Bullying… Tackling bullying in Scotland’s NHS: ‘Let’s not lose momentum or squander the opportunity’ 9 Oct 2019 This year pushing for concrete action to tackle bullying and harassment in NHS Scotland has been a top priority for me personally and BMA Scotland more widely. As we are…
General Practice The future of primary care… 7 Oct 2019 You may, or may not be, aware that the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee is conducting an enquiry into the future of Primary Care in Scotland. BMA Scotland recently…
Consultants… Looking forward, to winter and beyond 26 Sep 2019 Welcome to my first blog as chair of SCC. Settle in, it’s a fairly long one. Since taking over from Simon a little over two weeks ago, you will probably…
Junior Doctors Juniors: Ensuring you get the full pay you’re entitled to 26 Sep 2019December 11, 2019 The August changeover is now well past, and Tuesday saw this session’s first meeting of the BMA Scottish Junior Doctors’ Committee (SJDC). It was also our first meeting as co-chairs…
SAS doctors Pensions Modeller launched for SAS doctors 26 Sep 2019October 15, 2019 As we are all too aware, doctors across the NHS – UK-wide – are finding themselves in the horrible situation of being handed unexpected additional bills resulting from pensions tax…
Lewis Morrison… Scottish Conference – how did you find it? 24 Sep 2019October 3, 2019 The sun shone brightly over Glasgow on Saturday, but that thankfully didn’t stop 200 doctors from across Scotland gathering at the Hilton for the second BMA Scottish Conference – and…
Medical students Freshers – welcome to YOUR BMA! 24 Sep 2019November 5, 2019 New chapters – like your first days studying at University - are always difficult. I remember it myself, a few years back, walking into campus for the first time, finding…
Lewis Morrison Working together we can save our NHS 13 Sep 2019September 13, 2019 Over recent years the BMA in Scotland has been very clear about many threats to the future of our NHS. In truth, I sometimes worry we sound a bit like…
General Practice… GPs hit by pensions tax bills 12 Sep 2019 Over recent months our members - in particular consultants and GPs – have told us they are being hit with unexpected, large pension tax bills. This is due to the…
Lewis Morrison… Scottish Conference – Are You In? 11 Sep 2019October 3, 2019 In just over a week more than 200 doctors and medical students from across Scotland will converge on the Glasgow Hilton for the second BMA Scottish Conference. If you haven’t…
Consultants… As I pass the baton 6 Sep 2019September 9, 2019 Next week I will demit as chair of your BMA Scottish Consultants Committee. It’s been a great privilege to serve colleagues across our nation in this way and I’m very…
#ScotlandsDoctors A Day at the frontline of EMRS 3 Sep 2019 0550 The alarm goes off…it’s a cold dark Saturday in March I put my legs on and I get ready for the day. Dressed, coffee, and then I’m heading to…
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