UPDATE: Sikh (71) stroke victim who had facial hair illegally removed in hospital without clinical reasoning: CEO of The Hillingdon Hospitals replies to SFUK letter with apology & calls for full investigation. Family raise formal complaint referring to racism, ignorance & insensitivity.

Need an inotrope? If it starts with A use Adrenaline: Arrest Anaphylaxis Asthma AV block Angioedema For everything else, use Noradrenaline

Ndakasi the mountain gorilla became known the world over for her adorable selfie with a park ranger in Congo. Sadly, the beloved gorilla passed away aged 14 last week, dying in Andre’s arms after a prolonged illness which rapidly deteriorated. metro.co.uk/2021/10/06/gor…

Best compliment: I’m very gentle when I take bloods. Apparently it didn’t hurt at all 🤩

13yr old Vijay Singh took his life due to racial abuse/bullying. His final diary pages: Mon:My money was taken Tues:Names called Wed:My uniform torn Thurs:My body pouring with blood Fri:Its ended Sat:Freedom School was prison. 24yrs on & this kind of bullying still exists

Do you even work for the NHS if you've not stirred a teabag with a knife handle?

Vaccines accompany us through our life-course & protect against: Cervical cancer Cholera COVID-19 Diphtheria Ebola Hep B HPV Influenza Japanese encephalitis Malaria Measles Meningitis Mumps Pertussis Pneumonia Polio Rabies Rotavirus Rubella Tetanus Typhoid Varicella Yellow Fever

Rachel Maclean has just solved the cost of living crisis - turns out all you need to do is get a better paid job and work more hours. For example, you could become and MP and claim £218,000 in expenses on top of your £80k salary like she did last year.

Very tone deaf and out of touch with reality.

Any doctor not in favour of fighting for a pay increase, I hope you enjoy effectively working a month for free this year. This cannot continue - we need #payrestoration

In the context of infectious disease, it's better to over-prepare than to under-prepare.

It’s reported that the government is offering nurses a one off payment of 6% and a 5% pay rise. But inflation has been 10% and prices will not fall again - so this offer leaves nurses 5% worse off for good. They’d be mad to accept this offer: and it’s insulting to offer it.

I have done my workings on the NHS pay deal and I am completely baffled that any union would accept what is on offer. A thread…

Re Junior Doctor strikes, the 'if you don't like it, get another job / go elsewhere' crowd need to rapidly learn that doctors are doing exactly that. It's (partly) why you struggle to see a GP, or it takes months to see a specialist. We simply do not have enough of them.

UK-trained nurses are being invited to apply to work at a new hospital in Saudi Arabia linked to a London NHS trust. Would you leave the NHS for a life elsewhere? rcni.com/nursing-standa…

Full solidarity with our nursing colleagues The RCN Watch Dr Arjan Singh speak to Sky News

A reminder: the birth dose of vitamin K is NOT a vaccine but is still critical to give within the first 6 hours following birth. Here is why refusing this intervention is a really bad idea 🧵

And worth adding that this is where the value of permanent continuous staff comes from (see PAs, CNS, SAS doctors etc) - but we have to acknowledge that our own medical education system *generates* this problem. Means we also have a duty to support rotating trainees better.

@LastRhian Primary Care Nursing Pioneers Dr Asif Qasim MA PhD FRCP Channel 4 The RCN Nursing Times British Heart Foundation British Cardiovascular Society Pascal Meier,MD Heart_BMJ JACC Journals Et al Training BSH Nurse Forum Poppy Brooks #25in25 #Freedomfromfailure Gill Boast RN QN Delyth Rucarean Yes.. indeed.. informative and fun. A real morale booster for hard working #GeneralPracticeNurses in the #Midlands. Each and every one of them are undertaking such integral work & care. Here they are ⬇️