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Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80 irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/…
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Big hug from the man who wished to be PM for the man who will be PM. Starmer heads straight to Neil Kinnock after victory speech.
Really hope people don’t miss flights today @BristolAirport with trials of new security scanners. Only 2 out of 8 lanes open during Easter holidays . Tannoi giving wrong guidance to travellers, having to be over ridden by stressed security staff shouting different instructions 🤦♀️
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Bloody hell *everybody* , not just those interested in healthcare and/or COVID needs to read this. Esp. the naysayers- looking at you @carlheneghan @spectator @FraserNelson 😊
COVID & ICU
Intensive care capacity cannot be measured by counting BEDs.
It, at the very least, requires
Staff, Space, Systems & Stuff
Delighted to see this out today.
bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023…
A narrative discussing
-how the pandemic unfolded in ICUs in the UK (asymmetrically & dynamically)
-the response by ICU teams (immediate, selfless & prolonged)
-the differences in the March 2020 & Jan 2021 waves (both overwhelming but for different reasons & with differing solutions)
-the impact on ICU staff (profound & persistent)
While the focus is on ICU the message applies to much of secondary care, which we try to make clear.
A pleasure to write with & learn from @charlot_summers & @Kevin_Fong @bmj_latest
Brigid Devlin retweeted
Horrified at the death of the best hope for a peaceful political future in Russia. Whether or not he was physically murdered, Navalny would still be alive if he hadn’t been in the brutal grip of Putin’s state. Ultimately, Putin bears responsibility for what happened to Navalny.
To Catch a Copper review – a shocking, disgusting real-life Line of Duty theguardian.com/tv-and-radio…
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Congratulations to my amazing colleagues @Fionafionakel (awarded Featherstone Professorship prize) and @doctimcook (awarded Sir Ivan Magill Memorial Gold Medal for Innovation prize) from @RUHBath.
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Every. Word. Of. This.
👏 @GeorgeMonbiot
Never heard an applause like this on #bbcqt either.
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Weeping.
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Forget Instagram influencers, Sinéad O’Connor showed mental illness as it truly is | Hannah Jane Parkinson theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Brigid Devlin retweeted
Boris Johnson scuttles away from his flagrant crimes, like a whingeing guilty schoolboy
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Last lived in Ireland in the 80’s but is it still really a thing that Catholics have the Sacred Heart picture in the front room? 2 Catholic homes featured in BBC drama #BlueLights have them . Even in the 80’s when I lived in Dublin it wasn’t that common .. genuinely interested !
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A difficult story to read ⤵️
Intensive Care is an incredibly rewarding but sometimes gruelling specialty even in ‘normal’ times. The psychological impact of the pandemic on health care professionals must not be underestimated @ICS_updates @SteveBarclay
thetimes.co.uk/article/82cd7…
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‘Travel Man: 48 Hours in Dublin is by turns underwhelming and patience testing. Forget about David Beckham and that £10,000 – somebody should have shredded Lycett’s itinerary and asked him to work harder at bringing the real Dublin to the screen.’
irishtimes.com/culture/tv-ra…
Another great thread on how the NHS got to be in the state it’s in….
