Consultants Consultant pay in Scotland: English offer accepted, Government talks and next steps 9 Apr 2024April 9, 2024 Many of you will have seen that English Consultants last week agreed a new deal on their pay – and crucially reforms to the pay review body – the DDRB.…
Junior Doctors SJDC Chair’s update – we need to be ready for any eventuality 30 Mar 2024September 19, 2024 As we reach the end of the financial year 2023/24, it’s worth reflecting that the BMA's Scottish Junior* Doctors' Committee (SJDC) remains the only Branch of Practice to have reached…
Supporting members Chair’s update – speaking up for doctors at the Covid inquiry and Cab Sec meeting 29 Mar 2024March 29, 2024 Heading into Easter – a time when I hope you will be able to get something of a break if at all possible – I wanted to update you on…
General Practice… GP Workload: Coping with increasing demand and chronic underfunding 28 Mar 2024March 28, 2024 Imagine you have a local supermarket. You have been going there for years, your shopping list is getting longer every month, and frankly the bill is getting pretty high. So,…
Medical students… Scottish Medical Students Committee Statement to NHS Education for Scotland (NES) on the Allocation Process to Foundation Programmes in Scotland 26 Mar 2024April 10, 2024 Last week, applicants to the UK Foundation Programme who have been allocated to Scotland found out which geographical area they will spend the first two years of their training as…
General Practice GPs and CPD: we are not investing anything like sufficiently in maintaining and developing the skills of our GPs 22 Mar 2024 Medicine has changed a lot since I qualified in 1987. I think it is a real challenge for GPs to keep up to date with so much changing, having to…
#JnrDocRights… Rotas In Advance: New Joint Guidance to Improve Doctors’ Working Lives 14 Mar 2024September 19, 2024 2024 is going to be an important year for improving the workplace rights of doctors in Scotland. With the joint agreement reached last year, we will be entering into discussions…
International Women's Day IWD: Time to get thinking and debating! 8 Mar 2024 It’s International Women’s Day and I would like to share some of my thoughts and inspire you to think hard about your ideal working-week. First the historical perspective. As a…
International Women's Day IWD: We all benefit from a world that’s more inclusive for women 8 Mar 2024 We are untethered. The world is unfolding faster than we as a social species can manage and unfolding in a way that drives separation not connection. We have a fundamental human…
International Women's Day IWD2024: How do we inspire inclusion? 8 Mar 2024March 8, 2024 Another International Women’s Day rolls round, and it’s time for reflection. I challenge us to consider: What networks are we in, do we create, are adopted into, influence membership of? …
International Women's Day IWD: we have to inspire future doctors so that as a woman, they don’t think twice about being a surgeon 8 Mar 2024 International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on where we are, how far we have come, and where we still need to get to. I have been a doctor…
International Women's Day IWD blog: Inspiring Intersectional 8 Mar 2024 The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is “inspire Inclusion.” It’s arguably a great time to be a woman in medicine – we have had a majority female medical…
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