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More honesty needed on the future of our NHS

26 Apr 2021April 26, 2021

I think most people would describe me as a realist – with a dose of healthy scepticism added into my approach to most things. That means in some ways it…

General practice and the Election – 6 points for a better future

13 Apr 2021April 12, 2021

I suspect most people reading this will be aware we are heading at some speed towards a Scottish election. This is always a fevered time in politics – with promises…

New specialist service can play a vital role in supporting doctors

Doctors in Scotland are under severe pressure. We hear it regularly in feedback from our members from across all parts of the health service. And that is backed up by…

Update on pay: Doctors simply must be treated fairly.

25 Mar 2021March 25, 2021

Many doctors will no doubt have seen last night’s rather late announcement of a potential 4% pay rise for NHS staff which has been much championed by the Scottish Government.…

Appraisal during the pandemic

At BMA Scotland we are acutely aware of the pressures doctors have felt over the last year. There is no doubt its been incredibly tough across the profession as we…

Doctors are not superheroes, we are human beings

20 Mar 2021March 20, 2021

Recently there are hopeful signs we are al last coming through a global pandemic which as had enormous effects on our work and lives. We are not out of it…

Organ Donation: The Law Change

15 Mar 2021March 15, 2021

The law around organ donation in Scotland will change on Friday 26th March 2021 to an opt-out system. BMA Scotland, in association with NHSBT and the Scottish Government, hosted a…

ST. Andrews (Medical and Dentistry Degrees) Bill PASSES

You may remember back in September last year I wrote a blog around the announcement of plans to allow the University of St Andrews to once again award degrees in…

Scotland must support our public health workforce effectively: now and in the future.

This has been an incredibly tough time to be a doctor. For the last 12 months, so many of us have been on the front line of handling the Covid…

Wrong-headed pensions move threatens to blow further hole in the senior doctor workforce in Scotland

Last week BMA Scotland made absolutely plain our fears around the long-term retention of senior doctors in our NHS. You can read our full report here. We have rising consultant…

A YEAR OF COVID – reflecting on the “remarkable” way General practice has adapted

2 Mar 2021March 2, 2021

As we reflect on the sad milestone that is the 1 year anniversary of the pandemic, I look back at how my practice has changed, adapted, and coped with the…

Coronavirus in the ICU: one year on

It’s almost exactly one year since our ICU’s first planning meeting for the imminent arrival of SARS CoV-2. One year on – what have we learned? We have learned that…