pressure group case study - insider

Question 1

what is my insider example?

Answer 1

BMA

Question 1

what is BMA?

Answer 1

works with the UK government to lobby for improvements to health and healthcare. represents doctors both individually and collectively.

Question 2

what are their central aims?

Answer 2

1. employment advice e.g. on pay/contracts
2. career development
3. work/life support

Question 3

how are they funded?

Answer 3

by legacies and donations left to the group by individuals

Question 4

how many members?

Answer 4

• over 190,000
  -mostly doctors/medical students

Question 5

what are their methods?

Answer 5

-advising government on health policies
-organising strikes
-influence consultation and enquiries

Question 6

BMA’s successes:

Answer 6

-in 2018 gov. introduced a sugar tax on fizzy drinks, one of the main things BMA campaigned for
-in 2020 the opt-out organ donation system came into force, another thing BMA pushed for
-they campaigned for seatbelts to be made a legal requirement in cars, and it was made a law in 1991

Question 7

BMA’s failures:

Answer 7

-they cancelled the second junior doctors’ strike in 2016 because junior doctors complained that hospitals hadn’t been given enough time to prepare
-the gov. didn’t agree to the demands of the junior doctors, so they were forced to accept the gov’s new contract