Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
@noramc.bsky.social
Wester Hailes GP & GP Lead #HealthInequalities @NHSLothian | Dep Chair ScotCouncil @BMAScotland| Equality Equity NHS #DeepEndGP #breastfeeding @GP_IFN #ACEs Positivity! #littlefreelibraries @intedalumni #poetry
The blue skies of Glasgow! Proud and excited to present our #Activism workshop at #UKLMC2025 today with Rachel Ali and Jo Sutton Klein #TradeUnion #Culture
May 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The blue skies of Glasgow! Proud and excited to present our #Activism workshop at #UKLMC2025 today with Rachel Ali and Jo Sutton Klein #TradeUnion #Culture
Powerful from GPRC GP Reg Co-Chair Vicky McKay: her journey towards becoming an #ExpertMedicalGeneralist, extolling the virtues of @NHS_Education Scottish GP Training, while describing the troubling crossroads at which GPRs (GPST) stand #GPUnemployment
#UKLMC2025
#UKLMC2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Powerful from GPRC GP Reg Co-Chair Vicky McKay: her journey towards becoming an #ExpertMedicalGeneralist, extolling the virtues of @NHS_Education Scottish GP Training, while describing the troubling crossroads at which GPRs (GPST) stand #GPUnemployment
#UKLMC2025
#UKLMC2025
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
GP unemployment is having a devastating impact on GPs and patients.
Today at #UKLMC2025 we gathered to call for urgent action to end this crisis.
We need the additional funding to get GPs into work NOW.
Today at #UKLMC2025 we gathered to call for urgent action to end this crisis.
We need the additional funding to get GPs into work NOW.
May 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
GP unemployment is having a devastating impact on GPs and patients.
Today at #UKLMC2025 we gathered to call for urgent action to end this crisis.
We need the additional funding to get GPs into work NOW.
Today at #UKLMC2025 we gathered to call for urgent action to end this crisis.
We need the additional funding to get GPs into work NOW.
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
GPs: #UKLMC2025 @BMA_GP
Please consider donating to @TheCameronFund
Helping GPs and their families in times of need - it could be you or me.
Dr Rob Barnett has made it easy for you ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Please consider donating to @TheCameronFund
Helping GPs and their families in times of need - it could be you or me.
Dr Rob Barnett has made it easy for you ⬇️⬇️⬇️
May 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
GPs: #UKLMC2025 @BMA_GP
Please consider donating to @TheCameronFund
Helping GPs and their families in times of need - it could be you or me.
Dr Rob Barnett has made it easy for you ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Please consider donating to @TheCameronFund
Helping GPs and their families in times of need - it could be you or me.
Dr Rob Barnett has made it easy for you ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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✍️ ‘Women’s interests seem particularly poorly represented.’
A new article co-authored by SC deputy chair @noramc.bsky.social for @bmj.com com looks at the ‘hidden’ impact of the recent error regarding the 2023 MRCP exam result
Link here 👇
🧵 1/4
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
A new article co-authored by SC deputy chair @noramc.bsky.social for @bmj.com com looks at the ‘hidden’ impact of the recent error regarding the 2023 MRCP exam result
Link here 👇
🧵 1/4
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
The MRCP exam disaster’s hidden cost for women
On 20 February 2025 nearly 300 doctors were told they had been given the wrong results for Part 2 of the Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) UK exam which they had taken nearly a year...
www.bmj.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
✍️ ‘Women’s interests seem particularly poorly represented.’
A new article co-authored by SC deputy chair @noramc.bsky.social for @bmj.com com looks at the ‘hidden’ impact of the recent error regarding the 2023 MRCP exam result
Link here 👇
🧵 1/4
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
A new article co-authored by SC deputy chair @noramc.bsky.social for @bmj.com com looks at the ‘hidden’ impact of the recent error regarding the 2023 MRCP exam result
Link here 👇
🧵 1/4
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
More about the Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids study 👉
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Animation 👉 tinyurl.com/5e56kz29
@rcpch.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@noramc.bsky.social
@apsmunro.bsky.social
@insidehousing.bsky.social
@environmentdoc.bsky.social
#healthinequalities
#housing
#retrofit
tinyurl.com/3tpsd44p
Animation 👉 tinyurl.com/5e56kz29
@rcpch.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@noramc.bsky.social
@apsmunro.bsky.social
@insidehousing.bsky.social
@environmentdoc.bsky.social
#healthinequalities
#housing
#retrofit
The Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids Study
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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March 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
More about the Homes, Heat and Healthy Kids study 👉
tinyurl.com/3tpsd44p
Animation 👉 tinyurl.com/5e56kz29
@rcpch.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@noramc.bsky.social
@apsmunro.bsky.social
@insidehousing.bsky.social
@environmentdoc.bsky.social
#healthinequalities
#housing
#retrofit
tinyurl.com/3tpsd44p
Animation 👉 tinyurl.com/5e56kz29
@rcpch.bsky.social
@cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social
@noramc.bsky.social
@apsmunro.bsky.social
@insidehousing.bsky.social
@environmentdoc.bsky.social
#healthinequalities
#housing
#retrofit
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
BJGPLife: Book review: The Doctor as the Patient: Doctors Recount Their Experiences on the Other Side of the Consultation Desk
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May 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
BJGPLife: Book review: The Doctor as the Patient: Doctors Recount Their Experiences on the Other Side of the Consultation Desk
bjgplife.com/book-re...
bjgplife.com/book-re...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
Themes absolutely don’t emerge in quali research @bjgp.bsky.social - these badges a favourite gift from one of our postgrad researchers!
March 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Themes absolutely don’t emerge in quali research @bjgp.bsky.social - these badges a favourite gift from one of our postgrad researchers!
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
May 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉
To mark #IWD2025, read these new blogs from inspirational women in medicine
First up, @noramc.bsky.social looks at the #IWD2025 theme of #AccelerateAction and the work of BMA Scotland’s Gender Equality Group 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
To mark #IWD2025, read these new blogs from inspirational women in medicine
First up, @noramc.bsky.social looks at the #IWD2025 theme of #AccelerateAction and the work of BMA Scotland’s Gender Equality Group 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
IWD2025: Accelerating Action for Gender Equality in BMA Scotland
This International Women’s Day, we are called to Accelerate Action—to move beyond simply acknowledging gender inequality and to actively implement the strategies that drive real progress. For the B…
bmascotland.home.blog
March 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 🎉
To mark #IWD2025, read these new blogs from inspirational women in medicine
First up, @noramc.bsky.social looks at the #IWD2025 theme of #AccelerateAction and the work of BMA Scotland’s Gender Equality Group 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
To mark #IWD2025, read these new blogs from inspirational women in medicine
First up, @noramc.bsky.social looks at the #IWD2025 theme of #AccelerateAction and the work of BMA Scotland’s Gender Equality Group 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
Especially for my American sisters - friends, family, colleagues, and those I have yet to meet. We see what’s happening to you. We won’t look away #Organise ✊
#IWD2025: We need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
#IWD2025: We need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
IWD2025: We need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide
Professor Heather Cox Richardson, historian at the Boston College writes compellingly about the misogyny used by the current Trump administration “in the attacks on American democracy”. She e…
bmascotland.home.blog
March 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Especially for my American sisters - friends, family, colleagues, and those I have yet to meet. We see what’s happening to you. We won’t look away #Organise ✊
#IWD2025: We need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
#IWD2025: We need to advance and celebrate women’s equality both in the UK and worldwide
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/08/i...
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‘My first week in the NHS, I was like, wow okay.’
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
February 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
‘My first week in the NHS, I was like, wow okay.’
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
The latest episode of #TheDoctorPod spoke to three IMGs about working in today’s NHS. #OverseasNHSWorkersDay
‘My first week in the NHS, I was like, wow okay.’
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
In the third episode of #TheDoctorPod international medical graduate doctors share their stories of adapting to change, braving UK weather & the challenges and rewards of working in today’s NHS.
Follow and listen now – thedoctor.bma.org.uk/podcast
March 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The latest episode of #TheDoctorPod spoke to three IMGs about working in today’s NHS. #OverseasNHSWorkersDay
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
Is the #GP partnership model fit for purpose? #NTSummit 🩺
Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit.
Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit.
Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
March 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Is the #GP partnership model fit for purpose? #NTSummit 🩺
Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit.
Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
Hear from @nigel-edwards.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social @drkatie.bsky.social @liamloftus.bsky.social & Richard Sloggett at our Summit.
Livestream info: buff.ly/3EMgXuR
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
✍️“For any LGBTQ+ people considering/already studying medicine: know that your identity is not a barrier but a strength.”
🏳️🌈As LGBTQ+ History Month draws to a close, read this important & thought-provoking blog from our SMSC chair @aaronfdez.bsky.social 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/28/l...
🏳️🌈As LGBTQ+ History Month draws to a close, read this important & thought-provoking blog from our SMSC chair @aaronfdez.bsky.social 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/28/l...
LGBTQ+ History Month: Medical school challenges and reflections
Coming out is hard. As a mature medical student in my fourth and penultimate year I am envious of those fortunate to have a strong support system to do this earlier and live more of their youth as …
bmascotland.home.blog
February 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
✍️“For any LGBTQ+ people considering/already studying medicine: know that your identity is not a barrier but a strength.”
🏳️🌈As LGBTQ+ History Month draws to a close, read this important & thought-provoking blog from our SMSC chair @aaronfdez.bsky.social 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/28/l...
🏳️🌈As LGBTQ+ History Month draws to a close, read this important & thought-provoking blog from our SMSC chair @aaronfdez.bsky.social 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/28/l...
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Dr Chris Black of @rebuildgp.co.uk and deputy chair of BMA Scotland SGPC makes the front page of the Daily Record today as he outlines the challenges facing GPs in Scotland.
🗣️“The system has become overwhelmed”
Read the full story 👇
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
🗣️“The system has become overwhelmed”
Read the full story 👇
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Scotland short of 1800 doctors as experts claim situation 'could get worse'
Dr Chris Black is a campaigning member of the group Rebuild General Practice.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Dr Chris Black of @rebuildgp.co.uk and deputy chair of BMA Scotland SGPC makes the front page of the Daily Record today as he outlines the challenges facing GPs in Scotland.
🗣️“The system has become overwhelmed”
Read the full story 👇
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
🗣️“The system has become overwhelmed”
Read the full story 👇
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
More information on what the BMA is doing to help those affected by long Covid and support available can be found here ⬇️
#CovidDayofReflection
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
#CovidDayofReflection
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
COVID-19: Long COVID support for doctors
Many doctors and healthcare professionals have been impacted by long COVID and need better support, including when they are unable to work due to their condition. We are hugely concerned about the wel...
www.bma.org.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
More information on what the BMA is doing to help those affected by long Covid and support available can be found here ⬇️
#CovidDayofReflection
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
#CovidDayofReflection
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
You can find out more about the events taking place for #CovidDayofReflection in Scotland here ⬇️
dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk/events/
dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk/events/
Get Involved - COVID-19 Day of Reflection
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted many of us in different ways. There are lots of ways to take part in the Day of Reflection to suit you and how you’d like to remember and reflect.
dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk
March 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
You can find out more about the events taking place for #CovidDayofReflection in Scotland here ⬇️
dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk/events/
dayofreflection.campaign.gov.uk/events/
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Ahead of #CovidDayOfReflection taking place on Sunday,
BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects five years on since the pandemic
✍️‘Every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted. I have no doubt we would do so again.'
Read ⬇️
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...
BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects five years on since the pandemic
✍️‘Every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted. I have no doubt we would do so again.'
Read ⬇️
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...
Scottish Chair on Covid-19 Day of Reflection: “every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted”
Covid-19 day of reflection
bmascotland.home.blog
March 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ahead of #CovidDayOfReflection taking place on Sunday,
BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects five years on since the pandemic
✍️‘Every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted. I have no doubt we would do so again.'
Read ⬇️
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...
BMA Scotland chair @driainkennedy.bsky.social reflects five years on since the pandemic
✍️‘Every single NHS worker stood up to be counted, when it counted. I have no doubt we would do so again.'
Read ⬇️
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/03/06/s...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
In our new paper @profbambra.bsky.social and I argue that the ongoing #polycrisis has profound implications for global #publichealth, shaping health inequalities now and for future generations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Global Polycrisis and Health Inequalities - Courtney McNamara, Clare Bambra, 2025
In the current era of multiple, overlapping global crises, it is essential to consider the political economy of health within the broader framework of global in...
journals.sagepub.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In our new paper @profbambra.bsky.social and I argue that the ongoing #polycrisis has profound implications for global #publichealth, shaping health inequalities now and for future generations. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
We've written to @WesStreeting to ask for a coordinated, urgent response to the @MRCPUK exams debacle that protects jobs and training, so no doctor suffers further detriment. We represent many doctors affected and will pursue all legal routes available. Read our demands 👇
February 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We've written to @WesStreeting to ask for a coordinated, urgent response to the @MRCPUK exams debacle that protects jobs and training, so no doctor suffers further detriment. We represent many doctors affected and will pursue all legal routes available. Read our demands 👇
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
GPs and patients are feeling the effects of the crisis in #GeneralPractice - especially in deprived areas.
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
‘Fix poverty, fix health’: A day in the life of a ‘failing’ NHS
A GP surgery in one of the most deprived areas in the north-east of England is struggling to provide care for its patients as the health system crumbles around them. In the depths of the winter flu se...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
GPs and patients are feeling the effects of the crisis in #GeneralPractice - especially in deprived areas.
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
Gateshead GP Dr Paul Evans took The Guardian inside his surgery to show the impact of the crisis.
#RebuildGP #TeamGP
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...
Reposted by Dr Nóra Murray-Cavanagh #HealthInequalities
A powerful and meaningful read that really displays why LGBTQ+ History Month is relevant today. Section 28 is a taint on UK history that our leaders need to learn from. We must protect and empower our LGBTQ+ colleagues so that they can provide the best patient outcomes without discrimination 🌈
‘The contrast between my early experiences and the welcoming environment I eventually discovered…shows how far we’ve come & how far we still have to go’
Read this powerful and inspiring blog from a doctor in Scotland marking LGBTQ+ History Month 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/13/l...
Read this powerful and inspiring blog from a doctor in Scotland marking LGBTQ+ History Month 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/02/13/l...
LGBTQ+ History Month: My journey shows positive change is not just possible, but inevitable
In 1996, as I stepped into my medical career in Scotland, I carried not only the weight of my new responsibilities as a ‘Junior Doctor’ but also the burden of navigating a professional landscape st…
bmascotland.home.blog
February 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A powerful and meaningful read that really displays why LGBTQ+ History Month is relevant today. Section 28 is a taint on UK history that our leaders need to learn from. We must protect and empower our LGBTQ+ colleagues so that they can provide the best patient outcomes without discrimination 🌈