General Practice… Workforce funding guidance: supporting implementation in practice 27 May 2026May 27, 2026 It was great to see so many of you at the Webinar for Workforce funding. It was one of the best attended events we have held, and shows the level…
Policy BMA Scotland manifesto published: “serious, long-term and radical NHS reform” urgently required 15 Apr 2026April 28, 2026 There’s now only a matter of weeks to go until Scotland goes to the polls to vote in the next cohort of MSPs. In many ways, it’s a very different…
Consultants Know your rights: support for disabled and neurodivergent doctors 14 Apr 2026 A few years ago, I realised that I am disabled – and that the rights detailed in the Equality Act 2010 are for me. The legal definition of disability means…
Pay… SAS doctors in Scotland: Pay survey launch 9 Apr 2026April 9, 2026 The Doctors’ and Dentists’ Pay Review Body (DDRB) has published its report and has recommended a 3.5% pay uplift for all groups within its remit. With the background that the top of Specialty Doctor payscale has experienced 25% pay erosion since…
General Practice… GPs in Scotland: further details of funding restoration deal confirmed 24 Mar 2026March 24, 2026 You will have recently received (or soon be about to receive) the confirmatory details of the workforce funding and non-staff expenses for 26/27. We are sorry this has taken some…
Medical students Beyond Capacity – report lays bare challenges facing medical students in Scotland 12 Mar 2026 First, I want to thank all of you who responded to our survey on medical school capacity. It is your insight that has helped us compile the report we are…
General Practice… Walk in centres’ money would have been better invested in core GP services 5 Mar 2026March 5, 2026 We know that most of you are urgently awaiting word on funding and conditions from the 1st of April, and we want to reassure you that we are working flat out…
resident doctors SRDC: minimum service requirement proposals are deeply flawed 2 Mar 2026 After years of BMA Scotland demanding a coherent and comprehensive workforce plan it should be some encouragement that this is something politicians are finally beginning to debate and, it seems…
Uncategorized Resident doctors in Scotland vote to accept pay offer 11 Feb 2026 After months of negotiations that culminated in a strike ballot and then ultimately an 11th hour breakthrough that saw strikes suspended, Scottish Resident Doctors have voted resoundingly to accept the…
SAS doctors SAS doctors in Scotland: important deadline approaching 23 Jan 2026 I fear it is far too late to wish you all a happy new year. However, given this is the first time I have been in touch in 2026, I…
#Residentdoctors Scottish resident doctor pay vote opening – power in your hands 21 Jan 2026January 27, 2026 It has been another extremely important week since strike action was suspended by the BMA’s Scottish Resident Doctors Committee (SRDC), with a resolution being achieved, yet again, merely days before it was scheduled. Instead of…
#Residentdoctors STRIKES SUSPENDED: Scottish Resident Doctors Committee Recommends Improved Pay Offer for Resident Doctors and Dentists 9 Jan 2026January 9, 2026 After Scottish resident doctors delivered an overwhelming strike mandate to the BMA Scottish Resident Doctors’ Committee (SRDC), our negotiating team has been hard at work using that leverage in extensive…
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