Honoured to be invited to celebrate my @NIAS999 20 year long service and good conduct record with colleagues last night. Pictured with just a few of my ex West Division female friends and colleagues.

Brilliant Declan

Great morning with ⁦Donegal GPs discussing PeacePlus funding for cross border obesity programme that will be delivered in Northwest by ⁦@NIPCIRELAND⁩ Thanks ⁦@AlexanderMiras⁩ for insightful talk on obesity and to GPs for their feedback. Exciting times ahead!

Storytelling is an essential leadership skill. Stories help us make connections, build meaningful relationships with others & retain information. We're 7x more likely to remember a fact when it's wrapped in a story. As leaders we should build skills in telling five kinds of

I know Ozempic & other semaglutide injections are all the rage right now, but you need to know it can bring serious health consequences in the long term. For both weight loss & Type 2 Diabetes, the root cause is actually made worse long-term with Ozempic. I'll explain. THREAD

I had a conversation today about the difference between "kindness" & "niceness" in leadership so I decided to post about it. The article & graphic explain why, as leaders, we should choose kindness over niceness. Kindness is about caring enough to push people toward greatness,

How do we influence others? Recent research shows that the approach most commonly used by leaders is "selling" - getting others to agree by showing them your idea is the best/most beneficial. However, influencing by "selling" produces suboptimal compromises. Leaders who adopt a

https://t.co/dUhJF662Ij Multi Professional Consultant Practitioners are identified as key players, acting as expert practitioners and embedded researchers to enhance patient and staff experiences #advancedpractice #consultantpractice #systemsleadership #mentalhealth #nursing

All the way from Clare Island to Maynooth, Community Paramedics William and Oisín presented at the PHECC Research Conference this week. Their study explored the deployment of Community Paramedics to rural islands off the coast of Ireland. Amazing work, well done👏

My husband talking at @Carfestevent earlier this year about how my perimenopausal symptoms were affecting him and our family. I met Paul when I was 18 in our first week at medical school and he is the most important person in my life. However, the uncontrollable rage I had when

Paramedics recognised for palliative care scheme

The book arrived! @sirensandstories. A cathartic experience for sure!! A book with underlying universal themes of humanity, empathy and connections. What a great celebration of Paramedicine and life in general!

#PCPC24 @JamieScott_Para and @tennysonCAHPO representing Northern Ireland. Great programme of events regarding Paramedics and prescribing in primary care. Great to meet up with @AnnMcD9 , @HealthRegLawyer and @georgette_eaton . Day 2 tomorrow.

📢Now available to pre-order! Sirens and Stories is a powerful collection of short stories and poetry, capturing the resilience, humanity and humour required of #paramedics whilst delivering care in the most challenging situations. Pre-order your copy here:

A few days ago I posted about "Hope for cynics", the new book by the neuroscientist @zakijam. Here's another article he's written: https://t.co/BA0JboYYTg. People don't typically have "cynical personalities". Rather, the social environment significantly shapes our willingness to

Hopefully I will get to attend this next week, all being well. A great programme of events. @ParamedicsUK

Curtain call for @NIAS999 colleagues after combined 60 years service. Our paths might have diverged in recent years but our bond stays strong. Here's to a long and healthy retirement Ann, Gillian and Victor

After a long journey, independent prescribing paramedics in NI working directly for GP surgeries can request an individual CIPHER number Printed my first scripts today with my actual name on it and my individual CIPHER Milestone for the profession in NI

I end up speaking to paramedic friends and collages every few months about doing medicine. Is it worth it? What’s the process like? “Should I do it?” And my answer is essentially these three things I’ve discovered and learned from others 1/ 🧵

Great to meet with local PHN & CRGNs this morning; highlighting the role of Pathfinder and building pathways between the services to benefit the patient's of Donegal. @PathfinderACP @AmbulanceNAS @slaintecare @LetterkennyEM @saoltagroup