Medical students We Need To Be Smarter About Our Students 4 Aug 2020August 4, 2020 When thinking about the needs and wants of our organisation’s student members, and the needs and wants of medical students more generally, it often helps to bear in mind that…
Pensions Latest pensions update 3 Aug 2020 There has been much happening in the world of healthcare to keep us occupied recently – including the small matter of a global pandemic to cope with.  I have no…
Junior Doctors #BMATartanTip – more important than ever 31 Jul 2020August 4, 2020 Every year, around this time, all health boards across Scotland open their doors to hundreds of new FY1 doctors. That means, in about two weeks’ time, the phones at BMA…
#ScotlandsDoctors Becoming a doctor in the time of Covid19 28 Jul 2020 My first degree was in Physiological Sciences, but I was always working towards applying to medicine and becoming a doctor. During work experience I met many doctors who inspired me further to…
#ScotlandsDoctors I am an IMG and I am proud of it 28 Jul 2020July 28, 2020 From medical school onwards, my life has been one of toil, though also one packed with thrilling journeys. I joined NHS two years ago in Cambridge where I found myself…
General Practice Navigating face coverings in the ‘new normal’ 23 Jul 2020August 10, 2020 As the nation steps cautiously out of lockdown GPs across Scotland are managing a rapid return to normal levels of patient contact, as patients who had delayed contacting their doctor…
Consultants… Pay uplift: there is still a long way to go… 22 Jul 2020July 23, 2020 As most of you will hopefully know by now, this week the Scottish Government announced it would meet this year’s recommendations from the DDRB report in full and provide all…
#JnrDocRights… We need to prioritise doctor’s wellbeing beyond Covid-19 20 Jul 2020July 20, 2020 Lockdown may be easing across the country, but doctors and other NHS staff are still working tirelessly to treat COVID-19 patients, as well as trying to help the NHS as…
Consultants… Frustration: Pay Arrangements 16 Jul 2020July 16, 2020 It has been just over a month since our last joint blog and sadly, as chairs of SSASC and SCC, it has been an incredibly frustrating few weeks for us…
covid-19… No Room For Complacency – We Must Keep NHS Staff Safe 10 Jul 2020July 10, 2020 Scotland seems to be tentatively emerging from the immediate challenges of the Covid pandemic. Life is starting to feel a bit more normal. But for healthcare and the public the…
General Practice IT is a key tool in improving efficiency… 1 Jul 2020 I hope everyone is coping as the inexorable tide of work floods back into our surgeries, made worse by the fact that our normal relationships with community and acute services…
covid-19… General Practice: Mobilisation and Recovery… 30 Jun 2020June 30, 2020 These are the new buzz words of NHS Scotland. As we come out of the first wave of COVID-19 they apply across the system, although so far inevitably most of…
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