The College’s Board of Trustees has called an extraordinary general meeting of the membership on 17 Oct 2023 at 6.30pm. All eligible members will be emailed today with more info. Full EGM details, including resolutions, timeline and FAQs can be found here ow.ly/eBS150PIH8n

A motion passed at council commits BMA Scotland to: “immediately begin work on formalising a stance on PAs and AAs that either proposes abolishing the roles or modifying them to ensure their scope of practice does not negatively infringe on doctors of any grade and...... 2/

The Anaesthetic Enigma 2023 Are you a med student or FY doctor? Want to know medicine’s best kept career secret (yes, we are biased 🤣) The world & work of an anaesthetist! Free for members (membership starts at £12 per year) 19 Sep 23 - 6-8pm anaesthetists.org/Home/Education…

RISHI’S fishy MATHS 50 refurbed schools = 4 40 new hospitals = 5 2000 more GPs = 2200 fewer 5000 beds = 900 maybe 800 ambulances = 51 20000 more police = 0 5% pay rise when inflation 10% = 5% pay cut Reducing inflation = prices still rise🤷🏻‍♂️ Bad at MATHS, INCOMPETENT or LIARS

We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you help by following us and retweeting this? It really would mean a lot.

Staff in NHS Lothian have been recognised at two separate events for the work they’re doing to help the Health Board in its journey to Net Zero. Read the full story on our website ow.ly/ALPZ50PLAcB

🧵Read our position statement on physician associates and anaesthesia associates which aims to clarify the confusion over roles, supervision and what patients should expect: [1/2] bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

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NEW: NHS Pensions scheme has (belatedly) published scheme acounts for 22/23 A couple of noteworthing findings 1⃣ Once again eye watering surplus (excess income > benefits paid) returning £4.32 BILLION > HMT 23/4 2⃣ Value of liabilities ⏬ massivley £461b from £841b last year

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: OK on the eve of junior/consultant strikes, we need to talk about these charts (NEW data just in!) 👇 We need to look at them to fix waiting lists & its increasingly clear next GE will be won or lost on the NHS Please read the whole 🧵 & share widely / RT

Thank you to everyone who attended our EGM tonight and/or voted by proxy in advance. We apologise for the technical difficulties experienced during the meeting. All six resolutions proposed by members were carried. Full results: rcoa.ac.uk/news/outcome-r…

So Sir Jeremy Hunt MP, will you listen to the public & #FixNHSPay #PayRestoration ? RT if you want him to

1/ Another brilliant interview by Vivek Trivedi on BBC Breakfast 👇 As you say Scottish Government had the courage to continue negotiations when strikes on the table, avoiding the need for ANY strikes in Scotland, & finding a resolution. Why does Victoria Atkins Rishi Sunak not do so?

Take 2 minutes to watch this. It’s one of the best interviews I’ve seen so far on the #DoctorsStrike. Thank you Dr. Hilary Jones MBE.

@BMA_JuniorDocs Please repost.

Ten years ago, over 70% of new doctors (FY2s) in England stayed on in the NHS to complete specialist/GP training By 2022, more than 70% chose not to stay on. The U.K. govt are driving away the future of the NHS

Live next week, Tanya launches our 2024 special issue! Dame Julia Slingo on the problems with GWP and desflurane Virginia Ledda on carbon literacy and surgery Alifia Chakera on reducing nitrous oxide waste 📆11/01/24 ⏰0900 GMT LIVE and free on all platforms!

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: So we need to talk about NHS pay. NEW shocking [post DDRB] data just in 4/1/24 👇 (SPOILER: Not "fair & reasonable") We need to fix pay/retention to fix waiting lists- increasingly clear next GE will won/lost on NHS Please read whole 🧵 & share widely/RT

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