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British Medical Association - the trade union and professional organisation for doctors and medical students.

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🚨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...
Scottish Resident Doctors: get your vote in as ballot passes halfway point
We’re now past the halfway point of the Scottish resident doctor industrial action ballot. Remember, the Scottish Government has inflicted a 17% real terms pay cut on you since 2008. Two years…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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📻'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

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Radio Scotland Breakfast - 04/12/2025 - BBC Sounds
News from across Scotland and the world, plus sport, weather and big name interviews.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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‼️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...
Resident Doctor Pay Imposition: Another Promise Broken by The Scottish Government
On Tuesday 25th November, like many of you I got a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Neil Gray. And, like many of you, I was outraged by the news that, instead of negotiating with resid…
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December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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🗣️'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 👇

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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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‼️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...
Resident Doctor Pay Imposition: Another Promise Broken by The Scottish Government
On Tuesday 25th November, like many of you I got a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Neil Gray. And, like many of you, I was outraged by the news that, instead of negotiating with resid…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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📻 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 👇

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The Sunday Show - 23/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
News, discussion and interviews from politics and beyond.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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 ⬇️

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Scottish resident doctor ballot opens: vote yes and vote early
Today is a significant moment for resident doctors in Scotland as our ballot for strike action opens. It is a time for us to show again that we are united, and prepared to act to protect the future…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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.
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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🔔REMINDER

This survey is still open - medical students please fill in and have your say 👇
bmascotland.bsky.social BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · Nov 5
📢 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 👇

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November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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🚨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...
Preparing for the Scottish resident doctor strike ballot
You’ll no doubt be receiving a flurry of emails and texts from the BMA over the next few weeks, as the industrial action ballot for resident doctors in Scotland begins this Friday – 14th Nove…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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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

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November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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📢 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
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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‼️ 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...
Scottish Residents’ Ballot to open on 14th November
Since the Scottish Resident Doctors Committee (SRDC) announced that we had entered formal dispute with the Scottish Government 3 weeks ago, there has been a tangible and fantastic response from Sco…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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✍️ 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...
Introducing the new chair of SMSC
Hello everyone. I’m Joe Payne, and I’m delighted to introduce myself as the new chair of the Scottish medical students committee (SMSC). Originally from Lochgilphead, a small town on Scotland…
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October 29, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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‼️ 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 👇

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Deal to end dispute over funding restoration accepted by BMA Scotland GP committee
Dear All, We are delighted to announce that the BMA’s Scottish GP Committee has voted to accept a deal we negotiated with the Scottish Government to end our formal dispute over funding restoration.…
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October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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📢 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...
BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
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October 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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‼️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...
Scottish Resident Doctors to be Balloted for Strike as Scottish Government Breaks Deal
Despite months of negotiations around resident doctors’ pay, it is now unfortunately clear that we have reached a dead end. The Scottish Government appear prepared to – and indeed intend to &…
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October 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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‼️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 ⬇️

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BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
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October 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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🗣️'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

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SAS doctors: the unsung backbone of the NHS
Consultant radiologist Kate Thomas reflects on her experiences working with SAS doctors and the importance of the specialist grade in ensuring career progression and formal recognition
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October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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🚨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...
SGPC formal dispute update: Scottish Government offer received, negotiations to begin
As you will be aware we have been in formal dispute with the Scottish Government since June of this year. We have had multiple meetings with Government since and had anticipated an offer document t…
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October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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✍️'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
bma.org.uk The BMA @bma.org.uk · Oct 1
Former BMA President, Dr David Pitt was a tireless advocate for the NHS, social justice and equitable healthcare.

Read more about his stellar legacy, shaped by his experiences as a GP, politician and civil rights leader in The Doctor: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/hea...
A champion of equality
For GP, life peer and former BMA president David Pitt, health and politics were inextricably linked. As part of Black History Month, Tim Tonkin looks back at the legacy of a physician and political an...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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✍️'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 ⬇️
emahase.bsky.social Elisabeth Mahase @emahase.bsky.social · Sep 29
Careers clinic: I think my colleague is struggling, what can I do?

Read all the advice: www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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📣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 👇

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BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
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September 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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📣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...
heraldscotland.bsky.social The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · Sep 28
Scots BMA chief issues bleak prognosis 👉 www.heraldscotland.com/news...
September 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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🚨 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 👇

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BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025
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September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM