#Residentdoctors Scottish resident doctor pay update: Reversing pay erosion in everyone’s interest 18 Jul 2025July 18, 2025 Hi everyone, We have two main pieces of news on resident doctor pay in Scotland - but please also have a read of SRDC Chair Dr Chris Smith’s blog to…
Uncategorized How the Scottish Government can learn from Westminster’s failures – and avoid resident doctor industrial action 17 Jul 2025 I know that every resident doctor in Scotland will be showing solidarity with our colleagues in England as they prepare, once again, to step up and demand what they’re worth.…
Consultants… Pension update for doctors in Scotland: Findings and next steps 10 Jul 2025July 10, 2025 It has been two months since my last pensions update in which we opened a pensions feedback portal, and we have been blown away by the response. We received over…
Residentdoctors… Resident doctors: Top tips for August changeover 9 Jul 2025July 10, 2025 Dear Resident doctor It’s now less than 6 weeks until August changeover. August is fast approaching, and we know how stressful changeover (Wednesday 6 August) can be for resident doctors. …
#Residentdoctors… Rotas in Advance: Guidance to Boards and Tips for Resident Doctors 9 Jul 2025July 9, 2025 Last year, the Scottish Resident Doctors Committee agreed joint guidance with NHS employers, Scottish Government, and the Management Steering Group (MSG), with the aim of advancing the issuance of rotas…
General Practice… Enough is enough: Scottish GPs move into dispute with the Scottish Government 26 Jun 2025June 26, 2025 General Practice continues to face significant challenges in delivering the core services we so dearly want to protect for our patients. The ridiculous paradox of GP Partners having to look at what…
ARM ARM 2025 – Full Scottish Chair’s Speech 24 Jun 2025 Full text of Dr Iain Kennedy's speech to the ARM 2025: RB – thank you, once again, for allowing me to update you on the past year for the BMA…
ARM Justice, dignity, and the duty of care that governments’ owe: why we need to treat long Covid as an occupational disease 24 Jun 2025 Yesterday at the BMA's ARM in Liverpool, Deputy Scottish Council Chair Dr Nora Murray-Cavanagh successfully proposed a motion on treating Long Covid as an occupational disease. You can find her…
Consultants Consultant and SAS doctor pay update: “fragile situation” as talks see slight improvement 23 Jun 2025 If you haven’t caught up with our last update and the very disappointing behaviour of the Scottish Government in our pay negotiations, we would suggest doing so here. To recap,…
General Practice Stand with your surgery: Please don’t let us burn out 19 Jun 2025June 19, 2025 I am a GP who genuinely loves her job. It is a challenging but wonderfully rewarding vocation. The team I work with are driven by an incredible desire to do…
Residentdoctors… ‘The future feels quite bleak’: Survey reveals unemployment concerns of resident doctors 13 Jun 2025 We’d all heard the anecdotes and the rumours: whole cohorts of FY2s not getting into training. Half a rota emigrating to Australia in August. Hundreds of applicants per Clinical Fellow…
Uncategorized Breach of trust will undermine faith of senior doctors in Scottish Government 12 Jun 2025June 12, 2025 It is with considerable anger and frustration that we write to update you on our discussions on pay with the Scottish Government. These began yesterday morning, when we jointly met…
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