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  Legal boost for minimum alcohol price policy

  3 May 2013

  Doctors leaders have welcomed news that the drinks industry has failed in its legal bid to stop mini...

  Tags: minimum pricing, alcohol, scotland,

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  BMA urges MEPs to reject challenge to minimum pricing

  30 April 2013

  The BMA is calling on MEPs to think about the public-health impact of alcohol as they consider Scotl...

  Tags: minimum pricing, alcohol, binge drinking, scotland

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  Cigarette display ban comes into effect

  29 April 2013

  The ban on cigarette displays at point of sale in Scotland’s larger shops has finally come int...

  Tags: tobacco advertising, smoking, age for the purchase of cigarettes, smoking in public places, scotland

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  GPs in Scotland face poorest pay deal

  26 April 2013

  Scottish GPs will get the lowest percentage increase anywhere in the UK following a decision from th...

  Tags: pay, pay protection, general practitioners, review body on doctors’ and dentists’ remuneration, scotland

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  Demand to make Commonwealth Games smoke free

  24 April 2013

  The BMA is urging doctors to back a campaign to make the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow smoke fr...

  Tags: tobacco advertising, smoking, sport and exercise, scotland

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  Scotland's juniors urged to claim refund

  15 April 2013

  Hospital doctors in Scotland are being reminded that they no longer have to pay to belong to a natio...

  Tags: junior doctors, scotland, health boards, criminality records check

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  BMA urged to prepare for Scottish independence

  6 April 2013

  The BMA should investigate what Scottish independence could mean for association members working nor...

  Tags: medical students conference, medical students committee, Scotland, devolution

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  Scotland sets smoke-free deadline

  3 April 2013

  The BMA has welcomed Scotland’s ‘bold step’ of aiming to become smoke-free by 2034...

  Tags: smoking, smoking in public places, scotland, scottish council

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  GPs welcome patient safety scheme

  27 March 2013

  GPs have broadly welcomed expansion of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme into primary care, but ...

  Tags: general practice, patient safety, scotland

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  Green light for feedback service

  26 March 2013

  The BMA has said that an initiative that allows people to post online feedback about health services...

  Tags: quality of care, scotland