covid-19… GP wellbeing: Making sure your needs are met 22 May 2020May 22, 2020 It shows just how much our lives have changed in the course of a few months when I consider how good it was today to hear that in a weeks’…
covid-19… Covid19 – What next for General Practice in Scotland? 14 May 2020May 14, 2020 In the last week or so we have clearly moved into a new chapter of Covid19 as the number of cases has started to drop. Of course, there is still…
covid-19… COVID-19: model salaried GP contract – update 7 May 2020May 8, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up a lot of questions and uncertainties for many healthcare workers recently – including Sessional GPs. Concerns around death in service, holiday leave and sick…
covid-19… Covid19 – update for General Practice 21 Apr 2020May 14, 2020 Many of us are facing the unrelenting pressures that this pandemic has brought to bear. Our work as GPs has radically altered in the past month as we have adapted to…
Consultants… Death in service update 20 Apr 2020April 20, 2020 Throughout this COVID-19 pandemic, one of the BMA’s priorities has been to ensure that death in service cover is extended for all healthcare workers, to give them peace of mind…
covid-19… General practice updates for Covid-19 3 Apr 2020April 3, 2020 These past few weeks have been unlike any other time. I cannot recall an occasion in my 30-odd years as a GP when we have worked under circumstances like this…
covid-19… On the frontline… 30 Mar 2020March 30, 2020 In just one month – March 2020 – we have witnessed the most rapid change ever in UK society. Even during the world wars our shops, cinemas, pubs, hotels, walks…
covid-19… Covid-19 update for GPs 20 Mar 2020 It seems that COVID-19 has taken over our lives. Certainly it’s been the main topic of conversation in every meeting I’ve attended recently, every media interview, chats with colleagues, and…
Consultants… Coronavirus in Scotland 13 Mar 2020March 20, 2020 On March 11 the World Health Organisation declared COVID19 a pandemic, and from today – March 13 – Scotland will move from the containment to the delay stage, which includes…
Consultants… Women in medical leadership… let’s smash the glass ceiling together. 4 Mar 2020March 10, 2020 James Brown famously sang “this is a man’s world…but it would be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl…” As the BMA in Scotland is set to host its…
General Practice Sustainability loans update 19 Feb 2020February 20, 2020 I am sure that you all remember that one of the key aspects of the 2018 contract was making partnership more attractive by reducing risk to partners. One of the…
General Practice Data collection, and why it is important to rural general practice 18 Feb 2020 I am grateful to those rural practices who have so far returned the expenses and workforce data collection. If you have not yet returned it I wanted to explain why…