#JnrDocRights… Junior doctors cannot continue to prop up a crumbling system 30 Sep 2022 As your new chair elect of the BMA’s Scottish Junior Doctors Committee – due to take over at the first committee meeting of the year next Wednesday, October 5 –…
Uncategorized Chair’s update: Pushing hard on your priorities 27 Sep 2022 It is only just over three weeks since I wrote my first blog as chair of BMA Scotland Council – but it’s fair to say the days have passed in…
General Practice… Recruitment, retention, wellbeing and rediscovering the joy of being a GP. 15 Sep 2022September 16, 2022 The recruitment and retention crisis in General Practice is something we are all familiar with, a topic on the agenda for the past decade at least. However, it is really…
#JnrDocRights… Junior doc update: Survey launch, pay latest, monitoring and everything else! 14 Sep 2022September 14, 2022 It’s been nearly a year since I became Chair of SJDC. It’s also very nearly been a year since we published our wellbeing document and which was shortly followed by…
Uncategorized Supporting each other through tough times 13 Sep 2022September 13, 2022 I and others in BMA Scotland have written several blogs about the importance of doctors’ “wellbeing” in recent years; highlighting the importance of the topic and the resources that doctors…
NHS… SAS contract negotiations update 7 Sep 2022 I had very much hoped to have been able to give you a significant update about our contract negotiations for some time now – it’s been months since I was…
Uncategorized Only through Collective strength will we deliver what matters for doctors 30 Aug 2022 It’s a huge and pretty humbling honour for me to be writing this blog in my new role as Chair of BMA Scotland’s Council. There are some major challenges facing…
Uncategorized Pay survey results: the devaluing of our profession is no longer acceptable to doctors 19 Aug 2022August 19, 2022 First, thank you to all those who took the time to fill in our pay survey. The fact that more than 3,100 of you did so – more than double…
General Practice… Visa issues could force doctors out 11 Aug 2022 When I came to Scotland seven years ago as a transfer student from Malaysia to continue my medical training, I expected to enjoy my time here. What I didn’t expect…
Uncategorized A real terms pay cut and poor working conditions – why junior docs are angry and deserve better 25 Jul 2022July 25, 2022 I’m angry. I’m frustrated. I’m fed up. And I know a lot of you are too. Changeover is less than 10 days away, and some of you don’t have your…
#JnrDocRights… August changeover: less than three weeks to go 15 Jul 2022July 14, 2022 Thank you to all of you who have so far completed our rota form to tell us what’s happening with your rota. If you haven’t yet you can still fill…
Uncategorized ARM 2022 – Reflections from Scotland 4 Jul 2022 I should start this blog by saying that I wasn’t physically at the ARM. An on-call weekend and absent colleagues meant that I had to stay in Edinburgh, dipping in…
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