NHS England endorsed the definition last year after ministers ordered action amid surging rates of antisemitism. Then health secretary Wes Streeting mandated that NHS England and all Department of Health and Social Care arm's length bodies explicitly adopt IHRA. But BMA members backed a motion at the AGM in Brighton which expressed “grave concern” about the IHRA definition of antisemitism in the NHS. It claimed that the IHRA definition has a “chilling effect” on political speech, and means that NHS doctors cannot express “ethical concerns about Israel’s actions in Palestine”. The motion, initially proposed by BMA consultants, stated: “This meeting expresses grave concern about the adoption of the International Holocaust...
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