Consultants… Pensions: what’s the latest ahead of the budget? 18 Feb 2020March 22, 2020 As we approach the end of a fairly turbulent financial year – not to mention a fairly turbulent political year – we are still waiting to hear if the ongoing…
General Practice Data collection, and why it is important to rural general practice 18 Feb 2020 I am grateful to those rural practices who have so far returned the expenses and workforce data collection. If you have not yet returned it I wanted to explain why…
Medical students Racial harassment will not be tolerated in our medical schools 13 Feb 2020February 13, 2020 I think I can confidently say we all agree there is no place for discrimination or harassment of any sort in our medical schools and places of work. That is…
General Practice Data collection is vital for Phase 2 progression 5 Feb 2020February 5, 2020 I am grateful to those practices who have so far returned the expenses and workforce data collection. I know this came at a busy time for practices and your accountants…
Consultants… Gaining crucial political support 3 Feb 2020February 3, 2020 My first few months as chair of the BMA’s Scottish Consultants Committee have certainly not gone by quietly. Consultant vacancies have continued to rise as the ongoing issues with pensions…
Brexit… Brexit may be happening – but it must not be allowed to damage us 31 Jan 2020February 3, 2020 So tonight at 11pm we Brexit. Since the 2016 referendum the BMA has made clear the very real risk to healthcare and those who work in it Brexit posed. Realising…
Uncategorized Member engagement team: here for you… 22 Jan 2020January 23, 2020 As we seem to be hurtling through the first month of a new decade, this update already feels more than a little overdue, but I wanted to let you all…
Uncategorized Breaking the cycle of winter pressures: What doctors want in 2020 22 Jan 2020January 23, 2020 So here we are amidst another winter working in healthcare. It either feels like it’s worse than usual, is actually worse than usual, or things are never great, and winter…
General Practice Listening to remote and rural… 22 Jan 2020January 23, 2020 Last week the Remote and Rural working group met and, along with the Cabinet Secretary, SGPC welcomed the launch of Sir Lewis Ritchie's Shaping the Future Together: Remote and Rural…
General Practice… Recognising and supporting out of hours GP services in Scotland 3 Jan 2020January 3, 2020 Last weekend I did a couple of GP out of hours shifts in Dundee. I confess even at my career stage (and what I do as BMA Chair of GPs…
#ScotlandsDoctors… More must be done to care for those who care for the people of Scotland 27 Dec 2019 The huge pressures doctors are working under across Scotland have been exposed by the results of a BMA survey published today. Reacting to the survey, BMA Scotland Chair Lewis Morrison…
General Practice Christmas care… 24 Dec 2019December 24, 2019 The wellbeing of GPs is of the utmost concern and never more so than at this time of year when GPs are struggling to cope with the demands of excessive…
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