📢 New course alert! Designed with GPs, 'Grief & Bereavement in Primary Care' features world-leading experts, practical tips & evidence-based resources. Learn how to support bereaved patients effectively & compassionately. Early-bird discount ends 6th Jan: https://t.co/NA5MQnV3es

Dear @David_Cameron I know you mean well, but unfortunately screening for early disease may sound logical and sensible but can also be ineffective and harmful. Recommending a bad test leads to false reassurance, and harms through unnecessary or ineffective treatment that only /

Suggest https://t.co/v4GMjFZMiM and https://t.co/r8Z8I5uX4i (which won a prize from the royal stats society….) men deserve fair information. The current media campaigns are not serving men well. We need better research - and the transform trial should help +++

Have a great supervisor or PI? Consider nominating them for this SAPC award. A Principal Investigator (PI) is anyone who holds research grant funding and has staff working on their projects. For full details and to nominate, click the link below https://t.co/vqZ6PCTgB0

RCGP no longer needs a building as big as 30 Euston Square, so we are engaging on a preferred option to downsize. If you're an @rcgp member, we really want to hear your thoughts - please email hq@rcgp.org.uk or attend the webinar (details to follow). https://t.co/BmBg7nQtMI

The weekly cancer MDT meeting can cause treatment delays, result in poor quality decisions, and waste clinicians’ time, say @tomroques and colleagues. It’s time for a fresh approach https://t.co/sN9CUmG5uH

This year’s NIHR Academy Member's Conference begins today! Attendees will be able to hear from inspiring speakers, network with peers, and understand more about the NIHR. It's not too late to register to join us virtually: https://t.co/sWbki2jmlO #nihramc25

‘Section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, which requires courts to disregard the existence of the NHS when paying clinical negligence compensation, and instead do so on the basis of the cost of private healthcare.’ Needs to go

@robprogressive I feel for your Dad, he went through exactly the same thing in January:

This needs urgent and significant action. The NHS partly runs on the good will of staff and this will further damage the relationship with resident doctors who have already dedicated so much of their lives to being part of the health service.

The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk. The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around according to MASC Co-Chairs David Strain and Jonathan Gibb:

An AI tool can spot signs of eye damage in patients taking the autoimmmune drug #Hydroxychloroquine, 2.5 years earlier than doctors. The AI was devised by @pearsekeane's lab at @UCLeye @Moorfields @MoorfieldsBRC with UK/US collaborators. Read more: https://t.co/sCK6dutaRp

New JMIR MedInform: Application of Large Language Models in Complex Clinical Cases: Cross-Sectional Evaluation Study https://t.co/IZFrL3y4Kf

Unconscionable - and worth understanding why. It would cost pittance to ensure these talented new GPs are in practice rather than risking a brain drain from U.K. worth £m+

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@VictoriaTzB @rcgp I presume this will require a constitutional amendment? Thoughts @Parody_RCGP @DrHFRyan @RobLaurensonD4P @Azeem_Majeed @DrSteveTaylor

Congratulations @VictoriaTzB on your election as @rcgp Chair! I was surprised to learn the role is elected solely by Council, not the wider membership. I hope you'll consider extending voting rights to members during your leadership – especially given recent events at the RCP.

How can investing in research improve public health? NIHR-funded research delivers life-changing results and returns over £13 to the UK economy for every £1 invested. Preventable illnesses put pressure on our health systems — but strategic investment can drive lasting change.

Cohort 1 of the Doctoral Fellowship is now open for applications. This award supports early career researchers from all professional backgrounds including those working in care settings and in clinical practice, to undertake a PhD in an area of NIHR research. This PhD

RT @NIHRresearch: The government and the Wellcome Trust will invest up to £600 million to create a new health data research service. This…