Consultant EGS Surgeon q. Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge University 🇬🇧
London, England
Joined May 2017
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Richard Moore retweeted
Whenever doctors go on strike I’m reminded of this heartbreakingly insightful book of what it’s like to be a #juniordoctor
The dehumanisation and trauma of medical training is very real. The absolute very least they deserve is decent pay.
#alsohuman
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
Richard Moore retweeted
Government refuses to engage with us on meaningful solutions to pay, pensions and the DDRB, and instead is walking blindly into one of the biggest staffing crises the NHS has ever seen.
Our consultative ballot on consultant strike action opens 10 February
bma.org.uk/consultantspayand…
ALT Text describing the plans for a consultative ballot on consultant strike action, which is opening on Feb 10th
We always do a WHO check at the start of an operating list. My recent experience is that soon after starting we now do a WHAT check.
As in WTF???
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Richard Moore retweeted
The great Harold Ellis is finally retiring aged 94. I doubt he ever took a formal teaching qualification but to me he was the best. I count myself lucky to have worked for him. Thoroughly decent, generous and kind @RCSnews @RCSEd @rcpsglasgow @ASiTofficial @RouleauxClub
Richard Moore retweeted
Well at least screening saves lives. Sorry to say but this is a false promise because for every breast cancer death avoided that is one death from the toxicity of the treatment of cases over-diagnosed. See decision aid attached./4
Richard Moore retweeted
Even in patients at ‘low-risk’ omitting radiation therapy after lumpectomy leads to 10% (vs 1%) local recurrence rate. In medium risk patients, TARGIT-IORT during lumpectomy has local control equivalent to whole breast radiotherapy. What would you choose? targit.org.uk
Richard Moore retweeted
I'm concerned that 50% of women CONTINUE to "check their breasts"! This obsolete activity increases the rate of false alarms and unnecessary biopsies without any impact on breast cancer mortality.
Dear @vicderbyshire you should maybe interview @MichaelBaum11 on this and more
Richard Moore retweeted
@MichaelBaum11 When will the @guardian ever learn? Breast self-exam was dropped decades ago as it was useless. Sigh.
theguardian.com/society/2020…
Richard Moore retweeted
Not so. I was writing about MORTALITY not SURVIVAL.
Screening increases survival because of a lead time bias but screening has no impact on mortality. Gil Welch agrees with me on that.
Richard Moore retweeted
Please note the current trends in mortality rates for breast cancer. In the UK the rates have fallen by 50% in the last 30 years thanks to improvements in treatments.
Richard Moore retweeted
Yet another scare story about HRT for oestrogen deficiency syndrome. I'm getting fed up with this, would others please take up the fight on behalf of womenkind, please!
bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m387…
Vitamin D baseline levels at diagnosis of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3300…
Richard Moore retweeted
Dr. Wayne English will moderate FREE panel session today at #ACSQSC: The Safety Profile of Bariatric Surgery: Why We Do This Work, 9:00–9:50 am CDT. Register: bit.ly/3ewcXvU #ACSQSC @ASMBS
Richard Moore retweeted
#functionalrecovery is as important as survival in #oncogeriatric pts undergoing surgery. 1003 enrolled, 26 international units: #GOSAFE preliminary results. #elderlyhpb #manchesterhpb #ASCO2019 @3isac @anthonykcchan @raaudisio :geriatriconcology.net/articl…
Richard Moore retweeted
Alternative view to balance the media .
Therapeutic mammaplasty is a safe and effective alternative to mastectomy with or without immediate breast reconstruction - Potter - 2020 - BJS (British Journal of Surgery) - Wiley Online Library bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.w…
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Richard Moore retweeted
It took him *one day* to shift from ‘Clap for our carers’ to ‘Castigate our carers in a desperate, shameful bid to wash blood from my own hands.’
When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
We are the same doctors who selflessly went to the front line during the last lockdown and this is how you treat us ? @GladysB @TheAge @NSWHealth
@DanielAndrewsMP Dan -those doctors who have loyally booked work in NSW in the next few months are now being callously screwed over & having their placements cancelled, & therefore their income. What support are you offering them ? Should there not be a pandemic leave provision?
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Richard Moore retweeted
@DanielAndrewsMP Dan -those doctors who have loyally booked work in NSW in the next few months are now being callously screwed over & having their placements cancelled, & therefore their income. What support are you offering them ? Should there not be a pandemic leave provision?