Posted: 12th December 2023
GMB@SAS North Region Lead Steward Sarah McIntosh is to run the London Marathon in April 2024, in aid of Scotland’s Animal Welfare Charity, the Scottish SPCA. GMB@SAS have donated £200 towards Sarah’s fundraising efforts and we wish her all the best, both with her training and the big race itself (as long as it doesn’t…
Posted: 10th November 2023
GMB@SAS Branch were delighted to be able to support Olivia’s Medical Fund
Olivia aged 8, has been bravely facing a challenging medical condition called Doose Syndrome that has necessitated extensive and costly treatments. As the weight of medical expenses has mounted, GMB@SAS Branch has rallied behind Olivia and her family demonstrating the incredible power of…
Posted: 8th November 2023
GMB@SAS Branch have continued their sponsorship of the Edinburgh South Community Football Club 2012 age group this season. The team have benefitted from Home, Away and training kits as a result of this. The Branch are pleased to be able to help such a well run club which are such an important…
Posted: 15th October 2023
Dear member
GMB members eligible to vote on the rest period consultative ballot have voted 93% in favour of taking industrial action. This should send a clear message to SAS that our members have had enough of non compliance with their legal right to a rest period.
Up until now, the test of change in…
Posted: 3rd October 2023
Dear member
Please click on the link below to view a research paper on scoop stretchers and how they are affected by outside ambient temperatures. This research has been led by Anthony Haley, a Paramedic based at Penicuik Ambulance Station in Midlothian. The paper was published in the August Edition of the Journal of Paramedic…
Posted: 22nd July 2023
Our colleague Stuart Mcowan, formerly a Paramedic in Edinburgh and now a Team Leader at East SORT, is doing the Aberfeldy middle distance triathlon on 20th August 2023. This is to raise funds for The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC) who provided him with tailored support at the Police Rehabilitation Centre following a total left hip replacement in 2021.…
Posted: 12th July 2023
GMB reps met on teams on 10th July to discuss a proposal from the Service on overtime guidance. While it was agreed among them that constructive, consistent guidance would be helpful if applied across the country, this draft is not fit for purpose.General consensus is that this draft…
Posted: 5th July 2023
As you are aware, the three trade unions have been in discussions with SAS senior managers over a lengthy period, with no resolution.
More recently, these meetings have been hosted by ACAS, with the latest meeting taking place on 22nd May 2023. Despite the trade unions highlighting that the current temporary…
Posted: 5th July 2023
GMB Scotland in NHS and SAS: 75th Birthday
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of our National Health Service. From the cradle to the grave, NHS staff have cared for and treated generation after generation. It has acted as a bedrock of our society serving everyone according to their need – not their…
Posted: 5th July 2023
MINIMUM SERVICE LEGISLATION – AMBULANCE SERVICE STRIKES
The Government are currently rushing legislation through Parliament that seeks to restrict ambulance workers rights to strike and to introduce minimum service levels for ambulance services on strike days in England, Scotland and Wales. (As a result of campaigning and lobbying, a recent amendment in the House of…