General Practice… SGPC update 18 Jul 2019July 17, 2019 Heading into the summer, and with another successful ARM in Belfast now behind us, this seems a good time to update you on the work SGPC has ongoing. To start…
Pensions Pensions: let’s remove the excuse of ‘plausible deniability’ from politicians’ minds… 18 Jul 2019July 19, 2019 Dear Colleagues I hope most of you will have found time to start using the new BMA pensions calculator. My previous letter highlighted the information you need to include to…
SAS doctors SAS contract negotiations 17 Jul 2019July 16, 2019 It has been over a decade since the SAS contract came into effect on 1 April 2008. Since then, much has changed in our profession. As our counterparts in England,…
Junior Doctors Nightshift Rest and Fixed Leave Benefits for Junior Doctors in Scotland 15 Jul 2019 Recently, we at BMA Scotland were delighted to update you on new rota rules in Scotland that meant from August the majority of Junior Doctors in Scotland would be given…
#ScotlandsDoctors A day in the Life of Mustafa El Sheikh 11 Jul 2019 Saturday night shift - 12 hours on the Surgical High Dependency Unit (SHDU), a ten-bedded, level 2 care facility in Ninewells. 21:00 It was chaotic from the outset as I…
#ScotlandsDoctors From Ireland to Scotland – via Sudan. A doctor’s story 9 Jul 2019July 11, 2019 “You never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them.” This quote from Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird epitomises my…
#ScotlandsDoctors Lekaashree Rambabu – #ScotlandsDoctors videos 6 Jul 2019July 15, 2019 https://vimeo.com/348135428 Lekaashree Rambabu tells us why she has chosen a career in medicine https://vimeo.com/348135403 Lekaashree Rambabu tells us what it's like to be at medical school If you’re not a…
#ScotlandsDoctors Who’s your female role model in Medicine? 5 Jul 2019July 9, 2019 “It is a grand thing to enter the very first British University ever opened to women, isn’t it?” One hundred and fifty years ago, Sophia Jex-Blake wrote these words in…
Pensions BMA Goldstone Pension Modeller 4 Jul 2019January 7, 2022 Dear Colleagues RE: SCOTTISH CONSULTANT MODELLER RELEASE In response to the widespread concerns surrounding pensions taxation matters, the BMA Goldstone Pension Modeller is now available as a member benefit for…
ARM 2019 Dr Lewis Morrison’s speech at ARM 2019 26 Jun 2019July 3, 2019 It is my genuine privilege to address you for the first time as Chair of Scottish Council. I must give huge thanks to all of the staff of BMA Scotland,…
#ScotlandsDoctors I wanted to be that person – Sandesh Gulhane 25 Jun 2019July 3, 2019 Scotland is my adopted home, and it is definitely true that people make Glasgow. Everyone is so friendly, people actually give way to you when you're driving, and nobody pushes…
ARM 2019… ARM: an insider’s view… 24 Jun 2019July 3, 2019 Today officially marks the day the ARM – and hundreds of doctors with it – rolls into Belfast. I’m sure many of you (myself included) arrived over the weekend to…
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