Natasha

GP, OOH, NHS Tayside, Scotland. Interested in all things #Scottish, #medical, #politics, #crafts, and life in general!

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2026-03-16 11:31:54 CET

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The more Israel get away with on the world stage, the more they will do whatever they want locally. Time for major sanctions.

2026-02-26 23:21:49 CET

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It says a lot too that Jeremy Corbyn was suggesting people should back the Greens, which is what you would do to stop fascism.

2025-09-18 10:03:08 CEST

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Practices don’t have enough money to pay for extra GPs, inspite of increased workload. So all the new GPs who have been trained find no jobs to go to. Use of locums to cover holidays and sickness has also reduced significantly. Expenses have risen dramatically due to rise in NI and inflation, so money per GP is squeezed. Partnership as a business is tough when total income is static while expenses rise.

2025-08-20 22:01:17 CEST

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You always felt she was in it and struggling with everyone else, and I think that gave trust. Like she didn’t want to have to make the decisions, but knew it needed done to save people’s lives. And that she actually cared about the people she wanted to live.

2025-08-20 15:07:32 CEST

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True, but maybe employers of such temporary staff would keep accommodation for this, or there would still be a small number of holiday lets in some areas.

2025-08-20 14:59:21 CEST

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If there was enough social housing, would it not remove the need for private landlords? Except potentially in the most remote places, but then could it not be social enterprise or community owned housing supplied to teachers/doctors/nurses etc that the community needs? (Which actually is how it used to be many years ago).

2024-12-16 19:29:55 CET

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I didn’t realise there were so many different kinds of councils in England. In Scotland it’s pretty straightforward, there aren’t that many council areas and generally also align with Health Board areas, which is why it’s so much easier to integrate social care and health. Hence also the recent news about Highland council wanting to split up into smaller areas as it covers almost half of Scotland geographically.

2024-12-06 21:45:56 CET

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I know both the people behind this, amazing work. I may also have been in some of these houses at some stage.

2024-12-03 14:44:09 CET

#ArtAdventCalendar Forgot I was going to give this a go. Here is some little paintings for the 1st which I did in March 2015.
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/589/174/427/491/989/original/fb05b1fd870b9690.png

2024-11-23 12:45:43 CET

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It’s a perfect storm. PAs were intended as doctor support, to be trained to do routine procedures, history taking etc. But they are unable to prescribe or order x-rays etc and need to be overseen. The NHS decided to use them to plug rota gaps and overextended their role while they have no regulation. Nurses, pharmacists, physios etc are all regulated and will not overstep for fear of losing registration. Not the PAs fault but being asked to do what they are not trained for.

2024-11-17 10:51:19 CET

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Very aware that my son is in a fortunate position in that regard. While tuition fees are paid for, he currently lives at home and goes to university. If he lived in halls, we would have had to cover some of the cost. Not everyone can do this, which is why so many students also now have a part-time job to cover their costs. University is not the same now as no time/money to socialise for the majority.

2024-10-21 14:09:34 CEST

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Ironically, more GPs have been trained in England, but are now facing a lack of jobs as the funding has been squeezed to pay for them. And the worse it gets, the more we are training GPs who then either change path or emigrate. Nurses, pharmacists, physios, etc. on the other hand are in very high demand and short supply and just get moved around rather than anyone new. Proper workforce planning would help.

2024-10-13 11:24:47 CEST

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I would agree with that. There is a distinct difference between being anti-Jew and anti-Israel, which seems to get blurred constantly. Israel may be a largely Jewish state but that does not mean all Jews support current events even within Israel itself. It is possible to be vehemently opposed to the action of the Israel state/government and the support with arms provided by the US to kill innocent people, but not be anti-Semitic.

2024-08-08 10:38:36 CEST

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And now evidence that a large number of them rioting already have a criminal record. Rent a mob aimed at violence.