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Pretty furious response from BMA Scotland to the Scottish Government’s plans to create an extra 100k appointments. They expected more investment in practices.

🚨 New episode 🚨 Inverness GP Dr Iain Kennedy, The BMA's Scottish council chairman, joins us for a full interview on the stresses and strains in the NHS. We look into the findings of our own survey which explores real-life experiences of the health service.

Great to be at #UKLMC2025 in Glasgow, being reminded that GPs are not community house officers for secondary care. No indeed - a finite & precious resource carrying unbelievable risk & complexity as expert generalists. 1st time speaker Amy Stewart. No GPs, no NHS. No brainer.

📢 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/qMbw1…

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.

📣'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 👇

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

🎙️BMA Scotland chair Dr Iain Kennedy had an in-depth chat with The Stooshie podcast covering issues including expectations of the NHS, need for a proper workforce plan, GP funding gap, access to rural healthcare, pressures on staff & the good work being done in the NHS Listen👇

❗NEW: Pensions update ➡️We’ve been hearing increasing concerns from members around NHS pension scheme administration ➡️We’ve launched a new portal so we can take your feedback to SPPA & Scottish Gov Full details & link to portal 👇 🧵1/2 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/08/bma…

Powerful from GPRC GP Reg Co-Chair Vicky McKay: her journey towards becoming an #ExpertMedicalGeneralist, extolling the virtues of NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Scottish GP Training, while describing the troubling crossroads at which GPRs (GPST) stand #GPUnemployment #UKLMC2025 Victoria Mac

It’s appalling that⁩ ⁦Amy Small⁩ ⁦Stephanie deGiorgio⁩ & so many doctors & families remain let down in attitudes & treatments for long COVID caught serving patients. UK woefully behind when it comes to recognition & compensation of long COVID as an industrial disease DWP⁩

🗣️'We are concerned that without urgent action, the problem of medical unemployment will rapidly escalate into a crisis' Chris Smith on the concerns around resident doctors struggling to get jobs 👇 Please fill in our survey if you are affected -bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/29/sco…

ATTENTION: Resident doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⌛ Time is running out to help us investigate concerns about medical unemployment Our survey on the issue is closing soon - please fill in now if you are affected Link to survey & read more from Chris Smith 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/29/sco…

SURVEY CLOSING WEDNESDAY surveymonkey.com/r/GPfunding Thanks to the 1100+ GPs who have completed the survey. It would be great if we could hit the 1500 mark. It is open to ALL GPs in Scotland. Please let your views be known. We will share the results publically soon after closing.

🗣️ ‘Investing sufficiently and strongly in the medical workforce both now and for the future is as vital as it has ever been’ Chair Dr Iain Kennedy comments on the DDRB pay award recommendation today Read the full response 👇👇 bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

Scottish resident drs are the only group for whom the DDRB does not have a remit for recommendation Anything like 4%+£750 would clearly be unacceptable from Scottish Government Pay negs must start ASAP & keep us on course for Pay Restoration as per our 23/24 deal: bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/22/pay…

📣 ‘The Scottish Resident Doctor Committee in Scotland is clear: Full Pay Restoration is a principle that we will not abandon’ SRDC chair Chris Smith responds to the DDRB pay recommendation Read more 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/22/pay…

Read Tim Tonkin's report on the first two days of the Anaesthetists United legal challenge against the GMC over the failure to set a clear scope of practice for PAs/AAs. thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/life-…

🚨SCOTTISH GP ALERT: Read Iain Morrison's response to the DDRB recommendations in his latest blog. 🗣️"We are steadfast in our resolve to improve the support for our profession". bmascotland.home.blog/2025/05/23/ddr…

GOOOOAL! Passiamo in vantaggio con il solito SCOTT MCTOMINAY!! 💙💪⚽️ #NapoliCagliari 1-0