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… Festive message from BMA Scotland deputy chair: The possibility and potential of 2026. 30 Dec 2025December 30, 2025 The end of the year gives us the chance to reflect on the year that's been, if we are able to make time to pause in our busy lives. 2025 has offered its fair share of ups and…
Consultants… BMA Scotland chair’s New Year message: Scotland’s NHS will struggle to see out another New Year without ‘transformative’ reforms 31 Dec 2024 It has become common for well-known dictionary brands to name a “word of the year”. When it comes to the NHS, the word I would have to choose for 2024…
Consultants… Chair’s update: Valuing doctors 29 Aug 2023 There are two separate elements to my blog today – but both speak to how doctors are valued and treated in our NHS in Scotland. Much of the work I…
NHS… Health must be the priority for the next first minister. 16 Mar 2023 Whilst we have become accustomed to the flux of UK Government leadership, the recent events within the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party are not something we are use…
#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…
#ScotlandsDoctors… a new approach to the NHS in Scotland is a necessity… 10 May 2021 That’s another election over then. It does sometimes feel like we are always having one, but we do now know who our new Scottish government is. Election fatigue is however…
#ScotlandsDoctors… More must be done to care for those who care for the people of Scotland 27 Dec 2019 The huge pressures doctors are working under across Scotland have been exposed by the results of a BMA survey published today. Reacting to the survey, BMA Scotland Chair Lewis Morrison…
Bullying… Supporting doctors this christmas: Help us understand the pressure you are under 1 Dec 2019 Despite being bombarded by the music and advertising for seemingly months, it’s probably not too early now to start thinking about the festive period. I very deliberately choose ‘thinking about’…
Lewis Morrison… The UK election: why it matters for Scottish doctors 12 Nov 2019November 12, 2019 Despite my pinching myself every time I wake up to see if it’s true, there is a general election coming. Rather than channelling my inner Brenda from Bristol and exclaiming…
Lewis Morrison… Discussing the future of the NHS with the Cabinet Secretary for Health 10 Jun 2019October 3, 2019 Last week, BMA Scotland hosted an evening with Jeane Freeman, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, at our headquarters in Edinburgh. I want to thank everyone who attended, and I…
Organ donation… BMA Scotland briefing paper – organ donation 28 Feb 2019July 3, 2019 A ‘soft’ opt-out system Repeated surveys show that the majority of the public say that they support organ donation. Up to 90% of people support organ donation but, for various…
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