In 2014 life dealt me an out of the blue, terrifying, life-changing experience.
It shattered me into pieces.

My reaction to it was grossly misunderstood by my peers, and by colleagues I had previously trusted too.

I lost my health, via major surgery, and then my job
1/11

When I go,
don’t learn to live without me,
just learn to live with my love,
in a different way.

And if you need to see me,
close your eyes,
or look in your shadow,
when the sun shines,

I’m there.

Sit with me in the quiet and you will know,
that I did not leave.

There is no…

Jordan North: How safe is vaping for my health? And interesting article. The documentary is on the iPlayer now #BDdose bbc.co.uk/news/uk-686113…

A 🧵 on #AIDS in the 80s/90s:
I was 15 when I first had sex with a man.
I’d snuck off to London’s Heaven nightclub with the express intent of ridding myself of my ‘gay virginity’, a goal I achieved easily with a visiting American photographer.
1/13
#LGBTplusHM #UnderTheScope

This starts on ITV on Monday evening. Told over 3 consecutive nights, it is the next huge drama- telling the story of the NHS in the pandemic. It’s not going to be any easy watch, I suspect that moral distress amongst NHS staff will feature prominently. #BDdose

‘I just thought: Somebody has to tell this story. We have to know what our NHS has done for us’

ITV's Breathtaking tells the story of NHS staff battling to save patients in the pandemic. It’s based on Dr Rachel Clarke’s memoir.

@jofroggatt & Dr Rachel Clarke joined us to discuss.

“For the sake of my young family, I had hoped to keep this information private but regrettably our hand has been forced.”

Whichever media outlet forced Chris Hoy to reveal his cancer diagnosis should hang their heads in shame.

Warmest wishes to Chris & his family.

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Before NHSE, MPs & Govt completely dispense with GPs
They need to recognise that currently the only measure of activity is patient consultations, that these are significantly undercounted & that the majority of what GPs do is unmeasured
Statistics don’t tell the whole story

Joanne Froggatt I cannot wait for broadcast in Feb 💙💙💙 #NHS

This drama #Breathtaking deserves to have the same kind of impact as Mr Bates vs The Post Office. A searing, meticulous, righteously furious account of what NHS doctors and nurses and paramedics had to go through during the pandemic. ITV1, soon.

Today ITV screened the first episode of BREATHTAKING to a cinema full of press. Nerve-wracking, nail-biting, exciting. How I hope we’ve done justice to the experiences of NHS staff 💙

Who’s watching #TheTraitors ? There’s so much we can learn from group/ team dynamics!! Has anyone ever handed you a poisoned chalice? What’s going to happen to ar Di?!

Nik Kendrew @BoggledDocs Dr Jeff foster Absolutely loved #menup …… sensitive and honest storylines which had me laughing and crying!
A must watch 🙌

If you missed #MenUp over Christmas / New Year -- you can still catch up on iPlayer --

'A TV masterpiece!' The Guardian ✭✭✭✭✭

BBC Writers BBC iPlayer QuayStreetProductions Boom Cymru

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Who else has seen #MenUp ? It’s an incredible piece of television. We think it will start conversations about #MensHealth and result in patients seeking help. #BDdose #TeamGP #PrimaryCare
Naomi Sutton Dr Jeff foster

Watching #menup on iplayer. Weeping. This is so brilliantly done and such incredible “accidental CPD” watching @BoggledDocs please please do an episode on this show.

Just caught up with this, great episode and wonderful to have GP positivity too. Hoping it's just a cold that means I can't smell my shower gel today 😩

Is this a serious question? I’ll assume it is. Let me explain.

You go to the GP a with a sore throat.
GP talks to you, examines you and feels it’s nothing serious.
GP sends you away but gives you weirdly strict safety-net advice for a sore throat.
1/10

Hope you enjoyed #MenUp on BBC1. From the moment I read Matthew Barry's script I thought it was something really special ❤️ I loved composing the music for it, and to celebrate, the score is released on all music/streaming platforms today! 🎶 🙌open.spotify.com/album/6ROmlBll…