With two new Clyde crossings taking shape - Renfrew to Yoker, and Govan to Partick - let's step back in time to the days when you could hop across our lazy river, via stepping stones, and the White Inch; 'inch' being an ancient Scots word for island. Pic: Glasgow Libraries

#WishYouWorkedHere KG191616 - Adult Community Mental Health Nurse An opportunity has arisen within the Community Mental Health Team for a recovery-focused mental health nurse to join our multi-disciplinary team. apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?… wishyouworkedhere.scot

You bent the knee.

Stern admonition by Professor Louis Appleby, UK govt Advisor on Suicide Prevention, rebutting the false and dangerous claims made by ⁦Good Law Project⁩ and repeated by others. Please read, re-post and help to stop the GLP’s irresponsible campaign. gov.uk/government/pub…

You know resident doctors, being a part of an institution and team, isn't really so far from "house doctors". Maybe we can start calling F1s House Medical Officers, or House Officers. And doctors after year one but not yet in higher training Senior House Officers.

So ⁦The BMA⁩ calling for implementation of the Cass Review to paused to allow a BMA “task and finish” group to do their own assessment of the report. It shows the BMA cannot be taken seriously on evidence-based medicine. Excruciatingly embarrassing. bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

X Scottish Ministers welcome applications from leaders with vision, drive and resilience to join Tayside and Dumfries & Galloway NHS boards. For more information go here bit.ly/3ShZ4bs #public appointments

Academy of Royal Medical Colleges has released statement to support Cass implementation & holistic evidence based care of young people. In subtle rebuke to BMA: “further speculative work risks greater polarisation on this matter which is not helpful” aomrc.org.uk/publication/ac…

Keanu Reeves And Alex Winter Reuniting For Broadway Production Of ‘Waiting For Godot’ In Fall 2025 deadline.com/2024/08/keanu-…

Never even liked tennis anyway.

🚨 Chief Medical Officer post at West London NHS Trust 🚨 . Great opportunity for a senior Board level medic position in an excellent organisation. Details: gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe114251/…. Inquiries to GatenbySanderson

We are looking for a SCN and a DCN in acute inpatient mental health at NHS Forth Valley. DM me for a chat! HIS Mental Health Mental Health Nursing Forum Scotland @JonathanO_QI Gordon Johnston 💙 @RossCheape David Williams Healthcare Improvement Scotland NES Quality Improvement Stirling Uni Health

Search is on for Scotland's next HM Chief Inspector of Prisons. Good people need to apply – it's important. #HumanRights #Leadership #Scotland #Prison #CriminalJustice #OPCAT scs-scottishgovernment.icims.com/jobs/9459/hm-c…

Report says dozens of doctors have signed a letter criticising The BMA position on #CassReview. I don’t know the exact number but it’s closer to a 1000. thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…

NEW: A damning letter from Dr Hilary Cass to NHS England bosses, detailing serious concerns about adult gender clinics has been published. NHSE haven't drawn attention to it, instead releasing an update on implementation of Cass’s recommendations for children’s gender services.🧵

We cannot in good conscience continue to post on this site. This will be our final post. If you want to continue to follow Walkhighlands you can do so on other social media. Thanks for your past support and interest.

We are seeing a tragic reminder of what mental health care learned in 1990s, leading to •assertive outreach teams as national policy - by 2004 every service had one •community treatment order in a revised MH Act in 2007. These are still key to preventing patient homicide.

Time to make like a tree.

🧠💊New preprint differentiating antipsychotic med vs. illness effects on cortical thickness in people w/ psychosis. People receiving placebo show prominent cortical thinning over 1st year of illness, whereas those receiving antipsychotics do not. 1/3 medrxiv.org/content/10.110…