28 years later British Medical Asscociation (BMA) takes action for widowers pension rights by Helen Bright

In 1983 or so I complained about inequality with respect to widowers pension rights to BMA. If a woman doctor died her husband could not have her pension unless he could prove he was mentally and physically disabled (not a light task for a person with such disabilities to deal with obstructive and prejudiced authorities and also discriminatory). Widows of male doctors did not have to prove they were mentally and physically disabled. Presumably National Health Service (NHS) and BMA considered it self-evident all women were without any need to prove it.

I also discovered that complaining about the faulty pension scheme could be considered treason. Unbelievable.

The NHS pension committee members who made policy decisions were all unknown (not named in policy documents). However, one could take Department of Health to court over the faulty pension scheme, but BMA refused.

Now 28 years later BMA is making some efforts. Please, click HERE to read.