Dr Lucy Pocock (follow me on Blue Sky)
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Academic GP with interest in care of older people and EOL care. Wife, mum of ND child, rock chick, socialist. Co-lead of @peolcsw. She/her.
Bristol, UK
Joined June 2009
RT @Lucy_Selman: Great to see this initiative, Martin. Perhaps next time it can include wider 'what matters most to you' conversations and….
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RT @DrSteveTaylor: There is overwhelming evidence that the policies & funding of NHS England & GMC are set on replacing Drs with PAs.When s….
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RT @doctor_oxford: Nothing to see here, just the Head of Workforce for @NHSEngland using an inaccurate, one-sided & context-free Times piec….
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RT @doctor_oxford: And another one… this is beginning to look awfully coordinated… . Nothing to see here, just the National Medical Directo….
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RT @Azeem_Majeed: The NHS is lowering the bowel cancer screening age in England from 60 years to 50 years with the aim of detecting cancer….
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RT @Lucy_Selman: Join us @GoodGriefFest for this session with Robert Neimeyer and Caroline Ng, facilitated by the brilliant @freyabromley.….
goodgrieffest.com
Around 10% of bereaved people are thought to have Prolonged Grief Disorder (previously known as complicated grief). But what is it and how is it different from other forms of grief? Robert Neimeyer...
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RT @Azeem_Majeed: GPs spend considerable time supporting families, gathering information, and making carefully written CAMHS referrals, onl….
pulsetoday.co.uk
Children with high-level mental health needs are being left without specialist care, after almost half of referrals are rejected.
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RT @VeraBaird: Researchers at Warwick now think more women are driven to suicide by their domestic abuse perpetrator than are murdered by h….
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Ryan Wellings has been found guilty of assault and coercive and controlling behaviour after a trial.
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RT @Lucy_Selman: Great to see another medical journal giving a platform to these crucial issues - well done @libby_sallnow and co-authors 👏….
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RT @TheDA_UK: 🩺| "Why won’t the Department for Health just fund the employment of 3,500 under and unemployed GPs, who can offer the expert….
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The Doctors' Association UK is urging the Government to work with GPs to reduce NHS waiting lists and improve patient care
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RT @DrNeenaJha: Dear @wesstreeting, . My timeline is filled with experienced GPs desperate & unable to find work. Want to solve the crisis….
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RT @ShaunLintern: 🚨 And now Derriford Hospital in Plymouth declares critical incident after more than 300 people attended its A&E yday with….
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RT @doctor_oxford: 8 major hospitals have declared critical incidents in the last 24hrs alone. Some of the 100s patients are stranded on t….
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RT @neilorpen: I looked at this and confirmed this is the main problem with the NHS plan . By removing the skilled clinicians at the beginn….
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RT @DrLukeCraddock: Honestly don’t know where to start with this one. Sarah could just see an actual GP, receive a diagnosis of rhinitis….
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RT @ShaunLintern: So more work for private hospitals to cut waiting lists. the sector has many potential safety risks as the government an….
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RT @carolinejmolloy: The private sector don’t do better care. They do better carpets, they do free parking, they do easy, picking-off care,….
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RT @doctor_oxford: Devastating from @LiamThorpECHO on the hellish conditions for patients & staff alike inside our A&Es. This is why the c….
liverpoolecho.co.uk
Special report: Patients waiting in ambulances for 24 hours, exhausted and desperate staff feeling helpless and a health service now on life support
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RT @cpeedell: Wes #Streeting thinks patient choice via a revamped #NHS app is going to bring down waiting lists. However, choice requires e….
thesun.co.uk
NHS patients will soon be able to choose when and where they are treated in a new Deliveroo-style app. Ministers are overhauling the NHS app so users can book the hospital or centre most convenient…
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