General Practice… Update from BMA Scotland’s GPC negotiating teamĀ 23 Apr 2025April 23, 2025 Given the crisis that GP surgeries are facing up and down the country, it will hopefully be no surprise that the team here at the BMA is extremely busy with…
Pensions Spring pensions update for doctors in Scotland 17 Apr 2025April 17, 2025 My last pensions blog was at the end of 2024.Ā Iāve been holding off in issuing another one in the hope that I could report good news and that everything…
Medical students… Medical students are suffering in an overcrowded system ā we need to protect our education 4 Apr 2025 A year and a half ago, when I started my clinical placements as a fourth-year medical student, I was excited. Starting university in 2020 - during the height of the…
General Practice… BMA Scotland GP update: Audit Scotland report, NI rises and Cabinet Secretary meeting 1 Apr 2025 General Practice is currently operating in the most challenging circumstances of a generation. Last weekās Audit Scotland report set out exactly why, in bleak detail. But, at the BMAās SGPC…
General Practice Scottish GP update: Employers’ NIC latest 25 Feb 2025 Ever since the Autumn Budget was announced we have been in discussion and lobbying for full reimbursement of Employer's NIC for practices. Unfortunately, the situation looks far from ideal come…
Consultants… BMA Scotland chairās New Year message: Scotlandās NHS will struggle to see out another New Year without ātransformativeā reforms 31 Dec 2024 It has become common for well-known dictionary brands to name a āword of the yearā. When it comes to the NHS, the word I would have to choose for 2024…
General Practice… BMA SGPC update: SLMC conf, position statement and budget reaction 6 Dec 2024 It has been a busy few days for us at SGPC. On Friday 29th November we had the annual Scottish LMC Conference at the Golden Jubilee in Clydebank. It was…
General Practice… Dr Iain Morrison – full speech to SLMC 2024 29 Nov 2024November 29, 2024 Full text of speech of Dr Iain Morrison, Chair of SGPC to SLMC conference 2024: Good morning Conference, So, how are you all feeling this morning? Personally, this is my…
General Practice… GPs in Scotland ā new guidance to help practices cope with ādisinvestment and poor fundingā AND have your say on our next steps 1 Nov 2024November 1, 2024 Itās been a little more than 2 weeks since we last wrote to you after the disappointing news of the Scottish Governmentās GMS contract uplift. Since that point we have…
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…
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…
#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…
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