John Pitchers
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Anatomical Pathology Technologist, Immediate Past Chair of AAPT and MSc Public Health graduate. These tweets represent my views, and mine alone.
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It is 31 years since Richard went missing, please keep his family in your thoughts 🙏🏻 ANNIVERSARY APPEAL - RICHARD EDWARDS Richard Edwards was a member of the British band Manic Street Preachers. Last seen on 31 January 1995, Richard checked out of the Embassy Hotel,
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Congratulations and great to see some of the healthcare science workforce being recognised in this way - keep up the great work!
Congratulations to Robert Cast, Gemma Norburn, Christian Burt, and Samantha Bell from the Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology – winners of 2025’s Elevating the Science Workforce Award! A fantastic and well deserved achievement! #SCCelebrateScience #ElevatingScience
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Congratulations to Robert Cast, Gemma Norburn, Christian Burt, and Samantha Bell from the Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology – winners of 2025’s Elevating the Science Workforce Award! A fantastic and well deserved achievement! #SCCelebrateScience #ElevatingScience
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1/3 Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week 9-15th October. #blaw is marked across the world. This week, the Review team will once again honour the lives of all the babies who have died.
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Many congratulations to the College of Paramedics which has been granted the right to call itself the Royal College of Paramedics.
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For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide. When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected. Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
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At @nottslive we’re producing a series of articles looking at the people who make us proud of Nottingham. @Sajhawkins1 and @jackhawkski have fought for families failed by maternity care at hospitals - yet their fight for accountability continues. https://t.co/2OBFnYsZJh
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Sarah and Jack Hawkins have fought for hundreds of families failed by maternity care failings at hospitals - they're working to ensure no other families experience such tragedies in the future
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Do you want to get involved in research but aren’t sure how to begin? Learn about public involvement and how to get involved here: https://t.co/7G49NwvpwR
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@DOckendenLtd We recognise that some mothers (& families) may find Mothers Day difficult. If you require extra support at this time, please do contact our office/@FPSSNottingham – we are here to support you. You can also find charities on our website that provide extra support.
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Thinking of all mothers on Mothers Day. Remembering those babies and children who are no longer with us, the pregnancies that didn’t happen or ended too soon, or those with mothers no longer with us on Earth.
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'Showing respect for the dead is respectful for the living as well in a whole range of ways’. @Imogensjones, Associate Professor at the @UniversityLeeds discusses what it means to respect the dead in the new #NESBereavementPodcast. Listen: https://t.co/qFo3sUEuO6
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📣New #NESBereavementPodcast out now. @Imogensjones, Associate Professor at the @UniversityLeeds discusses her research on medico-legal death investigation and why respecting the dead matters. Listen: https://t.co/dUfMoAKV4I
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From a non-scientific background, Lucy completed a Level 3 diploma as an Assistant Anatomical Pathology Technologist. She also achieved RSciTech via the shortened route & is a proud @AAPTTweets member! Her story: https://t.co/EdvF7Kdfss
#NAW2025 #SkillsForLife #Apprenticeships
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2. Linked to this, I reflect on a workshop I held a month ago considering how to understand and enact respect for the dead across the sectors that routinely care for deceased people.
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The need to show respect to the dead is considered relevant across all societies and throughout history. However, recent events in the UK have increased public awareness of the treatment of the dea…
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Double blog day: 1. As another funeral home mistreatment scandal makes the news, the case for urgent action is again highlighted. See here:
deadbodiesandthelaw.wordpress.com
Sometimes it feels like you are on repeat, but maybe that is because the same stuff just keeps on happening. I recognise that this can be a good thing, but when we feel stuck in an endless loop of …
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We are asking APTs to complete a short survey during which you will be asked to comment on several scenarios relating to the treatment of deceased persons in mortuaries. You can access the survey here. It should not take more than 15 minutes to complete.3/5
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We are exploring what it means to ‘respect’ the dead in the context of medico-legal autopsies and are seeking the views of APTs about that. 2/5
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