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Are you a consultant or SAS doctor in Scotland and haven't received your ballot yet?
From today, 30th Oct, you can request a replacement.
2 ways to do this - use the ballot request form here: bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/con…
Or email doctorcampaigns@bma.org.uk
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❗️UPDATE: Resident doctors🏴
✍️Read this new blog from SRDC deputy chair Dr Andrew Donnelly for an in-depth look at resident dr pay in Scotland
👉Covering issues with the 25/26 pay deal – and the road ahead
Link 👇
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🗣️'The conditions many senior doctors are working in around this country are just impossible - we can't continue as we are'
ICYMI - SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski on @BBCRadioScot as @BMAScotland consultant & SAS ballot opens
📻Listen from around 1.17 👇
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📽️ SENIOR DOCTORS in Scotland - your ballot on industrial action is now OPEN!
Hear more from Dr Joanna Bredski, Chair of the Consultant Committee, on why the vote is so important, and why we need you to vote YES.
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🚨ATTENTION: Senior doctors in 🏴
🗳️Your ballot is now open
Vote YES and return a strong mandate to bring the Scottish Government back to the negotiating table.
Read the blog 👇for full details on how to vote & where to find more information
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📰🧵Ahead of the ballots on industrial action for senior doctors in 🏴 opening TOMORROW (Mon 26th), Consultant Cttee chair Dr Joanna Bredski has spoken to the @heraldscotland.
Read the full piece below...
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A senior Scottish doctor has warned that SNP plans to move operations to regional centres could trigger the "small death" of local hospitals, threatening emergency surgery and other vital services 👇
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From tomorrow, the power to change this lies with consultant and SAS doctors across 🏴.
The only way to make that happen is to vote YES when the ballot opens.
You can find out more: including how voting will work at our dedicated web pages.
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And below is the SAS page. 🔽🔽🔽
Now is the time to stand up and act - for the good of the profession, our patients and the NHS. Don't let the Scot Gov go on ignoring you and breaking its promises.
VOTE YES.
bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/sas…
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The wellbeing of senior doctors in 🏴 is being damaged by year-round, relentless pressures in the NHS.
Yet the Scot Gov are refusing to even talk to us about improvements.
You can change that when the ballot on industrial action opens on Monday.
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Senior doctors in Scotland 🏴
In the upcoming ballot, you have a choice of how to return your vote.
You'll receive a postal vote ✉️ in the distinctive BMA orange envelope. Return by post, or scan the QR code. For those eligible, you'll also receive an email link to vote.💻
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📽️Consultants in 🏴 – did you know that for the last two weeks you’ve effectively been working for free?
Hear SCC chair Dr Joanna Bredski explain why.
We need a yes vote in the ballot that opens on Monday to get the SG back to the table to negotiate better working lives.
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🚨🖥️ - GPs in 🏴update on IT migration and guidance.
We know that this issue is causing concern for practices across Scotland. Read the latest here in a blog from the negs team - including legal advice on losses and compensation.
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🚨NEW: Pensions update
Read the latest blog covering:
➡️Issuing of ABS-RSS documents
➡️SPPA MyPension portal shutdown
➡️SPPA circular & member newsletter
➡️Pay erosion and pensions
Link 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/1…
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In just one week, our ballot of senior doctors in Scotland will open.
We must bring the Scottish Government back to the table for talks.
Look out for your ballot paper, and vote YES!
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📢BMA Scotland Gender Equality Group Event - Women Representing 🗓️Wed Nov 11
➡️Open to members & non-members
Join us for an evening of discussion with former Holyrood PO Alison Johnstone, @BBCLisaSummers & our chair @now_its_nora
Details & sign up 👇
events.bma.org.uk/bma-scotla…
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