Today is #WorldPatientSafetyDay2023 Proud to have led for UK on the Resolution which gave us the day, under the leadership of @Jeremy_Hunt Listening to patients and acting on their concerns makes sense on every front. Thank you @aidanfowler1000 @PSCommissioner @bttowerlondon!

Landmark study...lecanemab not only clears amyloid but improves cognitive outcomes... just approved in the US ...awaiting NICE decision in the UK....

Alzheimer's disease is a disease of mid life.

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#Museumofthemoon #lukejerram #womad

There are now 46,000 NHS staff off with Covid. This is a direct result of the government choosing *not* to make staff first priority for vaccines. Quite apart from how devastating that decision was for NHS morale (are we, basically, expendable?) it was also staggeringly stupid.

Lord give me the confidence of a man who explains death certification to a palliative care doctor who *checks notes* writes causes of death on certificates every week, often daily. (Needless to say, James is completely wrong here.)

Day spent in ED. Steady stream of Covid patients. All contracted at Christmas. Youngest in 30s with dreadful CXR changes and hypoxia. Tragic. York community rate soaring. Stay. At. Home #StaySafe #COVID19

🗣️ “Anyone listening to this who doesn’t wear their mask – they have blood on their hands”. Strong words from intensive care professor @hugh_montgomery, who tells @RachelBurden what’s happening in his unit right now. 🎧 Listen @BBCSounds

#OAPsychBGS2020 Great start to the conference by @Clive_Ballard. Reminder that no benefit in continuing anti-psychotics in dementia beyond 12 weeks studies (incl care home residents), and of significant potential harm.

Here’s a short guide to compassionate phone communication and sharing uncertainty during COVID-19 that myself and colleagues developed (thanks to @jimfieldsmith for design input). Please use and share widely. @WestMidHospital @ChelwestFT @drkathrynmannix #covid19UK #pallicovid

UPDATE: We are proud to announce, along with @BioNTech_Group, that our mRNA-based #vaccine candidate has, at an interim analysis, demonstrated initial evidence of efficacy against #COVID19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

BBC News - Coronavirus: Delirium 'key symptom' in frail older people https://t.co/4Sv8CSgj7h

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Ok, so fab size hospital, fab place to live, fab work life balance, fab team...... come join us.... 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃Job vacancy: Consultant Geriatrician, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York | https://t.co/aRxLzPT0Oo

Mortality from COVID-19 seems to be decreasing with "second wave" (or continuation of first wave) versus first (e.g .July-August compared to March-April). Data from CDC on deaths from respiratory illness from 2018-2020 with those obvious two peaks of COVID-19 deaths

https://t.co/YXTQO6ytoQ

Cauda Equina Syndrome: missed/delayed diagnosis can be catastrophic for patients. Did you know UK guidelines were updated in 2018 to lower the threshold for urgent MRI? @saspist and I have summarised for EM/GP. PDF available at https://t.co/BjS4qHZ8Fc #FOAMed Please do share!

"Patients with stroke complicated by in-hospital delirium are at a higher risk for dementia at three but not twelve months post-stroke." important finding from the PROPOLIS Study @drjkwan @A_MacLullich @DrTerryQuinn https://t.co/qORjbgjN6Z via @MDPIOpenAccess

SARS-CoV-2 will burn itself out if it has no other hosts to transmit to. If people keep their distance from others, use face coverings when necessary, get tested if having any symptoms (however mild) & comply with tracing and isolation, it’s possible to drive it out.