Consultants… Pay survey: we need your views. 11 Jul 2023 Last week we were “awarded” yet another massively disappointing pay uplift. With RPI inflation running at 11.3% according to the latest figures, this 6% uplift amounts to a significant pay…
Contracts… Scottish SAS contract update. 29 May 2023May 29, 2023 It’s been a while since we updated you around the new contracts. If you want to have a read all about them – have a look here. However as I…
SAS doctors… Rate card guidance for SSAS doctors. 4 May 2023May 4, 2023 As promised, here I am, back in touch with you mainly to let you know about the publication of our SAS rate card. It’s been a while in the making…
Uncategorized Update for SAS doctors – new contracts 22 Dec 2022December 22, 2022 It’s been getting on for a month now since I updated you on the new SAS contracts – and the fact the profession had voted overwhelming in favour of accepting…
Scottish Conference… Scottish conference: looking to the future… 14 Feb 2022February 14, 2022 We’ve all been through some terribly tough times over the last two years. As doctors, our profession has suffered. We have all had our own issues personally and endured huge…
Uncategorized Rising Covid cases – updated advice on rotas and working patterns for senior doctors 23 Dec 2021December 23, 2021 As you know, the challenges brought by the Omicron variant are already causing real concern across the NHS, even if we don’t yet know what its impact will be. While…
Uncategorized Contract negotiations “going well” – festive update for SAS Doctors in Scotland 23 Dec 2021February 8, 2022 I seem to remember I wrote a blog this time last year, with my head in my hands reflecting on what a crazy year it had been and how things…
SAS doctors… SAS Contract Update: Scotland 22 Mar 2021March 22, 2021 As we head further into spring and with it lighter days and warmer weather, there is a feeling of hope on the horizon as the vaccine programme continues to be…
#ScotlandsDoctors… International Women’s Day: One Year On… 8 Mar 2021March 8, 2021 On 8 March 2020 I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to chair the Women in Medicine symposium, run by BMA Scotland’s amazing membership engagement team, and held in…
covid-19… Scottish SAS contract update 18 Feb 2021March 1, 2021 At the end of last year, I think the whole country was looking forward to starting a new year and putting 2020 behind us. The prospect of 2021 brought us…
Consultants… Frustration: Pay Arrangements 16 Jul 2020July 16, 2020 It has been just over a month since our last joint blog and sadly, as chairs of SSASC and SCC, it has been an incredibly frustrating few weeks for us…
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