Scottish Medical Workforce 2019: an outline of challenges and offer of solutions

The Scottish Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has considered concerns expressed about the medical workforce in Scotland and the issues related to these. The workforce challenges in the NHS now present a greater threat to health services than the funding challenges.

This paper is an attempt to set out and explain factors that are combining to create a situation where the imbalance of workforce and workload is unsustainable. It is intended as a working document to which additions and retractions can be made as the workforce climate changes in a politically unpredictable time.

Scottish Academy statement on winter pressures in the NHS

For Immediate Release

Issued on behalf of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland
Scottish Academy statement on winter pressures in the NHS

Professor Derek Bell, Chair of the Scottish Academy, said:

“The Scottish Academy recognises the current challenges faced across the NHS in Scotland - and more widely across the UK – this winter and would like to thank all those working in the NHS delivering the best possible care during these difficult times.