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It was a fabulous to share Glasgow Childrens hospital’s story of using design to improve our children’s operating theatres at the Quality Forum this afternoon. There was a great energy in the room.

Change is possible.

Quality Forum Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow The Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship

#WorldParkinsonsDay2024 seems like a good day to share the interim findings of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Time Critical Medication QiP from the #London Quality Forum. Working with great chairs Fiona Burton Dale Kirkwood (he/him) and a great topic team.

Here I explain why I do it 👇🏻

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Just found out that rabbits can swim. Also learned their ears go into swim mode when they do. This is important news.

The number of people dying needlessly in A&E soars on a Monday as hospitals are stretched to the limit

Adrian Boyle said the data clearly signposted an “increased risk” at the start of the week 👇

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Front page news today The Times and The Sunday Times and The Independent

We talked about this recently.

Trusts in our deanery are struggling because they have never had so many LTFT surgical regs. I don’t think it will be long before it’s normal to be 80% irrespective of the reason.

This is the new norm.

One of the best weekly newsletters I subscribe to is the Psychological Safety newsletter from Tom Geraghty. It always has excellent (relevant & useable) content. This week's topic is 'graded assertiveness' (when we need to communicate an important message to someone who is much…

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I told my American cousin this is what police cars in Scotland sound like

This BMJ obituary for a kind, exemplary A&E consultant is a sharp reminder for #EmergencyMedicine colleagues that your job does not care about you.

In contrast, you are not expendable at home and are irreplaceable to your loved ones.

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🗣️ Closing date for abstract submissions to present at 8th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers’ Forum is 12th April.

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12. It really doesn't matter if someone with a cut finger waits 4 hours and one minute, but it matters very much if a person with a broken hip stays more than 12 hours. The effort needs to be focused on the people who need admission.

There's been a bit of recent interest in long Emergency Department stays and risk of mortality. NHSE and DHSC have been trying to reduce the problems in Emergency Department with their Recovery Plan and the recently released Planning Guidance. So how's it going? a 🧵

📺 #ICYMI watch Adrian Boyle discussing the hundreds of excess deaths associated with long A&E Waits last year which we have highlighted as part of our analysis of NHSE & DHSC’s UEC recovery plan published last Jan.

7. “If you’re too tired to speak, sit next to me, because I too, am fluent in silence.”

– Keanu Reeves