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Thank you for the tremendous feedback - I'll convert this list to something permanent. Two tragic things: (1) I have examples of every single one of these from the past weeks and (2) people are dying because of them. Here's a picture of the dog I was walking to cheer us up.

So Abbott's initial FDA EU approval was based on data from contrived samples. No data from real patients at all. Now we find the test doesn't work well in real people ... not a surprise. Also spoils my "21 ways" list - "22 ways" doesn't sound so good. Ho hum. What a pantomime.

Participation from patients & the public in clinical trials is vital. Without people taking part, we could not make the tremendous progress in health research that continues to benefit us all. Help share this important message & inspire more people to #BePartOfResearch #ICTD2020

#ICTD2020 | Today is International Clinical Trials Day, celebrating the anniversary of the first clinical trial in 1747. Thank you to everyone who plays a part in helping test new treatments and procedures to ensure they are safe, effective and better than the standard treatment.

#DidYouKnow Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit’s first trial AD2000 began in 1998, it focused on 566 patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease #ClinicalTrialsDay #TeamIAHR @unibirm_MDS Uni of Birmingham

#ICTD2020 | After over 22 years of ground-breaking work Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit is a renowned leader in its field. Employing over 130 professionals, it changes clinical practice and plays a major part in the medical treatment and health of people worldwide: birmingham.ac.uk/research/bctu/…

#DYK Medical research studies involving people are called clinical trials – a new treatment or procedure must be tested to ensure it is safe, effective and better than the standard treatment before it comes into practice Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit #ClinicalTrialsDay

#ICTD2020 | In this video Dr Rowena Sharpe (Rowena Sharpe) and Dr Ben Fisher from our Birmingham Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit give a quick overview of the CATALYST trial that will rapidly test new therapies for patients hospitalised due to COVID-19. Read more about the trial online: birmingham.ac.uk/university/col…

Would you like to play a role in developing the next generation of clinical trials? Discover more about our dedicated Clinical Trials MSc and hear from some of the team about why trials are so vital - especially during the current #COVID19 crisis #ICTD2020 birmingham.ac.uk/postgraduate/c…

#DidYouKnow Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit ’s most complex trial RePHiLL was set in the Air Ambulance service #ClinicalTrialsDay #TeamIAHR @unibirm_MDS Uni of Birmingham

Jon Deeks, Professor of Biostatistics Uni of Birmingham will discuss the problems of evaluating COVID-19 tests on BBC Newsnight tonight @unibirm_MDS #TeamIAHR Jon Deeks FMedSci

ABBOTT and ROCHE NOT 100% ACCURATE - NOT A SURPRISE! BUT NOT ON NEWSNIGHT Was filmed yesterday for BBC Newsnight - but its been pulled from the schedule 🤐😬😤🤬 Will post my views on Roche and Abbott PHE studies shortly - also be available on Science Media Centre UK @unibirm_MDS .

Now from the BMJ ... Covid-19: Roche and Abbott antibody tests are “highly specific” but vary in sensitivity, evaluations find bmj.com/content/369/bm…

Or a ‘Barney Castle’ an expression often uttered when a person is heard making a bad excuse in a still worse cause

Published in full today ⁦BJOG⁩ - ESMiE confidential enquiry. Intrapartum‐related perinatal deaths in births planned in midwifery‐led settings. Recommendations for all maternity services ⁦NPEU-Oxford⁩ ⁦Oxford Population Health (OxPop)⁩ ⁩ obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

Chief nurse was dropped from coronavirus briefings ‘after refusing to back Dominic Cummings’ independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Women and birthing people are NOT required to wear masks during labour. We are grateful to RoyalCollegeObsGyn for clarifying this point in their Q&A. If your Trust is routinely requiring women to cover their face in labour, please contact us asap at [email protected]

This June we are running #FindingTheWords campaign, to support the NHS to support families when the worst happens. Please share what Sands has to offer, so that we can reach all those NHS front line workers who need support 👉 sands.org.uk/findingthewords #SandsHereToSupport

An international team of scientists led by Prof Jon Deeks (Jon Deeks FMedSci) has examined the accuracy of COVID-19 antibody tests and found timing is critical - the tests don't work accurately when administered at the wrong time Cochrane @unibirm_MDS birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/20…

Listen to a summary of the Cochrane Antibody review here (from 8mins 49s). Thanks Helen Macdonald for giving the oppotunity to talk about. ‘Talk Evidence covid-19 update - dexamethosone, testing, rehabilitation after covid.’ on #SoundCloud #np soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/ta…