Pensions October pensions update 10 Oct 2024 As ever the world of pensions doesn’t stay still, so quite a few items to update on this month. I’m also aware the some of the pensions information can be…
General Practice SGPC update: Contract uplift falls well short 10 Oct 2024 In our last blog, we said that the degree to which GPs in Scotland are valued by Scottish Government was facing a serious test. Well, we now know the details…
#Residentdoctors… SRDC: Your Study Leave Protected, BMA wins retraction of NES proposals 9 Oct 2024 Together, you and your union have prevented a degradation of doctors’ terms and conditions this week; the BMA has stopped NHS Education for Scotland’s (NES) proposed study leave changes from…
Scottish Race Equality Forum SREF chair welcomes Cabinet Secretary’s anti racism statement 7 Oct 2024 As the Chair of the BMA Scottish Race Equality Forum, I am highly encouraged by the recent public statement made by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil…
General Practice… New SGPC negotiating team: How much GPs are valued is facing “serious test” 4 Oct 2024October 4, 2024 We would like to introduce ourselves as the newly elected negotiating team of your BMA Scottish General Practice Committee (SGPC). As three active GPs working across Ayrshire, Highland and Lothian…
#Residentdoctors SRDC: Position statement on changes to study leave policy 1 Oct 2024October 1, 2024 The Scottish Resident Doctors Committee (SRDC) is outraged by NES’ recent decision to make sudden, significant changes to study leave policies without appropriate consultation. For Scotland’s national training body to…
Consultants Pay offer for consultants in Scotland to be recommended to members 26 Sep 2024November 4, 2024 You will remember at the end of my last blog that I said “a vote is coming and it’s coming soon” – well that time has now arrived and I’m…
#Residentdoctors… Junior no more: Introducing the BMA Scottish Resident Doctors Committee 16 Sep 2024September 16, 2024 The term junior doctor was always an oxymoron. It suggested that the junior doctor was inexperienced, despite the intense training and selection it took to become one. It encompassed a…
SSAS Pay negotiations underway for SAS doctors in Scotland 13 Sep 2024 I promised that I would update you once pay negotiations with Scottish Government began and I am pleased to say that meetings have commenced. The contents of negotiations need to…
Consultants Consultant pay update – latest news as talks progress and vote imminent 11 Sep 2024 I don’t like pushing analogies too hard, but at our Scottish Consultant Committee meeting this week, it was suggested the Scottish Government was now in injury time in terms of…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Introducing new SGPC Chair Dr Iain Morrison 22 Aug 2024 It is an incredible honour to be elected the new Chair of SGPC. I have genuine optimism, that by working together as a community of active GPs, we can look…
Scottish Race Equality Forum Your Input is Crucial: Complete the BMA Scotland Race Equality Survey 20 Aug 2024 Three years ago, BMA Scotland took a significant step forward by establishing the Scottish Race Equality Forum (SREF). This forum represents a crucial development in our ongoing commitment to addressing…
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