Craft and comedy enthusiast, intensivist and obstetric anaesthetist. Walking the South West coast path. Emotionally always in pyjamas
Exeter, England
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Emily Howells retweeted
As we winter deepens some advice from an aging Emergency Doctor about how to keep going, sometimes smiling and very occasionally thriving
1, Control the controllable—health policy and funding are not your responsibility, and you do not need to feel guilty or responsible for them
The Government’s ‘Plan for Change’ has failed to deliver a plan and significant change to future-proof Emergency Medicine which is facing one of the most difficult winters yet.
It comes as new NHS England data reveals the healthcare system is going into winter under more pressure than ever before.
Read @RCEMpresident Dr Adrian Boyle's full response here - tinyurl.com/55fvrk83
Emily Howells retweeted
‘I had no idea being a social drinker would damage my liver by 31’ bbc.in/3ZlInQ3
Emily Howells retweeted
Did you know you can register your #OrganDonation decision in the NHS app?
It'll be the best thing you do today!
#SaveLives #NHS
Emily Howells retweeted
Looking for unique #Christmas gifts?
You might like my prints, homewares & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture
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Emily Howells retweeted
It’s giveaway time! RT for a chance to win a gorgeous A3 print of your choice by the fabulous @GailMyerscough and I’ll pick a winner on Monday. Visit gailmyerscough.co.uk for more lovely goodies at affordable prices. Good luck!
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Our annual Ethnicity in Organ Donation report shows a 5-year high in transplants for ethnic minority patients. But with donations down and over 2,300 waiting, it’s vital for people to register and share their decision with loved ones.
Read more ➡️ orlo.uk/P9dMn
ALT Bar chart showing an increase in the number of ethnic minority patients who have received an organ transplant over the last five years. Text reads, 'There has been a five year high in the number of ethnic minority patients receiving organ transplants. 1,232 ethnic minority patients received a transplant last year.' NHS and ‘Yes I Donate’ logos appear.
ALT Bar chart showing an increase in the number of ethnic minority patients waiting for a transplant from 2022 to 2023. In 2023, around 2,365 ethnic minority patients are on the transplant waiting list. Text reads, 'The number of ethnic minority patients waiting for a transplant has increased from last year.' NHS and ‘Yes I Donate’ logos appear.
ALT Two pie charts showing organ donation consent rates in 2023/24: 65% for white families and 32% for ethnic minority families. Text reads, 'In 2023/24, consent rates were 65% for white families and 32% for ethnic minority families.' NHS and ‘Yes I Donate’ logos are included.
ALT Bar chart comparing the percentage of kidney transplant recipients from Asian and Black backgrounds who receive a kidney from a living donor of the same ethnicity. 61% of Asian recipients and 48% of Black recipients receive a kidney from a donor of the same ethnicity. NHS and ‘Yes I Donate’ logos appear.
Emily Howells retweeted
No one can say they didn't know. No one can claim blindness to this suffering. No one can pretend their ears did not hear the cries of children.
But when it's over, and history books are written. Those who were silent or celebrated this, will say to their grandchildren: "Wasn't that a tragedy" "We had no idea of the horrors" "We never supported it"
"Had we known what was happening....".
Well technology has given us one wonderful tool: information. History will no longer be written by the victors, but the people of Palestine who documented and recorded every aspect of their torture and annihilation. Who documented and recorded this for the world to never forget, to expose silence as support and to make sure their plight will be told in one way, and one way only: the truth.
📸: Gaza, yesterday. Waiting for aid.
Emily Howells retweeted
To save a life you just need to know basic CPR and the location of your nearest defibrillator.
For a free 15 minute lesson on how to perform CPR go to:
bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/…
To find your nearest defibrillator go to:
defibfinder.uk/
In an emergency 1st always call 999.
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Emily Howells retweeted
Our colleague Dr Mohammed Obeid has been detained by Israeli forces along with other medical staff from Kamal Adwan hospital in north Gaza.
We’ve officially requested information on his detention and call for his, and all medical staff's, protection.
msf.org/protection-must-be-g…
Emily Howells retweeted
A brilliant opportunity! ⤵️
Somerset County Cricket Club is excited to invite female seam and spin bowlers from across the UK to attend a trial day!
The trials will allow talented players to showcase their skills and potentially earn a place in the Somerset Women’s squad.
More information 🔗 somer.st/pp1c
#WeAreSomerset
Emily Howells retweeted
Thank you for all of the interest so far! Does your obstetric unit see women on biologics for inflammatory arthritis in pregnancy? Could you participate as recruiting sites for the MAMA Study? If you are interested please email us at [email protected]
@NPEU_Oxford @NPEU_CTU
Emily Howells retweeted
Problem is that uptake is quite low. About 40% for covid vaccine & 42% for flu vax in pregnancy.
Uptake of whooping cough vaccine was only 60% last winter - 15% points lower than in 2017. This year has seen more babies died of pertussis. 13/17
Emily Howells retweeted
Grabbing that IV glass jar of paracetamol? Some environmental nudges to make you think
The carbon footprint of various paracetamol preparation
bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0…
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In my professional lifetime I’ve seen the NHS go from bad (1995-2000) to dramatic improvements (2000-2010) and decline (2010-2024). It is fixable, we fixed it before. It won’t be immediate and it won’t be cheap, but the alternative is far, far more costly.
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I'm talking at a conference later this year (on UX+AI).
I just saw an ad for the conference with my photo and was like, wait, that doesn't look right.
Is my bra showing in my profile pic and I've never noticed...? That's weird.
I open my original photo.
No bra showing.
I put the two photos side by side and I'm like WTF...
Someone edited my photo to unbutton my blouse and reveal a made-up hint of a bra or something else underneath. 🤨
Immediately, I email the conference host.
(FYI he is a great, respectable guy with 5 kids at home.)
He is super apologetic and immediately looks into the issue.
He quickly reports back that the woman running their social media used a cropped square image from their website.
She needed it to be more vertical, so she used an AI expand image tool to make the photo taller.
AI invented the bottom part of the image (in which it believed that women's shirts should be unbuttoned further, with some tension around the buttons, and revealing a little hint of something underneath). 🤯
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FYI the conference organizers were super apologetic and took down all of the content with that photo.
Emily Howells retweeted
Here is why no one wants to go into nursing. My pin hasn't arrived yet. I can't afford to pay for my registration. Only England charges for nurse training. 9% of my salary for the next 30 yrs & I'm 45.
Emily Howells retweeted
On 14 October, an Israeli airstrike targeted an area housing displaced people inside the MSF-supported Al Aqsa hospital compound in Deir Al Balah, resulting in 65 wounded and 5 dead. It is the seventh time that Al Aqsa hospital compound was bombed since March 2024; three of them in the last month.
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We’re doing a pop up for a week in Exeter soon. It’s been YEARS since we’ve shown my work other online, so we’re looking forward to it. I will be posting about it, so we would really appreciate shares. You may not be able to come along, but maybe someone who follows you can. Ta!
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275 women died in the UK during pregnancy or up to six weeks after the end of pregnancy in 2020-2022 from causes related to or exacerbated by pregnancy among 2,028,543 women giving birth, a maternal mortality rate of 13.56 per 100,000 buff.ly/2HR30eT
Emily Howells retweeted
Competition ratios in 🇬🇧 released
The total lack of thought around jobs vs performative “oh, we will create new med school places” is playing out as predicted
This is not a mistake
These concerns were raised by myself & others *pre-COVID*
I’d ask you to come to your own conclusions about why they are doing this*
*spoilers - it’s not for your benefit or patient care
#medtwitter #MedEd
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