Is the BMA doing well?

The Guardian reports that the British Medical Association (BMA) may be about to make a third of its 600 staff redundant because of financial difficulties. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/04/british-medical-association-union-could-axe-staff-cash-crisis?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu The BMA says it is making “important changes in how the BMA works to build on the successes of recent years and support our members” and that only 20 members of staff will be leaving, probably through voluntary redundancy. The Guardian report makes me wonder if the BMA, which I’ve been watching for 50 years and receive a pension from, is doing well. Whether the BMA is doing well depends on what it is there for, itself a question for debate. The articles and byelaws of the association say it exists “to promote the medical and allied sciences, to maintain the honour and interests of the medical profession and to promote the achievement of high-quality health care.” The current…