Across Scotland, the last mitigations against Covid-19 and other airborne infections have been removed this year from health and social care. This is exposes all staff and patients – even those most vulnerable, such as transplant patients and patients undergoing chemotherapy – to constant risk of an infection. No infections disease kills and disables as many people as Covid-19. The death rate from in-hospital transmissions is far higher than that in the wider community, because patients are already unwell and particularly vulnerable.

During this public meeting, we will heat from experts and discuss what needs to happen to make health and social care safe for all!

Please register in advance on Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcu2rrj4iH9yo3f1nhxSE-XnzJMP8gnuh

2-3.30 pm on Saturday, 18th November

Speakers:

+ Evonne Curran, retired nurse who specialised in Infection Prevention and Control. Evonne has been trying and sadly failing to get others in IPC to acknowledge airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

+ Natalie Bain-Reguis: Natalie’s background is in Building Physics and Sustainable Building Design. She is passionate about “Healthy Buildings” and “The Influence of the Indoor Environment (IE) on Occupants” and has been involved in research and consultancy projects on Building Performance Evaluation (BPE) and Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). Natalie is currently involved in research on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in Schools at Edinburgh Napier University.

The meeting will be chaired by Dr Jonathan Fluxman, retired GP, Covid Lead for Doctors in Unite and member of Covid Pledge organising group.