Consultants Working over the festive season – guidance for Scottish Consultants 22 Dec 2025March 18, 2026 Dear Consultant Colleagues, As the festive season approaches, we would like to remind you of your contractual entitlements regarding public holidays, as outlined in the Terms and Conditions of Service…
resident doctors Scottish Resident Doctors Vote YES To Strike: 96-Hour Walkout Announced 19 Dec 2025 The results are in. A huge 91.98% of members who voted have said YES to strike action. This is only the second time this century that resident doctors in Scotland…
Pensions Pensions update for doctors in Scotland 18 Dec 2025December 24, 2025 The end of the year is fast approaching so I thought it was a good time to update as to the state of play for NHS pensions in Scotland. Over the past…
resident doctors Scottish Residents ballot closing IMMINENTLY: Vote “YES to strike” ASAP. Hold your Government to account 11 Dec 2025 If you’ve not yet returned your ballot in BMA Scotland’s strike ballot of resident doctors: what are you waiting for?! The last safe day to guarantee you have your say…
resident doctors Scottish Resident Doctors: get your vote in as ballot passes halfway point 5 Dec 2025 We’re now past the halfway point of the Scottish resident doctor industrial action ballot. Remember, the Scottish Government has inflicted a 17% real terms pay cut on you since 2008. Two…
SSAS Update for SAS doctors in Scotland: New regrading policy confirmed and survey results show pressure we are under 3 Dec 2025December 3, 2025 December is upon us, flu season is hitting hard and there is no let up on how busy we are on wards up and down the country. I know that…
Consultants Senior doctor wellbeing survey shows stark reality of burnout and safety concerns 3 Dec 2025 I went to the Surgeons’ Hall Museum in Edinburgh for the first time at the weekend – if you haven’t been I do recommend it. The specimens on display had…
General Practice… BMA SGPC Chair SLMC speech 2025: “Pivotal” moment for future of the profession 28 Nov 2025November 28, 2025 Read the full speech to the SLMC 2025 conference from Dr Iain Morrison, Chair of BMA Scotland's GP Committee. To note this follows a deal on funding restoration agreed with…
resident doctors Resident Doctor Pay Imposition: Another Promise Broken by The Scottish Government 26 Nov 2025November 26, 2025 On Tuesday 25th November, like many of you I got a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Neil Gray. And, like many of you, I was outraged by the…
resident doctors Scottish resident doctor ballot opens: vote yes and vote early 14 Nov 2025November 14, 2025 Today is a significant moment for resident doctors in Scotland as our ballot for strike action opens. It is a time for us to show again that we are united,…
resident doctors Preparing for the Scottish resident doctor strike ballot 12 Nov 2025November 12, 2025 You’ll no doubt be receiving a flurry of emails and texts from the BMA over the next few weeks, as the industrial action ballot for resident doctors in Scotland begins…
resident doctors Scottish Residents’ Ballot to open on 14th November 31 Oct 2025October 31, 2025 Since the Scottish Resident Doctors Committee (SRDC) announced that we had entered formal dispute with the Scottish Government 3 weeks ago, there has been a tangible and fantastic response from…
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