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Fantastic solution to support recruitment to rural and remote practices- and supporting global surgery National Clinical Programme in Surgery HSE HR RCSI Institute of Global Surgery

This 👇🏼 is one way to recruit fresh talent, retain it & use their out-of-Trust experience to innovate in-house. Self-propagating. Supportive. At a time where some Trusts make it hard or impossible to get essential study leave, so good to see others being proactive like below.

Wow, what a fabulous idea & clever way to recruit & RETAIN clinicians! It's becoming increasingly difficult to work 9 GP sessions, but mix it up with a couple of sessions of something else equally rewarding & worthwhile... Worth exploring in 1° and 2° care? #TeamGP? NHS Orkney?

Last night was privileged to join the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow as Regional Councillor (North of Scotland); delighted to be serving alongside my good friend @MikeMckirdy and fellow new councillor Martha Quinn. Hope to support the College’s continuing quest to be an effective force for good.

Rural Surgical Generalism is still possible in a 21st century UK hospital. The #RuralSurgicalFellowship by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) was fantastic preparation for my job in NHSShetland where operative responsibilities include orthopaedics, urology and full general surgery services. See 👇

Mr Stuart Fergusson, Consultant Surgeon, will give a talk on 'the challenging health service' at Professionalism in Medicine: The Challenges of a Consultant on 12 March. More info: events.rcpe.ac.uk/professionalis…

There's still time to join us for 'Professionalism in Medicine: The Challenges of a Consultant' where we will discuss approaches and tools for difficult interactions with patients and colleagues. More info: events.rcpe.ac.uk/professionalis…

#jobs #NHS #Shetland #islandmedics To apply for this job: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/vacancies.aspx…

I'm delighted to be back volunteering at Chitokoloki, Zambia. Considerations of risk have a very different feel as a parent. Here is my rather personal reflection on our journey here and dealing with the uncertainties of life: fergussonsinzambia.blogspot.com/2024/03/certai…

Booking now open for this year’s VSA #ruralsurgery conference in the #Shetland Islands, 11-13th Sept. A brilliant mix of general surgery, gastroenterology, urology, neurosurgery, coasteering, good food & great conversations. See full details here: vikingsurgeons.net/news

17% of Scotland’s people live rurally; 6% in ‘remote rural’. Surgical #generalists provide services to the most remote rural populations I’m privileged to be one! The Viking Surgeons Association connects #ruralsurgeons & our 2024 meeting is open now for booking- vikingsurgeons.net/news/51st-annu…

Our 2024 conference will be in #Shetland, 11-13th Sept. Attendees will access multispecialty updates pertinent to #rural surgical practice, the great company of #surgicalgeneralists and sights such as Mousa Broch, Scotland’s best preserved example of this iron-age dwelling type.

To secure your place for our annual remote and rural surgery conference in #Shetland, 11-13th Sept, see details & link to booking form here: vikingsurgeons.net/news/51st-annu…

Delighted to see two #Shetland colleagues being honoured with an OBE- Dr Pauline Wilson FRCP and Mr Gordon McFarlane FRCS. Richly deserved for their long and exceptional service to #ruralhealthcare and to the #Shetland community in particular.

Congrats to long-standing Viking Surgeons Association member Mr Gordon McFarlane who was awarded OBE in the New Year’s Honour List, recognising a career’s worth of exemplary service in #globalhealth and #ruralsurgery; latterly 20 years of superb service provision (& development) in Shetland.

Calling Consultant Anaesthetists with a heart for rural communities! Are you interested in the challenge of generalist anaesthetist practice in the beautiful Shetland Islands? Huge contract flexibility could easily support clinical interests elsewhere. apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdve…

🎂 Possibly the worst reason to vote for the Leadbeater Bill: a "birthday present" for a celebrity backer whose own experience ("weeks to live" at one point after Jan 2023 diagnosis) undermines the Bill's main "safeguard" (only for those expected to die within 6mo). #NotThisBill

After careful consideration, I have decided to vote against the Assisted Dying Bill at Third Reading. This is not a decision I have made lightly, and I respect there are different views on this important topic. I explain my reasons in detail in the attached note.

Creating an absolute right to a state-assisted suicide (if eligibility criteria met) generates a profoundly unfair & dangerous choice for the terminally ill, while we inadequately fund the alternative of palliative care that honours life until natural death. The public agree 👇