Dr Lucy Pocock

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Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy? The response to the Olympian’s call for wider access to prostate cancer screening has been largely uncritical, Margaret McCartney finds Media coverage has been rightly sympathetic to Chris Hoy, one o...

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Chris Hoy and cancer screening: is celebrity campaigning a bad way to make policy?

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Excellent job explaining complex stuff simply

Leeds has a fully funded scholarship program for undergraduate and Masters study for Gaza students.

**Tell Everyone**

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#CivilitySavesLives

Current vacancies : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We’re looking for a doctor in any training programme (ST1-5) to join us as the 1st ever pan-London Foundation School Simulation Fellow!

A 100% non-clinical role for someone interested in driving change+improvement in sim education for all London Foundation docs

Fantastic OOPE!

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We had our first palliative liver MDT today 😊

Several months in the planning, thanks to the residents who challenged their seniors at an m&m for delayed recognition of dying

I’m not sure where I’m fitting in the extra work generated, but these patients can really benefit from pall care so I will

Key messages from #chriswhitty
Older adults are ageing well
But we have a responsibility to manage multimorbidity & lifestyle adaptations
Get more geriatricians in research
Tackle the prejudices around involving older adults in research
#BGSconf

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@jkdhesi.bsky.social

Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlay

“CPR mannequins with no breasts are emblematic of healthcare practices being optimised for the white male body; with detrimental and sometimes deadly implications for anyone who doesn’t fit this mould.”

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Not sure where/who this came from, but it seems apt this week…

Prognostication… an art not a science.
How often is this also shared with the patient and their family too?

👇🏻truth talking
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@lucyselman.bsky.social

As a GP, I initiate conversations about limited life expectancy when appropriate. They are less initiated by secondary care teams and patients sometimes disagree with me- ‘my consultant is trying to build me up’. An important topic for discussion particularly for secondary/primary care interface.

4. Further research required to understand why this info isn’t shared more frequently, what the info needs of primary care clinicians are, and to capture patients’ views and experiences. Find out more here: ships.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

3. Secondary care clinicians should be supported and encouraged to share info regarding prognosis with primary care.

2. We suggest that a review by the #pallcare team during an admission should always be communicated in the discharge summary.

TL:DR -
1. Communication of poor prognosis from secondary to primary care doesn’t routinely occur, but GPs value it.

What helps or hinders the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care? A systematic review with narrative synthesis Background The communication of poor prognosis from secondary to primary care helps to ensure that patients with life-limiting illness receive appropriate coordinated care in line with their preferenc...

Read the full paper: What helps or hinders the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care? A systematic review with narrative synthesis:
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#GPSky #PrimaryCare #MedSky

Hospitals rarely provide information to GPs about poor prognosis, research shows Information about poor prognosis is rarely communicated from hospitals despite this being vital information for GPs, a study has found.

Hospital teams rarely share information about patients' limited life expectancy with GPs, even though GPs find this very helpful in planning patient care.

Research by Lucy Pocock & @lucyselman.bsky.social
et al. published in @bjgp.bsky.social & covered in
Pulse:
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The uncomfortable truth about assisted dying Throughout all the questions, there is a baseline assumption that assisted dying will likely mean a smoother and calmer death. But does it?

Uncomfortable and important article by Prof Mark Taubert around what an assisted dying death actually looks like. For many it is worse than the natural death the vast majority have now. These peaceful undramatic deaths have been lost in the polarised rhetoric.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

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YouTube video by Channel 4 News Over 80% of locum GPs in England are struggling to find work

Can’t get an appt with a GP?

Yet there are 1000s of GPs out of work or struggling to find work
NHS England have cut the equivalent of 2 full-time GPs in funding from an average practice, whilst funding ‘additional’ roles via ARRS

£2bn cut in real term

Not additional then🤷🏻‍♂️ youtu.be/tI69wqP1_3g?...

#GeneralPractice

Hi 👋🏻 I finally made the move!

The communication of poor prognosis from secondary to #PrimaryCare is highly valued by GPs, but rarely occurs due to cultural and systemic challenges doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...

My first post on here and I am shamelessly promoting my work!

This is the first output from my @nihr.bsky.social funded PhD. Watch this space to find out how this information-sharing can be improved…

#medsky