Everyone will be talking about Harry Potter and Downton, but early years Maggie Smith was so so good.

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H/T ex medical student DJ for below “Not sure what question PAs are meant to answer They aren’t cheaper They aren’t regulated properly There’s no real governance around them & -from a PR perspective-they lead to reputational damage” Doesn’t stack up NHS England Workforce, Training and Education does it

1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital. Here's Jane & me in happier times.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: if the government wants to achieve its mission of reducing waiting lists, as do we all, maybe don’t charge up to 1,000,000% marginal rates of tax on overtime thanks to the stupid #taper #taxcliffe 👇Wes Streeting See the example below produced by GOVERNMENT

In recent years, the NHS has faced numerous drug shortages, with serious consequences for patients and healthcare professionals. Tackling drug shortages must be an urgent priority for the NHS, write Dr Mohammad Sharif Razai and colleagues bmj.com/content/388/bm…

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A med reg is worth their weight in gold. It’s the hardest job in the hospital, bearing enormous responsibility, and I believe saves the most lives per hour of any staff. 9 yrs dedicated training to start as a med reg! £10/hr less than a PA with 2 yrs 🤯 Buckinghamshire NHS ?!?

"Piece Plan"

If you want to know how Canadians feel about the trade war, here's an example. My 80 yr old mother has an app now on her phone that scans bar codes and tells you if the product is Canadian or not. And she's diligent with it. She's pissed off!! #uspoli #cdnpoli #TradeWar

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Pharmacy case finding for Blood Pressure a good idea✅ Pharmacies are paid £15 to take a BP My practice has one of these machines in the waiting room & the receptionist has a flow chart of what to do with the results This would pay for itself in weeks, but GPs had to pay for it

🚨the media coverage on the absolute circus that is UK post graduate medical recruitment continues🚨 the ball is in your court Wes Streeting. thousands of unemployed doctors graduating from UK universities at the cost of about £230,000 each. for what reason?

The NHS isn’t being ‘reformed’, it’s being gutted by politicians. Just weeks ago, Wes Streeting said no cuts to frontline staff. Now Labour are slashing doctors and nurses during the middle of an NHS crisis. Patients are already waiting weeks for care. The NHS is already on its

The key messages from ‘Recovery Beyond Survival’ ncepod.org.uk/2025icur.html are summarised in this handy infographic… BACCN 💙 Intensive Care Society 💙 Royal College of Occupational Therapists Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) British Dietetic Association RCSLT 💙 FICMNews ICUsteps UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance Royal College of Anaesthetists British Geriatrics Society Royal College of General Practitioners Prof David McWilliams

In the 1990s management consultants assessed that empty beds cost £ & so beds were cut Despite the fact that they cost nothing & created capacity for operations, admissions and discharges So here we are not enough beds, delayed operations, A&E blocked #NHS is not a business

"Every hour lost to poorly designed administrative activity is an hour not spent examining, teaching, or treating." Administrative overload harms patient care and wastes clinical time, Sammy Arab, MD Karan Hamaad @hamaadkhan.bsky.social bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Variceal banding tip: 1. Practice target vessel devascularization. Only band the high risk ones 2. All varices come from below, band low 3. Having 6-7 bands on the device does not mean you must use them all. The median number of bands should probably be 2