The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties and BMA Scotland have worked together to produce a new briefing document to ensure that the views of the healthcare workforce contribute to discussions around recovery, remobilisation and transformation of the health service in the months and years ahead.
In the lead-up to the Scottish Parliament elections on 6 May 2021, the British Medical Association and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland have issued a joint statement. The statement warns that all political parties and their candidates standing for election should not raise unrealistic public expectation of the NHS in Scotland, without establishing how these promises can be fulfilled and in the timescales given.
One year on from the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, understanding how we address health inequalities has become vital in the fight to halt this virulent coronavirus.
The Scottish Academy has proposed five key measures in its election manifesto for Scottish Parliament election which could help reduce health inequality in Scotland.
Working effectively across traditional boundaries in medicine has never been more important than now in this period of rapid change with both the challenges and opportunities that COVID-19and new ways of working that presents.
The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Marie Curie and Scottish Care have worked together to produce a set of new guiding principles, designed to ensure that dying patients in Scotland are treated humanely, compassionately and with dignity during the COVID-19 pandemic. They want the Scottish Government to adopt the guidelines as a matter of urgency.
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland (the “Scottish Academy”) has published its strategic priorities to 2023. The focus of the strategy is on collaborative working between the different medical professions in Scotland, to improve quality of care for patients.
