Tim Cooksley
@acutemed2
Consultant in Acute Med at MFT and The Christie. Immediate Past President @acutemedicine. Editor Acute Medicine.
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11-10-2015 19:47:49
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Always a privilege to be on @gmb with Susanna Reid Adil Ray OBE Situation is really dire in acute care. A real national emergency. Would prefer not having to go on @gmb and for situation to improve. Need investment and hope. @shaunlintern Adrian Boyle Dr Rachel Clarke @rcollem
Have elected councillors and Royal College of Physicians allocated funds for specialist societies to do this work? Asking people to do for FREE work that others have already been PAID to do is not a reasonable request.
All agree with diagnosis. Diagnosis is futile without appropriate management. Management requires urgent investment to increase workforce and capacity. Without that diagnosis is terminal. Shaun Lintern Dr Rachel Clarke SAM Online Royal College of Emergency Medicine Adrian Boyle
No surprises. It is grim for Consultant Physicians (and all doctors) in NHS at moment. Not sure the answer any of us surveyed would have given as to what we hoped for was another "external review of NHS performance"! SAM Online Louella Vaughan
Kind words from the fabulous Dr. Elinor Chapman !
Creon is needed in a range of conditions where people have a problem with the pancreas gland. In particular many patients with cystic fibrosis need this treatment. This is a much bigger issue and does not only impact those with pancreatic cancer. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
"We are concerned that the NHS may be working at the limits of a system which might break before it is again able to provide patients with care that meets standards for timeliness and accessibility" says National Audit Office Read: nao.org.uk/reports/nhs-fi…
Time for celebration. Two of our studies have reached a milestone. The VasoShock trial (see vasoshock.com) has reached 10% of the sample and the Safe Fast Track study (kliniskforskning.dk) has reached more than 50%. Christian H. Nickel Tim Cooksley Lasse P. Bentsen
Our joint statement is now up on Royal College of Physicians website ‘Hospital at Home’ and not ‘Virtual Wards’ Thanks to John Dean and all at Royal College of Physicians for support rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media… Tim Cooksley Graham Ellis British Geriatrics Society UK Hospital at Home Society