🚨NEW BLOG: GPs in Scotland 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 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/05/27/w...

🚨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 Scotland is sustainable for generations to come

🚨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/2026/04/14/k...

❗️BMA members 👉Limited places left for our hustings event tomorrow night - still time to sign-up. 👉If you can’t be there in-person but would like to ask a question, you can submit one in advance for potential inclusion. 👉RSVPs & questions to: [email protected]

🚨BMA members 🚨 Your chance to quiz politicians on Scotland’s health priorities Join @bmascotland.bsky.social hustings with reps from all main parties on Wed 22 April in Edinburgh from 6.30pm-8.30pm 👉Places are limited & on 1st come 1st served basis 👉RSVP to [email protected]

🚨NEW: BMA Scotland manifesto 🗣️ ‘Urgent reforms and brave decisions are needed to put the NHS on sustainable footing’ 🩺BMA Scotland has launched key asks for the #Holyrood2026 election Read more from chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social & the full manifesto 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/04/15/b...

🚨NEW BLOG GPs in Scotland: confirmatory details of workforce funding and non-staff expenses for 26/27 are coming your way soon… ❔Questions❔ Read this blog from SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social which also links to a useful guide👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/03/24/g...

Come meet me and some brilliant BMA Scotland women next Thursday 26/3/26 at Queen Street @bmascotland.bsky.social There’s still space on the visitor scheme for Scottish Council during the day, and then the face to face event afterwards #WomenInMedicine #Representation #DiversityMatters #ElectHer

🗣️ ‘I remember feeling really helpless in the past about the situation for us as workers…now getting involved I feel empowered & like really can make a change’ ❔Thinking about getting involved in the BMA? 🎥 Watch Dr Kim Rollinson talk about her experience ⬇️ 🧵1/2

🗣️'Students sitting on the floor for lectures, anatomy laboratories full to the brim, overcrowded ward rounds' 🚨A new BMA Scotland report is warning overcrowded classes are putting medical education standards in Scotland ‘at serious risk’ Read more 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/03/12/b...

🗣️'These long waits in A&E are a sign of just how much pressure the whole system is under' SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski comments in @scotsman.com article on A&E waiting times 👇 www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

🚨PAY VOTE RESULT Resident doctors in Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to accept the improved Scottish Government offer YES – 97.1 % TURNOUT – 62.4 % For the full results and more details, read 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/02/11/r...

🩺NEW: GPs in Scotland Read the latest blog from SGPC for updates on issues including: 👉Implementation of funding deal 👉Direct reimbursement of non-staff expenses 👉Response to GP walk-in centres Link 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/02/05/u...

REMINDER - SAS doctors in Scotland ❗Important deadline looming ❗ Read full details 👇

‼️Resident doctors in Scotland 🗳️Your vote on pay is now open 📨Check your inbox for your voting email today For more information, read the blog from SRDC chair @chrissmith2211.bsky.social 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/01/21/s...

🗓️DEADLINE REMINDER: SAS doctors in Scotland ❗New regrading process If you apply before 31 January & are successful then your regrading and the associated pay will be backdated to 1 August 2025. Read the blog ⬇️ for more details & info on support available bmascotland.home.blog/2026/01/23/s...

Read SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social in this article in @theferret.scot examining the pressures on GP services Link👇 www.theferret.scot/why-cant-i-g...

🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT Resident doctors in Scotland The online vote on the pay offer will open next week Read the blog👇to find out: 👉 When to look out for your voting link 👉 Voting deadline 👉 How to get your questions answered bmascotland.home.blog/2026/01/21/s...

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT – Resident doctors in Scotland 📣 Strikes next week are suspended after new pay offer from Scottish Gov following negotiations You will have your chance to vote on it in the coming weeks Read the full details 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/01/09/s...

My festive wish list for 2026, Scotland, our amazing #NHS and BMA Scotland #HealthInequalities #Compassion #Burnout #Targets @bmascotland.bsky.social bmascotland.home.blog/2025/12/30/f...

‼️Resident doctors in Scotland If you haven't returned your ballot, do it today! Yesterday was the last date to guarantee your vote would reach us in time, but don't sit on any unreturned votes Your local mail service may have a pickup which could still reach us before the 19th🏃‍♂️📬

🚨IMPORTANT - Resident doctors in Scotland Today is the last day you can safely post your ballot to ensure it reaches us on time ✉️Pop by a post box today. Don't leave it too late!

‼️Resident doctors in Scotland You only have until Monday 15th to safely post your ballot and have it reach us on time. ✉️Post now - don't wait!

🗣️‘You are worth more and deserve to be treated better than this’ ⌛Resident doctors in Scotland - time is running out to post your ballot Read @chrissmith2211.bsky.social on why you need to vote today & vote Yes to strike 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/12/11/s...

🗣️'When resident doctors have won together in recent years, we have done so because we stood united and refused to be ignored' 🗓️The last date to post your ballot is fast approaching: 15 Dec Read @chrissmith2211.bsky.social on why you should vote YES 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/26/r...

🚨ATTENTION: Resident doctors in Scotland ⌛️The ballot on pay IA is now past the halfway point Please vote YES and post your ballot NOW 👇Read a reminder of the key dates bmascotland.home.blog/2025/12/05/s...

📻'We haven’t been acting on these reports. We just step back into firefighting rather than getting to grips with longer-term strategic work' SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski discusses @auditscotland.bsky.social NHS report on BBC Radio Scotland Listen 👇around 2:23 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‼️REMINDER ⏳We are nearly halfway through the resident doctor ballot ✉️Have you posted your ballot paper yet? ⬇️Read this blog for all the info on how to vote – and why it’s so important to have your say bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/26/r...

🗣️'The next 3 years are going to be absolutely pivotal to the future of our profession...let us be proud to be GPs once more' Read the full speech from @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social to #SLMC25 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/28/b...

‼️IMPORTANT UPDATE – RESIDENT DRS IN SCOTLAND 🗣️‘This is a flagrant breach of the deal…’ The Scottish Gov has announced it is imposing a pay lift for resident doctors Read the full response from SRDC chair @chrissmith2211.bsky.social 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/11/26/r...

📻 ICYMI ‘If you can actually look after health, rather than manage illnesses, you can have a much healthier and happier population’ SGPC dep chair Dr Al Miles in a discussion on the NHS on BBC Radio Scot The Sunday Show Listen from around 1:47:40 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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...