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if it's easier to get assisted dying than a place in a hospice we have utterly, royally screwed up

What is the role of education in delivering on the NHS workforce plan? In short, it’s crucial and we need to stop seeing as it being in competition with service delivery. Want to know more, check out our paper just out in the BMJ.

Apply for the joint NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and CSO(Health)Scotland Postdoctoral Clinical Lectureships by Thursday 30 January, designed to provide opportunity for research time for medical doctors who have completed a research degree. Submit your application 🔗 cso.scot.nhs.uk/fellowship-fun…

Got an MD/PhD & interested in pursuing ongoing research as a clinical lecturer? Edinburgh are advertising for THREE clinical lecturerships so check out the link below. 👇👇 Happy to answer any questions on what has been a transformative opportunity! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

We have a number of scholarships available to trainee surgeons and other researchers. Please see conditions and the closing dates. clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-surg… Clinical Surgery Edinburgh Surgery Online

The committee appointed by MP Kim Leadbeater to scrutinise her #assistedsuicide bill, and to consider changes, has voted 14-8 AGAINST allowing the Royal College of Psychiatrists to give expert evidence on issues including coercion & capacity.

Kim Leadbeater's second reading speech had almost a dozen ugly death stories. No wonder why she didn't like when the head of the Association for Palliative Medicine called out the fear-mongering, which is scaring people into wanting assisted suicide.

Congratulations to Dr Patrick Byrne and Professor Sheona MacLeod, who were both awarded Fellowship in surgery ad hominem at today's diploma ceremony! #RCSEdDiploma

Today’s The Times and The Sunday Times - powerful, measured & bringing much needed light to the heat & emotion of the AD debate. Thank you Janice Turner.

Apply for CSO(Health)Scotland's NHS Researcher Development Fellowships by Wednesday 5 February, aimed at NHS employees currently working in a number of clinical roles to enable them to explore research as part of their existing role. Submit your application 🔗 cso.scot.nhs.uk/researcherdeve…

To reassure us that this truly is the safest possible assisted suicide law... A very pro MP personally selected a committee with a majority of other pro MPs (14-9) To analyse the Bill in more detail they chose to interview a majority (80%) of pro assisted suicide witnesses Wow

LInk to ESO scholarships page is here clinical-sciences.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-surg…

Excoriating letter to The Guardian from Prof Allan House, a psychiatrist who gave evidence on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide Bill. This is the so-called scrutiny the Bill is getting.

The amendment states that the panel doesn’t have to meet the patient. Not even online. So how exactly is the psychiatrist going to verify capacity? And how exactly is the social worker going to verify absence of coercion? Are the 50 signatories aware of this?

Putin and his murderous thugs are watching this and laughing their heads off. Trump and Vance are singing his songs at the top of their voices. “This is going to be great television” says Trump. All he cares about. Was talking to Michael Woolf earlier today. “You have to remember

bmj.com/content/388/bm… Terminal illnesses usually last for one to 5 years. On the balance of probabilities, these individuals will still be alive after 2 years, and thus not expected to die within 6 months Prof. Mark Taubert APM #AssistedDyingBill Danny Kruger

Yes! The Royal Television Society award winning documentary Better Off Dead? is on BBC Two tomorrow night! 11.05pm BBC 2 Tuesday April 1st - just after Newsnight It's also on iPlayer The doc is an explanation of why me & others oppose legalising assisted suicide bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h…

Exciting discussion about the future of cancer research in Scotland with @scotgovfm @johnswinney & Universities of Edinburgh & Glasgow. Emphasising the importance of collaborative working to ensure Scotland remains at forefront of research & globally competitive UofG MVLS

🚨 BREAKING: The West Wing spin-off set for 2026, in talks with Aaron Sorkin. The series will follow President Sam Seaborn in his second year in office after serving in Santos administration. Sources confirm Zoey Bartlet, CJ Cregg, and Toby Ziegler will return. Article below 👇

A huge congratulations to Surgeons' Hall Museums on a historic evening at the unveiling of the ‘Eleven Surgeons’ portrait by Kirsten Mackinnon. We welcome everyone to view this important exhibition celebrating women in surgery from 5thApril until March 2026