Seasoned trauma surgeons are presenting at BAJIS. Learn all you need to know about fracture related infection from incoming Orthopaedic Trauma president Simon Royston, Steve Mitchell and others. Chaired by Deepa Bose (she/her) & Bilal Jamal

Sad news indeed.

These are brilliant aspirations. I know it may feel like it's too late, but it isn't. Let's work together to make it a reality. BOA BOTA JCST

Come join us! It's not too late! I'll be there!

Books bought (I can never resist), liked and shared!

We have just delivered medical disposables to our team in northern #Gaza , which are now ready for distribution to the few hospitals still partially functioning in the north, including Kamal Adwan and Al Awda.

🔴 Donate to support our emergency response: bit.ly/4aWf621

This is our bookshop, Westwood Books in Sedbergh, Cumbria. It’s a large building, on a main road at the edge of town, that has been a bookshop now for 18 years.

But we need your help. Even though the shop has been here for so long, we still get comments like…

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We've called for many of these actions to support trainees for some time, so while they are welcome, they must now be implemented at pace and with Trust leaders held to account for delivery. Dedicated time for surgical training is also vital.

Read more: ow.ly/4Lpf50Ro7Yq

REMINDER for T&O SAS and LEDs! If you haven’t already, please join our recently launched network – STONe for career and educational support specific to your situation. Register your interest here: boa.ac.uk/SAS-LED-network #orthotwitter

🚨It's here! We reveal the 18-strong longlist for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2024. Voting is open, so head to the website, discover the longlist and have your say!

👉bit.ly/TOPLonglist24

Theakston Brewery #TheakstonsAwards #TheakstonsCrime

Congratulations to the new Associate Surgical Specialty Leads Abhinav Singh (Paediatrics), Chris Bretherton (Adult Trauma), and Luke Farrow (Adult Elective)! Abhinav Singh Chris Bretherton Luke Farrow

Final Call! The BOA/UKHSA Dosimetry study is looking at radiation exposure in the axilla compared to the chest wall of surgeons (at all levels). If you would like to join the study, please email us at [email protected] promptly to be included. #orthotwitter

“In the last six months, I have been displaced 13 times. I won’t move again. There are only three options left for me – either I will be killed, I will flee to Egypt, or this war will end.”

Read our colleague Wasim’s blog from #Gaza : map.org.uk/news/archive/p…

A shameful outcome. bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p…

Libraries change lives. Changed mine when I was young & had no money to buy books. Im an author today bcoz of them. They're NOT a lifestyle choice for govns. The Crime Writers’ Association Dagger in the Library is picked by librarians. Thank you & delighted to be on list. Libraries Connected CILIP

Get Registrar Ready with the T&O ST3 Bootcamp!!

With mentored small group sessions and practical skills stations, our two day intensive course covers all the main topics you need to know for early years training!

Sign up now at orthopro.org

A child is killed every 10 minutes in the📍 #GazaStrip

A deplorable number of children have also been injured amid intense and often indiscriminate attacks.

An immediate #Ceasefire is the last hope remaining.

Good luck to all those travelling to Bristol for the FRCS (T&O). For the candidates this is your opportunity to show how good you are and it is just a test of what you do excellently day in day out. Especially good luck to the 7 amazing trainees from Mersey.

“Children do not start wars,

and they cannot end them,

but they always pay the highest price.”

— Catherine Russell

unicef.org/press-releases…

The phrase ‘big boy surgery’ reinforces the notion of surgery as a gendered specialty

One that valorises traditional masculine stereotypical traits - confidence, dominance spilling into arrogance

It’s not a neutral descriptor

And won’t help attract or keep women in surgery