As part of our commitment to #EDI (read more here 👉 bit.ly/2T0Cgkn), we want to understand more about our members & the specialty. Please RT & encourage colleagues to respond. It only takes 5 mins⏱to complete.👇 lizzymacphie toby_g @YelizPrior Chris Wincup

The only sheep to escape the shearing pen, now seems to be holding some kind of motivational seminar

Run Reigate runseries.clubtrac.co.uk/e/run-reigate-… #eventrac via eventrac

Congratulations to our dermatology consultant nurse, Lucy Moorhead, who won the British Dermatological Nursing Group's prestigious Stone Achievement Award. The award recognises individuals who have made a consistently great contribution in the field of dermatology nursing.

In South Korea, mandatory wearing of masks and practicing social distancing with masks on public transport during peak hours reduced infection rates by 93.5 and 98.1%, respectively, according to a new modeling study in Science Advances. fcld.ly/vpcxbtg

Very excited that our Rheumatology department ⁦Guy's and St Thomas'⁩ has been shortlisted for a ⁦BSR⁩ Best Practice Award. Fantastic work from the whole team who are using digital tools to improve patient care rheumatology.org.uk/practice-quali…

How can you improve access for patients needing urgent advice in rheumatology? By enabling direct booking for appointments our patients can guarantee a call with a nurse within 24 hours. Fantastic work from GST Rheumatology nursing team. BSR

Probable broken toe at football today and the only way to get him back to the car was in a shopping trolley #grassroots

Back in the saddle🙂

Why are we all pretending that no one’s been standing at Premier League matches for the last 27 years?

Fairness Foundation Sir Michael Marmot Jo Bibby @cthomasippr @ButtJabeer .Sir Michael Marmot: The opening line of "The Health Gap" is "Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick?" We hear NHS is over-stretched, but inequalities in health are mostly not due to access to quality care – social determinants of health are key

My thoughts on the use of metrics in healthcare in the Times today

Watching from the peripheries as a paper gets rejected with debate as to where to go next. It is good and could change patient care. Wondering whether we are getting priorities right between patient benefit, pressure to publish in high impact journals and publishing profits

A huge congratulations to our rheumatology team who won a BSR #BestPracticeAward for pioneering work supporting patients digitally. The national award celebrates innovative projects. The judges said: "This is an outstanding example of best practice." #TeamGSTT

Incredibly proud to have been part of this team who delivered exemplary patient care with innovative patient access and support technologies during the pandemic

My thoughts on what is wrong with the use of metrics in healthcare and why it matters bmj.com/content/377/bm…

Hey Vueling Airlines waiting in check in queue now for 80 minutes at LGW. Two people checking in a queue of 2-300 people. Can anyone help? Flight leaves in 40mins

Really great to have been part of the inaugural board meeting for South East London’s Integrated Care System. Exciting times ahead!

My latest contribution to the debate on the use metrics in healthcare in The Times and The Sunday Times today. Better use of outcome measures could drive innovation and help us make better us of resources #valuebasedhealthcare