Just went for my flu jab and the nice nurse asked me about getting the Covid jab too. Explained I live with my son who is on immuno suppressants and therefore clinically vulnerable so yes I wanted the Covid jab, but as I am not over 65 thought I wouldn't be eligible this year. No problem said the nurse and changed my details. Got both vaccines. I had phoned NHS Inform who were no help at all. So if you're in a similar position... #COVIDbooster #covidvaccine #nhsscotland #nhsstaff

#FluVaccine done by the friendly nurses of #NHSScotland in sunny Milngavie. 💉

Delighted to be attending the #SpeakUpScotland23 conference, discussing how the importance of effective whistleblowing mechanisms in the #NHS #NHSScotland

Has anyone else noticed that if you try to download an ics calendar file for a #Covid vaccination appointment from the #NHSScotland Vaccination Portal, it directs you to log into Microsoft to get it? Linking health records to Microsoft seems highly risky to me.

Broken #tooth safely extracted. Enormous thanks to my fab #NHS #dentist who came in on his day off to do this for me today. Hoping for trouble free healing, and no #bisphosphonate / #osteoporosis drug related complications. But all good so far. Going back to sleep soon #neuro hopefully. And yes there was a crack running straight down the tooth as we could see after it was removed. #dental #dentistry #NHSScotland

Did not expect to be down a tooth probably tomorrow (probably depending on if the #dental #hospital give approval to my #NHS #dentist, because of my #osteoporosis drugs). But huge thanks to my dentist for seeing me so quickly after I phoned up the practice this morning. He is also - approval permitting - going to come in specially on his day off to pull my tooth tomorrow. Which is very kind of him, albeit something I'd much rather wasn't happening! #dentistry #NHSScotland

There's a BBC Scotland article on the site today that mentions a 7-fold increase in ADHD treatment. Which will no doubt be used by certain folk for their own agendas.

RCPS estimates 37k Scottish kids should have ADHD, the BBC mentions 14k ADHD kids currently known to the NHS. The system is catching up, not diagnosing with abandon.

#ADHD #NHSScotland

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/divisions/scotland/adhd_in_adultsfinal_guidelines_june2017.pdf

PROPAGANDA #BBCScotchlland is always attacking our great #NHSScotland &’it’s hard working staff. All for 1 reason, London/England. They don’t give a hoot about Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 they are all bought & paid for by cesspit Westminster. The reporting in Scotland is Bias Propaganda controlled from London. More & more people across Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 are waking up to it. #Abolishtheunion #scottishindependence

#Shingles #vaccination is being rolled out in the #UK to include anyone over 50 who is severely #immunosuppressed. So I can expect that this year too. Joy. Here is the Scottish Chief Medical Officer letter about it. Similar arrangements are being made in other parts of the UK. A non live #vaccine is to be used this time. https://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/details.asp?PublicationID=7924 #NHS #NHSScotland #Scotland

GAH 😩 So it turns out that the *only* MECFS specialist in Scotland doesn’t accept referrals from outwith NHS Fife 😔 I wish NHS Scotland had more people trained to help!

(Side note: if any MEAssociation members are out there, their website needs updated to reflect this.)

Props to my GP for trying though!
#PwME #MECFS #NHSScotland

is it possible to have fertility treatments on the NHS as a single woman? Guidance only mentions couples. GP was clueless #NHSScotland

In Ukraine, They’re Doctors; in Britain, They’re Unemployed #nhs #NHSEngland #nhsscotland #BMA
Anyone waiting for treatment should be angry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/08/world/europe/doctors-ukraine-war-refugees-uk.html?unlocked_article_code=Vi4SdjuwQr4HUx4KqcD6TdO5I2mKOB3oBid5IUf6yX-bZFsiISBXiHsqnt-9bchhVVuDkYmciQbnzJFDGLCh9UvZai4mbZzZF3BzpqEw3xgc0BTIHFnCTZ-TDIRB0D8bmSI6RtfDBY2t9AkNmpgCFdGFMzfZ4SpsT_2uq2S48JHEPu52ZmNPMCY_UaIQzDqQN9vTE3NyTICeyqPZQQlIdWTeHC_h2LWziRT7TM6lOmXw6RXbH1m8XuXEh5mirnZQQApiw85TwG3FkXq0OJjXF_eWJI_UgWBhwlewRwOTsdRje5-8h7kN2RPVEYMzdwCwFYbigsklf2ToPdgkjHxJa6-3wEqaT3BGqUdFGmGOkA&smid=nytcore-android-share

#Scottish #JuniorDoctors call off strike after getting 12.4% pay rise offer - best equivalent deal in #UK

– UK politics live - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/jul/07/teachers-strike-england-pay-keir-starmer-uk-politics-live #NHS #NHSScotland #ScotGov

Query for fellow trans / non-binary folks in the UK who want gender affirming healthcare via the NHS:

If the NHS actually offered world-class gender-affirming healthcare, what would you ask for? :TransHeart: :NonBinaryHeart:

#trans #enby #transgender #NonBinary #NHS #NHSEngland #NHSWales #NHSScotland #NHSNI #NHSUK #TransHealthcare #healthcare #transition #UK

If you're a #UK Accident & Emergency doctor looking for less stress, these might be just the roles you're seeking.

There has been no permanent doctor on the two Hebridean islands of Barra and Vatersay since last summer and while two posts have now been advertised, the community fears it will be a struggle to attract the right type of medical professionals who are a lifeline to the islands.
#NHSScotland #Islands #Barra #Vatersay #Hebrides #Scotland

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65855239

What is the point of doctors & nurses joining unions if those unions surrender their members to the risk of disability & death during an ongoing pandemic, & then sell them out for a pitiful 5% pay rise that goes nowhere towards addressing daily living costs? And all this while hours & working conditions are not only poor but actually traumatic?

#SaveTheNHS #NHSPay #NHSstrike #NHSEngland & the latter also applies to #NHSScotland #LongCovid

If you live in certain parts of Scotland* you can order free home STD test kits for #HIV, #gonorrhea and #chlamydia. The HIV test is a wee finger prick and a couple of drops of blood and the others are swabs, but it all comes with instructions direct to your home.
Happy pricking (or swabbing 😉)!

*Some places only have f2f appointments but if you're able you can do the test taking yourself

#SexualHealth #LookAfterYourSexualHealth #Nursing #NHSScotland #NHSHighland

https://www.nhsinform.scot/care-support-and-rights/nhs-services/sexual-health/book-a-sexual-health-appointment-online

RT @Dt_Aerzteblatt
Anästhesie: Schottland verzichtet aus Klimagründen auf Desfluran: Edinburgh – Schottland ist das weltweit erste Land, das in der Anästhesie komplett auf das klimaschädliche Narkosegas Desfluran… http://dlvr.it/SlBXwN #schottland #desfluran #nhsscotland #klimaschutz

The Scotsman: Dentists warn of ‘wholesale exodus’ from NHS profession without government action

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: "Today's figures point to this Government's unacceptable failure to support NHS dentistry in Scotland."

#LibDems @liberaldemocrats #NHS #NHSScotland

https://www.scotsman.com/health/dentists-warn-of-wholesale-exodus-from-nhs-profession-without-government-action-3996740

Scotland's NHS crisis: Six steps SNP could take to fix health service if they weren't preoccupied with independence – Alex Cole-Hamilton | Edinburgh News

#LibDems #NHS #UKPolitics @liberaldemocrats #NHSScotland

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/scotlands-nhs-crisis-six-steps-snp-could-take-to-fix-health-service-if-they-werent-preoccupied-with-independence-alex-cole-hamilton-3990276