Uncategorized NHS workforce, Diversity, IMGs and Challenge: Emerging trends 28 Apr 2023 The landscape of NHS workforce is changing rapidly in recent times and with it comes opportunities, but also challenges. Since the inception of NHS in 1948 doctors from ethnic minorities,…
Uncategorized Senior Hospital Doctors’ Intentions to Retire in NHS Scotland 26 Apr 2023 Joint statement from NHS Employers (MSG Management Steering Group), BMA Scotland and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland The results of the largest and most comprehensive…
Junior Doctors… “Long waits in A&E are just expected” 20 Apr 2023 It’s now undeniably Spring - days are getting longer, brighter, warmer and you can nearly smell the potential threat of "taps aff" weather and all the potential joy that summer…
Uncategorized SAS docs update: contract, rate card and juniors’ ballot 14 Apr 2023April 14, 2023 I didn’t mean for it to be quite so long between my updates, it certainly has been a busy start to the year. I know you will have felt the…
General Practice Update on 2018 contract and transitionary services 4 Apr 2023 I have some sympathy for the new Cabinet Secretary for Health; it is, in my view, the second hardest job in the Scottish Government. He will be on a steep-learning…
#JnrDocRights… Junior doctors: Glasgow Rally, Seamus Crumley speech 3 Apr 2023 "Everyone, thank you for coming today. You cannot know how much your support means. We know why we are here today. For over a decade now, Junior Doctors have seen our pay stagnate…
Uncategorized Glasgow Rally – Dr Chris Smith Speech 2 Apr 2023 Hi everyone, I'm Chris and I'm from the Scottish Junior Doctors Committee, and like all of you here I'm here to send a message, loud and clear, to the Scottish…
Uncategorized Scottish junior doctor ballot for strike action opens 29 Mar 2023 After months of preparations by members and staff of BMA Scotland, 29th March is the day that our “upcoming ballot” has become our “ongoing ballot”. Thousands of us have been…
General Practice Fighting to survive 17 Mar 2023 Back in 2017 the Scottish Government and the BMA had the collective foresight to agree and develop the first wholly Scottish GP contract. A contract that we believed would better…
NHS… Health must be the priority for the next first minister. 16 Mar 2023 Whilst we have become accustomed to the flux of UK Government leadership, the recent events within the Scottish Government and the Scottish National Party are not something we are use…
international women's day Embrace a world where difference is valued and celebrated… 15 Mar 2023 Reflecting on International Women's Day, I wondered where to start: maybe with the movements statement; Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world…
Uncategorized A profession united – Dr Chris Smith’s speech at Newcastle rally 15 Mar 2023 I'm Chris and I'm from the BMA's Scottish Junior Doctors Committee, and from the get go I want to say we are right behind you in your fight for full…
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