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leaving twitter. same handle on blue sky.
tartraven, the bathgate alps
Joined March 2009
FREE advanced clinical communication course for IMT Doctors working in @NHSLanarkshire Focus will be on initiating difficult conversations about deteriorating health and future care planning. @nhsl_meded For more information or to book a place ⬇️ https://t.co/eI2YaWW3NX
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MEGAN IN LAGOA #SALtogether Not even early fall could stop Megan Keith brilliant run for silver in Portugal🥈 Thanks @AthleticsWeekly @TimAdams76 🇵🇹 @SALChiefExec @BritAthletics @EuroAthletics @InvHarriersAAC @RossKCairns1 @katymaybarden @WightmanGeoff @leslie_roy1 @BBCSportScot
“Ten metres in, a woman went down in front of me and I had no choice but to crash over the top of her.” Megan Keith talks us through her second-place finish at the European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa 🇬🇧 The Brit had an exceptional run despite falling at the very
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From Monday 15 December we are taking urgent precautions to help protect patients & staff against flu. ✅ As always don’t visit if you’re unwell ✅ Limit visitors to 1–2 ✅ Avoid bringing children under 12 ✅ Consider wearing a mask and use hand gel https://t.co/gYWEGSAIvd
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Our teams and services are under extreme pressure right now. Please carefully consider all options to get the Right Care in the Right Place https://t.co/KjOekAl49I
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"Three measurement failings – the wrong doors, the wrong time zone, the wrong connotations – conspire to prevent the rigorous examination of cause-and-effect relationships in the health and care system that’s needed." I wrote a piece for @enlighten_scot: https://t.co/gDCEiQYwGc
enlighten.scot
Ambulances are delayed. GP appointments are delayed. Patients in emergency departments are delayed. Patients who need to move from one hospital ward to another are delayed. Patients who can only be...
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In a letter published in @thetimes, @Mumtaz_Patel_1, @RCP_RDC and the RCP SFDN have warned that the #NHS will lose more talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix training bottlenecks. 👉They argue that the problems facing resident doctors ‘run deeper
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📣The call for abstracts is now live for our 2026 Alcohol Occasionals! 📄 We welcome proposals from all disciplines and from new and early career researchers and/or international researchers 📆 Deadline: Friday 30th January 2026 ➡️ More information:
shaap.org.uk
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and the Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) invite researchers to submit their research proposals for the 2026 SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals...
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Bookings now open for the RCPE Dermatology Course on Friday 12 December, 13:00 –17:00. Join us to explore the changing face of dermatology, from AI and melanoma to topical steroid withdrawal and sunlight. Free for RCPE Student Members. Register: https://t.co/eDxBZy78yi
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Lots of new course dates added for early 2026 😊 Here is an update on available spaces. For more information or to book a place head over to our website ⬇️ But be quick as these will fill up fast! 🏃♀️➡️🏃➡️ https://t.co/egGFkaBDOb
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👏 Huge thank you to all our staff who have rolled up their sleeves for their flu vaccination. If you work in healthcare, getting vaccinated is one of the best ways to protect yourself, colleagues, patients, & loved ones. Find your nearest clinic here: https://t.co/Wn1rBaeXk2
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#adventcalendar2025 Day 8 🕯️ Behind today's door is another helpful tip to help facilitate harminious and stress free communication over the festive period 😊
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Registration for SAM Cardiff is now OPEN for unperson or online attendance 30 April - 1 May 2026, Cardiff Holland House Hotel https://t.co/vcizm2KJRt
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GIRFT has launched a poster to help ED & AMU teams deliver safe, efficient care for adults with diabetes at the hospital front door. Includes QR codes for quick access to key pathways. 📥 Download & display: https://t.co/OmF1oQlams
#Diabetes #DiabetesCare #NHS
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Frail patients need individualised diabetes care. In line with Realistic Medicine, consider when de-escalating treatment is safer and more appropriate. See
apps.nhslothian.scot
As we are increasingly practicing realistic medicine, we need to tailor our diabetic reviews and treatment in our frailer populations. Consider de-escalating therapy appropriately, as per the expert...
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SAM echoes the RCN’s warning: 12-hour A&E waits have surged 90-fold in just 6 years. The misery of the deepening corridor care crisis cannot be this winter’s reality - urgent action is needed. https://t.co/sDmy57J1T0
rcn.org.uk
The Westminster government’s failure to rapidly invest in beds, staff and community services has set the stage for a dangerous winter
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Congratulations to Ashley Lawrence, Health Visiting Team Manager in East Lothian, and Leigh Williams, Clinical Team Lead for District Nursing and the Bladder and Bowel Service in West Lothian, who have been awarded the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse. https://t.co/wLG5ViQ65D
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Today SAM President Dr Vicky Price “Today’s emphasis on “unnecessary” A&E attendances risks becoming yet another “dead cat” distraction from the real pressures facing acute and emergency care." https://t.co/3DLBuqpf0x
https://t.co/6TJxzlDRxU
acutemedicine.org.uk
Commenting on NHS England’s press release issued today which suggests emergency departments are “under siege from hiccups and ingrowing toenails”, Dr Vicky Price, president of the Society for Acute...
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Dr Vicky Price: “The number of people now waiting 12 hours or more in emergency departments is completely unacceptable. It is causing serious and avoidable harm yet, is only the tip of the iceberg." https://t.co/SKnJh1KoKH
https://t.co/QcG0Luw2xf
dailymail.co.uk
Over 452,000 people waited 12 hours or more for a bed from January to October after medics decided they were so sick they needed to be admitted to a ward.
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Absolutely. This is not a unique hospital. This is the normal in most hospitals across the 4 nations.
"Our staff do an amazing job in very difficult circumstances, but corridor care affects their own mental health and put patients’ lives at risk." Dr Ian Higginson, RCEM President, speaking following the publication of the @theRCN's 'Bracing for Winter' report, which touches on
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I tried drawing coloured rectangles to show what happened to an AMU between 2019-20 and 2023-24. Admissions reduced; stays lengthened. The blue rectangle had the 'viscosity' of water; the red one had the 'viscosity' of honey! @dr_allancameron @VickyKomrower @acutemedicine
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