My letter in the Times has generated a lot of interest so I thought it might help if I described the time line for reaching this frame of mind. I attach a copy of the letter and then run through a series of tweets to tell the story.

I didn’t know this. Wow.

Watch—

The Eicha tune

Lots happening today Royal Free London with #WDAD2024 #delirium iDelirium and #swallowaware2024 RCSLT 💙 and #NHWeek2024 #globalteaparty British Dietetic Association so…blueberry muffin anyone? RFTherapyServices Rachel Nandy Catheriona Howley Craig Binch (He/Him) Martin Glasser

What the tribunal is essentially saying is that the expectation is that all clinical assessment needs to be repeated - so the MPTS has demonstrated in black and white - that PAs should not be seeing undifferentiated patients & if they do, the assessment/hx/evaluation must be

Flowchart from NHS England.

“Do not perform urine dipsticks: Dipsticks become more unreliable with increasing age over 65 years. By 80 years half of older adults in care, and most with a urinary catheter, will have bacteria present in the bladder/urine without an infection.”

Read this and weep👇🏻
A female doctor sexually assaulted at work by a male surgeon did come forward in 2020
- Procedures were not followed
- Her confidential witness statement was leaked in a data breach
- The guilty man, who had previously been arrested for a similar offence, was…

It’s #FrailtyFebruary Royal Free London and we are launching our #MOVE campaign against deconditioning on AAU! ReconditionTheNation Sanjay Narasimhan Myra Hernandez steph murray Lindsay Sanders #homefirst #fallsfreecare #stopthepressure

So the Speaker took his exceptional decision because of real threats to the safety of MPs, their families and staff.

The old rule is proved yet again: what starts with the Jews, never ends with the Jews.

Perhaps we can now, finally, stand up to those who threaten our democracy.

I am used to this reaction from trainees, but last week I hit a new low. I mentioned Grotbags in the consultant meeting. The 2 newest consultants didn't have a clue what I was talking about.

I'm clearly getting old

Surely I cannot be the only person who wonders why Donald Dewar is in the news 20 years after his death, every time I see a picture of Peter Bone

BREAKING: Terror tunnel discovered right below UNRWA HQ, hiding Hamas intelligence data center, with electrical room, industrial battery power banks, living quarters for Hamas server operators. Electric cables from UNRWA powered the Hamas servers. UNRWA chief: “We had no clue.”

I don’t believe you. You paid the power bills.
If you didn’t know, it’s because you chose not to.
You’re complicit in murder.
Resign.

We have a superstar 🤩MOVER of the week - Julieta on 10N Royal Free London who attended 10@10 on #MOVE and then made sure all her patients were out of bed for lunch 🙌🏻
ReconditionTheNation #FrailtyFebruary RFTherapyServices Catheriona Howley Craig Binch (He/Him) Alisha Ali Fritzie

Podcast - 'Frailty, and why it’s important in cardiology'

James Rudd and Dr Chris Wilkinson discuss the concept of frailty and why it's an important concept in cardiology.

soundcloud.com/bmjpodcasts/fr…

TDM

Putting our new folding tables to good use on 10N Royal Free London bringing patients together for lunch 🥪 and a fantastic sing song 🎶 with our lovely harpist from Royal Free Charity
#preventingdeconditioning #joyinwork
ReconditionTheNation Martin Glasser Catheriona Howley Craig Binch (He/Him)

RT 🔒 re baby formula prices U.K.:

Important to know: Iceland (the Supermarket) sells baby formula at cost price on principle. It's against the law to promote this discount, hence word of mouth. If you know someone who's struggling to buy formula you can point them there.

Royal Free London North Mid NHS Trust

Will this gives a whole new meaning to 'What's the PR interval?'