Residentdoctors… Resident doctors: Top tips for August changeover 9 Jul 2025July 10, 2025 Dear Resident doctor It’s now less than 6 weeks until August changeover. August is fast approaching, and we know how stressful changeover (Wednesday 6 August) can be for resident doctors. …
Consultants… DDRB recommendations: Scottish consultant and SAS committee reaction 26 May 2025May 27, 2025 While it may seem a very short time ago that last year’s pay rises started appearing in your payslip, we are now entering back into the whole process for 2025/26. …
SSAS SAS doctors update in Scotland – progression and pay vital given gaps in workforce 12 May 2025May 12, 2025 Hello Everyone, As we are now a full month into the new financial year, I thought I would update you all on the work your SAS committee is doing currently.…
#Residentdoctors… SRDC end-of-year report and look ahead to 2025 22 Jan 2025January 22, 2025 2025 is well and truly upon us, so I wanted to wish everyone an (admittedly belated) Happy New Year, and I hope that everyone managed to get some time off…
Consultants Pay offer for consultants in Scotland to be recommended to members 26 Sep 2024November 4, 2024 You will remember at the end of my last blog that I said “a vote is coming and it’s coming soon” – well that time has now arrived and I’m…
Consultants Consultant pay update – latest news as talks progress and vote imminent 11 Sep 2024 I don’t like pushing analogies too hard, but at our Scottish Consultant Committee meeting this week, it was suggested the Scottish Government was now in injury time in terms of…
Pay… SAS doctors update on pay – “our negotiating power comes from our members”. 28 Jun 2024 It has been a relatively short time since my last blog, but much has developed since then. SAS doctors in England have overwhelmingly accepted their offer from the Westminster government,…
SSAS Patience of SAS doctors in Scotland is running out 10 Apr 2024April 10, 2024 Hi All! As you may remember from my last blog, SSAS Committee decided not to submit evidence to the DDRB, we had lost confidence in its independence and willingness to…
Junior Doctors SJDC Chair’s update – we need to be ready for any eventuality 30 Mar 2024September 19, 2024 As we reach the end of the financial year 2023/24, it’s worth reflecting that the BMA's Scottish Junior* Doctors' Committee (SJDC) remains the only Branch of Practice to have reached…
Consultants Bleak times – update for Scottish consultants on rate cards, pay and updating your details 1 Mar 2024 It has been a while since my last blog, longer than I would like given I know there are lots of things you will be anxious to hear about progress…
Consultants Tax changes could have “extremely damaging” impact on senior doctors and the nhs 22 Dec 2023 As we head into what is already proving to be an exceptionally busy Christmas period (if my on-call this week is anything to go by), the last thing we needed…
Consultants Fixing consultant pay: Scottish reaction to offer in England 27 Nov 2023November 27, 2023 You may well have seen the coverage in the media with regards developments around consultant pay in England, and the offer which is now being put to members there. If…
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