British Medical Association - the trade union and professional organisation for doctors and medical students.
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Jun 9
❗️NEW BLOG: SAS doctors in 🏴
Read the update from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele on:
👉Pay survey
👉Sustainable working
👉Regrading latest
Link 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
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Jun 5
🚨NEW: Consultants in 🏴
Read the latest blog from SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski on:
➡️Response to DDRB pay survey
➡️Prioritising a safe & sustainable working week
➡️Next steps
Link 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
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Jun 4
‘These increases have largely been absorbed within existing medical schools, rather than through the establishment of new institutions, & without considering training capacity’
SMSC chair Joe Payne on the impact of increasing number of 🏴medical students in @timeshighered 👇
Long read: With the NHS desperate for more capacity, increasing the number of doctors entering the system seems an obvious remedy. But with the system lacking the resources to boost training places or offer permanent jobs, insiders say that the flow of extra medical graduates must be staunched. @Helen_Packer reports #medicine #highered
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May 27
🚨NEW BLOG: GPs in 🏴
Read the latest from SGPC on updated workforce funding guidance which provides clarity for practices on how this year’s investment is intended to be used & implemented.
Link 👇
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May 22
As the new @scotgov cabinet settles in, @BMAScotland would like to thank former health secretary @neilcgray for listening to the concerns of Scotland’s doctors & doing his best to improve the working lives of doctors to enable them to look after patients 🩺
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May 20
🚨Congratulations to Angela Constance as the new Cabinet Secretary for Health & Care
We look forward to renewing a positive joint working relationship & making progress on issues that are critical for our shared ambition of ensuring NHS🏴 is sustainable for generations to come
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BMA Scotland retweeted
May 15
I fall in this category and am very lucky that I work in a supportive practice that fully understands what happens when I have a flare or issue. However I know that not everyone is as lucky- so it’s really important to know your rights and who can assist when an issue occurs.
May 15
🚨ICYMI
✍️'Providing reasonable adjustments at work is not a special favour for disabled doctors – rather it is a legal duty of employers'
Read the blog from deputy SCC chair Dr Tamasin Knight on support for disabled and neurodivergent doctors 👇
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May 15
🗣️'Our policy of 1 GP WTE per 1000 is achievable and will deliver the real change the NHS needs to survive and thrive and for General Practice to be the incredible career it can and should be'
🎥WATCH: SGPC chair @DrIMChairSGPC addressing UK LMC conference 2026 in Belfast 🩺
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May 15
🚨ICYMI
✍️'Providing reasonable adjustments at work is not a special favour for disabled doctors – rather it is a legal duty of employers'
Read the blog from deputy SCC chair Dr Tamasin Knight on support for disabled and neurodivergent doctors 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
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May 7
🗳️With the Scottish Parliament election taking place today, here's a lookback at the @BMAScotland hustings event 👇📽️
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May 6
🏴🗳️Ahead of the Scottish Parliament election tomorrow, here’s a reminder of where you can read about @BMAScotland manifesto
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May 6
ICYMI, @JenTrueland looks at the views from secondary care ahead of the 🏴election in this article in @TheDrMagazine
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May 6
You can read more about @BMAScotland's manifesto & call for radical change in the NHS in this @TheDrMagazine interview with chair @DrIainKennedy
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BMA Scotland retweeted
Apr 29
Want to know what's happening with the #dispensingGP contracts in England, Scotland and Wales? Listen in to the GPCs in our latest podcast #rural @BMACymru @BMA_GP @BMAScotland
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BMA Scotland retweeted
The next Scottish government must ensure GPs can deliver for their patients.
@BMAScotland are calling for urgent action to Rebuild General Practice.
@ScottishLabour, @ScotTories, @theSNP, @scotlibdems, @ReformUKScot, will you back GPs and their patients?
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May 1
🚨 PAY SURVEY - last chance to have your say 🚨
We are looking for consultants, SAS doctors and GPs to give their views before the survey closes at the end of today.
You can find the survey here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotla…
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Apr 29
**ICYMI**
🗣️BMA Scotland 2026 Scottish Parliament election hustings is now available for watching
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youtube.com/watch?v=VHNctkxI…
Grateful to all the candidates who came along to take part.
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Apr 28
🚨 Consultants in 🏴 - have you filled out our pay survey?
⏰Time is running out - we need you to have your say before it closes this Friday.
👀Watch below to hear SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski explain why - and here's the link 🔗:
surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotla…
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Apr 24
❗️REMINDER❗️
BMA Scotland members – have you filled in the new pay survey?
📢The survey will be open for one more week
✍️Pls take 5 mins to complete
You can find the link in the following blogs -
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Apr 24
🚨 SAS doctors in 🏴
Here's the latest update from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele 👇, including a link to the pay survey closing in one week
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Apr 24
🚨GPs in 🏴
We also need you to tell us your views in the pay survey, which is closing in one week
You can find the link in this blog 👇from SGPC deputy chair Dr Chris Black, plus info on a funding webinar taking place next week
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
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