Consultants… BMA raises SPPA issues 20 Nov 2019November 20, 2019 As you will no doubt be aware, on Monday the Scottish Government announced a temporary recycling scheme for pensions, that will allow those who are eligible to opt-out of the…
Consultants… Pensions update: a small step forwards… 19 Nov 2019November 22, 2019 This is not a normal blog this week, however it covers some important but technical issues, relating to the NHS Scotland pension scheme and the recently launched Recycling of Employer…
General Practice Renewed focus and drive needed to transform GP services across Scotland 18 Nov 2019 Recently I was fortunate to be able to attend the RGPAS conference in Inverness by invitation to discuss progress on implementation of Phase 1 of the GP contract. As we…
Lewis Morrison… The UK election: why it matters for Scottish doctors 12 Nov 2019November 12, 2019 Despite my pinching myself every time I wake up to see if it’s true, there is a general election coming. Rather than channelling my inner Brenda from Bristol and exclaiming…
General Practice Implementing the GP contract – The challenges we face 8 Nov 2019November 8, 2019 This has been an important week for the implementation of the 2018 GP contract. Indeed, just yesterday we had two key meetings which I feel it is important I update…
General Practice… Funding to encourage more student training 30 Oct 2019November 7, 2019 You may have recently read that the Scottish Government is planning to invest an additional £5 million for more undergraduate GP teaching, following on from the publication of a report…
Bullying… A more mature approach to targets: finding hope from politicians 29 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 As chairman of BMA Scotland, sometimes what I do on your behalf doesn’t overlap or interact much with my “dayjob” as a consultant geriatrician. However, whilst the world of medical…
Consultants… Pensions tax reform: we need it now 24 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 I’ve been receiving a lot of queries from colleagues and on social media asking about the latest news on NHS pensions. Many just received an envelope through the post from…
General Practice £9million to improve patient care 24 Oct 2019November 5, 2019 Thursday’s announcement from the Scottish Government that GP Practices will receive more than £9 million of new funding to allow them to improve their premises and IT systems to provide…
Medical students Meet your new SMSC co-chairs! 18 Oct 2019 Hello – for those of you who don’t know me, I’m Sam, one of your recently elected co-chairs for the BMA’s Scottish Medical Students Committee (SMSC). I have previous experience…
SAS doctors Pensions Tax Reform Call – we need your voice 10 Oct 2019October 14, 2019 You’ll recall I wrote to you all recently to let you know that the BMA Goldstone Pensions calculator had launched for SAS doctors. Many SAS doctors can be forgiven for…
Consultants… Pension taxation reform – a necessity for the NHS – not an optional extra 10 Oct 2019October 14, 2019 It should come as no surprise that the BMA is relentlessly campaigning for urgent changes to the unjust pension taxation polices to ensure doctors are not dissuaded from covering additional…
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