Welcoming Ramadan: Socially Distant but Spiritually Close The blessed month of Ramadan will soon be upon us. In the past few days the collective nations’ heart went out to Jews celebrating Passover and Christians celebrating Easter within the confines of soc...
Parkinson’s Disease- More than just Medications? April the 5th represents the start of Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week. Pharmacists are heavily involved in the management of patients with Parkinson’s disease as their medicines are of critical imp...
Time to Talk, Time to Change One in four people will experience a mental health problem in any year. One in four people will also experience a stroke in their lifetime, yet the awareness and advocacy for strokes far exceeds that ...
Help Us, Help You! With the new move towards “self-care” across the board for our patients, this is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that patients have a huge range of options available to them when it comes to ma...
Organ Donation: to opt in or opt out? I was invited to attend the annual British Islamic Medical Association conference on Saturday 7th December with an inspiring line up of speakers and the opportunity to make great connections in the he...
Stoptober: What is the role of motivational interviewing? What is motivational interviewing? Motivational interviewing is a patient-focused method of discussion around a health-based topic, designed to elicit ideas, feelings and motivations around a behaviou...
Reflections on the Hajj, Eid and Health Inequalities Event by The Muslim Health Collaboration 2019 This year the Muslim Network Health Collaboration hosted a wonderful event to celebrate Hajj, Eid and Health inequalities. It was a great afternoon that was well attended with senior leaders within th...
GMC statement in response to coverage of the case involving Dr Wolverson On whether we are investigating Out of fairness we never confirm whether we are investigating a doctor, unless their practice has been restricted while we investigate. Dr Keith Wolverson (4328696) is ...
MDA statement to GMC’s protected characteristic campaign The Muslim Doctors Association is pleased to support the GMC’s protected characteristics campaign. The data the GMC already collects on gender and race is invaluable and has already been utilised to t...
Dr Wolverson case: Statement in response to professional comments Originally posted 22nd May 2019 in a closed forum for UK based doctors I am writing this post as a hijab-wearing Muslim doctor, as someone who has been the victim of Islamophobia in the NHS, as an act...
MDA Mental Health Factsheet Use the MDA Mental Health Factsheet to tackle challenges and misconceptions around mental health and get the right support for you and your loved ones as part of our #JudgeLessTalkMore campaign....
MDA response: Independent review into gross negligence manslaughter & culpable homicide in Scotland The Muslim Doctors Association welcomes the independent review by the GMC. The Muslim Doctors Association was set up in 2004, as a nonprofit community organisation. We sit on the GMC BME forum and hav...