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 Read ⬇️ bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/14/s...

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.

🔔REMINDER This survey is still open - medical students please fill in and have your say 👇

🚨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...

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 🧵1/4

📢 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

‼️ 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...

✍️ 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...

‼️ 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 👇 🧵1/2 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/10/28/d...

📢 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...

‼️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...

‼️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...

🗣️'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 www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

🚨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...

✍️'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

✍️'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 ⬇️

📣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...

📣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...

🚨 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...

📣 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...

❗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...

📣 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...

📣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...

⏰Survey closing soon 🚨 Please take a moment if you can to share your views on NHS sustainability 🌍 Find out more 👇

📢 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...

🗣️“These figures should do very little to reassure anyone that the crisis in general practice is anywhere near being fixed” SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social comments on the latest GP workforce data published today Read the full response 👇👇 🧵 1/3 www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

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

📣NEW: GP SUMMER ROADSHOWS We’re holding a series of events across Scotland for GPs Come along to: ➡️Meet with SGPC leadership ➡️Find out dispute latest ➡️Help shape the campaign for full funding restoration Find out the full details here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/08/04/b...

🎙️The latest episode of The Doctor podcast is out now, featuring doctors in Scotland discussing the joys and challenges of working in remote and rural areas Listen and download here 👇

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Kenneth Calman, a former President of the BMA and a highly respected doctor and academic. The BMA extends our heartfelt condolences to his family at this time.

📢ICYMI: Catch-up on the latest pensions update in this blog, which includes deadline reminders for this month 👇

📣NEW BLOG: Resident doctors in Scotland 🗣️‘Our members are resolute and united' Read @chrissmith2211.bsky.social on why the Scottish Gov must avoid repeating the mistakes of Westminster when it comes to resident doctor pay negotiations 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/07/17/h...

❗NEW: PENSIONS BLOG Find out the latest on: ➡️Results from the pensions feedback portal ➡️Response from Minister for Public Finance ➡️Upcoming deadline reminders Read all the details from Dr Alan Robertson here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/07/10/p...

📣NEW: Attention resident doctors We’ve published two new blogs today providing advice on important issues The first is on rotas in advance – read👇to find out about the work being done to improve rota design and issuance and how you can help 🧵 1/2 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/07/09/r...

😮Hard to believe this time last week was #BMAARM2025 in Liverpool! ICYMI - you can read the full speech from BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social here👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/06/24/a...

📣NEW: Pay update for consultant & SAS doctors ✍️ ‘We will give our negotiations some further time to run…however this is a time limited process that must proceed at speed’ Read👇for the pay negs latest & steps you can take to support this work bmascotland.home.blog/2025/06/23/c...

🚨 NEW BLOG ‘Please don’t let us burnout’ ✍️ Dr Sharon Hamilton writes from personal experience on the ‘relentless’ pressures GPs are facing - and why full funding restoration is needed #standwithyoursurgery Read 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/06/19/p...

SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social speaks to ITV Representing Border at the Scottish Parliament after taking part in an evidence session held by @parliament.scot Public Audit Committee in which he outlined the challenges being faced by GPs 👇

🗣️'Our message to all politicians in the coming months as the Scottish Parliament election approaches is that it is not too late to save the NHS – but we cannot afford to wait another five years for the necessary action.' @driainkennedy.bsky.social comments in @holyroodmag.bsky.social Read 👇

📻‘The result of our survey…showed us GPs are absolutely exhausted… We have not enough resource to meet the needs of our patients and services are really suffering’ SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social on BBC's The Sunday Show Listen back 👇 from 1:20:30 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🚨NEW BLOG ‘It’s more shocking than we imagined’ SRDC chair @chrissmith2211.bsky.social takes an in-depth look at the themes which emerged in the BMA Scotland survey on resident doctor unemployment Read here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/06/13/t...

🗣️'The emerging medical unemployment crisis in Scotland...is by extension a crisis for our NHS and patients' @chrissmith2211.bsky.social comments on a new BMA Scotland survey which found 7 in 10 resident doctors are concerned about unemployment Full story 👇 www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

🚨REMINDER: PAY SURVEY Consultant and SAS doctors in Scotland – we need your views. ✍️If you haven’t already done so, please fill in our short survey to help determine our next steps. Full details ⬇️⬇️ bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/26/d...

🚨📽️ NEW STAND WITH YOUR SURGERY VIDEO! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Find out about the difference our ask for #fullfundingrestoration would make for GPs and patients across Scotland. 👀 Have a watch below.... 👇👇👇 1/2

📣REMINDER: Consultant and SAS doctors in Scotland We’re looking for your views on pay & the DDRB recommendations Please fill in this short survey to help determine the next steps we take Read more & link to survey 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/26/d...

‼️Time is running out to have your say on pensions ⏳Our NHS Scotland pensions feedback portal will be closing soon 📋Please complete the short form so we can take your experiences of pensions administration to SPPA and Scot Gov Link and more info 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/08/b...

🚨NEW BLOG: Scottish Consultant & SAS doctors Dr Sine Steele & Dr Alan Robertson respond to the DDRB recommendations in their latest blog 🗣️Only by properly investing in the workforce can we hope to begin solving this senior medical staffing crisis bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/26/d...

📣 ‘The Scottish Resident Doctor Committee in Scotland is clear: Full Pay Restoration is a principle that we will not abandon’ SRDC chair @chrissmith2211.bsky.social responds to the DDRB pay recommendation Read more 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/22/p...

🗣️ ‘Investing sufficiently and strongly in the medical workforce both now and for the future is as vital as it has ever been’ Chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social comments on the DDRB pay award recommendation today Read the full response 👇👇 www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

❗ REMINDER ❗ ➡️We’re looking for your experiences of pensions administration ➡️Our NHS Scotland pensions feedback portal is open ➡️Please complete the short form so we can take your views to SPPA and Scot Gov Link & more info 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/08/b...