BMA Scotland

I fall in this category and am very lucky that I work in a supportive practice that fully understands what happens when I have a flare or issue. However I know that not everyone is as lucky- so it’s really important to know your rights and who can assist when an issue occurs.

🗣️'Our policy of 1 GP WTE per 1000 is achievable and will deliver the real change the NHS needs to survive and thrive and for General Practice to be the incredible career it can and should be' 🎥WATCH: SGPC chair @DrIMChairSGPC addressing UK LMC conference 2026 in Belfast 🩺

🚨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/kno…

🗳️With the Scottish Parliament election taking place today, here's a lookback at the @BMAScotland hustings event 👇📽️

You can read more about @BMAScotland's manifesto & call for radical change in the NHS in this @TheDrMagazine interview with chair @DrIainKennedy 🧵4/4 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt…

ICYMI, @JenTrueland looks at the views from secondary care ahead of the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿election in this article in @TheDrMagazine 🧵3/4 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/life-…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️Ahead of the Scottish Parliament election tomorrow, here’s a reminder of where you can read about @BMAScotland manifesto 👇 🧵1/4 bmascotland.home.blog/2026/04/15/bma…

Want to know what's happening with the #dispensingGP contracts in England, Scotland and Wales? Listen in to the GPCs in our latest podcast #rural @BMACymru @BMA_GP @BMAScotland dispensingdoctor.org/about-the-dda/…

The next Scottish government must ensure GPs can deliver for their patients. @BMAScotland are calling for urgent action to Rebuild General Practice. @ScottishLabour, @ScotTories, @theSNP, @scotlibdems, @ReformUKScot, will you back GPs and their patients?

🚨 PAY SURVEY - last chance to have your say 🚨 We are looking for consultants, SAS doctors and GPs to give their views before the survey closes at the end of today. You can find the survey here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlandP…

**ICYMI** 🗣️BMA Scotland 2026 Scottish Parliament election hustings is now available for watching 👀👇 youtube.com/watch?v=VHNctk… Grateful to all the candidates who came along to take part.

🚨 Consultants in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - have you filled out our pay survey? ⏰Time is running out - we need you to have your say before it closes this Friday. 👀Watch below to hear SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski explain why - and here's the link 🔗: surveymonkey.com/r/BMAScotlandP…

🚨GPs in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We also need you to tell us your views in the pay survey, which is closing in one week You can find the link in this blog 👇from SGPC deputy chair Dr Chris Black, plus info on a funding webinar taking place next week bmascotland.home.blog/2026/04/10/gp-…

🚨 SAS doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here's the latest update from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele 👇, including a link to the pay survey closing in one week bmascotland.home.blog/2026/04/09/sas…

❗️REMINDER❗️ BMA Scotland members – have you filled in the new pay survey? 📢The survey will be open for one more week ✍️Pls take 5 mins to complete You can find the link in the following blogs - 🧵👇

And that’s us done. @BMAScotland chair Iain Kennedy winds up the debate. As exemplary chair Judith reminds us, 15 sleeps to the election. See @TheDrMagazine for more election coverage starting thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt…

At our health hustings, the debate has moved onto health service delivery and how we make our NHS sustainable in the long term. Politicians outlining how they would resource the NHS and make it fit for the future.

Questions now coming in from the floor, with the first around training of doctors, and workforce planning….