Posted: 15
Dear member,
GMB is preparing to launch its member consultation on the NHS pay claim for 2027/28, and we need to hear directly from you. The views of NHS members will help shape the pay claim that GMB submits on your behalf. The importance of pay and the impact it has on recruitment, retention and…
Posted: 29
Dear member
As you will hopefully know, work has started to update the ACA and ACA D2 Job Descriptions. This is long overdue and something GMB had been requesting for a number of years.
All affected postholders should already have been sent a first draft of the JD’s from SAS. GMB have also sent out…
Posted: 29
GMB Scottish Ambulance Service Branch are pleased to be able to continue our sponsorship of Edinburgh South Community Football Club. Edinburgh South are the biggest Community Football Club in the East of Scotland and provide a player pathway from 4 years of age up to adult.
GMB Union are proud to be associated with such…
Posted: 29
GMB Scottish Ambulance Service Branch have recently been able to offer support to our member Kayla Esson from Banff Station, who has been fundraising for Cancer Research UK – Race for Life. Kayla has ran the 5k in Inverness in May and was also chosen as the starter for the Aberdeen Race for Life in…
Posted: 12
Dear Member
The 2026 AGM of the GMB Scottish Ambulance Service Branch will be held on 5/06/2026 at:
Fountain House, 1 Woodside Crescent
Charing Cross
Glasgow
G3 7UJ
Time: 1000-1230
The Branch Committee for the next 4 year term will be elected at the AGM, by those members in attendance. The full…
Posted: 2
GMB Scotland in Scottish Ambulance Service Rest Break and Shift Overruns – Ballot
GMB and our sister unions have been in negotiations regarding your dispute over rest break non-compliance.
These negotiations have taken much longer than they should have done and have been hard fought by your representatives.
However, we are now…
Posted: 8
GMB Scotland in Scottish Ambulance Service Branch Meetings
GMB@SAS will be holding Branch meetings next Friday, 13th March 2026. There will be 2 meetings, 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. 1030-1300 and 1400-1630.
Due to feedback previously received from members, we are going to host these meetings via Microsoft Teams. All members are welcome,…
Posted: 24
Dear Member
On behalf of the GMB@SAS Branch Committee, I would like to wish all members a merry Christmas and happy new year. Hopefully you all get some well deserved time off to spend with family and friends.
Thank you for your support over 2025.
Best wishes
Ross Herbert
Branch Secretary
Posted: 28
Rest Break Dispute Update
Dear Member,
Since our last update, when we advised the “Special Break” provision had been expanded where if you work more than six hours after completing your first rest
break, you are entitled to request your remaining rest break minutes allocation
under the conditions of the “Special Break” process.
…
Posted: 28
The next Branch Meeting of the GMB@SAS Branch is to be held on Friday 19th December. Rhoderic Dhu21-23 Waterloo StreetGlasgowG2 6BZ 1000-1130
Should any members wish to attend, they should inform the Branch Secretary (Ross Herbert) and the Branch President (Sarah McIntosh), via email by Friday 12th December at 1700. …