📢 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

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

‼️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...

📣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...

✈️ Calling all GPs & GP trainees in Scotland! I’m conducting a short anonymous survey on how GPs handle aviation-related consultations. Takes 5 mins & closes 07/09/25. 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please complete the survey & kindly share with GP and GP trainees across Scotland 🙏

🗣️“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...

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Resident doctors’ leader @chrissmith2211.bsky.social 🗣️ “The Scottish Government knows that our members are resolute and united: now is their chance to lead reform and avoid the mistakes made by Whitehall so far in under-estimating how powerful that is.” 🩺 Read more ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @bmascotland.bsky.social

Today marks 20 years since the 7/7 bombings struck London. On that day, 52 people were killed, with many more injured. We remember all those who lost their lives and were – and continue to be – impacted by the events of that day. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

NHS is 'dying before our eyes', warns doctors' union www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

🗣️'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 👇

🚨 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 👇

📻‘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/...

We are deeply saddened by the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad. On behalf of the BMA @drphilbanfield.bsky.social has written to the Indian Medical Association to express our condolences and support at this difficult time. Our thoughts are with the families, students, doctors, and all those affected.

🚨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...

🚨📽️ 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

🗣️'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...

🚨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...

📣'Across the four nations of the UK, general practice is crumbling' 📄Read this new report which spells out why it is so important that GPs are properly valued 👇

GP unemployment is having a devastating impact on GPs and patients. Today at #UKLMC2025 we gathered to call for urgent action to end this crisis. We need the additional funding to get GPs into work NOW.

GPs: #UKLMC2025 @BMA_GP Please consider donating to @TheCameronFund Helping GPs and their families in times of need - it could be you or me. Dr Rob Barnett has made it easy for you ⬇️⬇️⬇️

📣 The Value of a GP We've made it very clear: general practice is vital to a healthy NHS. This new BMA report lays out the evidence – economic, clinical, and human – that shows why GPs are essential. Continuity of care is the remedy. Read here 👉 cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...

❗NEW BLOG: Pensions update With statements now going out, an update on issues including: 👉Delays to RPSS 👉Inaccuracies in ABS-RSS 👉Concerns about the level of service being provided by the SPPA 👉Practitioner contributions Read the blog here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/17/s...

BMA are considering next steps after a disappointing ruling from the High Court in our case against the GMC for blurring the lines between doctors and physician associates. Full statement 👇 @drphilbanfield.bsky.social bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

We have published a report compiling the shocking testimonies of doctors who have witnessed unsafe practice by PAs and AAs. Patients are being let down by the repeated failures of NHS leaders to keep them safe. Read the full report here: www.bma.org.uk/media/p13lea...

Busy evening for SGPC chair @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social speaking to GPs in Fife last night You can also find out more about 'Where to now?' for GPs in Scotland by reading the latest blog from the SGPC team 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/01/b...

‼️NEW BLOG: GPs in Scotland - read the latest update from the SGPC team covering: ➡️ Audit Scotland GP report reaction ➡️ Impact of National Insurance increases ➡️ Meeting with Cabinet Secretary Read here to find out all the details 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/01/b...

📻‘It’s good we are talking about a plan…but we are very sceptical that this is going to make any difference’ BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social spoke to BBC Radio Scotland on the Scottish Government’s latest plan for the NHS Listen back 👇 from 1:07:16 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘General practice continues to feel overwhelmed…The real concern is the consistent erosion of the funding that is dedicated towards general practice within the NHS’ @drimchairsgpc.bsky.social responds to @auditscotland.bsky.social report on GPs Listen👇from 2.18 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🗣️'I hope one day I can go back to telling people of the varied and satisfying life of an A&E doctor rather than feeling like I have to apologise at every turn' Read this powerful insight from @lailahpeel.bsky.social following HIS review of NHSGGC A&E👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/28/w...

In the third blog published for #InternationalWomensDay2025 , Dr Joanna Bredski looks at the need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide 👇 #IWD2025 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...

In the second of our blogs for #InternationalWomensDay2025, Dr Mary Anne Burrow reflects on a personal experience of the NHS and why it highlights the need for better access to healthcare for women 👇 #IWD2025 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉 To mark #IWD2025, read these new blogs from inspirational women in medicine First up, @noramc.bsky.social looks at the #IWD2025 theme of #AccelerateAction and the work of BMA Scotland’s Gender Equality Group 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...

Today marks #CovidDayofReflection Five years on since the pandemic BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects on the impact on NHS workers and the issues that still exist today ⬇️ bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...

Ahead of #CovidDayOfReflection taking place on Sunday, BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects five years on since the pandemic ✍️‘Every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted. I have no doubt we would do so again.' Read ⬇️ bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...

NEW BLOG: @chrissmith2211.bsky.social, Scottish RDC Chair on the disaster surrounding incorrect MRCP results. "I have rarely been angrier in almost 3 years as chair of SRDC, than I have been this week." Read more, including how we are supporting doctors here: bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/01/s...

We've written to the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK following the recent error regarding 2023 MRCP exam results. Transparency and collaboration are essential to supporting those affected — delays or missteps will only worsen the damage. Read the letter here👇

Immediate action must be taken to address the ‘devastating’ and ‘unacceptable’ consequences of the MRCP exams failure. Read more about the BMA's call for support 👇 www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

We've written to @WesStreeting to ask for a coordinated, urgent response to the @MRCPUK exams debacle that protects jobs and training, so no doctor suffers further detriment. We represent many doctors affected and will pursue all legal routes available. Read our demands 👇

We are aware of the situation with MRCP(UK) exam results, this error is unacceptable and we stand with all affected doctors. To those impacted, help is available via our support team www.bma.org.uk/about-us/con...

🗣️ ‘This report shines a light on the harsh reality that many ethnic minority doctors in Scotland are still experiencing racism' @sajidfarid.bsky.social on BMA Scotland survey which found 2/3rds have experienced or witnessed incidents in the workplace Read ⬇️ bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/20/r...

🗣️“There were some encouraging words in terms of direction of travel…we still lack the detail and comprehensive vision needed to make any plan a reality” Read the response from Chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social following the First Minister's speech on the NHS 👇 www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

At the National Robotarium to hear John Swinney announce the new Scottish Gov plan for NHS recovery and renewal Good to catch up with colleagues from across medical, voluntary and care sectors today @thebda.bsky.social @drdmacaskill.bsky.social @driainkennedy.bsky.social @vhscotland.bsky.social

Undertaking an #MBA in my mid-50s certainly wasn’t easy, but it’s never too late to refine leadership & organisational skills. To my fellow doctors & mid-career professionals: if I can do it, so can you. #GlobalMBA #WarwickBusinessSchool #LifelongLearning #GraduationDay

Huge thanks to @hmcardleht.bsky.social for her 16 years of fearless journalism - including the exclusive she broke when we shared with her our story of bullying in NHS Highland. Well worth reading Helen’s last Saturday analysis below👇

❗REMINDER ❗ A consultative vote on the pay offer for SAS doctors in Scotland will open this Monday, 13th January Join our webinar on the pay offer taking place at 7pm on the same day You can submit your questions in advance Find out more here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2024/12/23/s...

✍️ Read the New Year message from BMA Scotland chair Dr Iain Kennedy, including the findings from our survey on winter pressures. 👉99% of doctors expressed concerns about the impact of increased pressures on the NHS over winter. Read here 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2024/12/31/b...

So welcome to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social focusing on NHS cover-up culture & attacks on whistleblowers. I urge him to note how doctors (like me) raising sincere safety concerns about replacing doctors with PAs are being smeared & attacked by NHS bodies. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...