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Research in context panel for Lancet paper "Adult obesity and risk of severe infections: a multicohort study with global burden estimates". Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.

People with obesity at 70% higher risk of serious infection with one in ten infectious disease deaths globally potentially linked to obesity, study suggests.

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Even quite a bit further south, the light at 5pm this evening felt a bit disorienting!...but very welcome 🤗

Our Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC) has launched its Scottish Manifesto to boost NHS Scotland productivity and cut waiting lists.

Ahead of the May elections, CPOC offers an evidence-based plan to transform the surgical pathway.

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Brave...

Same!
Had a similar conversation here recently 🤧

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Hay fever season hits early as dry spell brings rise in pollen levels If the mild weather continues other types of pollen, such as grass and weed pollen could also be stronger later in the summer

It seems we aren't imagining it!

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A scandal of similar scale to the Post Office scandal, exposed by a TV drama?

Strangely enough, we have elections coming up in May!

Yes I was on a HR committee that looked at return of service agreements for physicians and as a policy it universally fails to achieve long term success at retention.

Dirty Business Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal

Horrifying

Seen 'Dirty Business'?
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Print in black and white looking up to a gap in the canopy of bare trees in a wood where two birds in silhouette fly

'More breathing space' by contemporary UK printmaker Janis Goodman #WomensArt

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Doing admin in my free time at the weekend, including letters supporting two doctor colleagues as they try to reduce their hours and stress due to heart disease. The irony is not lost on me 🙃

A Facebook post describing the potential impact of walk-in GP centres on local services: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HpuNR8q9X/

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I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

It’s such a stick approach, rather than the carrot of improving working conditions. Many do stay, and if they decide to go abroad after F2, which is a good time to travel, come back and work for may more years in the NHS
Plus all the life circumstances which might make it impossible

Exactly. All of the GP friends I have asked think this is a bad idea, that investment in current practices would have been better and that it will further erode continuity of care.

I can't help feeling that proper investment in primary care and social care, and employment of more GPs, could have prevented the need for these in the first place?

And that the additional investment would be better placed in existing practices and premises?

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What happens with life-changing events that mean people need to move away, or stop working?

10.
Job availability and training places in SNHS would need to be guaranteed for five years for all Scottish graduates

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Demanding that employees remain with a single employer for a fixed period remains fundamentally wrong

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Improved retention is achieved by improving working conditions, work-life balance, flexibility, pay

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Why not also physios/OTs/lab staff/SLT/pharmacists/midwives/non-healthcare degrees etc?

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Doctors already need to work exclusively for the NHS for 2 years to complete Foundation training

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...and nurses contribute many hundreds of placement hours during their training

This is a very bad idea, for several reasons. Here are 10, for starters:

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It discriminates against students who have required additional financial support

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It fails to address the reasons for poor retention

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...and it only shifts the retention problem a few years further down the line

“That is why we will change the rules so that Scottish medical, nursing and dental students on funded university places will be expected to work in Scotland’s NHS or social care system for at least five years after graduating, or repay their tuition support and bursaries."

Anas Sarwar Unveils Plan to Fix NHS Staffing Crisis - Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar has pledged to end the scandal of poor NHS workforce planning and make sure the people trained in Scotland build their careers in Scotland. Mr Sarwar has announced that a Scottish Labour g...

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Yes!
Just bought fexofenadine a few days ago and said the exact same thing.
My eyes were horribly itchy, gritty, watery.
But I now have a nasty cold, so am now wondering if it was actually a prelude to that?

RCoA doubles down on Scope of Practice - Anaesthetists United RCoA doubles down on Scope of Practice

Royal College of Anaesthetists has doubled-down on its Scope of Practice document for PAAs (Physician Assistants in Anaesthesia, aka Anaesthesia Associates), and does not support or see any justification for a rapid expansion of the PAA role.

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Also funny because 'it's weird being the same age as old people' !

It's good to laugh at yourself sometimes...

Part of the humour is how it translates across continents and different healthcare systems

I would consider subscribing to Disney+ just for this 😆