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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 2d

❓ Got a question about the reformed Welsh resident doctor contract offer?

🧑‍💻We've published FAQs on our website to help you prepare for the referendum (24 Nov-15 Dec)

🔗https://bit.ly/3ICh5Q8

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 2d

🗣️Celebrating SAS Advocates & Wellbeing. We close #SASWeek25 with those who champion the SAS grade.

👩‍⚕️Let’s continue to support each other and build a healthier, more inclusive medical workforce

🔗https://bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/career-progression/sas-development/sas-week#dayfive

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 2d

Did you know?

Our free and confidential 24/7 counselling line and peer support service are open to all UK doctors and medical students.

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, share this information with your friends and colleagues across medicine. @bmawellbeing.bsky.social
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...

Wellbeing support services
Counselling
Peer support
0330 123 1245

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 3d

"I appreciate how SAS doctors provide a stable and consistent presence in our departments. They help to bring continuity to patient care"

🗣 @nhsdoctor.bsky.social shares her professional experiences for #SASweek2025

🔗 bit.ly/433tq6E

SAS doctors: a personal reflection

As we celebrate SAS Week, I want to share my personal journey working with SAS doctors—colleagues who have helped to shape my career and continue to play a vital role in NHS Wales

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 3d

🩺Equality in the Medical Workforce.

👋Today we focus on fairness and inclusion. SAS doctors deserve equal recognition and opportunity.

🔗 bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

#EqualityInMedicine #SASWeek25 #InclusionMatters

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 4d

🏥We were pleased to be at the Royal Gwent Hospital
today celebrating #SASWeek25

🗣️Thank you to Dr Kavan Arora for his inspiring and informative talk on SAS in extended roles and SAS development.

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 4d

🔍 SAS Doctors in Extended Roles are driving change across the NHS. 🚀 Today we celebrate their development journeys and the impact they make beyond the clinic. 📖 Read and watch Dr Porwal’s story: 🔗https://bit.ly/3WqTx3J

#SASWeek25

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 5d

🩺 Dr Baruah is a retired Associate Specialist with 45 years of service in the NHS.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 He describes his experience witnessing the introduction of the SAS role in Wales & his involvement with the BMA in its development as a career path.
🔗 www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
#SASWeek2025

Four decades in the NHS: from locum SHO to associate specialist

Retired associate specialist D N Baruah reflects on his experiences working in the NHS at different levels alongside tirelessly advocating for SAS doctors

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 6d

🎓 Today we’re shining a light on the expertise and leadership of SAS doctors in specialist roles. Join us for tonight’s webinar with NHS Employers to explore what makes this grade so vital. Watch out for Welsh specific updates. 🌟 🕕 6–7pm | Register now: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/kEaCCY588f...

Smiling SAS doctor on a poster about SAS Week's theme for Tuesday 7 October which is Specialist Grade

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · 6d

🎉 #SASWeek2025 has started!
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We’re celebrating SAS doctors across Wales and the UK with a week of webinars, blogs, and inspiring stories. 🩺 Read our introduction from WSASC Chair Dr Ali Nazir, catch up on Welsh successes for #SASDoctors 🔗 www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Image of a poster with a quote from, and photo of Dr Ali Nazir stating how please he is to see SAS doctors being celebrated during SAS week

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Sep 11

🏥In Wales, patients are currently receiving care on trolleys or chairs for hours on end, often days, in pain and suffering.

🛑Sign our petition to put a stop to corridor care so patients have the best chance to survive and recover

🔗https://bit.ly/45aSiv2

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Sep 8

⚕️Supporting disabled doctors isn’t “inconvenient”—it’s essential. We must value their expertise, experience, and dedication. Inclusion strengthens the profession and improves patient care.🔗 Read more www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Disabled doctors consider leaving NHS over shift inflexibility

Disabled and neurodivergent doctors say the lack of reasonable adjustments is pushing some out.

www.bbc.co.uk

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢Voting for the WRDC by-election is now open
🗳️ Read the nominations and cast your vote by
12pm on Wednesday 17 September
bit.ly/4mRQxcr

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Reclining chairs are now being offered to patients, this is being normalised and it’s completely wrong. All patients deserve dignity and a place to rest"

Sign our petition to end corridor care ⬇️
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Petition: End corridor care in Wales

In Wales, patients are currently receiving care on trolleys or chairs for hours on end, often days, in pain and suffering. Doctors, nurses, and health care staff are forced to treat and care for patients in corridors, car parks, and other places where safe, dignified care isn't possible and where they lack access to life-saving equipment.  The Royal College of Nursing Wales and the BMA Cymru Wales are jointly raising the alarm on patient safety for Welsh Government to eradicate corridor care.

petitions.senedd.wales

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Sep 2

🌟 Why join the BMA? 🩺We represent you and are driven by the needs of doctors in Wales, protecting your rights.

As a member you can join your LNC and influence hospital decisions, from ☕break rooms to 🚗 parking.

Join today 👉https://www.bma.org.uk/join

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 21

❓Want to join our public health medicine committee?

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿There are six seats available

🪧Join us and help to raise the profile of the profession and fight for better terms and conditions.

Read more and nominate yourself by 9am, 4 September⬇️
bit.ly/45zvTpP

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 20

🌍 At the BMA we support the aims of the NHS to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions

🗣️ We'd like to hear from doctors about how different sustainability initiatives are being implemented in the workplace.

Please share your views in our short survey 👇

🔗https://www.research.net/r/NZbluesky

How can doctors help the NHS achieve its Net Zero targets?

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

www.research.net

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚨 In Wales, 9 in 200 people wait over a year for NHS treatment—compared to 1 in 200 in England. But the real crisis is hidden: delays before hospital referral aren’t counted, writes Iona Collins ➡️https://www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opinion/how-hidden-waits-mask-the-crisis-in-nhs-wales #HiddenWaits

Photo of Welsh Council chair Iona Collins

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

🚑 Patients in Wales are being treated in corridors, car parks & chairs 🪑 for DAYS—without dignity or safety.
🔴 This is a crisis. RCN Wales & BMA Cymru Wales demand urgent action.
🖊️ Sign the petition: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
#EndCorridorCare #WalesNHS

Graphic of a patient sitting in a hospital corridor waiting for care

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 19

🏥 Resident doctors in Wales, your voice matters!
🗳️ 4 voting seats are open on WRDC. No experience needed — just passion to improve pay & conditions
📅Nominate by noon, Mon 1 Sept
➡️https://bma-mail.org.uk/t/c/AQiEtRUQqpYdGOHMsxcgnuH1BfehOyUhWjapE2pdm_NRki_fUhvqCZ7DKZJYyAKNCDPS
#WRDC #ResidentDoctors

Resident doctor in scrubs writing up notes

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 15

📢The Welsh committee for public health medicine (WCPHM) elections for the 2025-28 session remain open until Monday

🗳️Find out more and nominate yourself
bit.ly/45zvTpP

BMA - Sign In

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 13

⏳There are just two more days to take up our summer offer (ends 15 August)
🩺Join thousands of doctors and help to shape the future of the profession ⬇️

bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Jul 21

⚕️Join 190,000+ UK doctors & med students with the BMA!
💬 Make real change in your workplace & profession 🛠️ Get expert support, mentoring & advice
🎉 Join today & pay £0 for 3 months 👉 join.bma.org.uk/intro/
We've got your back. #JoinTheBMA

Poster with an image of people wearing the orange beanies worn in doctors strikes with the text stating join the BMA today and pay nothing for 3 months

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Aug 1

👋 It's been great to meet FY1 doctors at their induction events this week 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🖋️Our summer offer is still on, sign up today and pay nothing for the first three months. Ends 15 August

We look forward to supporting you throughout your career

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bmacymru.bsky.social @bmacymru.bsky.social · Jul 31

📢 40% of resident doctors are concerned that they will be unemployed from August this year.

“At a time when Wales needs more doctors, there are limited opportunities for resident doctors to develop their careers in the country where they trained."

bit.ly/4fdSMUt

40% of resident doctors in Wales are facing unemployment this summer - BMA media centre - BMA

Press release from BMA Cymru Wales.

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Royal College of Nursing Wales @thercnwales.bsky.social · Jul 24

Doctors, nurses, and health care staff in Wales are forced to care for patients in unsafe places without access to life-saving equipment and where dignified care isn't possible.

RCN Wales and @bmacymru.bsky.social are urging Welsh Government to end #corridorcare.
Add your voice now✍️ bit.ly/4323kS1

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