“The surgeon who owns their humanity builds trust. The one who hides behind jargon builds walls“ Fab blog by @JulioMayol where he discusses the emotional scars that can affect surgeons after adverse events.

🚀Last week, we launched Close It Quick, a joint initiative with @RCSnews , focused on improving outcomes and reducing delays in ileostomy closure for patients with rectal cancer. Curious about how you can get your trust involved? Sign up now: https://t.co/s01xZNsdvq

If free speech means anything worth fighting for, it means the ability to punch up at power. So if you’re taking on powerful interests and you get a legal letter, get in touch 👇 https://t.co/k7y0RS1niV

'...spilling beer on a junior female colleague’s cleavage at a work party and licking it off her breasts' is quite the opening sentence 😱. May we all be like Mrs Vinnicombe, who 'shouted 'what the f**k are you doing' at Dr Johnson.' #TheStandardWeWalkPast

Brilliant work. 👏👏@CBizzle1 . Delighted to have contributed on behalf of the @ACPGBI_PLG. A great piece of work🙌

How reliable is Musk's reprogrammed AI pet? When someone asked it if there are five people on the planet fitter than Musk, here's what it replied. Judge for yourself...

Yes ketamine really feels like this. I found the experience interesting, but for some patients it can be incredibly scary, use with caution.

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

Proud to be part of this project. Includes my piece on preventing decision regret (from a patient’s perspective). Thank you @susanmoug for the invite.

🗞️ We are delighted to announce that His Majesty The King has granted permission for our name to be amended on the Royal Charter, and that from January 1, 2026, we will officially be known as The Royal College of Paramedics. Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/3BJrOl6Bou

Back in September, Banksy painted a powerful image of a judge striking down a protester on the Royal Courts of Justice. They scrubbed it off, but they can’t make us forget. And they can’t stop us from wearing it. Buy a t-shirt and join the movement 👇 https://t.co/mdTKRoMWvE

May #empathy be in the eye of the beholder? When #AI mirrors our emotions, perhaps what we see is not its feeling, but our own reflection. https://t.co/nfvzvp1alh @SurgGPT @me4_so

Gregory went from the saddest cat in the shelter, to spacecat superstar, to helping other animals in need, all thanks to you. I almost can’t believe it, but today I was able to donate $10k to his former animal shelter. Remember: even if you’re small, your impact can be large.

One year since the launch of the BHS Registry! 🥳 And what a year it’s been!

Our new video for patients is out! #Crohns #IBD #surgery #trials

We’re honoured that the talented London Welsh Male Voice Choir will be raising their voices – and vital funds – for the David Nott Foundation this December. 📆 Thursday 4 December, 7pm 📍St Marylebone Parish Church, London NW1 5LT Book your tickets: https://t.co/vS1W6ZiywJ

@babylossmummy @LucyGoBag The system at the moment causes a huge amount of harm to people who have already been harmed - so I think it’s the right ambition to try & push for changes so that people harmed by unsafe care are treated with compassionate and everything possible is done to enable healing and

Today is #StomaAware Day Every myth we bust = more understanding, confidence + dignity for people with a stoma. Join us. Share your story. Be a #StomaMythbuster https://t.co/iJDpNTUKTq #StomaAware #StomaMythbuster

International healthcare workers report on war related injuries among civilians in Gaza, in new study published in @bmj_latest https://t.co/L0wj7dAtAO

Surgeons: the lone wolf myth. Understanding how surgeons' minds work now @SurgGPT @me4_so #notebooklm #A14Surgery #SurgEd #some4surgery

An Israeli conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov has been arrested at a protest near the Israel-Gaza border. Last week, a clip of him at the Royal Albert Hall condemning Israel’s actions in the almost two-year long war in Gaza went viral.