Here's a reflection on how the management style of the emergency physician in charge (EPIC) can mean the difference between life and death (Long 🧵)

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Can you believe it’s 20 years to the day that our very first cohort of Medicine students began their studies? What better date to launch our year-long 20th anniversary celebrations!🩺🎉

Wonderful evening The Glasshouse International Centre for Music seeing the amazing Cara Dillon. What beautiful stories and connections to share 🙂

I wonder who’s looking after those 120 in patients……

Exciting opportunity to join our emergency department consultant team NorthumbriaNHS ! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Come and join our fabulous team at NECTAR. This is a amazing opportunity if you are interested in critical care transport. gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

🚨 NEW: Over 11,000 patients experienced delays of 3 hours or longer stuck in an ambulance outside A&E in Dec. 504 patients experienced delays of 10 hours or longer. 15k patients suffered moderate or severe harm due to delays, which caused the loss of 123k ambulance job cycles

Works in medicine too!

Please note that Alnwick Infirmary’s minor injuries unit will close from 7.45am on Saturday February 24 until 7.45am on Sunday February 25. The trust is hoping to be able to keep the minor injuries unit open on Sunday February 25, and is doing what it can to do so.

From today, junior doctors will take strike action until Wednesday 28th February. Please keep A&E for life-threatening emergencies and consider other options, such as 111 online, or your local pharmacy. If we haven't contacted you, please attend your appointment as usual.

We are striving to become a GreenED with Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Lots of great work going on!

One of our clever managers looked at a recent few weeks when our discharges went drastically up and almost cleared the ED corridor. It was actually because there was an identical peak of community deaths freeing up carers and nursing homes and other beds.

The hospital is full to the rafters, you arrive despondent for your shift. Then you see your team for the night. It’s full of your favourite people. The radiators, the empaths, the funny folk, top notch banter legends. You know that you are going to have a cracking shift

BREAKING: The #GeneralElection has been called for the 4th July. More than 4.2 million young people are still not registered to vote. 🗳️ Register to vote NOW qrco.de/giveanx

If only Jonathon pie could join an election debate line up…..

2024 Election Specials. 4. The Conservatives youtu.be/cKAeO-5saqQ

Election Special. 5: Labour

Things like this remind why the NHS is still great despite its many many failings.

Fantastic work by James Walton and the team. This can work can often go unnoticed whilst we all focus on the pressures we face in emergency medicine, so it’s nice to see it be given the attention it deserves!