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Marches permitted by police for all sorts of reasons, but not a demonstration to request minimum healthcare in rural Scotland

Kate Forbes MSP Edward Mountain
Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP

heraldscotland.com/newsletters/bu… Helen McArdle The only way to bring down expenditure on Locum Doctors in #NHS is to make permanent posts rewarding and filling. This is much more difficult than simply more pay. Louella Vaughan The King's Fund

I was recently asked about the cost effectiveness of our #NHSBroons campaign. The short answer is that the resource will have paid for itself if it prevents 3 falls with harm across Scotland.. only 3 AcademyOfFabStuff NHS Highland Brian Dolan OBE, RMN, RGN The Broons #EndPJparalysis #Falls

Excellent article by Margaret McCartney on history and role of Physicians' Associates in UK #NHS .
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I agree with Margaret that huge amounts of Doctors' time is taken up doing tasks that require little training eg filing, writing requests forms by hand.

It's a tough life in #Lochaber

People might blame the legal system for how this case has turned out

But the fact is I have only taken 14.9k people with me on Twitter and even less in the real world

Like the PO the system has only done what it thought it would get away with ( so far it has been proved right)

Fresh leaves @Geoff Cardwell

An Instagram post from a PA that is newly qualified.

Running their own clinics.

- abdominal pain
- dizziness
- wt loss

Can anyone tell me why this is not a GP doing this? Would the outcomes be better with a GP? Or am I just going crazy?

Bidean from South Ballachulish

Glorious heart lifting day in #Ballachulish Carolyn Fahm Geoff Cardwell

Morning light

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How can anyone describe the town of Fort William as beautiful? It's a beautiful area, but the town is a sad eyesore, the high street a monotony of outdoor clothing shops. It desperately needs regeneration. Lochaber Times

Same problems in using Locums in General Medicine in Rural Hospitals. Oban & Fort William are run predominantly on Locum Consultant Physicians, at huge cost. #NHSHighland refused low cost changes that would have retained senior staff
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Andrew Elder

I'm sure it was only 2 days ago when it was getting dark at 5pm! Jon

Thanks to David Hencke for his continued interest and support and for giving, what I believe, is a critically important Maternity patient safety issue a platform.

Why babies now could face brain damage at the health trust that sacked whistleblower obstetrician Mr Martyn Pitman dlvr.it/T5VhVH