On behalf of my husband who’s arranging this event 😊 *CompBio Writing Retreat 2025* Advanced Research Centre - Glasgow (22nd May) Free refreshments and space/time to focus on writing without distraction. Interested? Sign up on Inkpath!

New podcast episode 🎧 Multimorbidity: definitions, challenges and implications for public health and health inequalities open.spotify.com/episode/5Kz3Qk… #EUPHW #Multimorbidity #HealthInequalities

T-21 days to our 4th Paediatric Academic Day Conference in Derby 5th June 2025 09-1630! Final programme below. Flyer to register if you haven’t do so. Don’t miss out!

Childhood vaccination uptake in Scotland is high at target ages, but often below 95% in the most disadvantaged groups. Inequalities tended to be greater for family-level, rather than area-level, socioeconomic measures. New paper 👇

It is 9 days to our PAD25 conference on 5 June 2025. The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT Executive Chief Medical Officer Dr Gis Robinson will be opening the conference and Prof Damian Roland (Leicester &NHSE) will be speaking. Please register to attend if you haven’t done so. More speakers later!

A few reflections from yesterday’s meticulously organised event 🙌 - The trust between clinicians and their patients is golden. All streams matter in policy, including this. - Greater interdisciplinary collaboration may unlock novel approaches to addressing health inequalities

We have pulled together loads of downloadable leaflets created to support paediatric dental patients and their parents. Find our infographics in many languages here: ow.ly/VibY50TTfSP #toothdecay #childoralhealth #dentist #paediatricdentist

Our UofGDentalSchool team flying the flag for University of Glasgow at IADR in Barcelona

Recruitment for our 5th Cohort of Fellows has launched 🚀Join us at University of Glasgow The University of Edinburgh University of Dundee and University of St Andrews 📷Full list of projects can be found here📷 - gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/d… Job advert - jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/multimorbi…

I have always known that when you hear the internal voice telling you it's time - then, there's no avoiding it. It's time. I will step down on 31 December from my role as CDO Scotland. It's been a great job and if you're interested in applying, please see jobs.gov.scot

A great day at our Annual Conference. Was brilliant to have most of our fellows from all cohorts including our newest cohort 4. Thank you to our Directors and Supervisors for attending 🌟

We support this very important mandate from BSPD Mouth care matters for all children - that includes children who are in hospital - we see you, we hear you, your mouth matters too 🦷♥️🙏 Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

We stand together with people with #learningdisabilities, their families & carers, across Scotland to celebrate inclusion, break down barriers and create a Scotland where everyone belongs. ScotLDWeek.com #WeAreHere #IAmHereScotland #ScotLDWeek25 SCLD @uofgshw

An inspiring & moving presentation from new BSPD President, Dr Oosh Devalia Oosh Devalia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. She’s on a Mini Mouth Care Matters mission! Exciting year ahead as we push for all healthcare professionals to support children & young people in their care to maintain good oral health.

What an important statement, highlighting how underscoring mouth health carries evidenced risks to patient safety. This extends to oral, patient and system factors that contribute to worse outcomes. So, let’s lift the lip. See what’s happening and what can be done to help 💖

BSPD is proud to be part of the #ChildHealthWorkforceAlliance. Babies, children & young people make up 25% of the population, yet they only account for 11% of NHS spending. We need the government to address this in its new #NHS workforce plan. More here: buff.ly/gF261o1

BSPD supports the MHRA’s position on the safety of paracetamol use during pregnancy. Dr Alison Cave, Chief Safety Officer at the #MHRA, said: “There is no evidence that taking paracetamol during #pregnancy causes autism in children." More here: ow.ly/Okp450X1ES2 #health

NIHR Funding Opportunity for the Department of Health and Social Care National Targeted Supervised Toothbrushing Programme is now open nihr.ac.uk/funding/evalua…