Consultants Bleak times – update for Scottish consultants on rate cards, pay and updating your details 1 Mar 2024 It has been a while since my last blog, longer than I would like given I know there are lots of things you will be anxious to hear about progress…
NHS “Staggeringly bleak” news on the Scottish NHS is a call to action that cannot be ignored 27 Feb 2024September 19, 2024 Last week was an extremely busy one for BMA Scotland. In truth that’s not unusual – but over recent days there has been a particular focus and discussion on the…
SAS doctors Scottish SAS doctors: Update on pay and wellbeing 24 Jan 2024January 24, 2024 It’s probably far too late to say happy new year – but as this is my first blog of the year, and I checked it is still January somehow –…
#JnrDocRights… Securing our rights: Our contract, our priorities 19 Jan 2024September 19, 2024 Happy New Year, doctors in Scotland. After an unprecedented 2023, in which we negotiated the first steps to both restoring our pay and ensuring pay erosion is banished for good,…
PAs/AAs PAs/AAs update – our opposition to regulation by the GMC 15 Jan 2024January 31, 2024 As you are all aware, one of the key issues we have been working on as a priority for members is the role and deployment of Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and…
wellbeing Vital service supporting doctors when they need it most 4 Jan 2024 This is a tough time of year for many, and in particular doctors who maybe didn’t get the same kind of break many parts of society enjoyed over Christmas. And…
NHS Working at Christmas 28 Dec 2023 Christmas takes on a different hue for those in scrubs and stethoscopes. Gratitude quietly lingers in the NHS corridors, recognising the commitment of those who forgo festive moments to care…
NHS Chair’s Christmas message: Workforce provision in Scotland’s NHS is at dangerously low levels 28 Dec 2023December 28, 2023 As we near the end of 2023, frankly I feel a sense of incredible frustration which I am sure you share, that our NHS in Scotland, and the conditions we…
Consultants Tax changes could have “extremely damaging” impact on senior doctors and the nhs 22 Dec 2023 As we head into what is already proving to be an exceptionally busy Christmas period (if my on-call this week is anything to go by), the last thing we needed…
General Practice Scottish GPs -Chair’s end of year message 20 Dec 2023December 20, 2023 As we approach the end of 2023 it seems timely to reflect on what progress has been made in general practice. We have come through the pandemic, and now life…
NHS NHS Scotland staffing – we need your views. 8 Dec 2023 As we approach the end of yet another tumultuous year for Scotland’s NHS, I know my colleagues across the health service are bracing themselves for what many are describing as…
General Practice SLMC2023: Dr Andrew Buist speech 1 Dec 2023December 1, 2023 Chair of SGPC Dr Andrew Buist Speech to SLMC Conference 2023 Good morning conference. Conference this is my 6th and final SLMC conference as Chair of SGPC. It has been…
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