Jennifer Trueland
@jentrueland.bsky.social
Writer on health and other things. Based in Scotland.
Unbelievably chuffed for my dear friend Dani - so well-deserved :)
I had to read the email a dozen times before I believed it. To sit alongside journalists whose work I admire so much doesn't feel real.
📢 2025 Orwell Prize Finalists Announced!
The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.
Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.
Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
May 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Unbelievably chuffed for my dear friend Dani - so well-deserved :)
The current situation is just crackers - waiting lists and demand for care are high and doctors can't get jobs. Awful for individuals and for patients.
ATTENTION: Resident doctors in Scotland
⌛ Time is running out to help us investigate concerns about medical unemployment
Our survey on the issue is closing soon - please fill in now if you are affected
Link to survey & read more 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/29/s...
⌛ Time is running out to help us investigate concerns about medical unemployment
Our survey on the issue is closing soon - please fill in now if you are affected
Link to survey & read more 👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2025/04/29/s...
Scottish resident doctor employment and training places survey
If you’re anything like me (and I hope in this regard you’re not) then 2025 started with real worry about my short-term future in medicine. Unable to secure an interview for the next stage of my tr…
bmascotland.home.blog
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The current situation is just crackers - waiting lists and demand for care are high and doctors can't get jobs. Awful for individuals and for patients.
Writing a piece for Nursing Standard and looking to speak to a #nurse who has 'soldiered on' at work despite being sick. Can be anonymous. DMs will be open in a minute.
May 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Writing a piece for Nursing Standard and looking to speak to a #nurse who has 'soldiered on' at work despite being sick. Can be anonymous. DMs will be open in a minute.
Excellent use of 'scunnered' in this perceptive piece on the likely impact of Reform in Scotland by my pal @danigaravelli.bsky.social. (many other good words too). www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/sco...
Reform is ending Scotland’s indyref era
The country’s politics has been defined by the independence question for more than a decade. Now Nigel Farage’s party is forcing a realignment
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Excellent use of 'scunnered' in this perceptive piece on the likely impact of Reform in Scotland by my pal @danigaravelli.bsky.social. (many other good words too). www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/sco...
What really goes on in rural and remote medicine beyond the shiny lifestyle-heavy job adverts? It's actually pretty special - as a new credential underlines.
Don’t miss this great read from @jentrueland.bsky.social in The Doctor magazine on the challenges and rewards of remote and rural working and the need for proper recognition, featuring interviews with doctors in Scotland ⬇️
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...
Special job, special people – now they need specialty status
Providing healthcare away from populated areas has long been a challenge for the NHS. However, an emerging specialty is beginning to go some way to addressing the issue while offering doctors the chan...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What really goes on in rural and remote medicine beyond the shiny lifestyle-heavy job adverts? It's actually pretty special - as a new credential underlines.
Okay, Duo, no need to rub it in.
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Okay, Duo, no need to rub it in.
Turns out the Giant’s Causeway is pretty cool. Even (especially?) in the rain.
November 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Turns out the Giant’s Causeway is pretty cool. Even (especially?) in the rain.