Geriatrician, interested in medical ethics
Dorset/Hampshire
Joined January 2012
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Overseas care workers contribute so much to social care. Making it harder to get staff for care homes and home care will have knock-on effects on older people's health, wellbeing and independence @GeriSoc
Our response to the changes in immigration requirements for care workers:
bgs.org.uk/bgs-responds-to-c…
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Don’t look away, healthcare colleagues. This man could be any of us.
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Huge thanks to @RowanHarwood who hands on the baton after a terrific stint as editor-in-chief @Age_and_Ageing .
Under his stewardship the already excellent standing of the journal has continued to improve. Great work Rowan! Congratulations to his successor Prof Roy Soiza.
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“So there we had it. While more men, women and children were dying in Gaza, all UK parties were using the conflict for marginal, parochial gains.”
While people die in Gaza, the UK parliament goes to war over the ceasefire | John Crace theguardian.com/world/2024/f…
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Would like to know which MPs could vote against an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after watching this visualisation of the children killed so far. Feel free to tag your MP. #ceasefirenow
A wonderful colleague and mentor.
A very deserving winner of the 2023 @GeriSoc Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations @turner_gill !
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Treat hypotension in hospital and hypertension outside hospital – at Leeds, England
Study findings do not support the treatment of elevated inpatient blood pressures in hospitalized older adults without evidence of end organ damage and highlight the need for randomized clinical trials of inpatient blood pressure treatment targets. ja.ma/3NXGLWV
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Really important. Treating high BP in older people admitted for non cardiovascular reasons (ie lots of people) causes them
HARM. Stop it please. #NoStatAmlodipine
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New analysis shows Consultant pay has fallen far behind that of comparable professions.
Why is saving a life worth so little to this Government?
Solidarity to those taking #ConsultantStrike action today. bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
ALT A photograph shows doctors in surgery. The text on top says: "In the last 14 years lawyers, accountants and engineers have seen their pay increase by up to 6 times faster than that of Consultants in the NHS. Why is saving a life worth so little to this Government? Today, Consultants are fighting to fix their pay now and for the future."
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The radiographers strike next Tuesday will be more disruptive than anything we’ve seen with junior doctors or consultants. Radiographers support every almost aspect of healthcare delivery. Most heart attack centres will be able to only run one CathLlab for emergencies.
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Completely agree
If the government want to end this dispute quickly, for the benefits of patients, there needs to be honest discussion.
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An open letter written to @SteveBarclay regarding the NHS Consultant Industrial Action, signed by 167 @UHD_NHS Consultants.
@TheBMA @BMA_James_Steen @trentconsultant @goldstone_tony
tiny.cc/UHDconsultantsopenle…
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The Consultants of Dorset hospital have written a letter to @SteveBarclay
They strike tomorrow
This letter is incredible
I challenge anyone to refute a single point in it
Worth a read for you too @wesstreeting
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21/ Our NHS is in a dire state. None of this is due to striking NHS workers, or (just) covid, but due to political choices @10DowningStreet
RT if you want this (or the next) government to make the choices to fix this mess now & properly #payrestoration #fixDDRB
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On World Refugee Day, I'm sharing my humble journey from seeking safety to becoming a doctor:
. 1999 - forced to leave family in Afghanistan to seek safety in UK aged 15 having lived childhood in war and camps
. 2001 - started college (A-levels) with not much formal education or command of English
. 2003 - got admitted to study medicine at @Cambridge_Uni despite many discouraging, saying I wasn't white and not educated enough
. 2006 - graduated from Cambridge and finished studies at Harvard and Imperial despite battling PTSD and loneliness
. 2010 - qualified as a doctor, and have since been proudly serving people in the NHS and 🌎 as a doctor.
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt on this journey, it’s this - refugees are not victims. We are survivors, dreamers, contributors. The bravery of all those who seek safety should be celebrated.
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Thank you @CRoseveare for kind invite @RCPhysicians #RCPUpdate
Privilege to be introduced by @tanzeemhaiderra
Talking all things #diabetes
Prevention,Remission; New meds; Frailty; Sensors; Tech;Diet
& David Gower 😊
Plus a catch up with the Prez @DrSarahClarke
Twas fun 😎
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@premzf @DrNaomiFox
Thank you for superb presentations #RCPUpdate
This made me think of @Trisha_the_doc frailty paperboat analogy
A small, extremely simple automaton that reproduces a boat in the waves of the sea
[📹 ma.miguel.mg: buff.ly/3P9kmqT]
teapawt.net/tuidelescribano/status…
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Preventing falls is a good thing.
A snippet in the @bmj_latest here on a study from @Age_and_Ageing. We have a “Steady Steps” programme in Edinburgh from @Edinburgh_CC with some similarities to this one.
Interesting to note the biggest reduction was in the worst falls.
ALT Preventing falls A programme of light to moderate intensity exercise reduced falls by nearly 15%, according to a randomised controlled trial in 900 women aged 70 to 85 living in the community. The intervention consisted of six months of supervised gym and Tai Chi sessions followed by free use of sports facilities. The comparison group received education on fall prevention. Participants were followed for two years. The greatest reduction was seen in severe falls accompanied by injury (Age Ageing doi: 10.1093/ageing/afad059).