A lot of people ask me if the #NHS is collapsing. I reply, it wont be with a big bang, its your gran being left in a cupboard on a ward without nursing care, its waiting too long for a cancer diagnosis, its the increasingly burned out staff and its this hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

If the risk factors associated with long stays in the ED were risk factors associated with a drug , we would stop using it immediately. Yet we continue with long stays in ED and deal with the cognitive dissonance of this by denial, normalisation, and focusing on other problems.

Happy 53rd anniversary of the CT scan

This NHS wheelchair rental scheme raises serious concerns under the Equality Act 2010: 1. It discriminates against disabled, elderly and other groups of patients who may lack credit cards required for access. 2. It charges £2/hour during long A&E waits with no info or apparent

Academic twitter and trauma twitter. Need some support to spread the word. We need more sites for this service evaluation MORF UK. Looking into management of rib fractured patients across UK and Ireland.

Delighted that my PhD was confirmed last week, then spotted this Emergency Medicine Journal editorial highlighting PREM-ED 65! Thank you Ellen Weber LizaKeating. Happy to discuss with anyone interested in using PREM-ED 65 to evaluate ED care for older adults. emj.bmj.com/content/41/11/…

It’s back👏 ! College of Paramedics Small Grants for Research Scheme is now open. The aim is to support members of the College of Paramedics to carry out research studies. Closing date 9th December 2024 Applications are on line at : app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/resear… Good luck!

Pediatrician here. If a nice, older kid/teenager comes trick or treating at your place, give them a piece of candy WITHOUT giving them a hard time. In fact, give them 2. They chose this over other risky activities. Validate that. #Halloween

Please read the full message from Jorg Neumann on our website here: flightsimulator.com/microsoft-flig…

#November2024 Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure for older adults attending the emergency department: the PREM-ED 65 study "Psychometric testing demonstrates that the 25-item PREM-ED 65 is suitable for administration to adults ≥65 years old up to

The quest for knowledge continues! Join us for this combined clinical and radiologic session on vertigo by the amazing Beatrix Kovácsovics 🇸🇪and Torbjörn Ledin 🇸🇪on the T-bone The Cortex Club webinar series on Friday, Dec 13 at 11AM Central US time Register here:

Hi Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service are you taking any additional steps to keep residents safe in view of the South West Water outage in the PL20 area? It's concerning that there is no mains water availability in the affected areas for firefighting. Thanks 🚒Fred Thomas MP Rebecca Smith MP

Myself & Thomas Burton are carrying out research into the short & long term psychological impact on police officers of witnessing prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy. Please re-tweet, share & send to anyone you think it might be relevant to.

What happened vs. what should have happened at the Red Arrows display English Riviera Airshow just now. A classic left-right error, which as we can see, happens to even the best among us. You have my sympathy, chaps.

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is expected to accept Leng’s recommendation and instigate the change, which could lead to physician associates being renamed “physician assistants” or “doctors’ assistants”. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…