Dr Iain Kennedy
@DrIainKennedy
Highland Doctor. Chair @BMAScotland Council @TheBMA
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https://www.bma.org.uk 17-03-2015 12:16:42
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💪 “The current, and hopefully continued, success of minimum unit pricing should be a rallying call to go further and save more lives.” - Dr Iain Kennedy BMA Scotland
A vital service for doctors NHS Practitioner Health
( 🏴 “Workforce Specialist Service”)
If we look after doctors, they will look after you
Read what Clare Gerada has to say - it’s important and life saving 👇
🧵“If we cannot retain skilled staff within the NHS we don’t really have hope for a world leading health service.”
Deputy chair of SJDC and Scottish Council Hugh Pearson on BBC Radio Scotland this morning discussing a new GMC survey on doctors wanting to leave the UK.
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Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland writes for #NHS2048 on the importance of prevention and the importance of targeting poverty & obesity to reduce demand on our health system, as well as having a positive social and economic impact ⬇️
reformscotland.com/nhs2048/founda…
Today we celebrate the professionalism and dedication of all doctors working across the UK.
Share your thoughts and pictures below. #NationalDoctorsDay
SJDC chair Chris Smith updates on our work to hold the 🏴 Gov to commitments made in 2003 pay negs.
✍️'Full Pay Restoration remains the most important goal for our members, and we are expecting the SG to continue delivering on the commitments made.'
bmascotland.home.blog/2024/03/30/sjd…
🏴 CHAIR'S UPDATE:
✍️Read Dr Iain Kennedy on getting doctors' voices heard where it matters in his latest blog.
🚨Features details on evidence to Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry and raising key issues with new Cabinet Secretary for Health.
All the details here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
bmascotland.home.blog/2024/03/29/cha…
🚨 New blog from Vash Loffelmann - chair of BMA 🏴's student committee - highlighting concerns that students have faced with further allocation stages in the Scottish Foundation School.
We are raising and highlighting these concerns on members behalf 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2024/03/26/sco…
'I think it is important not to be too misled by things that say, ‘record staffing’ when I think we all know we are struggling to see doctors in the way we would expect as the public.' - Hugh Pearson told GMS
BMA Scotland
healthandcare.scot/stories/3769/j…
📻 Listen back to Hugh Pearson - dep chair of SJDC and Scottish Council on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, discussing junior doctor fill rates.
🗣️ 'These figures don't provide the full picture - it's more difficult than ever to see a doctor in the NHS'👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
This story matters to anyone who may have to use an A+E in Scotland
The doctors (nearly all) in QEUH felt so unheard in their concern raising that they went to Healthcare Improvement Scotland for eternal help
They were treated with enormous disrespect by not even having their evidence looked at
Should the NHS be funded differently
Simple explanation of healthcare models by Dr Dan Goyal
NHS is open to political interference but is still amongst the most cost effective ways of providing healthcare (If funded & managed well)