Sarah Hallett

Running for the Council of the BMA for 2022-26.

• Dedicated, hardworking and experienced, with a proven track record on improving working conditions for colleagues
• I have consistently put my head above the parapet to campaign for our working rights & will continue to do so
• I will strengthen local representation for a stronger and more responsive trade union
• I will lobby for meaningful workforce planning for manageable workloads across the whole profession
• I am pro-NHS, anti-public sector cuts
• I will strive for a positive, transparent and inclusive culture at the BMA

My experience across >9 years of BMA work (links underlined):

• Chair of the UK Junior Doctors Committee since 2019
• Deputy chair leading on Education & Training 2016-2019.

Protection during COVID-19

• Worked throughout the pandemic to stand up for junior doctor rights, from PPE, to training, to working conditions, to access to vaccination
  

Standing up for doctors

• Battled to protect junior doctors breaks and recoup their lost earnings as a single claimant test case in the High Court (Hallett v Derby) (and won in the Court of Appeal)
• Oversaw £10 million allocated to Trusts for fatigue facilities
• Organised picket lines and protests across London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex as co-chair of South Thames 2015-17.
  

Safeguarding and improving training

• Worked with stakeholders to improve flexibility in training, including:
  - Category 3 less than full time training
  - Out of Programme (Pause)
  - Improvements to the interdeanery transfer system
  - Better ability to transfer competencies between training programme, and from out of programme experiences
  - Self-development time for Foundation Doctors
  

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