Ian Gilmour

Jun 20, 2024 | bma.org.uk | Ian Gilmour

It is a quite the coincidence that, just as I took up my Presidency with the BMA last July, there happened to be a motion passed at the BMA annual representative meeting on the harms of drink driving – indeed also on the wider heath harms of alcohol and other drugs. After years of seeing the harm first-hand in my patients, I decided 17 years ago to set up an advocacy group – the AHA (Alcohol Health Alliance) – and tackling drink-driving has been one of our calls ever since.