Maria Parsonage 💙
@ParsonageMaria
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RespConsultantNurse |PleuralDiseaseSpecialist |ARNSViceChair | BTSPleuralGuideline | MesoUKCEP | GIRFT_CL_VW | TaskorceLungHealth | ERS ThoracicOncology
North Cumbria
Joined March 2009
I am delighted to have taken over the position of executive chair for @ARNS and look forward to strengthening the foundations of nursing within respiratory care
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I know we are not alone in loss and strongly believe more research is needed to understand recurrent miscarriage and treatment options. If you can support us in any way, it would mean the world to us to be able to donate to Sands on yours and our supporters behalf 🩷❤️🧡💛
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This is an incredibly important challenge for us as a family. Remembering four precious lives lost and the strength of two parents grieving what should have been.
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I’m swimming this November for every much-loved baby sadly not here today. Anything you’re able to donate truly means so much – I’m only £150 off my target. Thank you
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I’m swimming this November for every much-loved baby sadly not here today. Anything you’re able to donate truly means so much – I’m only £-106.56 off my target. Thank you
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'Striking evidence' shows how vaping impacts children Read more 🔗
news.sky.com
The global review suggested there are links between youth vaping and pneumonia, bronchitis, lower total sperm counts, headaches and migraines.
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Our @NENC_NHS Tobacco Dependency Treatment Services are reaching record numbers — and we’re celebrating their incredible impact. #Smokefree #SmokefreeFuture @FreshSmokeFree
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In this video, Prof. Ewan Maule, @NENC_NHS ICB Director of Medicines, explains why we must keep pushing as a system: ‘Very few things impact population health and reduce #inequalities as powerfully as tackling #tobacco.’ #Maternity #SmokefreePregnancy #SmokefreeFuture
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🚑 Maximising Ambulance Referrals into virtual wards via Single Point of Access (SPOA). Dr Shelagh O’Riordan will be in conversation with ambulance & A&E colleagues exploring streamlining ambulance referrals into virtual care. 📅 Register: https://t.co/ql9SwTZaED
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Please find here some recommendations around service evaluation for areas that are commissioning third party stop smoking services as part of their mix of provision. These are based on insights from a recently completed independent evaluation of Allen Carr conducted by London
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This podcast will be helpful for any doctors or nurses caring for children under 5 years old- particularly those in paediatric A&E or GPs in the UK. @PCRSUK @asthmalunguk @RCPCHtweets
Please share this episode of 'Asthma with Experts'. Professor Francine Ducharme shares her practical approach to this challenging task of diagnosing asthma in children under 5. See: Spotify: https://t.co/yc1LRcBbOB Apple: https://t.co/pyooUjaqIN
https://t.co/pX7VCARfBO
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Asthma is one of the most common long term diseases. This articles summarises recommendations on diagnosis, monitoring, and chronic management. Our #BMJInfographic outlines new management pathways for people aged 5 years and older https://t.co/9BCULIoBSw
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ERJ: Real-world gait (i.e. how people walk) in COPD can be characterised through parameters such as walking speed, stride length or cadence, which exhibit significant differences as the disease advances. https://t.co/jIFkchOqTR
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is estimated to affect 1.5 million adults in the UK. Iain Wheatley (Vice chair of ARNS) and Sharon Stothard (sleep and ventilation lead) discuss sleep apnoea and simple screening tools.
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Please share with patients
We're setting up a patient focus group to help us with a study looking at pleural procedures (chest drains). If you have had a #pleuralprocedure #chestdrain and you'd like to be involved, please email us at pleural@ncepod.org.uk @UKPleura @asthmalunguk @BTSrespiratory @Mesouk
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Our @ARNS_UK Chair @ParsonageMaria and committee members @vivmarsh and @atgawlik are heading to Westminster for the APPG Winter planning round table. What are your key priorities?
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Our nursing and midwifery professions will be at the forefront of delivering the 10 Year Health Plan, transforming the NHS so it’s fit for the future and driving the improvements for patients, communities and colleagues that you’ve told us are needed.🧵1/6
gov.uk
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
Three big shifts will change how the NHS works, enabling it to deliver better care for all patients – no matter where they live. From hospital to community. From analogue to digital. From sickness to prevention. Read the 10 Year Health Plan ⬇️
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We heard loud and clear from nursing and midwifery colleagues how vital the 10 Year Health Plan is, not only for patients and improving the health of our nation, but also for our professions. It recognises our integral role in bringing about the improvements we all want to see.
Hear how @Duncan_CNO, Chief Nursing Officer for England, thinks the 10 Year Health Plan will help staff and patients, and renew the NHS. 👇
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