Uncategorized Importance of valuing doctors emphasised by recent NHS Scotland developments 14 Mar 2022March 14, 2022 UKRAINE CONFLICT It is hard to focus on the needs of doctors and medical students in Scotland when such serious events are playing out in Ukraine, and those do put…
#ScotlandsDoctors… Lockdown: One Year On… 23 Mar 2021 A year ago today, as the reality of wave one of the Covid pandemic was fast dawning on us, I was asked to appear on a live TV news show…
Consultants… Vaccination and PPE update 13 Jan 2021January 14, 2021 Across many parts of the UK doctors are dealing with the most serious of situations as the impact of this stage of the pandemic hits home. While in Scotland we…
Lewis Morrison Scottish Council: wellbeing, priorities and looking forward… 5 Nov 2020November 5, 2020 2020 has probably been the most challenging year the profession has ever faced. From the emergence of a previously unknown disease as the year started to where we are now…
Consultants… Pay uplift: there is still a long way to go… 22 Jul 2020July 23, 2020 As most of you will hopefully know by now, this week the Scottish Government announced it would meet this year’s recommendations from the DDRB report in full and provide all…
covid-19… Staying the course 29 Apr 2020 Staying the course. We’ve heard this a lot recently as the COVID19 pandemic progresses. Government have used this and similar rhetoric to persuade people to stay at home and adhere…
covid-19… Thank you for all of your support 5 Apr 2020April 3, 2020 For my latest update I want to speak directly to the people of Scotland, not just doctors and medical students. This is the most testing time for the NHS since…
Consultants… Coronavirus in Scotland 13 Mar 2020March 20, 2020 On March 11 the World Health Organisation declared COVID19 a pandemic, and from today – March 13 – Scotland will move from the containment to the delay stage, which includes…
Brexit… Brexit may be happening – but it must not be allowed to damage us 31 Jan 2020February 3, 2020 So tonight at 11pm we Brexit. Since the 2016 referendum the BMA has made clear the very real risk to healthcare and those who work in it Brexit posed. Realising…
Uncategorized Breaking the cycle of winter pressures: What doctors want in 2020 22 Jan 2020January 23, 2020 So here we are amidst another winter working in healthcare. It either feels like it’s worse than usual, is actually worse than usual, or things are never great, and winter…
Lewis Morrison A plan to make a plan? 18 Dec 2019December 18, 2019 With a gestation period not dissimilar to an elephant, on Monday this week the Scottish Government finally published its long-awaited Workforce Plan: just in time for Christmas. So did we…
Consultants… BMA raises SPPA issues 20 Nov 2019November 20, 2019 As you will no doubt be aware, on Monday the Scottish Government announced a temporary recycling scheme for pensions, that will allow those who are eligible to opt-out of the…
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