Higher staffing levels are associated with more appointment provision, but not speed of appointment availability 1 additional FTE GP = extra 175 appointments over 3 months  1 additional nurse = extra 367 appointments  doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… Rachel Meacock 🇪🇺 Matt Sutton HOPE at UoM

What day is it?? Pet therapy day!! Our lovely Billie (dog) and Jane (human) pet therapy team! Jane Stokes - Photographer 💙

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NEW PROJECT: The Ladybird Local We have little understanding around #ladybirds & their winter habits, limiting our efforts to conserve them. Create a hotel, survey it monthly & contribute towards #UKLadybirdConservation this winter! thebuzzclub.uk/ladybirdlocal

clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/42628/re… Our work on consultationskills.com highlighted here. Our new resources also include Healthy English to assist anyone for whom english is an additional language. Free to all NHS staff.

been real pleasure partner with, and learn from patients like Elaine & many like her. Our mutual supportive dynamic recharged my career Dr Campbell Murdoch Dr David Unwin @exerciseworks Rachel Loftus Silvana Nicholls LucyRN West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Philip Rankin @GarethPresch #HealthCoaching

Daridorexant - recent NICE approval s second line option for chronic insomnia medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/ne…

Been out a little while, but recently promoted through the ARC again arc-oxtv.nihr.ac.uk/resources/help…

Creating Inclusive Residential Care for LGBTQ+ Elders The CIRCLECIRCLE Community of Practice 2 arc-kss.nihr.ac.uk/events/76

"Cluster Headache Clinical Practice Guidelines (EAN, 2023)" Short summary reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/99…

Have just rewatched my 2016 #TEDx about the value of the #generalist. Was pleased with how my younger self delivered this talk. Topic still relevant, societal perception that specialists are ‘better’ than generalists remains. Watch f you’re a generalist - youtu.be/-BfcvI49GCw

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Missed this earlier in the year - hard for me to imagine it isn't cost effective given the scale of the problem and the many .ore wasteful and ££ things we do routinely- good example of a potential high impact outcome of personalised genomic medicine nice.org.uk/news/article/t…

Best paper I've ever read on most important topic in our field: How social determinants impact mental health + how to reduce the harmful risk factors. Message: An ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure. Implication: Our field must lobby politicians much harder Must read:

1/8 🤔Why is pulmonary embolism (PE) so rare in Behçet Syndrome? The condition is associated with a 14-fold increased risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) but almost none of these result in PE. What is it about the thrombus in Behçet that makes it so unable to embolize?

I just updated my knee osteoarthritis treatment table. It has ALL the common treatments including short term benefits, mid-long term benefits, impact on arthritis progression, side effects, and cost Weight, diet/nutrition, and exercise are by far the best overall treatments.

Here’s an idea. Emergency care data is fiddled: hospitals lump patients attending minor injuries units in with the sickest patients in major A&Es. “Site specific reporting” would stop this and allow the focus to be on the patients most at risk. Cost = zero. Deaths ⬇️ Royal College of Emergency Medicine