Safe Staffing Working in A&E: Apologies a “routine part” of interactions with patients 28 Mar 2025March 28, 2025 Most of the time when people learn that I’m an A&E doctor they either follow up with questions about the weirdest things I’ve seen, or more commonly with comments about…
#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.…
#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…
covid-19… No Room For Complacency – We Must Keep NHS Staff Safe 10 Jul 2020July 10, 2020 Scotland seems to be tentatively emerging from the immediate challenges of the Covid pandemic. Life is starting to feel a bit more normal. But for healthcare and the public the…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Reclaiming the Rainbow 17 Jun 2020 "The first Pride was a riot," writes Christopher Morrison. "The Stonewall riot of 28 June 1969 gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement, when a police raid on the…
Consultants… Consultant vacancies show a need to invest in core staff… 5 Mar 2020March 22, 2020 Scotland’s NHS bosses must focus on investing in core staff if the issues surrounding staff shortages are to be resolved. The latest figures show that the number of consultant vacancies…
#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’…
Bullying… A more mature approach to targets: finding hope from politicians 29 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 As chairman of BMA Scotland, sometimes what I do on your behalf doesn’t overlap or interact much with my “dayjob” as a consultant geriatrician. However, whilst the world of medical…
Safe Staffing Real work to deliver safe staffing in Scotland’s NHS must start now 11 May 2019July 3, 2019 Last week, the Scottish Parliament passed a bill that now makes providing safe staffing in Scotland’s health and care services the law. Taken in isolation, this is unambiguously a good…
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