#Residentdoctors… Resident doctors: Top tips for August changeover 4 Aug 2026August 4, 2026 August changeover can be an incredibly busy time for everyone. With almost all resident doctors in Scotland rotating on the first Wednesday in August it’s hard to escape it, including our non-resident doctor colleagues. To help with the rotation…
#Residentdoctors Resident doctors in Scotland: your chance to get involved and shape the future of your union 24 Jul 2026 We are Becky and Izzie, Scottish Resident Doctors’ Committee (SRDC) deputy co-chairs for education and training (Izzie is on the left of the pic, Becky on the right). We became…
General Practice… GP IT reprovisioning: practices need more than promises 20 Jul 2026 As GPs, I don’t need to tell you how vital it is we have reliable IT systems that work for us and patients. Put simply, clinical systems in general practice…
Consultants Consultant update: “unless our pay and working lives as a whole are improved, we will go on losing senior doctors” 15 Jul 2026July 16, 2026 Summer holidays are upon us, and I hope that many of you will be able to get a well-deserved break with family and friends. We certainly need it as the…
ARM ARM 2026 Scottish Council report: improving culture will mean an “NHS that is safer for patients and doctors”  24 Jun 2026June 24, 2026 Report for ARM 2026 from Dr Iain Kennedy, Chair, BMA Scotland Council: With my term of office as chair of Scottish Council coming to an end this autumn, it is with some sadness…
SSAS Update for SAS doctors in Scotland: pay survey, sustainable working and latest on regrading 9 Jun 2026June 9, 2026 The last time I updated you on the work of our committee we were awaiting the outcome of the Scottish Parliamentary elections and the establishment of a new Scottish Government.…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Consultants need a safe and sustainable working week 5 Jun 2026June 5, 2026 A baby in Scotland requires to be transferred for urgent specialist surgery to England. A planned airlift is cancelled because this would mean the pilot working longer than their shift…
Consultants Know your rights for consultants in Scotland: Annualisation vs. On-call 1 Jun 2026June 1, 2026 Dear Consultant Colleagues Annualisation is an option in the Scottish Terms and Conditions of Service, and it can be helpful. Examples include flexibility in the timing of Supporting Professional Activity…
General Practice… Workforce funding guidance: supporting implementation in practice 27 May 2026May 27, 2026 It was great to see so many of you at the Webinar for Workforce funding. It was one of the best attended events we have held, and shows the level…
Policy BMA Scotland manifesto published: “serious, long-term and radical NHS reform” urgently required 15 Apr 2026April 28, 2026 There’s now only a matter of weeks to go until Scotland goes to the polls to vote in the next cohort of MSPs. In many ways, it’s a very different…
Consultants Know your rights: support for disabled and neurodivergent doctors 14 Apr 2026 A few years ago, I realised that I am disabled – and that the rights detailed in the Equality Act 2010 are for me. The legal definition of disability means…
General Practice… GP update: Funding webinar and pay survey 10 Apr 2026 Over the past couple of weeks, practices across Scotland should have received further detail from the Scottish Government on the workforce payments and non-staff expenses elements of the funding restoration…
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