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The BMA Scotland ballot of junior doctors open in just 1 week. To ensure you get a vote, make sure your place of work details, and postal address are up to date. bma.org.uk/my-bma #BMABallotReady

🗣️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿SAS🩺 - the referendum on the new contract being offered by the Scottish Government is now OPEN. Full details of everything you need to know are in the 🧵below 👇 Remember, you MUST be a BMA Scotland member by November 12 in order to have your say! join.bma.org.uk

🗣️Calling all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SAS 🩺 CONFIRMED: A referendum 🗳️ of BMA SAS members in Scotland will run from Monday 31 October until Friday 18th November to ask if you are happy for the current Specialty Doctor (2008) contract to be replaced with new Specialist (2022) grade contract. 👇🧵

In order to be able to vote in the upcoming referendum for SAS doctors, you must be a BMA member. There is still time to join today by scanning the QR code, or via this url join.bma.org.uk/?rc=0551

Did you follow our #BMAPeriods campaign? Back in March health boards agreed to provide free and easy access to period products in the workplace for NHS staff who require them - we want your views on how it's going. Pls fill out our short survey below👇 forms.office.com/r/3kMm98Qwg3

📺👀Watch out for BMA Scotland chair @DrIainKennedy appearing on the BBC's Politics Scotland today from 2.45pm. He will be talking about the way our NHS is coping with the current demand and the improvements that are desperately needed.

Everyone deserves fair treatment, dignity and respect at work. If you have concerns about the treatment of yourself or others, our confidential service is here to help and give advice. Simply email respectatwork@bma.org.uk

It's time for our usual events roundup! This week we have some amazing courses for students as well as our GPs and Practice Managers, and something for juniors too! To register for these events and see everything else we have coming up, visit: events.bma.org.uk/scotland/

📣📣Calling all junior doctors in Scotland. 📣📣 Come along to our online events on 10th & 23rd February. Tell me about the problems, hear what we’re doing, ask Qs - join the conversation. Let’s work together to make things better for junior doctors in Scotland #jnrdocrights

After completing our Scottish Race Equality Forum Survey, we're hosting these short sessions to update members on the results, and talk about what we can do to eliminate workplace racism: Register here: events.bma.org.uk/scotland/equal…

Take a look at our upcomming events! This is just some of the amazing sessions we have coming up. To browse and book visit: events.bma.org.uk/scotland/

Our #BMACareBox deliveries should be hitting your departments now. Our member engagement coordinators team up with your #BMA reps to make sure you have some handy snacks and treats to keep you going through the festive season. Find a carebox near you! events.bma.org.uk/scotland/careb…

We're getting the 2022 #BMAForYou agenda ready for final year #medicalstudents Sign up now and don't miss any of the great sessions we have planned. And now we also have the fab new #BMAForYou App!

Calling all juniors! We need your voices at our upcoming events "Junior Doctors in Scotland: Under-valued, under-appreciated and at risk" - register here: events.bma.org.uk/junior-doctors…

SGPC chair Dr @AndrewBuist17 gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee this morning on seasonal planning and preparedness. Here's what he had to say about vacancies and capacity.

Check out this weeks On Call podcast episode on our mediation service for GPs with Martyn and Marion from the mediation service, also available on spotify, google and apple pods and amazon: bmascotoncall.podbean.com/e/mediation-at…

Our local representatives are always working hard for members on pay and other banding issues. To find out more about your local group, contact cjohnston@bma.org.uk

Our local representatives are always working hard for members on pay and other banding issues. To find out more about your local group, contact cjohnston@bma.org.uk

Great blog from Alasdair Gilmour reflecting on his time as SJDC Chair bmascotland.home.blog/2021/10/06/sjd…

Pay banding makes up a significant proprotion of junior doctors salary. For more information on how we can help you get yours right, sign up to one of our courses at events.bma.org.uk/bandingsession…