We are deeply disappointed to hear this important service is set to close to new NHS staff referrals from secondary care and are sharing our concerns with NHS England. Mental health support is as vital now as ever 1/2

Have you watched the recent Medical Care webinar with Drs Rifca Le Dieu and Harriet Gordon?

Together they explore the current NHS workforce crisis, and discusses how retaining experienced staff later in their careers can combat this: ow.ly/yaaT50QOSSo

#InspireInclusion #IWD

Just fantastic talk. Great see women at the top of AI - it’s not just the ‘Tech Bro’s’ #InternationalWomansDay #GenderPayGap Royal College of Physicians RCP Cymru Wales Mumtaz Patel

Important thread from Adrian Boyle.
The artificial focus on quick wins over next few weeks will potentially cause harm to the sickest and most vulnerable patients.
If target 'hit' in March and 'missed' in April what has been achieved?

3 things A&E must do:
i) Early identification of unwell patients from undifferentiated arrivals
ii) Providing specific treatment for time critical conditions
iii) Avoid overcrowding by admitting & discharging appropriate patients

4 hour target an experience not quality measure

SAM Online are excited to announce that a sustainabilityQIP competition with a £1000 prize!! The official t&c and marking scheme will be released soon but of your acute medicine unit are interested to help save the planet and win some cash. Start thinking now!

This thread is an excellent portrayal of what we are seeing every day. There is a massive need for people to see the patient first and the tests second. What does the patient want? What difference are tests truly going to make? Asking that is the true skill of a clinician.

📢 Did you read our latest issue with @RCGP on the interface between primary and secondary care?

Featuring Kamila Hawthorne Bola Owolabi Prof Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard Owen Richards Agnelo Fernandes MBE Nick Boddy Claire Lake Dr Ellen Fallows and more...

Dont miss out! 🏃🏃🏃

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Key thing in this flowchart = a well outpatient without AKI who has potassium 6.3mmol/L on routine bloods can be managed as an outpatient

(yes they need prompt review, repeat bloods and some thought - but what they don’t need is a repeat test in ED at 3am)

Today I covered junior doctors on strike. I am happy to do so. They need #fullpayrestoration £20 an hour isn't an unreasonable request. They are the engine of the NHS. If we lose them we cant just replace them. Consultant covering a JD is not like4like. Almost broke me. 🥹

As we usher in the new year, consider a resolution: share your incredible improvement stories by submitting a case study to Medical Care – driving change. Let's inspire and drive positive change together in 2024! 🎉

Share your story here: ow.ly/y6A950Qmxqp

“The vision for NHS Impact is to be a shared approach to improvement across the NHS”.

Watch Dr Andrew Rochford and david fillingham explore the new NHS improvement strategy and learn how it will help to deliver better care for patients: ow.ly/1mkw50QkALJ

Happy Christmas.
A time to hold close those you love most, and consider those less fortunate.
Whatever your faith, it’s a time to reflect, have memories, and look forward with hope.
My faith is in human kindness. We can witness that and give it everyday, wherever and whatever.

This winter we’re continuing to focus on supporting and improving urgent and emergency care (UEC).

The RCP, SAM Online, British Thoracic Society (BTS) and British Geriatrics Society advocate four evidence-based interventions to maximise hospitals’ effectiveness.

Share your work: ow.ly/BNWG50QkHQg

A simple nudge such as placing a chair at a patient’s bedside can increase a physician’s likelihood to sit by 20-fold, finds study, which also improves patients’ perceptions of their physician 👍🏽

Study includes a #VisualAbstract #BMJChristmas
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Is this a joke?

I thought the funding was for improvements to northern infrastructure! Andy Burnham

Well said Dru 👏 - when someone asks me something about ‘Bed 5’ in ICU I ask them to clarify the name of the patient - using patients’ names is not be only safer for patients but also shows respect for patients as people 👍