We would all love the COVID-19 pandemic to be over, but unfortunately, it’s not.
Many very sick people are still coming into hospital with COVID-19. There are a mix of ages, including lots of people in their 20s and 30s who have not been vaccinated.
As young medics in our 20s and 30s, we are very concerned to witness this happening to people our age. It all seems so unnecessary.
The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties and BMA Scotland have been working together 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. Strategic, creative and experienced input will be essential as we seek to address the impact of the pandemic on the health of the workforce, the management and treatment of patients awaiting care, and preparations for Autumn/Winter 2021.
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
