The Scottish Academy Commission on Recognising Excellence in Healthcare
The Scottish Academy Commission on Recognising Excellence in Healthcare is available to download here.
The Scottish Academy Commission on Recognising Excellence in Healthcare is available to download here.
Please find a statement below from Chair of the Scottish Academy, Dr Miles Mack, and Chair of BMA Scotland, Dr Lewis Morrison:
"There is real concern that political parties are raising unrealistic public expectations of the potential activity of NHS in Scotland in the run up to the Holyrood election, without establishing how to create the capacity to deliver on these promises, especially in the timescales being talked about.
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.
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.
The UK Faculty of Occupational Medicine's Scotland Manifesto is now online.
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.
The Joint Statement between the BMA and RCGP is available here
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.
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.