📢Calling all doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Today we’re launching a new short snap survey We need as many of you as possible to fill it in & tell the story of winter pressures in the NHS: ➡️ 5 questions ➡️ 5 minutes ➡️ Share your experiences Link to the survey 👇👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2024/12/03/doc…

⏰ Time is running out to complete the BMA Scotland winter pressures survey Doctors in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 – make sure to have your say It takes 5 mins with 5 questions & is open until the end of the week Find the link in this blog 👇 bmascotland.home.blog/2024/12/03/doc…

📣 The Guardian wants to hear from people with #LongCovid about how it has affected their lives. They have a form to fill in. Link below.⬇️ #CovidIsNotOver

Language and communication difficulties are a universal feature of #LongCovid and these difficulties compromise function in a range of settings New research from Prof Louise Cummings The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) researchgate.net/publication/38…

Do not touch dead or sick #wild birds. They may be carrying #AvianInfluenza & if you keep #birds you could spread the disease to them. Report any dead wild birds you find online or 📞03459 33 55 77 gov.uk/guidance/repor…

A letter requesting a new midwife for North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 30 January 1899. William Muir noted that the island’s two midwives at the time were aged over 80 and 90, and that residents were in desperate need of a replacement.

Today, on #WorldCancerDay, will you repost our symptoms video to help make sure everyone can recognise the symptoms of #ovariancancer? For more trusted information about ovarian cancer, visit our website 👉 bit.ly/3UDIpB1

Joseph Lister died #otd 1912. He revolutionised surgery by implementing antisepsis based on discoveries made at Glasgow Royal Infirmary 🦠Contamination causes infection 🦠Decontamination prevents 🦠Basis of infection control 🦠Principles made surgery safe 🦠Saved 1000s of lives

New #LongCovid study in The Lancet - of those who had had C19, 29% had developed Long COVID. ONLY 2% of these had recovered from Long COVID! thelancet.com/journals/lanam….

Today is the start of #OvarianCancerAwarenessMonth 💜 That means it's our chance to put #ovariancancer in the spotlight! 🌟 Will you help by reposting this to raise awareness of the symptoms?

The world's 1st X ray department, 1896 was at Glasgow Royal infirmary headed up by Dr John McIntyre Watch this video to learn more about our famous medical electrician 😀 (better known as a radiologist). Original X ray tubes can be seen in the museum. buff.ly/3Qa2aMX

The first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize, the first individual to be awarded two Nobel Prizes and still today the only individual with two Nobel Prizes in two different scientific categories: Marie Skłodowska Curie. Skłodowska Curie developed the term radioactivity,

Today marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared #COVID19 a global pandemic. We look back to see what London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has done in the five years since the pandemic to help the world be better prepared for future disease outbreaks. Read the full story 👉bit.ly/5YearsSinceCOV…

#Dunblane Never forgotten. 💔

This week for #LongCovidAwarenessDay, we’ve compiled a fact sheet of up-to-date statistics & citations on Long COVID. Data is one of the most useful tools to strengthen understanding of #LongCovid. We hope this resource helps our community's fight.🩵 patientresearchcovid19.com/2025-long-covi… 1/

Today is #WorldTBDay. #Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs. Common symptoms include ❗️ Cough ❗️ Chest pains ❗️ Weight loss ❗️ Fever ❗️ Night sweats Learn more about TB 👉bit.ly/3yYNwzx #EndTB

On 24 March 1882, German physician and Nobel Prize laureate Robert Koch announced the discovery of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) - a date marked by #WorldTBDay today.

📣We're delighted to announce that we're returning to #Orkney in May 2025. Please share with any Orcadian friends! ❤️💙#Giveblood #Scotblood scotblood.co.uk/news/first-blo…

Check out the details on the upcoming #EURIPA conference. forum.euripa.org Wittenberg, Germany 26-28 June 2025

This month is #PsoriasisAwarenessMonth. Psoriatic Arthritis (PA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) may seem similar, but they have key differences. PA often causes asymmetrical joint pain, skin rashes, and affects the tips of the fingers and toes. In contrast, RA typically shows