News | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland

Developing Situation Means We Must Vaccinate As Many People As Possible, As Soon As Possible Say Top Doctors

Media statement

4 January 2021

Members of the Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties have welcomed plans to update the immunisation programme against COVID-19 to ensure that the vaccine is delivered to as many people as possible as quickly as possible. This new plan will be supported by immunising more people with a first dose of the available vaccine before returning to deliver a second top-up dose. This change is based on a review of the clinical evidence of both vaccines.

Scottish Medical Leaders Warn Of ‘Perfect Storm’ Facing NHS

Media statement

27 December 2020

Members of the Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties have joined together to highlight the importance of controlling the spread of COVID-19 amid concerns the NHS may not be able to cope with a surge in cases.

UK Faculty of Occupational Medicine Scotland Manifesto

The UK Faculty of Occupational Medicine's Scotland Manifesto is now online.

A Manifesto for Occupational Health in Scotland

Scottish Academy launches manifesto for 2021 Scottish Parliament election

The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Facilities (“the Scottish Academy”) is calling for political parties to commit to ending all forms of health inequality, ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

Christmas 2020: joint statement with the BMA

You can read the BMA SA Joint christmas message 2020 here

Whole Systems Working - Joint BMA RCGP Statement

The Joint Statement between the BMA and RCGP is available here

The NHS in Scotland after the COVID Surge: Now and Next Year

Following a letter to all NHS Scotland Board CEs and relevant stakeholders, and a subsequent meeting with Scottish Government officials and BMA Scotland representatives (19 May), Scottish Academy was invited (along with BMA Scotland) to set out the issues, concerns, suggestions and observations as the NHS builds back capacity to deal with urgent and routine health care whilst continuing to operate safely in the context of Covid-19.

Patients and Family After Death

In its document “Patients and Family at the End of Life”[i], the Scottish Academy set out ethical and practical principles to guide practice to help families when a loved one is dying. The principles include kindness, respect, fairness and minimising harm as they relate to caring for the dying and their families.

Caring for people who are dying and those close to them amidst COVID-19

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) educational resource has launched:

‘Caring for people who are dying and those close to them amidst COVID-19 visiting restrictions – things to consider for health and social care professionals’. A link to this can be found on NES’ Support around Death website, or directly on the links below:

Access the resource here

COVID-19: allow families equal access to visit dying relatives - This guidance was updated in September 2020.

The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (the ‘Scottish Academy’), the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (the ‘College’), Marie Curie and Scottish Care have co-produced 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.

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