{{Short description|British anaesthetist}} '''Thomas Dolphin''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|46|2025|07|09|noage=yes}})<ref name="Hayward">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/bma-leader-tom-dolphin-strikes-ktmw3mkh5|title=Who is the BMA leader behind new wave of doctor strikes?|first=Eleanor|last=Hayward|date=9 July 2025|website=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260404193809/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/bma-leader-tom-dolphin-strikes-ktmw3mkh5|archive-date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref> is a British consultant anaesthetist who has served as Chair of the Council of the British Medical Association (BMA) since June 2025.
==Early life== Dolphin was raised in Essex, his father worked as a paramedic and his mother was a teacher.<ref name="Campbell"/> He works as part of a trauma surgery team at St Mary's Hospital, London.<ref name="Campbell"/>
==Career== From 2010 to 2012, Dolphin served as chairman of the BMA's junior doctors committee during which he supported the 2012 doctors' strike over pension reforms.<ref name="Campbell"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18555087|title=Pensions row continues at BMA doctors' conference|date=25 June 2012|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260404203622/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18555087|archive-date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> He joined the Labour Party in 2012 and served as Dawn Butler's election agent during the 2017, 2019 and 2024 United Kingdom general elections.<ref name="Campbell">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/13/tom-dolphin-bmas-new-chair-whos-taking-on-government-despite-bid-to-be-labour-mp|title=Tom Dolphin: BMA’s new chair who’s taking on government despite bid to be Labour MP|first=Denis|last=Campbell|date=13 July 2025|website=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260404193655/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/13/tom-dolphin-bmas-new-chair-whos-taking-on-government-despite-bid-to-be-labour-mp|archive-date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> He also served as chair of Brent Central's constituency Labour Party and stood as a candidate in the 2024 election but was not shortlisted.<ref name="Grierson">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/02/bma-chair-tom-dolphin-junior-doctors-strikes-nhs-political-career|title=BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political career|first=Jamie|last=Grierson|date=2 December 2025|website=The Guardian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260404195516/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/02/bma-chair-tom-dolphin-junior-doctors-strikes-nhs-political-career|archive-date=4 April 2026|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2024, he tabled a motion that led to the BMA rejecting the Cass Review's findings against the provision of puberty blockers to children.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/27/activist-doctor-opposed-puberty-blocker-ban-now-head-bma/|title=Activist doctor opposed to puberty blocker ban now head of BMA|first1=Samuel|last1=Montgomery|first2=Gabriella|last2=Swerling|date=27 June 2025|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803172508/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/27/activist-doctor-opposed-puberty-blocker-ban-now-head-bma/|archive-date=3 August 2025|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="Searles">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/14/militant-doctors-strike-ringleader-controls-bma/|title=The militant strike ringleader who now controls the BMA|first=Michael|last=Searles|date=14 July 2025|website=The Telegraph|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720172150/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/14/militant-doctors-strike-ringleader-controls-bma/|archive-date=20 July 2025|access-date=4 April 2026|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Personal life== He lives in London with his husband.<ref name="Campbell"/>
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