The English word cushy, meaning “easy, comfortable, or undemanding,” comes from the Urdu word khush (خوش), meaning “happy” or “pleasant,” which was ultimately borrowed from Persian. British colonial soldiers used it to describe easy/comfortable jobs, and it entered English with

🎉Excited to announce the launch of the PACT Impact report. Huge thanks to all the PACT members who have contributed PACT - Primary care Academic CollaboraTive Dipesh Gopal Stephen Woolford Hadeel Mohamed gppact.org/news/pact-impa…

I like my patients. I like my team. I like medicine. I absolutely do not like processing the letters we receive. Exasperated & demoralised by the incessant unsolicited and inappropriate workload delegation - often impolitely put - and promises made to patients about what we will

Gary Stevenson comic in the works. will update this post with pages as they come.

Management of patients with Advanced #ProstateCancer : A Report from #APCCC24 LINK TO ARTICLE👇👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… The 2024 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) highlights significant advances in prostate cancer management while underscoring areas where

A child’s first phone doesn’t need to come with full access to social media—and, in fact, it’s often better if it doesn’t. Taking a gradual approach allows for learning, support, and adjustment along the way.

Secondary malignancy risk after testicular GCT treatment 21 trials, 88,863 pts, mFU: 12.5y No ⬆️ risk with surgery alone ⬆️ risk with RT (1.66), chemo (1.65), or both (2.73) 💥Important to keep in mind when deciding treatment in stage 1 JNCI academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-a…

Did you know that clinically research-active organisations have better patient care outcomes and a happier workforce? Find out more about our Clinician Researcher Credentials Framework if you are interested in developing your research leadership skills. 🧵 (1/2)

💡Interesting to read the list of the 10 most cited papers ever 📊 (as reported by nature). Number 9 is the Braun & Clarke paper on using #thematic analysis in #psychology ! British Psychological Society BPS Research Digest nature.com/articles/d4158…

Applying to IMT next year? I scored 80/80 in the interview this year and ranked 29th nationally—here’s what I wish I’d known before starting, and the tips that helped me most! 🧵👇 #IMT #MedTwitter

🚨 Signed book giveaway! 🚨 If you’ve ever wanted a better way to spot truth, challenge assumptions, or make smarter choices—this one’s for you. To celebrate the paperback release of The Truth Detective, I’m giving away three signed copies! Here’s how to enter: 1.Follow me

Huge congrats to Richard Neal, Prof. of Primary Care & Director of APEx, awarded RCGP President’s Medal in recognition of consistent efforts & contributions to achieve the RCGP’s overall mission to maintain the highest possible standards in general practice APEx (also on Blue Sky), University of Exeter Faculty of Health & Life Sci

“We find no significant correlation between a country's income growth and a growth in happiness during the 2009-2019 period” – Ekaterina Oparina, Andrew E. Clark & Richard Layard revisit the Easterlin paradox #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/NIOEqtQ

New review led by Deep Chakrabarti of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust outlines global trends and evolving diagnostics, treatment, and surveillance of #ProstateCancer. Read: acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/ca… Chris Parker Amar Kishan Vedang Murthy Nicholas van As Alison Tree 💙 Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference The ICR

Let me talk today about 🧽 sponge cities. When I discuss fertility decline, I often get the following comment: “As the population falls, housing prices will also fall, which will help with fertility and the system will self-correct.” Perhaps not. As the population falls, we

here's a critique of our future health by me and buddy Deborah Cohen free access in the BMJ bmj.com/content/390/bm…

We def undervalue massive skill that ‘normal’ clinical work requires - the ‘extra’ stuff like research /committees to be promoted etc - I think being a really fantastic clinician is the hardest thing of all and we don’t systematically appreciate this

“Three quarters of UK children spend more time inside than prison inmates”. An important wake-up call from @FreyaIndiaa.

am beyond thrilled: the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare, University of St Andrews. critical appraisal, risk, ethical innovation, governance, leadership, bioethics, conflicts of interest....first event 31st October. Please join us! medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/centreforevide…

If Wes Streeting thinks GPs are stuck in 20thC, visit a hospital We are the science museum! ➡️Electronic records since 1991 ➡️Online triage ➡️Ambient scribes ➡️SMS ➡️Online bookings ➡️Electronic prescribing ➡️Online referrals ➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown…. 1/x