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'''Chaand Nagpaul''' is the Chair of the [[British Medical Association]]'s [[General Practice]] Committee (GPC).
HeNagpaul has been a [[general practitioner]] in [[Stanmore]] since 1990, and has held many offices in the BMA; having been a Local Medical Committee (LMC) member for over 20 years and vice-chair for the 12 years. ChaandHe is a BMA Council member, a member of its Political Board, and GPC member on the BMA Public Health Committee and Consultants Committee, as well as being Honorary Secretary of his local BMA Division.
He ishas verybeen prominent in defending the profession against attacks by the government, as the principal spokesperson for UK general practitioners. He said in August 2013 that Ministers must realise their mistakes and begin to see GPs as the solution to their problems, rather than the cause.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.gponline.com/News/article/1193861/Interview-Dr-Chaand-Nagpaul-wants-restore-GPs-sense-pride/ |title=Interview: Dr Chaand Nagpaul wants to restore GPs' sense of pride |first=Neil |last=Roberts |work=GP magazine |date=2 August 2013 |accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref>
He was inspired to become a GP when he attended a practice in inner [[London]] while a medical student,<ref>{{cite web|title=Debrett's 500: Dr Chaand Nagpaul |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/debretts-500/healthcare/dr-chaand-nagpaul|accessdate=11 May 2014|publisher=Debretts[[Debrett's]]}}</ref> although this was not his initial field, having worked for 5 years in various hospital posts after qualifying. He commenced medical undergraduate studies in October 1979 at The Medical College of St. Bartholomew's Hospital (as it was known then), now part of [[Queen Mary, University of London]], qualifying with [[M.B.,B.S.]](Lon.), degrees in 1985 with full registration with [[GMC]] in 1986.<ref>http://webcache.gmc-uk.org/gmclrmp_enu/start.swe?SWECmd=GotoView&_sn=VZrwxD6uvuhLgMC1kbq8Han7AOMm00bK8cakNcZKePUR8WTn2Hjv0v22-c.n1Vw5H.APFYCXF1</ref>
He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 25th most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/hsj-100/|accessdate=14 December 2013|newspaper=Health Service Journal|date=11 December 2013}}</ref> and in the list of their 100 top clinical leaders in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/Journals/2014/10/21/d/h/k/Clinical-Leaders-2014.pdf |title=HSJ Clinical leaders |work=Health Service Journal |date=24 October 2014 |accessdate=25 December 2014}}</ref>
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