Thanks for inviting me, BBC Woman's Hour.
I've had a huge response to this tender conversation with Emma Barnett.
#dying #ForgottenWisdom

Here's the video we were discussing: bit.ly/TheosDFB

Short-acting opioids can reduce dyspnoea, both at rest and during exercise, and improve exercise endurance. #hpm #hapc #palliativecare buff.ly/3QmAkOs

The situation for children in the Middle East is catastrophic.

UNICEF is responding to the critical needs of children across the Gaza Strip, but access is increasingly difficult and dangerous.

We need an immediate humanitarian pause to reach children in need.

It’s about time. Successful de-implementation of an ineffective practice: The fall of docusate (Colace) https:/www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-9610(23)00425-7/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

“UPF consumption is not driven by indolence or greed, but poverty, intensive marketing and foods designed to make us keep eating.”

Strong editorial in the ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩ on the need for policy on Ultra-Processed Food. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

If you're a 50+ yr old doctor who graduated med school with no debt, lived in hospital accommodation during training, & has paid off your mortgage on a house you bought for £100k,

you don't have the right to dismiss the financial difficulties faced by younger colleagues

Acute medicine consultants keeping patients safe & supporting ⁦Junior Doctors⁩ strike for pay restoration.

Don’t underestimate doctors’ resolve. We’re in it for the long run.

#WeAreOneProfession

⁦BMA Consultants⁩

🏥Vitamin Deficiencies

A - blindness

B1 - beriberi

B2 - glossitis

B3 - pellagra

B5 - burning foot syndrome

B6 - peripheral neuropathy

B7 - brittle nails, hair loss

B9 - neural tube defects

B12 - megaloblastic anemia

C - scurvy

D - rickets

E - muscle pain / weakness

This is how to examine your breasts after a mastectomy for breast cancer to look for a local recurrence

Link to find it on YouTube👇

youtu.be/E7uOZ5IvcuE

If as a Consultant you are NOT striking?
That is your choice

What however is not needed is an opinion around the lines of 'we are ok jack'.

YOU maybe ok- well done!
It's for many more who come after you.

And won't have any of the lovely stuff you have enjoyed.

Hope that helps

I am a NHS consultant. I am financially comfortable, in a job I love, so why am I striking tomorrow?

Answer: Because the next generation will not be able to live off what I do today. The juniors that will become these consultants know this and are leaving already.

Why? 🧵 👇

The Consultants of Dorset hospital have written a letter to Steve Barclay

They strike tomorrow

This letter is incredible

I challenge anyone to refute a single point in it

Worth a read for you too Wes Streeting MP

JUNIOR DOCTOR - PAY EXPLAINED

2008 - 24 Tins of beans an hour

2023 - 10 Tins of beans an hour

#PayRestoration

Injectable olanzapine now available again in the UK, though £35/ampoule in July drug tariff
Subcutaneous administration reported to be well tolerated (see links)
Good antiemetic (RCTs predominantly chemo-related N+V)

liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

doi.org/10.1016/j.jpai…

Pastries to celebrate #CancerCNSDay - this one looks like ET! Thanks Epsom and St Helier NHS 🤤

The #picketline St George's NHS FT - great atmosphere. Lots of horns tooting. AND some sunshine. As a consultant, I totally support #PayRestoration #juniordoctors

Great achievement by the entire trust cancer team happy to be a small part of it ⁦ESTH Lung Team⁩ ⁦⁦ESTH Cancer & Palliative Care CNS Team⁩ ⁦Dr Rina Patel⁩ ⁦Jaya Bhosle⁩ ⁦Fiona McDonald⁩ ⁦⁦Louise O’Connor⁩ ⁦Epsom and St Helier NHS⁩ theguardian.com/society/2023/m…

Calling all #juniordoctors #MedTwitter #MedEd #IMT . Interested in #PalliativeCare ? Free careers webinar. Tues 22nd Nov. 1-2pm. No need to register. teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/…

Day5 #Covid lateral flow. A smidge better but feeling major #MumGuilt . Desperate to cuddle the babies.

Day 4 of #Covid and a small improvement. Dread to think about how bad it would have been without the recent booster. Living on #FishermansFriends and #Lemsip - dream combo.