General Practice… Christmas message for GPs in Scotland: Cautious optimism for 2026 23 Dec 2025 Dear All, It is a good time to reflect upon the year past. With the amount that has gone on it is little wonder it has passed so quickly. For…
Pensions Pensions update for doctors in Scotland 18 Dec 2025December 24, 2025 The end of the year is fast approaching so I thought it was a good time to update as to the state of play for NHS pensions in Scotland. Over the past…
General Practice… BMA SGPC Chair SLMC speech 2025: “Pivotal” moment for future of the profession 28 Nov 2025November 28, 2025 Read the full speech to the SLMC 2025 conference from Dr Iain Morrison, Chair of BMA Scotland's GP Committee. To note this follows a deal on funding restoration agreed with…
General Practice… Deal to end dispute over funding restoration accepted by BMA Scotland GP committee 28 Oct 2025 Dear All, We are delighted to announce that the BMA’s Scottish GP Committee has voted to accept a deal we negotiated with the Scottish Government to end our formal dispute…
General Practice… SGPC formal dispute update: Scottish Government offer received, negotiations to begin 2 Oct 2025October 2, 2025 As you will be aware we have been in formal dispute with the Scottish Government since June of this year. We have had multiple meetings with Government since and had anticipated…
General Practice… Spreading the word on our fight for full funding restoration 12 Sep 2025 This summer, your BMA Scotland GP leadership team took to the road with a series of events designed to put the future of general practice at the centre of conversation…
General Practice… BMA Scotland summer roadshows for GPs: find out the dispute latest and help shape the campaign for full funding restoration 4 Aug 2025August 4, 2025 The weather has been very variable this summer, much like the fortunes of general practice over the years. Hopefully you are managing to squeeze in some holiday and rest, given…
Consultants… Pension update for doctors in Scotland: Findings and next steps 10 Jul 2025July 10, 2025 It has been two months since my last pensions update in which we opened a pensions feedback portal, and we have been blown away by the response. We received over…
General Practice… Enough is enough: Scottish GPs move into dispute with the Scottish Government 26 Jun 2025June 26, 2025 General Practice continues to face significant challenges in delivering the core services we so dearly want to protect for our patients. The ridiculous paradox of GP Partners having to look at what…
ARM Justice, dignity, and the duty of care that governments’ owe: why we need to treat long Covid as an occupational disease 24 Jun 2025 Yesterday at the BMA's ARM in Liverpool, Deputy Scottish Council Chair Dr Nora Murray-Cavanagh successfully proposed a motion on treating Long Covid as an occupational disease. You can find her…
General Practice… DDRB recommendations: Scottish GP Committee reaction 23 May 2025May 23, 2025 I promise, one day I will write a blog that is purely upbeat and optimistic. However, and with regret, not today. That is because yesterday the Review Body on Doctors’…
General Practice… Stand with your surgery: new resources to support GPs 24 Apr 2025 As GPs, we know the scale of the challenges our surgeries face. Every day, we struggle to do the very best we can for each and every patient we care…
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