General Practice… GPs in Scotland: practice funding uplift – tell us what you think 18 Sep 2026September 18, 2026 Practices have been waiting for some considerable time for details of the 2026/27 funding uplift and what it will mean for them. We have now reached agreement on this and…
Consultants Scottish consultants: your chance to demand better working lives as industrial action ballot dates confirmed 17 Sep 2026September 17, 2026 I am writing to you with two important updates on our fight to get the Scottish Government to come back to the table for meaningful negotiations on how to improve…
SSAS SAS doctors in Scotland to be balloted for industrial action 17 Sep 2026September 17, 2026 Today I am writing to let you know of two significant updates. First, your Scottish SAS Committee met yesterday and voted unanimously to hold a ballot for Industrial Action. On…
Consultants… Scotland’s consultants vote to ballot on industrial action 9 Sep 2026 Today, I can confirm that the Scottish Consultants committee has voted to prepare to ballot you – our members - on taking industrial action over both our working conditions and…
General Practice… SGPC update: Sign up to a webinar on sustainable working guidance and the latest on NHS reform 9 Sep 2026September 9, 2026 The funding deal, secured with your support last year, has done a lot to create some optimism for the profession. However, there are plenty of reasons to remain cautious. The…
Consultants… What should BMA Scotland do for women doctors and medical students? 7 Sep 2026 The BMA Scotland Gender Equality Group is looking at how we can better support women doctors and medical students across Scotland. We are keen to focus our work and resources…
NHS Health board reform – BMA Scotland will scrutinise plans and support members 4 Sep 2026 This week, the Scottish Government announced that Scotland’s 14 territorial health boards would be reduced to just two, in what the First Minister himself said would be “the most significant…
Scottish Council Honoured to serve as your new Scottish Council Chair 27 Aug 2026 NOTE: Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh has been elected unopposed as the new Chair of the British Medical Association’s Scottish Council, the first woman to take up the post for more than…
Pay… UPDATE ON SENIOR DOCTOR PAY: Moving into formal dispute. 18 Aug 2026August 18, 2026 Following on from the disappointing outcome of our recent meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Angela Constance MSP - at which she informed us of her intention to impose…
Consultants… UPDATE ON SENIOR DOCTOR PAY: Next steps considered after “deeply disappointing” decision to impose DDRB recommendation 12 Aug 2026August 13, 2026 We are jointly writing to you with an update as promised on the meeting of SCC and SSASC representatives with the new Cabinet Secretary. Frustratingly, it is not the positive…
General Practice… GPs in Scotland: New guidance on sustainable working 10 Aug 2026 We know that general practice remains central to the sustainability of the NHS, yet for more than two decades it has operated under growing and increasingly unsustainable pressure. Practices have…
Residentdoctors… SRDC: Our recent wins and how to get involved 7 Aug 2026 Whether in the workplace or on the national stage, your union is fighting your corner. We want to make Scotland the best place in the UK to live, work and…
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