Supporting members Free conference places for BMA Scotland members 29 Jun 2020June 29, 2020 In what is normally peak time for medical conferences, you’d usually find the BMA Scotland member engagement team in the exhibitor area, networking, and meeting existing and potential members. However,…
Consultants… Update on solution to temporary working patterns during Covid-19 4 Jun 2020 We don’t need to tell you that the immense demands the COVID-19 pandemic have placed upon the NHS represent an unprecedented challenge. While we know that as consultants and SAS…
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… 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… BMA Care Boxes are there for you 25 Mar 2020March 24, 2020 Last Christmas the BMA Scotland Member Engagement Team introduced ‘BMA Care Boxes’ to hospitals around the country. They provided some essential supplies like tea, coffee, snacks, socks, to help doctors,…
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… 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…
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…
Consultants… Gaining crucial political support 3 Feb 2020February 3, 2020 My first few months as chair of the BMA’s Scottish Consultants Committee have certainly not gone by quietly. Consultant vacancies have continued to rise as the ongoing issues with pensions…
Brexit… Brexit may be happening – but it must not be allowed to damage us 31 Jan 2020February 3, 2020 So tonight at 11pm we Brexit. Since the 2016 referendum the BMA has made clear the very real risk to healthcare and those who work in it Brexit posed. Realising…
#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…
Supporting members Reflecting on the past to pave the way forward 16 Dec 2019December 13, 2019 At this time of year, at the BMA we know many doctors are going above and beyond what is asked of them to care for the people of Scotland. I…
