I had expected to come straight to Parliament from my operating theatre. Instead I received a call telling me that my operating list was cancelled because there were no beds. The Government will deal with NHS backlogs by investing in our health service.

Well done Royal Stoke ED UHNM for recruiting our 9th recruit of January - only 2 more to go to reach our monthly target! . Puneet Plaha OCTRU Trials Hub National Institute for Health and Care Research #Glioblastoma

🚩What: The British Neurosurgical Research Group Meeting 🚩When: 8th-9th December 2025 🚩Where: The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London Save the date, more details, including abstract submission deadlines will be announced very soon! Contact: [email protected]

Congratulations, Phil O'Halloran, well deserved!

Calling all neurosurgical trainees in the UK and Ireland 📣 Do you have questions about Neurosurgical training and workforce planning? Hear from prominent leaders in the neurosurgical training landscape. Gain insights into training, careers, and the future of neurosurgery!

An exciting webinar about our ongoing study hosted by the Stroke Association!

Congratulations team!

Including a training event for academic residents on the first morning of the meeting!

Big news: I’m starting a DPhil at University of Oxford🎓📍 working with the Podium Institute Podium Analytics , researching sports concussion in elite athletes this autumn. Looking to connect w/ people in healthtech, clinical neurosciences, and research across Oxford + beyond! 🧠⚙️

We had a great first face-to-face meeting of researchers in our study last week! Over 60 patients recruited so far and exciting discussions about the next steps of the study! Stroke Association Tony Belli Josh Miller Sheikh Momin

Evaluations are essential to understanding how models perform in health settings. HealthBench is a new evaluation benchmark, developed with input from 250+ physicians from around the world, now available in our GitHub repository. openai.com/index/healthbe…

An inspiration to many Bangladeshi and British Neurosurgeons globally 👇

Congratulations to our neurotrauma academic team on another publication! Great work on our 25-year experience of cranial gunshot wounds on 13 patients calling for future clinical guidelines to include how to manage these life-threatening injuries. doi.org/10.1080/026886…

Mr Marcin Czyz, Spinal Neurosurgery Consultant, kicking off the UHB Neurosurgery Dragon’s Den discussing exciting prospects for spinal research on spinal reconstruction, advances in degenerative cervical myelopathy and early recognition of cauda equina syndrome

Congratulations Neurosurgery ward 228 and UHB Neurosurgery!

Microsoft claims their new AI framework diagnoses 4x better than doctors. I'm a medical doctor and I actually read the paper. Here's my perspective on why this is both impressive AND misleading ... 🧵

8th & 9th Dec: British Neurosurgical Research Group (BNRG) Meeting 2025. Registration and submit an abstract for a chance to present your work: shorturl.at/VV1qF Join us for the 2025 annual meeting of the British Neurosurgical Research Group (BNRG), which will be jointly

UK government (deeply vested private health interests) assure medics be paid less, for more complex and demanding work. Huge debts. Residents off in droves, to better pay and conditions. Decline of NHS continues. The turkeys are gobbling for Christmas at the farmers request.