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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

9 months

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 CONSULTATIVE VOTE RESULT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚨 Scottish junior doctors have voted to ACCEPT the Scot Gov's pay offer. ✅ 81.64% voted in favour of the offer ✅ Turnout was 71.24% Read SJDC chair @ChrisSmith2211 's full message to members 👇

Scottish junior Doctors accept pay offer in consultative vote

Our journey towards full pay restoration (FPR) was never going to be an easy one, but today we are a step closer. In our consultative vote on the Scottish Government’s pay offer, 71.24% (3975) of y…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

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🚨 JUNIOR DOCTOR CONSULTATIVE VOTE RESULTS: Junior doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 have voted to reject the Scottish Government's pay offer. 71.1% voted to reject the offer, with a turnout of 66.3%. Read the full details from @ChrisSmith2211 here. 1/2

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

8 months

🚨 Statement from BMA Scotland on the role of PAs and AAs in NHS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Following discussion and agreement at Scottish Council this week - find below a full statement from Chair @DrIainKennedy . Summary in the 🧵 Full details here ⬇️ 1/

BMA Scotland statement: Role of PAs and AAs in Scotland’s NHS

At Scottish Council this week, there was an important update and resolution on the role of “Physician Associates (PAs)” and “Anaesthetic Associates (AAs)” within Scotland’s NHS. This is an issue th…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

10 months

🗣️Junior doctors strikes in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿suspended as improved offer to be put to BMA members - details from SJDC chair @ChrisSmith2211 below 👇

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

Scottish Junior Doctors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action - hear more from your chair @chrissmith2211 and read our full news release below 👇

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

Tomorrow the 'opt-out' system for organ donation in Scotland comes into effect. You can read more about why this is so important from Intensive Care consultant, and organ donation clinical lead for NHSBT, Dr Radha Sundaram...

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 months

We are disappointed that the Scottish Parliament, this afternoon, voted through the Anaesthesia Associates & Physician Associates Order 2024 legislating for the GMC to regulate AAs & PAs in Scotland. 👀🧵👇

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

🚨 NEWS UPDATE: We can confirm that Scottish Junior Doctors will stage a 72-hour full withdrawal of labour if members vote to strike in the ballot that opens next Wed. Hear more from @ChrisSmith2211 on the decision - and our fight for #fullpayrestoration .

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

5 months

UPDATE on the post below. We understand the concern this advert has caused and – despite the suggestion from the board that this is an error – we are looking into and raising it urgently through the LNC – our local reps. 1/2

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@quackophage

5 months

Can someone at @NHSHighland please explain why PAs are now supervising doctors at Raigmore Hospital? Is this a joke? Job advert posted 14/12/23.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

6 years

Despite the extreme conditions in much of Scotland, doctors and other NHS staff have been going above and beyond to care for patients, sleeping in hospitals and covering for colleagues who have been unable to make it through the snow 👏

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

8 months

A motion passed at council commits BMA Scotland to: “immediately begin work on formalising a stance on PAs and AAs that either proposes abolishing the roles or modifying them to ensure their scope of practice does not negatively infringe on doctors of any grade and...... 2/

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BMA Scotland

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1 year

Junior doctors in Glasgow today sending a clear message that enough is enough - they won't stand for their jobs being devalued by pay erosion any longer. A junior doctor today is NOT worth 23.5% less than one working in 2008. Our ballot is open - join, vote, win!

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

JUNIOR DOCTOR PAY UPDATE: We can today confirm a pay offer from the Scottish Government will be put to members in a consultative vote. Read the full details in @ChrisSmith2211 's message to members - and more details in the thread below. 1/7

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

4 months

UPDATE: We are disappointed that the Order that will make the GMC regulator for PAs/AAs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 passed through the Health Cttee at the @ScotParl this morning. This was despite the concerns we have set out that the GMC is not the appropriate or right regulator for these roles. 1/2

BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

4 months

This morning, @SP_HSCS will consider the order that will make the GMC the regulator for PAs/AAs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. We have serious concerns over this plan - and would urge the cttee to oppose the order. Read why, from @DrIainKennedy here 👇👇👇

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

8 months

🗣️ @DrIainKennedy said: "The only way to get out of the workforce crisis we face is by investment in the recruitment, training and then retention of doctors. There are no shortcuts to avoid that. It means valuing doctors, focussing on our training, and improving our pay." 4/4

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

NEWS UPDATE: JUNIOR DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND PLAN TO BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION. You can read all the background and next steps in the blog from SJDC Chair @ChrisSmith2211 Also read the 🧵 below for more. 1/7

BMA Scotland plans to ballot junior Doctors on strike action

Fourteen years is a long time. For some doctors, it could be the culmination of a career path, from medical student to GP partner. For others it may be longer than their entire stint as a practicin…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

2 years

🗨️"I feel very proud to have been chosen by my peers to lead BMA Scotland during an extremely challenging time for our NHS."🗨️ 🗣️Congratulations to @DrIainKennedy who is the chair-elect of BMA Scotland. He will take up his new post on August 30th. 👇

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

8 months

"......maintains that any medical workforce strategy should prioritise increasing the number of speciality training and consultant posts.” In response, @DrIainKennedy confirmed that work would start straight away, building on previous work on this issue. 3/

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

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🚨NEWS RELEASE 🚨 📰👀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🩺 An FOI request from BMA Scotland to Scotland’s health boards has revealed a total of 1076 whole time equivalent (WTE) vacancies, compared to 439 reported by official figures. 👀🧵👇 for more details on these deeply concerning figures 1/4

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@BMAScotland

1 year

This offer DOES NOT INCLUDE DOCTORS - where we continue to urge the @scotgov to make urgent improvements. In particular we need to see meaningful negotiations on #fullpayrestoration for juniors - who plan to ballot members on strike action in the first quarter of this year. 1/2

healthandcare.scot

@hacscot

1 year

📢Health Secretary @HumzaYousaf today announces the latest pay package – representing £568m for 2023/24 – for NHS staff across Scotland: @ScotlandRCM @RCNScot @BMAScotland @NHSScotland @JohnSwinney @MareeToddMSP @GillianMSP @ColinPoolmanRCN @RCNGtrGlasgow

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

10 months

Next week’s planned Scottish junior doctor industrial action has been suspended after the latest period of intense negotiations ended with BMA Scotland agreeing to put an improved offer from the Scottish Government to its members.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

It's important to note this pay offer does NOT include doctors. Meanwhile, we continue to push for better pay for doctors in Scotland and a resolution to the huge issues with pension taxation that continue to impact on senior doctors. Read more in the 🧵 below... 1/5

Humza Yousaf

@HumzaYousaf

1 year

Have made improved pay offer to NHS staff that takes overall uplift to 7.5% (£515m). Record deal will give pay rises of between £2205-£2751 to incredible NHS staff, with lowest paid receiving 11.3% pay rise, newly qualified nurse 8.7% & experienced nurses between £2450-£2751

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

🚨SCOTTISH JUNIORS 🗓️BALLOT DATE ANNOUNCEMENT Our ballot of Scottish juniors on strike action will open on March 29th 2023. Get the date in your diary and update your details, or join the BMA so you can play your part in winning #fullpayrestoration . More from @ChrisSmith2211 ⬇️

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

7 years

Doctors' leaders take a stand on shameful 'rape clause'

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 months

BMA Scotland is asking MSPs to vote against the Anaesthesia Associates & Physician Associates Order 2024 legislating for the GMC to regulate AAs & PAs in Scotland. This will be voted on in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow - Ask your constituency & regional MSPs to vote against.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

Scottish junior doctors in Glasgow today calling for the #fullpayrestoration they deserve! Our ballot is open, get voting, let’s reverse the 23.5 pay cut - for the good of our NHS…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

11 months

Today, we can confirm strike action will take place from 07:00 on Wed, July 12th to 06:59 on Sat, July 15th unless an improved offer that the BMA believes it could credibly put to members is put forward by the Scottish Government. 2/2

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1 year

🚨 NEWS UPDATE FOR 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿JUNIOR DOCTORS Our plan to ballot juniors in Scotland on strike action has been given the green light by @TheBMA UK council. Read more on this important step in the fight for #fullpayrestoration from SJDC Chair @ChrisSmith2211 👇

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@BMAScotland

4 months

🚨📰 Today's front page of the @Sunday_Post is on the roles of PAs/AAs - a concern our members have been raising with us. We have been consistently highlighting the impact of expansion of these roles on our NHS and patients. Further reading on this in the 🧵👇 1/3

The Sunday Post

@Sunday_Post

4 months

This weekend's front page. • Survey unearths catalogue of errors by unregulated medics • Meet the mum defying the '1,000 day disease' • A new world order? Special report on the elections taking part across the globe in 2024

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4 months

🚨 Read about our significant concerns over plans to make the GMC regulator for AAs/PAs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in our latest blog from @DrIainKennedy - out this morning.... A further🧵 follows - with an update on why this is important over the next few days. 1/4

PAs/AAs update – our opposition to regulation by the GMC

As you are all aware, one of the key issues we have been working on as a priority for members is the role and deployment of Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAs) in Scotland’s…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

5 years

We’re delighted that former BMA Scotland GP Chair @AMcDevitt2 has been honoured with a CBE in Queen’s Birthday List in recognition of his services to the NHS and General Practitioners in Scotland

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

6 years

Read about our call for clarity on allowing doctors from Europe to continue to come to live and work in Scotland after Brexit. @pfbennie is in Brussels today to discuss the issue and call for solutions which are crucial for our NHS and its workforce:

Doctors call for post-Brexit immigration 'clarity'

Scottish doctors' leaders say "virtually no progress" has been made to allow medics to work in Scotland after Brexit.

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@BMAScotland

4 months

This morning, @SP_HSCS will consider the order that will make the GMC the regulator for PAs/AAs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. We have serious concerns over this plan - and would urge the cttee to oppose the order. Read why, from @DrIainKennedy here 👇👇👇

PAs/AAs update – our opposition to regulation by the GMC

As you are all aware, one of the key issues we have been working on as a priority for members is the role and deployment of Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAs) in Scotland’s…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

4 months

🚨📰 Read @DrIainKennedy in @TheScotsman on our concerns about the role and deployment of AAs/PAs in NHS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Dr Kennedy highlights patient safety implications and the confusion among patients who may believe they have seen a doctor. Article in full 👇

NHS crisis won't be solved by hiring 'physician associates' instead of real doctors – Dr Iain...

Many doctors are worried that the use of physician associates and anaesthesia associates is putting patients at risk

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

6 years

Decision to implement new GP contract after strong backing from profession -

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

BMA Scotland chair @DrIainKennedy is in London today, supporting English junior doctors on the picket lines. He is urging the Scottish government to enter into meaningful talks over full pay restoration before the Scottish strike ballot opens on March 29th. #BMABallotReady

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@BMAScotland

1 year

Incredible turn out from English doctors here in Newcastle - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 juniors stand shoulder to shoulder in the fight for #FullPayRestoration Our own ballot for strike actions opens on March 29th…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

Supporters of all ages have been out in Glasgow today, joining our call for #fullpayrestoration ! Here’s @MarkBalavage and Jennifer Balavage (junior doctors) and son Theo (not yet a junior doctor!)

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

📢GPs in Scotland: read a message from @DrAndrewCowie in the following blog on how the vicious circle damaging morale and forcing GPs out of the profession has to stop. 🗣️"there is only so much you can flog a workforce before they just leave."

The “vicious circle” damaging GPs has to stop

Dear GPs, You will have seen a lot of talk in newspapers and online about GPs “opening up to face to face appointments”, always with the implication that we have been locked in our surg…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

11 months

We stand in solidarity with our 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 colleagues in their ongoing fight for fair pay. 🗓️Remember - junior doctor strikes in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿start at 07:00 on Wednesday, July 12th - read the details here from @ChrisSmith2211 👇👇👇

Junior doctors reject pay offer

First, and once again I want to thank you. Your response to our consultative vote has been incredibly strong. We asked that you have your say, that you make your voice heard on the Scottish Governm…

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Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

11 months

We won’t give up until junior doctors are fairly paid. On 13 July, we will stage a 5 day strike, the longest single walkout by doctors in the NHS’s history.

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BMA Scotland

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3 years

@farrell_katrina @TheBMA We have arranged to speak to the Scottish Government today and will ask for a clear explanation which we will share as soon as possible. We share the concerns our members are raising concerns about this change which has been made without sufficient detail or assurance.

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1 year

@ChrisSmith2211

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@BMAScotland

3 years

It's important today, given the coverage around GPs in England, to emphasise that we stand fully in support of our colleagues south of the border. Its been an incredibly tough time for GPs across the UK - and proper solutions, not sticking plasters are required.

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@BMAScotland

2 years

"We need to urgently address workforce planning" - @jackiebmsp makes the excellent point in Wednesday's Scottish Parliament debate that our NHS needs more staff NOW.

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@BMAScotland

1 year

"The BMA junior doctor committee could not be clearer: full pay restoration is an absolute priority for the workforce and for the NHS. The Scottish Government has 5 weeks until our ballot closes on 5th May - it must act now." @ChrisSmith2211

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@BMAScotland

1 year

SJDC chair @ChrisSmith2211 delivers a rousing speech to English junior doctor colleagues on the picket line in Newcastle 👇📢 #BMABallotReady

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@BMAScotland

1 year

Junior doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stand in solidarity with English colleagues starting strike action today. Read our statement from @ChrisSmith2211 🗣️“We stand shoulder to shoulder with our English colleagues. The fight for full pay restoration unites us" 1/3

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@BMAScotland

4 months

The order will now go to the main body of the @ScotParl to make a final decision. We will go on making the case for a re-think of this policy and would urge MSPs to read and listen to our evidence, as set out by @DrIainKennedy 👇 2/2

PAs/AAs update – our opposition to regulation by the GMC

As you are all aware, one of the key issues we have been working on as a priority for members is the role and deployment of Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAs) in Scotland’s…

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@BMAScotland

5 months

A BMA survey of 1700 doctors working in the NHS in Scotland has revealed the scale of the profession’s concerns over the utilisation of Physician Associates (PAs) and Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) - read the full reaction from @DrIainKennedy below 👇

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@BMAScotland

1 year

Thanks to @jackiebmsp for her ongoing support of junior doctors in Scotland.

Jackie Baillie

@jackiebmsp

1 year

Junior doctors in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to strike. Many are considering leaving and moving overseas. @MathesonMichael needs to keep true to his word & ensure these strikes don’t go ahead. We must value our junior doctors @BMAScotland

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@BMAScotland

4 years

In case you missed it... The mindfullness app @Headspace is giving NHS staff free access to its mental health app until end of 2020: #Covid19UK

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@BMAScotland

10 months

"Fixing retention must be the priority, recruitment alone is futile" @DrIainKennedy today reiterated our disappointment in the Scottish gov's below inflation pay award, during his #ARM2023 speech.

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@BMAScotland

3 months

We remain concerned that this move will blur the lines and impact on patient safety, creating confusion for patients on who is treating them. You can read more here on BMA Scotland's position on the regulation of AAs and PAs by the GMC.

PAs/AAs update – our opposition to regulation by the GMC

As you are all aware, one of the key issues we have been working on as a priority for members is the role and deployment of Anaesthesia Associates (AAs) and Physician Associates (PAs) in Scotland’s…

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@BMAScotland

1 year

We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in England today as they take the next step in their fight for #fullpayrestoration Our ballot is OPEN until Friday 5 May - haven't received your orange envelope yet? Email doctorspay @bma .org.uk with your details.

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1 year

"The time has come for us, as a whole society, to face up to the hard truths that have been put off for far too long, and have a proper, grown-up, national conversation about the future of our NHS in Scotland." - read more from @DrIainKennedy 👇

NHS crisis is so bad that doctors are suffering real moral injuries. We need a national conversat...

While many people will be getting a much-needed rest this Christmas, hardworking healthcare workers in NHS Scotland will be looking after people around the clock.

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@BMAScotland

2 years

BMA Scotland chair @DrIainKennedy spoke about the immediate actions the Scottish government needs to take to attempt to ease the pressure on Scotland’s NHS as we move towards winter. A 🧵

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@BMAScotland

4 years

The coming weeks will be a strain on the mental health and wellbeing of doctors across Scotland. If you need someone to talk to, our helpline is open 24/7 and free and confidential.

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1 year

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⏲️🗓️ - junior doc ballot - important dates and info: ➡️ Today (24th) is the LAST DAY you can join the BMA and still get a ballot. So get joining ➡️ Monday May 1st is the very last day you can get you ballot in the post and be sure it will arrive in time. So get voting 1/2

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6 months

🚨 The @scotgov 's opposition to the Strikes Act is welcome and reassuring. This bill is a desperate attack on unions standing up for members. It is good news in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 that the Scot Gov is clear it won't apply it in devolved areas like health. Read more 👇

Scottish ministers refuse to comply with UK government strike plan

A plan to enforce minimum service levels during industrial action has been condemned as "appalling".

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@BMAScotland

1 year

The BMA's Scottish Junior Doctor committee plans to ballot its members on industrial action following a period of engagement with Scottish government which failed to reach an agreement to enter meaningful negotiations on full pay restoration. 👇

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@BMAScotland

3 months

BMA Scotland will continue to consider the role of AAs and PAs and their impact on patient safety and access to doctor training. We will continue to listen to our members and raise their concerns with the Scottish Govt, opposition politicians and our stakeholders.

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3 years

GPs have been bearing the brunt of public anger at the crisis in our health services. Thanks to the @Daily_Record for giving GPs the chance to tell their side of the story - including @RCGPScotland and @Drjohnip of our GP committee and @GlasgowLMC

Scotland's GPs beg public 'please don't blame us for country's NHS crisis'

Doctors tell how understaffing and underfunding are the real reasons they can't see as many patients face-to-face as they would like

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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@BMAScotland

3 years

We welcome this letter from @DrGregorSmith today that clarifies GPs and their teams cannot - and should not be expected to - issue vaccination exemption certificates.

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@BMAScotland

8 months

Doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stand in solidarity with consultant and junior colleagues in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 today as they are forced into joint industrial action for the first time in NHS history. Politicians at Westminster should listen to public opinion and reopen talks urgently. Watch below for more.

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

8 months

“The public know that the only way to end this dispute is at the table” On @BBCBreakfast today, @_VivekTrivedi explains the findings of a @theBMA survey released as doctors and consultants take joint industrial action for the first time in NHS history.

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9 months

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Junior doctors🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 After news of yesterday's vote in favour of the Scot Gov's pay offer - hear direct from your SJDC chair @ChrisSmith2211 🗣️ "The hard work for pay restoration continues" 👇👇👇

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@BMAScotland

2 years

Our Scottish Council chair-elect @DrIainKennedy in today's @heraldscotland "The belief that the profession is ready to clear that backlog right now is completely unrealistic until we address the crises around workload, pensions, pay, working conditions."

New BMA Scotland leader: Clearing NHS backlog is 'completely unrealistic' without pay and pensions...

CLEARING the NHS backlog is "completely unrealistic" without solving issues around pay and pension taxes which are driving doctors to quit…

www.heraldscotland.com

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@BMAScotland

1 year

Junior doctors now gathering for a rally in the centre of Newcastle, crowd growing all the time. Our SJDC chair @ChrisSmith2211 is going to speak in support of English colleagues - and update them on our fight for #FullPayRestoration in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@BMAScotland

3 years

We are extremely concerned about the impact a #NoDealBrexit would have on the NHS in Scotland. The quality and continuity of care is at stake, and we thank @scotgp for raising this in Parliament #FMQs

BBC Scotland News

@BBCScotlandNews

3 years

. @patrickharvie asks for reassurances from FM on work to protect Scotland's health boards from harmful impact from Covid and Brexit. @NicolaSturgeon says @scotgov is doing everything within its power to mitigate against it. Live #FMQs updates ➡

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4 years

Our membership engagement team and 13 amazing volunteers have spent 105 consecutive nights driving 3500+ miles to deliver 1500+ trays of food (and many more goodies!). We appreciate you, we respect you, and we thank you for all you have done for the NHS staff of Scotland 🚗🥪💐

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Junior doctors in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Great to see more votes coming in! But we need you to keep voting in our ballot and add your voice in our push for #fullpayrestoration 👏👏👏

Rebekah Loy

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#PayRestoration

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BMA Scotland

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Doctors in Scotland will be showing their support today for #junioraction in England #oneprofession

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@BMAScotland

3 years

Absolutely right for @jackiebmsp to highlight that any abuse of GPs and practice staff is entirely unacceptable in the @ScotParl debate on GP services. We've seen a worrying rise in this happening - and it is deeply impacting morale of teams working hard in tough circumstances.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

2 years

We are absolutely delighted that all 14 of Scotland's health boards are now - or have committed to - providing free and easy access to period products for all NHS staff who need them. #BMAPeriods

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

4 years

Dr @rosieICM can see some light on the horizon...

The light on the horizon from a doctor on the NHS frontline - Rosie Baruah

Back in April, when we were in the middle of the first wave of Coronavirus infection, I was amazed at how different our ICU looked, how in a few short weeks it had transformed from an open ward with...

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

5 years

Today our chair of consultants Simon Barker met with @PM4EastRen in Westminster to discuss the large, unexpected pension tax bills hitting doctors and the impact on the NHS. We are grateful for Paul's support as we continue to call for urgent solutions.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

9 months

🚨 JUNIOR DOCTORS IN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - THE CONSULTATIVE VOTE ON THE SCOT GOV PAY OFFER IS NOW OPEN. Hear more from SJDC Chair @ChrisSmith2211 here. 📨The vote is via email - so watch out for details in your inbox - and make sure you have YOUR say. 1/3

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@BMAScotland

2 years

BMA Scotland chair @DrIainKennedy attended today's Service of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh.

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@BMAScotland

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🧵“If we cannot retain skilled staff within the NHS we don’t really have hope for a world leading health service.” Deputy chair of SJDC and Scottish Council @Hugh_Pearson_ on @BBCRadioScot this morning discussing a new GMC survey on doctors wanting to leave the UK. 1/5

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

2 years

📰Read our junior doc chair @ChrisSmith2211 in @TheScotsman Inside Health column. "Doctors are leaving Scotland for better salaries and working environments overseas. To remedy this the 23.5% real terms pay cut we’ve endured since 2008 must be reversed"

NHS must retain the staff it already has as well as recruiting more - Chris Smith

Anyone who’s read a newspaper, listened to the news, or scrolled through social media will know that our NHS is buckling under increasing pressure and demand for services.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

📢"We have a demoralised GP workforce who face a daily patient demand-capacity mismatch, and rather than a rising GP workforce as promised in 2017, the WTE is actually falling." - what next for GP in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Read more from SGPC chair @AndrewBuist17 👇

Fighting to survive

Back in 2017 the Scottish Government and the BMA had the collective foresight to agree and develop the first wholly Scottish GP contract. A contract that we believed would better prepare the NHS in…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

On this #IWD2023 we shine a spotlight on @rosieICM - the driving force behind our #BMAPeriods campaign for all health boards to provide easy access to period products for staff. "Equity means giving people what they need – based on their actual needs."

IWD2023: equity and the absolute basics.

The theme of International Women’s Day 2023 is ‘Embrace Equity’. Equity is trickier than equality. Equality is easy, right – you treat everyone the same. Equity means giving people what they need –…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

NEW BLOG: our GP chair @AndrewBuist17 responds to the recent report from the Scottish Parliament's Health Committee - which he believes will have left many GPs "feeling dispirited and undervalued". Read more here:

GPs on frontline of pandemic deserve better than latest MSPs report

As GPs on the frontline of the pandemic response, we have worked round the clock to care for those across our local communities who need us. Even before Covid and while facing serious GP retention …

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

2 months

Doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stand in full support and solidarity with our colleagues in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 this morning. Read more about the action they are taking below ⬇️

BMA Cymru Wales Junior Doctors

@BMA_WJDC

2 months

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🪧 Junior doctors in Wales begin 96-hour full walkout over pay Press release: ➡️

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

"Our clear view is that second doses of the Pfizer vaccine should be reinstated and honoured for those whose appointments had been made." - Read the latest blog from BMA Scotland chair Dr Lewis Morrison.

New lockdown makes it vital to ensure NHS staff are fully vaccinated and protected

The pandemic – as the First Minister has said, is now entering another absolutely crucial phase in Scotland. We therefore wholly support the further decisive restrictions Scottish Government is imp…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

5 years

"As a Gaelic-speaker with family connections in the Western Isles, I was welcomed in to the community, and had an opportunity to practice medicine in Gaelic on occasion." #ScotlandsDoctors

Why I chose to become a GP #ScotlandsDoctors

As part of 4th year medicine in Aberdeen, we spent 4 weeks in a GP practice. I was allocated to Ardach Health Centre in Buckie, on the Moray Firth. This was a large, forward thinking GP practice …

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

Following a series of abusive tweets received due to our inclusive #BMAPeriods campaign, we would like to state that BMA Scotland stands with the trans community, and supports their rights as an ally. We will report and block people who share their anti-trans hate speech with us.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

New blog from @AndrewBuist17 - we need urgent action to stabilise general practice for the people of Scotland. Read more below 👇

Update on 2018 contract and transitionary services

I have some sympathy for the new Cabinet Secretary for Health; it is, in my view, the second hardest job in the Scottish Government. He will be on a steep-learning curve and has the unenviable task…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

👀Anyone want more Glasgow rally content?? We have PLENTY of pics! Just a note of thanks in particular to @scrumley who did a great job introducing @ChrisSmith2211 - we are working on getting his speech on-line if we can, too.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

It's clear that Scottish junior doctors are saying enough is enough. They are already voting with their feet. Our survey found more than 40% are actively researching leaving the NHS in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - which would have a devastating impact on care. 🧵⬇️ 1/3

Scotland facing ‘mass exodus’ of junior doctors, medical leaders warn

A survey found more than 40% of junior doctors are ‘actively researching’ leaving the NHS.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

3 years

“We are at the most difficult time the NHS has faced, certainly in my career. We are facing a workforce crisis in that we simply don’t have enough staff to meet demand.” - Dr Graeme Eunson.

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

1 year

📰❗️ NEWS ALERT: the massive challenge of retaining senior doctors in NHS🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 revealed in a new report from @dundeeuni today. It shows nearly half of all senior hospital doctors in Scotland aged 50 and over intend to retire before normal pension age. 🧵on this ⬇️⬇️⬇️ 1/5

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

4 months

Doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 stand in full support of our colleagues in Wales today as junior doctors begin a 72-hour full walk out as part of their ongoing fight for #payrestoration . Read more here 👇

BMA Cymru Wales

@BMACymru

4 months

Junior doctors in Wales begin a 72-hour full walkout over pay. PRESS RELEASE:➡️

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BMA Scotland

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3 years

SHORT THREAD: It's encouraging that @HumzaYousaf has confirmed in @ScotParl and in response to our Chair Dr Lewis Morrison that he has written to the UK Gov to look for further action on pension tax charges that continue to threaten the retention of senior doctors in our NHS 1/2

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4 years

"The NHS been pushed to near its limits in many places, but we have endured – that is down to the colossal efforts of so many NHS staff across the board but you have played a crucial part in getting us to this point pretty much one piece..."

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@BMAScotland

1 year

Scottish junior doctors have their say: "We are not asking for huge pay increases – we are simply asking for a tangible step towards addressing the pay erosion our profession has suffered for well over a decade, combined with a clear plan for this to be reversed and restored."

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@BMAScotland

1 year

"Today’s news from our counterparts in England further strengthens our own resolution that strike action is the only option to show the Scottish Government how serious we are over issues concerning junior doctor pay in Scotland." @ChrisSmith2211

Junior Doctors

@BMA_JuniorDocs

1 year

Junior doctors have voted YES to strike action in England. This is a giant step forward for junior doctors and #PayRestoration . Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for this. Keep an eye out for next steps. #BMADoctorsVoteYes

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As we continue to consider how things have changed in the year since the first Covid case in Scotland - here's Dr John Ip from @GlasgowLMC reflecting on the "remarkable" way General practice has adapted:

A YEAR OF COVID – reflecting on the “remarkable” way General practice has adapted

As we reflect on the sad milestone that is the 1 year anniversary of the pandemic, I look back at how my practice has changed, adapted, and coped with the Covid restrictions and guidance. In Januar…

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

6 months

This is very welcome clarity, action and opposition from @MathesonMichael and @scotgovhealth to the Strikes Bill being pushed forward by the UK Government. We agree the bill is an "assault on worker’s rights" and that it should not be applied in NHS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Read more 👇👇

Scot Gov Health

@scotgovhealth

6 months

Following @ScotGov calls, Scottish NHS ambulance and patient transport services have been excluded from UK Strikes Act regulations. @MathesonMichael is now calling for hospital services to also be excluded. @ScotGov continues to call for the UK Government to repeal the Act.

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BMA Scotland

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1 year

Our reaction to the news that junior doctors in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over pay 👇🏻 #BMABallotReady

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BMA Scotland

@BMAScotland

2 years

Today is @DrIainKennedy 's first in post as Chair of Scottish Council. Read his first blog on the 5 top priorities: ➡️Pay ➡️Pensions ➡️Working conditions ➡️Workforce ➡️Workload And how collective strength is crucial to delivering for doctors....

Only through Collective strength will we deliver what matters for doctors

It’s a huge and pretty humbling honour for me to be writing this blog in my new role as Chair of BMA Scotland’s Council. There are some major challenges facing the medical profession in Scotland – …

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