#JnrDocRights… Juniors update: rotation and vaccinations 4 Feb 2021 This time of year can be hard and I hope you are all managing ok. I would like to give you a brief update on key issues for Doctors in…
covid-19… GP update: vaccinations and contract 2 Feb 2021February 2, 2021 This continues to be an incredibly busy time to be a GP. I know things are tough – we have been on the frontline of dealing with this pandemic since…
covid-19… I’m not a hero: I’m just someone who cares… 21 Jan 2021 When the pandemic started and my medical degree was moved online I decided to become a healthcare support worker on the staff bank to help support the NHS combat the…
Consultants… Vaccination and PPE update 13 Jan 2021January 14, 2021 Across many parts of the UK doctors are dealing with the most serious of situations as the impact of this stage of the pandemic hits home. While in Scotland we…
Supporting members Is Direct Democracy better for BMA members? 13 Jan 2021January 19, 2021 For someone elected to the Scottish BMA to represent junior doctors, I probably should have known at least something about what I was getting involved in. The fact was I…
covid-19… GP update – vaccination and wellbeing 8 Jan 2021 We may only be a week into 2021 but for many of us it feels like we are already a lot further into this year. And on that vein I…
covid-19… Who knew that at the start of 2021 we’d be wishing for ‘ordinary’ rather than ‘extraordinary’ 7 Jan 2021 Illness knows no holidays, no time and no person and as such, there will always be need for us healthcare professionals to be available to help patients coming to or…
Consultants… New lockdown makes it vital to ensure NHS staff are fully vaccinated and protected 4 Jan 2021 The pandemic – as the First Minister has said, is now entering another absolutely crucial phase in Scotland. We therefore wholly support the further decisive restrictions Scottish Government is implementing…
Supporting members Stop ignoring NHS warning lights – grasp the chance for change 29 Dec 2020December 29, 2020 It’s quite hard to know how to start a 2020 Christmas message other than to say it’s been a year like no other. One I think most of us will…
#ScotlandsDoctors Christmas in the time of Covid 24 Dec 2020 I am a consultant in public health medicine in Scotland, and I will be working over the festive period. Like public health doctors across the country, I will be ‘on-call’…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Working at Christmas… 24 Dec 2020December 24, 2020 You always know, as a doctor, at some point you are going to have to work Christmas. It’s like a roulette wheel: the law of averages dictate that your number…
Medical students Reflecting on 2020… 23 Dec 2020 This year certainly hasn’t turned out the way anyone could have foreseen – for medical students it’s probably as far from what we expected as we could possibly get. From…
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