Medical information provider The BMJ Group, UK, has announced that the immediate past chairman of BMA Council, Dr. Hamish Meldrum, and Dr. Kiran Patel, a consultant cardiologist, are joining the BMJ Group Board as non-executive directors from November, 2012.
Dr Meldrum has been a registered medical practitioner for 40 years and spent over 30 years as a principal in general practice. Dr Patel is a consultant cardiologist and honorary senior lecturer in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Birmingham. He is also the medical director for West Mercia PCT cluster (4 PCTs) and has been an advisor to both the National Commissioning Board and NICE.
Dr Brian Keighley, Chairman of BMA Scotland and Deputy Chairman of the BMJ Group Board, is standing down after 10 years as a non-executive director and served previously on the BMA Journal Committee.
