IMT Doctor. Wales.
Wales, United Kingdom
Joined July 2012
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Really lovely last day at @NorthBristolNHS #teamrenal on the ward with fantastic cake - such a lovely crowd!
Sad to leave this place and looking forward to coming back for training! #nbtproud
Cheers @mancunianmedic for speaking in Bristol tonight - really interesting.
Challenges
1) Workforce
2) Social care
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Mandatory reading - count the times 'acute medical take' is used.
Most assessments on med take performance. 3/4 of some assessments must be done by take or post take consultants.
But also need 80 clinics in 3 years.
50hrs/yr teaching
The new Internal Medicine Training (IMT) Programme starting in August will improve trainees’ access to outpatient experience. @RCPL_trainees, take a look at the rough guide to IMT on @JRCPTB's website here: bit.ly/309POso
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Bloody Norah this is getting silly now.
Magnesium for primary insomnia in the elderly.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/23…
The renegotiation of the JDC changes the way exception reporting protects education - as @BarnyHole and myself hoped for in January @PMJ_BMJ: pmj.bmj.com/content/95/1119/…
@AskJeevesWij #JuniorDoctors
Really very very good @BBCR4Feedback
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ReSPECT is coming... #haveacuppa #HaveTheConversation
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Really inspirational talk by @drkathrynmannix in the Arnos Vale Cemetery with the @PEoLCResearchSW tonight! Bringing 'normal death' back into the collective consciousness... #withtheendinmind
In 22K older people, those with frailty had no change in mortality with BP </>140.
FU 6yrs. 24% care home res.
Is the association between blood pressure and mortality in older adults different with frailty? A systematic review and meta-analysis academic.oup.com/ageing/adva…
The average age of AKI in NCEPOD is 83 - majority cared for by gen med and geriatrics. Great talk at #nationalolderpersonsconference by @drjamesburton
In 'makes a good press release' news - from the Journal of the American Medical Association (does not equal causation)
Or one of the first (if not the 1st) study to look at number of steps vs. a hard outcome @JAMAInternalMed
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
covered @NPR
npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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DNR discussions on the acute take.
theguardian.com/society/2019…
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Why are @BBCRadio4 @BBCr4today hosting the opaquely funded IEA - again?
One of the few funders we know of are Philip Morris - big tobacco, as per @bmj_latest
Here is a BMJ article about the tentacles the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have to ALL senior Tories and Leadership candidates.
IEA promotes (relentlessly) introducing an insurance system into NHS.
bmj.com/content/365/bmj.l216…
Bloody excited to find out @back_beat_ are playing St Werberghs Farm Festival this weekend - what a pleasure when the band you've been chasing since 2009 come to you!!
open.spotify.com/track/4cBDo…
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Falls are twice as common I. The HD population compared to the general population - with more fractures and poorer QoL. Should we screen routinely? #UKKW2019
