Cash captains

Medical academics are annually aggrieved by the timelag between their review body determining their pay award, and the universities actually handing over the cash. But perhaps in future the wait will be worth it. One of the motions to next month's annual meeting of the British Medical Association calls for three new appointees to the review body: Richard Giordano of Glaxo, Iain Vallance of BT and Cedric Brown of British Gas.