Redistributing #PPE supplies from businesses to NHS frontline staff. Please support #DonatePPEScotland. Run by NHS Doctors and Med Students
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.@Amy__Macdonald is helping us in our drive to source PPE donations from businesses and industry to distribute to our frontline NHS workers and has filmed a short video to tell you why you should too!
Thank you Amy for your support💙
#MusiciansForPPE
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Applications are now open for a scheme offering free bus travel for everyone in Scotland under the age of 22.
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Reusable, safer masks are still required for our health care professionals working with Covid positive patients, disposal PPE is not good for the environment or the safety of our frontline workers.
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Please continue to follow the guidance on how to keep yourself and others safe.
Stay home if you can and look out for each other.
BREAKING
A further 54 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours - bringing the total to 5,023 bbc.in/2Lpsl4C
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
Great help from Abbeyfield Trustee, Peter, who is delivering to 7 Scottish Abbeyfield homes. Thanks also to Graeme for multiple deliveries to base from where they will be sent out. 1,400 isolation gowns and 80,000 masks, donated to this charity, during the pandemic. Thanks donors
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Eight deliveries on Sunday to Care Homes. Thanks to Phil and Susan, and Graeme for giving up their weekend to do this. Much appreciated.
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Small faced people: a survey about lack of well fitting and adequate ppe: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
A recent survey shows only 8% of healthcare workers feel fully confident they will get the PPE they need as COVID cases continue to rise.
Please #retweet so we can reach as many frontline workers as possible.
#PPE #PPEshortages #NHS #MedTwitter #Nurses #StaySafeNotSilent
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
This couldn’t have happened, be happening without our fantastic volunteer drivers. Very, very proud of our community for rallying round in this way. Thanks here to Alison (sorry I missed this photo coming in), and Sylvia and Rachel, both have helped right through the pandemic.
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
A recent survey shows only 8% of healthcare workers feel fully confident they will get the PPE they need as COVID cases continue to rise.
Please #retweet so we can reach as many frontline workers as possible.
#PPE #PPEshortages #NHS #MedTwitter #Nurses #StaySafeNotSilent
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
Delighted to see publication of 'COVID-19: smoke testing of surgical mask and respirators' with Dr J Douglas, Chris Horsley, @CllrNiallMcLean and others with @MedSupDriveScot
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@MedSupDriveUK @nhsscotproc @NHSNSS @H_S_E @P_H_S_Official @MedSupplyDrive
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
Thank you, Rachel, for getting a couple of large deliveries out. Also thanks to Chrustine for covering a Edinburgh.
Med Supply Drive Scotland retweeted
Today’s vaccine news is very positive & offers light at the end of the tunnel. But until large numbers can be vaccinated - which will still take some time - it is down to all of us to suppress the virus & save lives by sticking with all the rules and guidance 🙏 #FACTS
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air english.elpais.com/society/2…
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Self-isolate immediately if you or anyone at home has symptoms of coronavirus.
❌ Don’t go for one last shop or wait for a test result to decide.
Book a test via #TestAndProtect ⬇
If you don't have help nearby call 0800 111 4000.
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'healthcare workers were three times more likely to test positive for SARS-CoV-2 than the general population.'
We must engineer controls to protect HCW
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Coronavirus: Deaths of hundreds of frontline NHS and care workers to be investigated independent.co.uk/news/healt…
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More thanks to you all..... we, all of us, really did something good!
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Every health care worker in every country should be and feel safe at work
#ppe
1/6 - "Globally around 14% of #COVID19 cases reported to the WHO are amg health workers and in some cntries it’s as much as 35%. The WHO called for frontline HC workers to be provided with protect equip to prevent them from being infectd with #SARSCoV2." reuters.com/article/us-healt…
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Part 4 of 4: Gillian Higgins - Building networks to source and distribute PPE across Scotland
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@MedSupDriveUK @NHSGGC #Covid_19 #PPE
