We are always on the look out for clinical volunteers to deliver our award winning violence prevention programmes in secondary schools in Scotland. If you work in healthcare in Scotland and you’d like to join us you can use this QR code to sign up. Training is provided.

Influencers driving extreme misogyny, say police bbc.com/news/articles/…

Another visit to AR26 Charity Football for All sessions today at Raploch Community Campus Group of 6-9 year olds ‘So what would you do if you didn’t agree with someone?’ ‘Talk to them’ We could all learn a lot from that

Why do doctors across the world use the Glasgow Coma Scale? bbc.com/news/articles/…

New Docs Day! Welcome to all the new doctors working at GRI-ED and all our other Navigator sites this week. Good luck with your new jobs and don’t forget to look out for our Navigator Scotland staff in pink.

Medics Against Violence GRI-ED Navigator Scotland Spoke with your navigator in GRI today, great service 👌 Good luck to the junior docs

A shame as Medics Against Violence were looking forward to being there but important to keep everyone safe Recovery Walk Scotland

Volunteering is part of the UofG MVLS UG Skills Award why not volunteer with us Medics Against Violence We have lots of school visits coming up that would allow you to speak to young people about violence & injury prevention and network with local medics-get in touch. email [email protected]

It’s brilliant to be able to help more people through taking referrals from Scottish Ambulance thanks to you SOOZE #TeamSAS 🚑 and your colleagues

Drug-related deaths surge again in Scotland. Disproportionately impacting the most deprived, emergency care has a key role identifying those at risk and mitigating the harms. Brief intervention in the ED are feasible, and may be effective. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

All of our Navigator Scotland are trained in the provision of take home naloxone. While not a definitive answer to deeply ingrained trauma it can buy time & save lives. If you work in the ED or are there & are worried about yourself or someone else look for the bright pink scrubs.

This from The King's Fund ‘…people living in poverty are getting sicker and accessing services later – accident and emergency (A&E) attendances are nearly twice as high in the most deprived groups, and emergency admissions 68% higher.’ kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

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Pleased to see @6VT back in action in NHS Lothian great to see another youth work based Emergency Department service next door to our adult Navigator Scotland in Edinburgh EM and adding to youth work provision in Scotland from our Youth Navigator in Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow and NHSG_RACH 💙

Tomorrow is #OverdoseAwarenessDay, some of our Navigator Scotland teams have been out early raising awareness of the dangers of drugs, the 1172 preventable deaths last year & the services available to support people including ours. Here’s Marc Nelson who was in Dundee with Tom

#OverdoseAwarenessDay and Navigator Scotland Caroline and Valene from Hairmyres ED have been working with Turning Point Scotland in Hairmyres and taking part in an event at South Lanarkshire Beacons with partners. Raising awareness, offering support and harm reduction #naloxonesaveslives

#OverdoseAwarenessDay NHS Ayrshire & Arran & NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Navigator Scotland teams taking part today. Remembering those we’ve lost & preventing more deaths through their work in EDs. Did you know our teams carry naloxone, are trained to administer it & can give it to patients for home use? Ask us

‘It stains your brain': How social media algorithms show violence to boys bbc.com/news/articles/… “You get the picture in your head and you can't get it out. [It] stains your brain. And so you think about it for the rest of the day,”