Junior Doctors An honour to welcome doctors from across europe 22 May 2019July 3, 2019 Last week it was my honour to welcome a selection of junior doctors from across Europe to Edinburgh, where they had been attending the European Junior Doctors Association General Assembly…
Safe Staffing Real work to deliver safe staffing in Scotland’s NHS must start now 11 May 2019July 3, 2019 Last week, the Scottish Parliament passed a bill that now makes providing safe staffing in Scotland’s health and care services the law. Taken in isolation, this is unambiguously a good…
Pensions Scottish Pensions Update: Information and guidance 10 May 2019July 3, 2019 As doctors in Scotland’s NHS we face many significant challenges as we go about our day to day work. All the doctors I know are driven by one aim –…
Medical students Accommodation on Placement: do you know your rights? 9 May 2019July 3, 2019 Medical school can place us in some challenging situations. We can find ourselves in far flung corners of Scotland learning our trade in clinical placements that will keep us away…
Junior Doctors Welcoming European Junior Doctors 8 May 2019July 3, 2019 As the European Junior Doctor Conference rolls into Edinburgh this weekend, it makes me proud that Scotland is such a diverse nation: just look around you and you’ll see people…
Alcohol… Minimum Unit Pricing: One Year On… 30 Apr 2019October 3, 2019 It’s been exactly one year since minimum unit pricing for alcohol was introduced in Scotland. It’s a policy that is very much still in its early stages, and as such it’s difficult…
Brexit… One thing is certain in Brexit: We want you to stay… 12 Apr 2019October 3, 2019 Despite not crashing out of the EU today, as we face yet more uncertainty over Brexit it is once more vital to stress how valued our NHS workers are. We…
Organ donation People need the chance to give the gift of life 28 Feb 2019July 3, 2019 The gift of someone’s organs, after their death, is so valuable that I can’t overstate it. I’m a kidney specialist working in a small unit in Dumfries, looking after around…
Organ donation… BMA Scotland briefing paper – organ donation 28 Feb 2019July 3, 2019 A ‘soft’ opt-out system Repeated surveys show that the majority of the public say that they support organ donation. Up to 90% of people support organ donation but, for various…
Organ donation I’ve got to get on and stop expecting that call 28 Feb 2019July 3, 2019 I know that it’s going to be a long wait for a kidney transplant for me as I’ve been told I’m extremely difficult to match: I have very high antibodies…
Organ donation My lung transplant was the most amazing gift 26 Feb 2019July 3, 2019 Twenty years ago, when I was in my mid twenties, I was diagnosed with a rare lung disease called LAM (lymphangioleiomyomatosis), which attacks the lungs and slowly destroys them. Within…
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