ABSTRACT
Ian Gibb Bogle had a keen interest in medical politics and throughout his lifetime was involved in both local and national medical politics. He was elected onto the local medical committee (LMC) in 1969, served as secretary of the Liverpool LMC, and was vice-chair of Liverpool LMC. In July 1979, Bogle was elected onto the General Medical Services Committee (GMSC) of the British Medical Association (BMA) known as the General Practitioners Committee. It was on this committee that he became a GMSC negotiator and subsequently chairman in 1990, a role which he carried out until 1997. In what could be seen as the pinnacle of Bogle’s career he was elected, in 1998, in a four-way contest as BMA Council Chairman. He succeeded Sir Alexander Macara and had a noticeable difference in his approach to the role. Bogle was seen throughout his years of service to be critical of the National Health Service’s increasing use of target setting.
