🌟Registrations now open🌟 Women in NHS conference Friday 2nd May Marriott Hotel, Leicester 9-5pm Open to medical students, nurses, resident doctors, SAS, GPs, Consultants and managers Thank you to Leicester Hospital team for their support @BAPIOUK

Painrelief for a #coil insertion or #hysterscopy is vital. You should have: - parcetamol 1g & Ibuprofen 400mg (if tolerated) with a little snack, 1hr before the procedure - 10% Lidocaine spray - Cervical block using local anaesthetic - gas & air (if available) We should not

For one of the last sane down days before the mayhem of the holidays, delightful century-old ode to the pleasure of being left alone

My goal as a journalist is to report carefully on the best, most practical social policy ideas that can change the world, and this is easily the most exciting one I’ve had the opportunity to cover this year. I hope you'll read it 🧵↓

#ThursdayThoughts

"Perpetrators thrive in environments where poor behaviours are normalised and go unchecked by bystanders." @scarlettmcnally offers a simple but radical approach to challenge bad behaviour in the NHS https://t.co/jjqhugi95z

Good to speak at @BAPIOUK on IMGs - appreciate the invitation from @indranilc We must support resident and locally employed doctors - especially against racism and xenophobia @gmcuk are reducing PLAB slots by 50% but underlying issues of too few training posts and too few GPs

📢 #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence begins tomorrow. We’re exposing how the digital world has become a minefield of abuse. Join us to rally for a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm: https://t.co/iFmvCmNfiq #NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence

A scathing editorial from @bmj_latest editor @KamranAbbasi on the present state of doctors in the NHS workforce And the absolute shambolic situation regards Locally Employed Doctors Is anyone listening-or around? @NHSE_WTE @gmcuk @NHSEngland https://t.co/FHPHKEjRWx

I see the @gmcuk has expressed concern about International Medical Graduates leaving / numbers dwindling etc from the #NHS Is this: 1. Genuine Concern? 2. Worry about impact on revenue stream aka PLAB? 3. Worry as to who will do the LE roles that no one else wants to do-

Earlier this year Jane Evans ran an informal LinkedIn experiment: 2 women & 2 men, posted identical content at the same time. The women had a combined 154K followers, the men had only 9,389. Guess who got the highest reach? Yep, the men. https://t.co/hllCgdmFBF

Women aren't only underpaid because they end up in less lucrative careers than men. Data on >25M people across 15 countries: Women make less than men in the same job—and that accounts for about half the overall gender pay gap. Equal work deserves equal pay. Full stop.

One of the areas I have been trying to flag for some time has been the issue of exploitation of International Medical Graduates - under “Locally Employed Doctor” posts across the NHS- whether when working on race issues in medical workforce for @NHSEngland or role in

A summary of my working amongst many “leaders” in national organisations 😊 #WeekendVibes

A note to senior leadership @NHSEngland You will NOT change the feeling Resident Doctors have towards how leadership views them- or indeed get them on board... By doing the same things again and again. These are not 'kids'- stop condescending them or doubting their

It’s all about priorities people make #ThursdayThoughts 😊

The mood music within #NHS staff is quite incredibly abject at the moment Redundancies, lack of clarity, fund, outcomes tanking. Apart from @LinkedInUK of course Where as per senior leadership- its incredibly positive.

A one-page guide on in-flight medical emergencies, created by Nick Mark, MD, for https://t.co/ZJITBlo4DU. @nickmmark

“There is no superior race. There is no ‘chosen people of God’. It is neither the United States nor Israel. The ‘chosen people of God’ is all of humanity.” — President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro

Period blood could be used to track hormones, screen for cancers, monitor diseases such as diabetes & boost stem cell research. It is an underexplored sample source whose clinical potential is only now, in the year 2025, being examined with scientific care. https://t.co/gzaImQbnyD

Beyond the world of #Diabetes? One of my areas of focus which I have been passionate about? Is tackling #Racism in the #NHS in the medical workforce Stand up for International Medical Graduates #IMG The obstacles in the way have been immense. Battling with authorities;