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British Medical Association - the trade union and professional organisation for doctors and medical students.

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NEW BLOG

🗣️‘Paying doctors what we are worth, is a key part of restoring our NHS to something we can all be proud of’

SRDC chair @chrissmith2211.bsky.social on the need to vote yes and vote early in the IA ballot for resident doctors in Scotland

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bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/14/s...
Scottish resident doctor ballot opens: vote yes and vote early
Today is a significant moment for resident doctors in Scotland as our ballot for strike action opens. It is a time for us to show again that we are united, and prepared to act to protect the future…
bmascotland.home.blog
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
RESIDENT DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND: YOUR BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION IS OPEN.

You should be receiving your orange envelope with your ballot soon.

This is YOUR chance to have YOUR say, and hold the Scot Gov to the deal.

Please, vote early and vote yes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🔔REMINDER

This survey is still open - medical students please fill in and have your say 👇
📢 Medical students in Scotland

Have your say on student intake numbers and how it's affected your university experience by taking a few minutes to complete our latest survey 👇

forms.office.com/e/BNkE6ZkaiF
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🚨RESIDENT DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND

Ahead of the ballot for IA opening on Friday, read the latest update from SRDC deputy chair Dr Lucas O’Donnell on:

➡️ Why the ballot is taking place
➡️ Key dates to remember
➡️ Next steps & what you can do to help

Link 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/12/p...
Preparing for the Scottish resident doctor strike ballot
You’ll no doubt be receiving a flurry of emails and texts from the BMA over the next few weeks, as the industrial action ballot for resident doctors in Scotland begins this Friday – 14th Nove…
bmascotland.home.blog
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
RESIDENT DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND

🗓️The ballot for IA will open one week today

➡️Here’s a reminder of some important steps you can take now

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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
📢 Medical students in Scotland

Have your say on student intake numbers and how it's affected your university experience by taking a few minutes to complete our latest survey 👇

forms.office.com/e/BNkE6ZkaiF
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
‼️ ATTENTION – Resident doctors in Scotland

🗓️The strike ballot will open on Friday 14th Nov

Please update your details now to make you are able to have YOUR say

Read the new blog for full details ⬇️

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/10/31/s...
Scottish Residents’ Ballot to open on 14th November
Since the Scottish Resident Doctors Committee (SRDC) announced that we had entered formal dispute with the Scottish Government 3 weeks ago, there has been a tangible and fantastic response from Sco…
bmascotland.home.blog
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
✍️ NEW BLOG

Introducing Joe Payne, the new chair of BMA Scottish medical students committee

Read about SMSC’s key priorities for the year & the most pressing issues facing Scotland’s medical students 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/10/28/i...
Introducing the new chair of SMSC
Hello everyone. I’m Joe Payne, and I’m delighted to introduce myself as the new chair of the Scottish medical students committee (SMSC). Originally from Lochgilphead, a small town on Scotland…
bmascotland.home.blog
October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
‼️ IMPORTANT NEWS for GPs in Scotland

The BMA’s Scottish GP Committee has voted to end the formal dispute over funding restoration & accept a deal with Scottish Gov delivering £250m of direct investment over the next 3 financial years

Read full details 👇

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Deal to end dispute over funding restoration accepted by BMA Scotland GP committee
Dear All, We are delighted to announce that the BMA’s Scottish GP Committee has voted to accept a deal we negotiated with the Scottish Government to end our formal dispute over funding restoration.…
bmascotland.home.blog
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📢 REMINDER

Consultant and SAS doctors in Scotland

➡️Our 2025 wellbeing survey will be closing soon

➡️Please take 5 mins to fill in & help us advocate for improvements to your working lives

Link ⬇️

www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlan...
BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
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www.surveymonkey.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
‼️IMPORTANT UPDATE – RESIDENT DOCTORS IN SCOTLAND

BMA’s Scottish Resident Doctor Committee has voted to enter into formal dispute with the Scottish Gov & plans to ballot members on strike action in the coming weeks

SRDC chair Dr Chris Smith explains why ⬇️

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/10/10/s...
Scottish Resident Doctors to be Balloted for Strike as Scottish Government Breaks Deal
Despite months of negotiations around resident doctors’ pay, it is now unfortunately clear that we have reached a dead end. The Scottish Government appear prepared to – and indeed intend to &…
bmascotland.home.blog
October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
‼️Consultant and SAS doctors in Scotland

❓Have you completed our 2025 survey?

💬It’s your chance to have your say on key issues such as work-life balance, wellbeing and morale, and safety of NHS services

Please take 5 mins to fill in if you can ⬇️

www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlan...
BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🗣️'They are among the most valued and skilled members of our clinical teams'

Read this blog 👇 from consultant radiologist Kate Thomas for SAS Week 2025 which celebrates and supports SAS doctors 🎉

#SASweek25

@bma.org.uk

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SAS doctors: the unsung backbone of the NHS
Consultant radiologist Kate Thomas reflects on her experiences working with SAS doctors and the importance of the specialist grade in ensuring career progression and formal recognition
www.bma.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨UPDATE: GPs in Scotland

Read this important update for the latest on the SGPC formal dispute, with negotiations set to begin

Link 👇👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/10/02/s...
SGPC formal dispute update: Scottish Government offer received, negotiations to begin
As you will be aware we have been in formal dispute with the Scottish Government since June of this year. We have had multiple meetings with Government since and had anticipated an offer document t…
bmascotland.home.blog
October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
✍️'His time in Edinburgh, in particular his experience of the poverty and deprivation that ran rampant in parts of the city during the...1930s, left a powerful and lasting impression upon him'

Read this fascinating lookback at the life of Dr David Pitt 👇

#BlackHistoryMonth
Former BMA President, Dr David Pitt was a tireless advocate for the NHS, social justice and equitable healthcare.

Read more about his stellar legacy, shaped by his experiences as a GP, politician and civil rights leader in The Doctor: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
A champion of equality
For GP, life peer and former BMA president David Pitt, health and politics were inextricably linked. As part of Black History Month, Tim Tonkin looks back at the legacy of a physician and political an...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
✍️'Supporting our colleagues who are at risk of burnout has never been more important'

SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski writes in @bmj.com on how doctors can support colleagues who are struggling ⬇️
Careers clinic: I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do?

Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
📣Consultant & SAS doctors in Scotland

⏰Time is running out to complete our survey - it will take just 5 mins to have your say on:

➡️ Work-life balance
➡️ Wellbeing & morale
➡️ Plans to continue working in NHS
➡️ Safety of NHS services

Link 👇

www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlan...
BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
📣ICYMI 📰

BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social spoke to
@neilmackay.bsky.social for an in-depth look at the issues facing the NHS 👇

Full story here (paywall💷)
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550016...
Scots BMA chief issues bleak prognosis 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨 REMINDER - New wellbeing survey

Consultant & SAS doctors in Scotland - we need your views on issues such as work-life balance, the safety of NHS services & your morale.

Please take 5mins to fill in our survey if you can 👇

www.surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlan...
BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.surveymonkey.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📣 Calling SAS doctors in Scotland

We’re looking for your help to guide our priorities for the next year with a new survey on wellbeing

Link in this blog from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele, along with updates on progress to Specialists, pay & job planning 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/19/h...
Have your say on our priorities: Update for SAS doctors in Scotland
This has been a busy summer as usual for the BMA and your SAS representatives, so with the committee due to meet in early October, I wanted to get in touch with some important updates. We have been…
bmascotland.home.blog
September 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
❗NEW: Consultants in Scotland

Read the new blog from SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski for updates on:

➡️The end of 9:1 contracts
➡️Pay
➡️And why we need you to complete our latest wellbeing survey

Link 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/19/s...
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
📣 NEW BLOG

‘We want to create workplaces & learning environments where ethnic minority doctors and students are empowered to speak up and to be heard’

@sajidfarid.bsky.social on the BMA's Scottish Race Equality Forum

Read more & find out how to be involved 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/17/j...
Join the BMA Scottish Race Equality Forum
As I complete my time as Chair of the Scottish Race Equality Forum, I want to share both a reflection and an invitation. SREF has always been more than a committee. It was created by BMA Scotland i…
bmascotland.home.blog
September 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📣NEW BLOG

‘An opportunity not only to keep GPs informed of ongoing negotiations with the Scottish Government but, crucially, to hear their lived experiences from the front line’

SGPC deputy chair Dr Chris Black looks back at the recent GP roadshows 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/12/s...
Spreading the word on our fight for full funding restoration
This summer, your BMA Scotland GP leadership team took to the road with a series of events designed to put the future of general practice at the centre of conversation with colleagues across Scotla…
bmascotland.home.blog
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
⏰Survey closing soon 🚨

Please take a moment if you can to share your views on NHS sustainability 🌍

Find out more 👇
At the BMA we support the aims of the NHS to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions as soon as possible 🌍

We'd like to hear from doctors about how different sustainability initiatives are being implemented in the workplace.

Please share your views in our short survey 👇
www.research.net/r/NZbluesky
How can doctors help the NHS achieve its Net Zero targets?
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
www.research.net
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📢 NEW BLOG

‘The Scottish Government must act now to ensure the risks associated with these roles are finally properly mitigated’

Chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social raises concerns over delays in taking action following the Leng Review on PAs/AA roles

Read 👇

bmascotland.home.blog/2025/08/29/p...
August 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM