Sally Irwin
@sallydelves
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Geriatrician. Clinical Director. Mum. Yorkshire lover. Horsey.
Joined June 2012
Our main building at York Hospital is being illuminated all this week to mark this year's #organdonationweek. There's no better time to start a conversation with your family about organ donation and to register your decision
organdonation.nhs.uk
You can opt in or opt out of becoming an organ donor by registering on the NHS Organ Donor Register. Register in minutes!
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The NHS needs more very senior leaders like @sarahwollaston who will actually lead & turn around and say “no I can’t do that, it’s not safe, it’s a cut too far” Thank you Sarah for speaking truth to power Wishing many others would #bemoresarah
With regret I have decided to resign as chair of NHS Devon. Thank you to all the wonderful NHS, care and voluntary sector teams that are out there doing their very best in challenging circumstances. Did not feel able to sign off on a further cut; elastic already stretched too far
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This is why I do what I do in A&E. we must stop and listen to patients and their families.
Dad spent two of the last days of his life alone and distressed in A&E – for no good reason. This insanity must stop | Adrian Chiles
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📢NEW BGS REPORT📢'The state of the consultant geriatrician workforce’ analyses data of the recent @RCPhysicians census of UK consultant physicians exposing a continuing shortage of #geriatricians which is negatively impacting on older people's healthcare https://t.co/xaAFEWlg6s
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We know that healthcare workers are stressed, burnt out and suffering with higher levels of mental health illness than ever before. Tonight, the televised version of Rachel Clarke’s book Breathtaking will be screened on ITV1 at 9pm. It is expected to be a harrowing look at the
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If you love someone living with dementia, you’re living with it too. 💙 That’s the message behind our new campaign, launching today. Find out more and download your free 'Living with dementia' guide here: https://t.co/Hq2IhSrWd7
#WeLiveWithDementia
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Our redeveloped and relaunched frailty elearning course is aimed at professionals who lead services or deal with complex cases (tier 3) and is accredited by @RCPhysicians for 10 CPD credits. And it's FREE for all health and care professionals! Sign up now!
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The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has updated its popular Frailty elearning course for 2023 and is relaunching it, with funding from NHS England. This CPD accredited course is free for all health...
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Workforce, Workforce, Workforce. This is going to be a great paper and will set new National benchmarks. Do you know how many geriatricians’s do you need in your patch now and in the future? Make a guess now and then wait a week and….. Watch this space @GeriSoc
📢NEW BGS REPORT OUT SOON!📢 "Strategic #workforce plans must address the need for more #geriatricians alongside investment in MDT teams and in upskilling the entire workforce to care for older people with #frailty" 'The case for more geriatricians' is out next week! #BGSconf
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@WhistlingDixie4 đź’Ż this, knowing people have your back, and can be both supportive & honest is vital
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Ok- exciting times in York-looking for someone to step up to run our new virtual frailty ward and to lead dementia care for us. Yorks best place to live and we have a really supportive team đź’•đź’• please share with those who maybe fancy a change!
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So the hunt is on to join us in the best department so we can start developing our services even further. https://t.co/v4oNOfitQm York as a place to live is spot on too đź’• come join us or give me a call.
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Over 50% of hospital inpatients are over 75; not every patient can be "TCI med eld" unless 50% of other specialists are volunteering for redundancy. Even if you're not going to have an operation or intervention you still need specialist care #medicsnottechnicians
If you refuse to take an appropriately referred patient, demand the emergency department then refer elsewhere, then demand the other specialty consultant ring your consultant to explain why they won’t take your rejected referral. You can kindly fuck off.
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If you refer a patient to Geriatric Medicine today, “Med/Spec fit please take over care”. When i come to the ward I am going to embarrass you and show you how unfit they are and all the ailments you have failed to identify & remedy #warned
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Recruitment for your opinions if, when and how CPR discussions should be performed in heart failure is going well. We still need your help especially geriatricians, palliative nurses, GPs, carers & those with heart failure. If you can spare 10 minutes - https://t.co/qxAoDFZy2V
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Just my occasional reminder that being a Clinical Lead in a specialty in an #NHS Trust is an almost impossible job. Trade Union leader and Line Manager. Two masters with often very different needs and you’re stuck in the middle. Did it for three years: it almost killed me.
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