free at Sleaford Islamic centre". www.sleafordstandard.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. "Boosting awareness of bowel cancer screening services". www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  5. "Cancer Research UK hopes to increase cancer screening in Oldham". Revolution 96.2. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  6. Matthews-King, Alex. "Newly trained doctors to be tied to NHS for four years, announces Hunt". Pulse Today. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  7. October 2016, 22. "Calling overseas doctors an 'interim' workforce is dangerous". Pulse Today. Retrieved 2019-02-14.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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