Day 3 of junior doctor strikes for pay restoration. We don’t want to strike (despite the smiles today) and patient safety always comes first. Thanks to our fantastic consultants for helping us do this & strike for better pay & therefore safer working conditions #bma #JuniorDoctor

Cross on the inside. #juniordoctorstrikes #PayRestoration #BMA

Once again, we've written to Steve Barclay asking him to meet with us to discuss #PayRestoration for junior doctors. We hope he will take this opportunity to come to the table. Dr Robert Laurenson Vivek Trivedi

My mother's confessions - she's 91 with with advanced dementia & does this thing where she suddenly slumps, goes limp & unresponsive. First time, she was with my sister who thought she'd passed. She's just done it now. Turns out she's playing dead & thinks she's being funny.

Really engaging talk from Nick Tiller, Ph.D. on the dangers of pseudoscience in the fitness industry & the importance of challenging misinformation. My highlight, IV health drip benefits are laughable #MM2023 #sportmedicine #marathon #running

My geris ward is next to labour ward. Everyday there are dads-to-be taking work calls in the corridor whilst their partner is in labour… how are these men not getting time off to have a child? #medtwitter #parentalleave

NHS signs at it again. One way to get out of an on call shift

Consultants in England have voted a resounding YES to taking industrial action this July. ✅Turnout: 71.08% ✅Yes votes: 20,741 – 86.08% Together we can #FixConsultantPay now and for the future. Read more: bma.org.uk/consultantspay

Very grateful to win the RIQI 2023 award for our work looking into care home admissions to A&E.. some great work with my COTE team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 🎉 #geriatrics #community #research #medtwitter #frailty

Ending 6 months of Geris on a high note ☺️ Grateful for the RIQI 2023 award for our work on care home admissions to the emergency department. Will truly miss working alongside the COTE team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Sophie Blackburn #MedTwitter #geriatrics

#Orthogeriatrics Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Sophie Blackburn suggesting single loading dose of vitamin D in #hipfracture to permit starting #boneprotection as an inpatient - unclear route (PO/IM) and time between loading and starting bone protection, Future standard? @EuGMSSociety #EuGMS2023 #EuGMS

Very informative talk at British Geriatrics Society on DEXA interpretation and highlighting the importance of further investigation with incidental CT/X-ray findings such as vertebral fractures #BGSconf #orthogeris

Ward cover nights are such a mixed bag. A MET call on some wards, the nurses have done everything by the time we arrive and there’s minimal to add. On others, ‘we don’t give Insulin-Dex, we’re a surgical ward’- I had to count to 10 before replying. 🙈

Our South West, South East & North Thames Region Meeting is tomorrow, open for attendees from near and far. 2024 focuses on medicine optimisation and polypharmacy. We look forward to hearing from all of our speakers. Full details and programme at bgs.org.uk/SWSENThames #BGSConf

Looking forward to today’s British Geriatrics Society regional meeting on polypharmacy. Lots of gems of knowledge coming up for sure! #geriatricmedicine #BGS #polypharmacy

The UK currently has no Prime Minister. Assume that the King will refuse to act down and Macron will refuse to cross cover so they’ll force Ed Davy to hold the bleep until the treasury escalates the locum rate at which point they appoint Michelle Mone.

Doris as soon as I’ve referred her to the therapists for mobility issues

IF I GET DEMENTIA….. I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live. I want them to remember these things. 1a. Every time you enter the room announce yourself. “Hi Dad - it’s Amanda.” NEVER ask- Do you know who I am??? That causes anxiety. • If I

A brilliant second module of the Parkinson’s Masterclass Neurology Academy. Insightful and engaging talks, great new friends/colleagues and good food (& wine). A shortlisted poster & presentation was a nice little bonus.