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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

‼️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...

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BMA Scotland Consultant and SAS doctor wellbeing survey 2025

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🗣️'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...

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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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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

📣 Calling SAS doctors in Scotland We’re looking for your help to guide our priorities for the next year with a new survey on wellbeing Link in this blog from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele, along with updates on progress to Specialists, pay & job planning 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/19/h...

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Have your say on our priorities: Update for SAS doctors in Scotland

This has been a busy summer as usual for the BMA and your SAS representatives, so with the committee due to meet in early October, I wanted to get in touch with some important updates. We have been…

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

❗NEW: Consultants in Scotland Read the new blog from SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski for updates on: ➡️The end of 9:1 contracts ➡️Pay ➡️And why we need you to complete our latest wellbeing survey Link 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/09/19/s...

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 14/08/2025

More than 51,400 people aged 60 and over endured waits of 12 hours or more in Scotland’s Emergency Departments last year – new analysis from RCEM reveals. That’s 14,407 more patients than 2023. Read more from RCEM, @gerisoc.bsky.social ‬and @rcpedin.bsky.social here: rcem.ac.uk/news/shockin...

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🚨 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...

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Stand with your surgery: Please don’t let us burn out

I am a GP who genuinely loves her job. It is a challenging but wonderfully rewarding vocation. The team I work with are driven by an incredible desire to do their best for their patients. But to be…

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🗣️'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...

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Working in A&E: Apologies a “routine part” of interactions with patients

Most of the time when people learn that I’m an A&E doctor they either follow up with questions about the weirdest things I’ve seen, or more commonly with comments about how it must mean that no…

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

‘The contrast between my early experiences and the welcoming environment I eventually discovered…shows how far we’ve come & how far we still have to go’ Read this powerful and inspiring blog from a doctor in Scotland marking LGBTQ+ History Month 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/13/l...

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LGBTQ+ History Month: My journey shows positive change is not just possible, but inevitable

In 1996, as I stepped into my medical career in Scotland, I carried not only the weight of my new responsibilities as a ‘Junior Doctor’ but also the burden of navigating a professional landscape st…

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 07/02/2025

Last chance to have your say on your division representatives to #ARM2025. Voting is open until midday on 13 February. To see the full list of which divisions are contested go to: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/a..., And to submit your vote go to: elections.bma.org.uk

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🚨RED WEATHER WARNING🚨 For those working in impacted areas: the guidance below should be followed, but above all stay safe and in touch with clinical managers for shift and travel plans as the storm passes through. #StormEowyn www.publications.scot.nhs.uk/files/dl-202...

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

⏰ Attention SAS doctors in Scotland - time is running out to have your say on the pay offer ☑️ The vote will close at noon on Monday 27th January 👇 Full details in this blog bmascotland.home.blog/2025/01/13/s...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 17/01/2025

"Safe and good quality care cannot co-exist with treatment in corridors." In the midst of huge winter pressures, NHS principles on care in “temporary escalation spaces” threaten to take leave from reality, say Julian Sheather and Matt Phillips www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The 'devastating' testimonies on the state of the NHS from @rcn.org.uk echoes our recent survey of doctors on winter pressures. Chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social has warned the NHS as we know it will struggle to see out another New Year without urgent reforms👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2024/12/31/b...

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 16/01/2025

🧵1/6 Thread: 'Corridor care' crisis. @rcn.org.uk report (see 🧵6/6): 5,000+ nurses share harrowing experiences of so called #CorridorCare Anonymous RCN nurse: “It leaves a hole in your soul” Pic: @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social on ⚠️ X: x.com/RCollEM/status/1879789530779193677

Picture of Good Morning Britain X/Twitter post which show's the broadcaster's coverage of 'Horror scenes' in crowded hospitals with the text: "Patients are dying in hospital corridors with some left undiscovered for hours, according to a harrowing report into the state of the NHS by the Royal College of Nursing. Other patients are left sitting on chairs for days - due to a lack of beds - or treated in unsuitable places, such as shower rooms or cupboards.

The RCN is calling for immediate government action to end so-called 'corridor care' which it says has become normalised. @richardgaisford reports."

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 16/01/2025

Today we've released a devastating report on the crisis of patients being treated in inappropriate settings in our NHS. With over 5000 testimonies from nursing staff, the report reveals how widespread this crisis has become, and how it's putting lives at risk. Read more: bit.ly/3WiS8wB

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Nicola Ranger launches the RCN Corridor Care Report

RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger launches the RCN report on corridor care in the UK.

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🚨 SAS doctors in Scotland – the pay offer vote is open 👉 Don’t miss out on your chance to have your say 👉 Check your junk mail if you don’t have your voting email 👉 Sign up to the webinar tonight at 7pm for Q&As 👇 Read more from SSASC chair Dr Sine Steele bmascotland.home.blog/2025/01/13/s...

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SAS doctors in Scotland: Vote opens

The start of 2025 is exceptionally important for all SAS doctors, our consultative vote will open on Monday 13th January 2025 and close at noon on Monday 27th January. This is an opportunity for yo…

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Nysuri @nysuri.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Sending all strength to the ED team at the Royal Oldham Every ED staff member in the country lives in fear of this happening to us. It is heartbreaking that our fears have been realised and this poor colleague in Oldham has been injured so severely Sending all wishes for their full recovery

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Nurse critically injured in stabbing at Greater Manchester hospital A&E

Man held on suspicion of attempted murder after nurse left with ‘life-changing’ injuries in attack at Royal Oldham hospital

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Dr Michael Farquhar @drmikefarquhar.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Meta (Facebook/Instagram/Threads) has updated their "Hateful Conduct" policy to specifically permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality" to be made "when based on gender or sexual orientation" The change is regressive, prejudicial, and likely to cause harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

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Meta’s new hate speech rules allow users to call LGBTQ people mentally ill

Changes to its hate speech guidelines were among broader policy shifts Meta made to its moderation practices.

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

❗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...

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SAS doctors in Scotland: Pay offer webinar

As I hope you will be aware, in the new year a consultative vote will open on the pay offer the Scottish Government has provided for SAS doctors. If you need to read more – there are all the detail…

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BMA Scotland @bmascotland.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

✍️ 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...

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BMA Scotland chair’s New Year message: Scotland’s NHS will struggle to see out another New Year without ‘transformative’ reforms

It has become common for well-known dictionary brands to name a “word of the year”. When it comes to the NHS, the word I would have to choose for 2024 is ‘perma-crisis’. It sums up the consistent p…

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Frontline19 @frontline19.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A patient said: "It's not the staff's fault, you can see they're facing moral decisions every day about who they can treat & who has to wait. I can’t imagine having to make those decisions." We're here for staff who are affected. Do reach out if you need us. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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'It is beyond broken' - inside our terrifying NHS crisis

Special report: Patients waiting in ambulances for 24 hours, exhausted and desperate staff feeling helpless and a health service now on life support

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