SAS doctors Scottish SAS doctors: Update on pay and wellbeing 24 Jan 2024January 24, 2024 It’s probably far too late to say happy new year – but as this is my first blog of the year, and I checked it is still January somehow –…
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…
Uncategorized Members back new SAS contracts 24 Nov 2022November 24, 2022 Many thanks to all of you that took part in the referendum to vote on the new SAS contracts which we have been involved in negotiating over the last many…
Uncategorized Pay award Fails “to tangibly demonstrate doctors are truly valued” 13 Aug 2021August 13, 2021 This week the Scottish Government announced its decision on doctors’ pay for this coming year following the publication of the DDRB recommendations 3 weeks ago (as ever the coming year…
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…
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…
Consultants… Update on solution to temporary working patterns during Covid-19 4 Jun 2020 We don’t need to tell you that the immense demands the COVID-19 pandemic have placed upon the NHS represent an unprecedented challenge. While we know that as consultants and SAS…
Pay… Have you got what you’re owed? 17 Dec 2019March 22, 2020 Pay is, as always, a pertinent issue for us doctors. For many senior doctors, the more hours we work is not translating into a higher bottom line at the end…