#JnrDocRights… August changeover: less than three weeks to go 15 Jul 2022July 14, 2022 Thank you to all of you who have so far completed our rota form to tell us what’s happening with your rota. If you haven’t yet you can still fill…
Junior Doctors… Proud to support my colleagues and patients 16 Jun 2022 There are many parts of LGBT+ lifestyle and culture that cisgendered heterosexual people may never understand or experience, but one part that is fairly well-known is that at some stage,…
#JnrDocRights… The system is breaking us 21 Apr 2022 There are some things that will always bring dread when you work in A&E: bank holidays, full moons, good (‘taps aff’) weather, and if it’s an Old Firm derby day.…
Consultants… Scottish Conference round-up 4 Apr 2022 BMA Scotland held its third Scottish Conference last week – also marking our first fully in-person event in more than two years – and it was great to see so…
Consultants… We need equity #IWD2022 8 Mar 2022 When thinking about International Women’s Day and reflecting about my own experiences as a woman it made me realise that it’s really quite complicated. I am proud to be a…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Scottish Conference 18 Feb 2022March 4, 2022 I'm really excited to announce that the upcoming BMA Scotland Conference will be in person this year in Edinburgh, which I will be co-chairing alongside Dr Stuart Blake. This year's…
Junior Doctors Equity is key in healthcare 17 Feb 2022 You don’t have to look too hard on a social media post addressing LGBT+ health issues to find comments that show we may not be as far along in LGBT+…
#JnrDocRights… Junior doctor rota survey update 31 Jan 2022January 31, 2022 I’ll be honest, when we were launching our latest snap survey, I thought I knew what results we were expecting. This was a mechanism to help demonstrate and quantify just…
Consultants… BMA Scotland – providing scheduled care events for members 7 Dec 2021 We regularly hear, and can see for ourselves, that the NHS is facing one of the most challenging and important winters ever. Ongoing staffing crises, a predicted increase in the usual…
#ScotlandsDoctors… We need more medics from diverse backgrounds 11 Nov 2021November 11, 2021 “What do you want to be?” my science teacher asked me, when I was 13 years old, preparing to pick my subjects. “A doctor,” I replied nervously, because once I…
Junior Doctors… SJDC – Update from your new chair 27 Oct 2021 At the beginning of this month we had our first meeting of this year’s new Scottish Junior Doctors Committee (SJDC). At that meeting I took over from Alisdair Gilmour as…
#JnrDocRights… SJDC update 6 Oct 2021 As I pass over the baton to your new chair of SJDC, Dr Lailah Peel, I’d like to take the time to write to you all and highlight some successes…
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