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Issue 3: 1 May 2019

Honourable President of India Inaugurates GAPIO’S Annual Conference Shri Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO)Annual Conference on 28 December 2018.

The conference was held at Hotel Taj Palace Mumbai. Dr Ramesh Mehta, President of GAPIO and BAPIO was delighted with the

BAPIO Wales Division Annual Conference

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BAPIO North East Division organises a Regional Conference

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The President of India in the Conference

success of the conference.

BAPIO Signs Collaboration Agreement With Brighton And Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust BAPIO’s South of England division organised a successful regional conference in partnership with the Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust on 22 February 2019.

Dame Marianne Griffiths, the CEO of BSUH NHS Trust said “I am delighted that BAPIO will assist the Trust with issues of equality and inclusion. We want to work Closely with BAPIO”.

The conference was held at Hilton Brighton Metropole, Brighton. The theme of the conference was ‘Improving Patient Safety by Promoting Equality and Inclusion’. An agreement to collaborate was signed between the two organisations followed by a gala dinner.

Dr Ramesh Mehta, President of BAPIO said “We are pleased to note the commitment of the trust to equality and inclusion. BAPIO has passion and experience to assist the trust”.

Mr Kalidasan, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Brighton and Chair of BAPIO South of England division said “BAPIO’s presence in the trust will also raise staff morale. BAPIO can also assist with staff recruitment and retention” The event was a huge success and received a lot of appreciation as this was the first South of England conference.

BAPIO West Midlands division organises Valentine’s dinner Dr Ramesh Mehta(left) with Dame Marianne Griffiths(right)

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 BAPIO Wales Division Annual Conference Is A Great Success BAPIO Wales Division organised its annual conference on 23 March 2019 with the theme ‘Zero Harm Zero Waste’. The event was attended by over 200 delegates. The Health Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething’s message for BAPIO was that he was grateful for assistance given to support medical work force crisis.

The conference was followed by a gala dinner at the glamourous City Hall. The guests included were the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford and Minister of State for Wales, Alun Cairns. The First Minister of Wales was grateful to BAPIO Wales for saving 3.5 Million Pounds by recruiting doctors from India.

(L-R) Mark Drakeford, Dr Ramesh Mehta and Prof. Keshav Singhal

Prof. Keshav Singhal Chair Wales division said ‘This was the most successful annual conference that we have organised. Presence of who’s who in Wales Government at this event shows our influence’.

Dr Hasmukh Shah, the Secretory of Wales division said ‘lot of hard work behind the scene was carried out by the organising team. My grateful thanks to them’.

BAPIO Support Gets Highly Appreciated In BAME Donor Gala Assembly

First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford during the conference

BAPIO Meets The President Of The Royal College Of Physicians London

BAPIO President Dr Ramesh Mehta and Honorary Secretary Prof Parag Singhal met with Dr Andrew Godard the President of RCP London to BAPIO welcomes the success of the BAME community in helping and supporting the change discuss several issues of collaboration between the two organisations. in law for organ donations.

During this meeting Dr Andrew Godard appreciated BAPIO’s great work Its support was highly appreciated in the BAME Donor Gala in London assembly hall on 18 March 2019. Dr Dev Chauhan and Mr. Ashok Khandelwal represented BAPIO during the assembly. Deemed consent is due to become a law in England in Spring 2019 and the plan is to implement it from 2020.

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and expressed their ongoing support.

(L-R) Prof Parag Singhal, Dr Andrew Godard and Dr Ramesh Mehta

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 Royal College Of Paediatrics And Child Health Joins GAPIO For A Successful Conference In India A joint conference of BAPIO, GAPIO and RCPCH was held in Mumbai on 30 December 2018. The emphasis of this conference was on child health in primary care. The RCPCH president, Prof Russel Viner was the guest of honour.

(L-R) Dr Ramesh Mehta, Prof Russell Viner, President RCPCH and Prof Mahendra Patel

BAPIO Invited To Meet The Health And Family Minister Of Government Of Delhi BAPIO President, Dr Ramesh Mehta was invited to meet with Health and Family Welfare Minister of Government of Delhi Mr. Satyendra Jain on 22 December 2018 in London. Mr Jain was highly impressed by the outstanding work carried out by BAPIO and has shown keen interest in developing close links with it. A memorandum of understanding is being planned.

Members of BAPIO executive community lighting a lamp at North East regional conference

During the conference there was a passionate discussion about ‘Current challenges facing the NHS ‘and ‘A vision for the future’.

Mr. Satyendra Jain (Left) and Dr Ramesh Mehta (Right)

BAPIO North East Division Organises A Regional Conference BAPIO North East Division held a regional conference on 2 March 2019 at Hotel Holiday Inn, Washington. BAPIO President, Dr Ramesh Mehta said ‘The local organising committee under the leadership of Dr Nandu Bhatt has done a commendable job. The BAPIO North East division is set to be one of our most dynamic divisions’.

BAPIO Chairman, Dr JS Bamrah complemented the local organising committee for their outstanding efforts towards the cause. The committee members present at the event were Drs Nandu Bhatt, Kamal Sindhu, Ashwin Joshi, Sharad Agrawal, Talwinder Singh Gill, Kamal Mahawar, Venkat Reddy were also praised for their selfless efforts.

Dr Parag Singhal Said ‘Well done NE Division! The conference programme was well thought of and the gala dinner was most enjoyable’.

The conference was a big success and had an overwhelming response, that the bookings were full and closed within the first week of the event announcement.

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 BAPIO West Midlands Division Organises Valentine’s Dinner Extremely well attended and most enjoyable valentine’s dinner has become a regular event of BAPIO West Midlands division.

The guest of honour was the Mayor of Birmingham, Yvonne Mosquito and the Chief Guest was Dr Aman Puri the Consul General of Indian High Commission. Dr Sajayan, The Chair of the Division said ‘I am delighted with the brilliant response and grateful to the organising team.

BAPIO West Midlands Valentine’s Dinner photos

The General Pharmaceutical Council Invites BAPIO For Advice BAPIO was invited by the General Pharmaceutical Council to give advice on approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.

(L-R) Prof Mahendra Patel, Dr Ramesh Mehta, GPhC CEO Duncan Rudkin, Francesca Okosi, Director of People and Mark Voce, Director Education and Standards

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BAPIO was represented by Dr Ramesh Mehta, the President and Prof Mahendra Patel, associate BAPIO member. GPhC was represented by Chief Executive Mr. Duncan Rudkin, the Director of Education Mr. Mark Voce and the Director of People, Francesca Okosi. It was agreed that professor Patel will liaise between BAPIO and GPhC. Mr. Rudkin showed keen interest for GPhC to participate in BAPIO annual conference.

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 BAPIO Organises Its First Isle Of Wight Conference Isle of Wight's First BAPIO Conference was held on 13 April 2019. The conference started with opening remarks from Dr Himanka Rana, GP who was also anchoring for the day. Dr Ramesh Mehta President BAPIO was one of the key speakers on the day and lent an excellent insight into the activities and objectives of BAPIO. There was a welcome speech by Mr Ramesh Babu Singh, Chairman BAPIO branch Isle of Wight followed by the various talks.

The conference was well attended by over 80 delegates coming over both from Isle of Wight and Mainland UK. The morning session was Chaired by Dr Sarah Gladdish, Consultant in Elderly care Isle of Wight and afternoon session by Dr Christopher Magier, Consultant Paediatrician and Vice Chairman BAPIO Isle of Wight. Professor Sir Terence Stevenson Nuffield, Professor Child Health UCL London gave an excellent talk about Post Graduate education and training along with discussions about GMC. Professor Neena Modi Department of Neonatology Imperial College London spoke about Publicly Funded and Publicly provided Healthcare Systems.

The conference received excellent response and there were multiple requests by delegates for the event to be conducted annually.

Photos from the Isle Of Wight Conference

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019

Dates for Diaries: Regional Events Calendar 2019 May • •

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BAPIO MID Year Conference, 12 May, Manchester BAPIO Paediatric Forum, ‘Hot Topics’ & Dinner during RCPCH Conference, 13 May, Birmingham Scotland, 18 May, Edinburgh

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UK-India Conclave 26 June, Buckingham Bedford Unit 28 June, Bedford

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Women’s Forum, 13 July, London

November •

BAPIO Annual Conference 22-24 November, London

WTO Invites BAPIO To Celebrate 70 Years Of NHS At House Of Lords WTO UK Celebrated 70 years of NHS during their Annual Awards Dinner at House of Lords on 14 December 2018.

BAPIO was represented by the President, Dr Ramesh Mehta.

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 BAPIO Meets Royal College Of Emergency Medicine BAPIO President Dr Ramesh Mehta and vice chair Dr Grover had a very fruitful meeting with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

The college was represented by DR Taj Hassan, the President, Mr. Gordon Miles, the Chief Executive and Emily Beet the dept. Chief Executive.

Both the parties agreed to have a good meeting and work collaboratively.

FIT TO PRACTISE? IT’S A QUESTION OF EVIDENCE CASE STUDY Dr X applied to the GMC, for full GMC Registration with a licence to practise. Within the application, Dr X disclosed details about an incident of plagiarism which occurred a few years previously. Dr X had submitted a report, in which plagiarism was identified. As a result of this incident, the GMC refused Dr X’s application, citing that the Registration Panel could not be satisfied that Dr X’s fitness to practice was not impaired by virtue of the plagiarism incident. Dr X approached MDS for assistance with appealing the GMC’s decision.

MDS ADVICE MDS advised Dr X on the information and evidence the Appeal Panel would be interested to see. The Appeal Panel had to (Right Left) Dr Ankur Khandelwal,inDr Ramesh consider whether Dr X’s conduct was so serious that a finding of impaired fitness totopractise was required, order to uphold Mehta, Dr Nikhil Aggarwal and Prof Dame Parveen professional standards expected of a doctor. The burden of proof rests with a doctor, to establish that their fitness to practise Kumar with students during the conference is not impaired.

The Appeal Panel heard Dr X’s appeal, during which Dr X gave evidence about the incident. The Appeal Panel determined that, based on Dr X’s evidence, his fitness to practise was not impaired and consequently, his appeal was allowed, and the GMC were directed to grant his application for registration.

LEARNING POINTS • Reflection is important for any doctor – recognise mistakes, errors and points of learning and identify how you can

develop insight into such actions • Be honest – Dr X rightfully made a declaration in his application about the incident and did not seek to hide it • Always refer-back to Good Medical Practice • Approach your defence organisation for assistance – Dr X’s registration may have been granted if he had obtained

advice about the evidence the Registration Panel would have benefitted from seeing, in support of his original application

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BAPIO Harmony Issue 3, 1 May 2019 BAPIO Organised Medical Students Conference BAPIO Young Doctor’s Forum organised student conference on 30th March 2019 at St. George’s, University of London BAPIO are delighted and honoured to announce the successful launch of the first National MERiT Conference for students and junior doctors at St George’s University on 30th March 2019.

Held in collaboration with Medical Colleges across London, the conference welcomed over 150 delegates from across the country and even as far afield as Hungary. Another 100 students and junior doctors were placed on the waiting list.

Following initial introductions by Dr Mehta, BAPIO President, the conference opened with a keynote speech by Prof Dame Parveen Kumar and provided medical students and trainees career advice from leaders within the NHS. With the help of over 50 junior doctors, workshops covered a wide spectrum of themes including career progression, critical appraisal and broadening horizons. Students were given insight into the methodology behind the assessment of research articles and interpretation of results, as well as unique networking, career and educational opportunities. Ongoing support and career advice to anyone wishing to receive further information will be provided by junior doctor mentors over the year.

All attendees were invited to submit poster abstracts with cash prizes for the top three posters presented.

The feedback for the conference has been unprecedented with students praising the knowledge base of junior doctors. A new platform has undoubtedly been created for the National MERiT conference to continue as an annual event.

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(Right to Left) Dr Ankur Khandelwal, Dr Ramesh Mehta, Dr Nikhil Aggarwal and Prof Dame Parveen Kumar with students during the conference