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Mahmood Bhutta

Position
ENT Surgeon, British Medical Association

Mahmood Bhutta is an ENT surgeon in Oxford and a research fellow at the University of Oxford. In 2007 he formed the Medical Fair and Ethical Trade Group at the British Medical Association to investigate, promote and facilitate fair and ethical trade in the production and supply of commodities to healthcare.

Blog posts from this author

National Health Disservice

10 May 2011
"I associated surgical instruments with the clean sterile environment of the operating theatre. But here they were being ground and filed by 10 year-old children working full-time in small open garages on the street." New guide launched to improve ethical standards in NHS purchasing.

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