Antony Willman (@antonywillman) — Bluesky Profile

2 months ago

Movement Through the Perimenopause: Why How We Exercise Matters A common areas of discussion when talking to women about the perimenopause is what sort of exercise should I be doing now? It is an important subject. The perimenopause is a time of significant hormonal, physical and psychological change, yet advice about physical activity is often vague or overly simplified. The evidence suggests something more nuanced: different types of exercise appear to support different aspects of perimenopausal health.

Movement Through the Perimenopause: Why How We Exercise Matters

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2 months ago

PBSGL, peer support and resilience. Looking Back: Evaluating PBSGL in Salisbury Plain (2017) As we timetable the 100th meeting of the Salisbury Plain PBSGL group, it feels timely to revisit my first formal evaluation of the group, undertaken in 2017. At that point, PBSGL was already well established locally, but there had been little structured examination of its educational or pastoral impact within a mixed Defence primary care setting.

PBSGL, peer support and resilience.

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2 months ago

Making Sense of Progestogens in HRT: What I Learned When I Went Back to the Evidence One of the areas I have found most challenging in menopause care is choosing the right progestogen. Not because options are lacking — but because there are several, each with subtly different properties, and the differences are often poorly explained in everyday practice. I realised I was not as clear as I wanted to be on how the commonly used progestogens really differ from one another.

Making Sense of Progestogens in HRT: What I Learned When I Went Back to the Evidence

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4 months ago

Prostate Screening – an update Roobol MJ, de Vos II, Månsson M, Godtman RA, Talala KM, den Hond E, et al. European Study of Prostate Cancer Screening - 23-Year Follow-up. N Engl J Med. 2025 Oct 30;393(17):1669–80. Long-Term Outcomes of PSA ScreeningThis paper caught my eye while reading a summary in one of the broadsheets. Also, being a man of a certain age, it has a more personal relevance.

Prostate Screening - an update

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4 months ago

Putting up with the Perimenopause Peters et al., 2025 – “Just Put Up With It: Women’s Experiences of Perimenopause and Menopause” (J Adv Nurs) Back in 2021, myself and my brilliant colleague, Kate King, undertook some research look…

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4 months ago

Putting up with the Perimenopause Peters et al., 2025 – “Just Put Up With It: Women’s Experiences of Perimenopause and Menopause” (J Adv Nurs) Back in 2021, myself and my brilliant colleague, Kate King, undertook some research looking at the experiences of servicewomen who were suffering from symptoms of the perimenopause. Although this was a cross-sectional survey, with all its limitations, what really hit home were some of the challenging experiences our servicewomen were having, from the Chain of Command and Healthcare Professionals, as well as in their working environment.

Putting up with the Perimenopause

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4 months ago

I’ve found getting AI to write it in Cockney rhyming slang to provide some interesting nuance…!

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5 months ago

Misty #wiltshire morning, #weatherinversion @besnardlakes on the IEMs adding to the tranquil solemnity and ethereal beauty. Okay, loads of reverb and most, if not all of the effects pedals. #greatmusic #anotherbanger #valeofpewsey

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5 months ago

Jodie, @drkateking.bsky.social and Issy are fab. Jake was quite chuffed with his ‘anaphylaxis’! Am so lucky so work with this team.

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5 months ago

Well done Rebecca! I saw you and @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social at the front of our immersive sim workshop on day 1. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to chat to you.

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6 months ago

Supporting Women Before, During and After Pregnancy: Helpful Resources for Professionals and Families I’ve updated some of the perinatal resources I’ve been collecting to include the following (look under the ‘resources’ tab in the menu). The aim is to have these in one location for sharing to patients or to healthcare professional colleagues for onward dissemination. I hope all the links work but please let me know if there are any issues. Preconception and Early Support…

Supporting Women Before, During and After Pregnancy: Helpful Resources for Professionals and Families

I’ve updated some of the perinatal resources I’ve been collecting to include the following (look under the ‘resources’ tab in the menu). The aim is to have these in one location for sharing to…

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6 months ago

Making Sense of the PCA Model: Turning Problem Cases into Learning Opportunities Clinical learning rarely follows a neat script. More often it emerges from the difficult cases – the ones that unsettle us, challenge our assumptions, and force us to rethink how we practise. The P…

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6 months ago

How JAMA Psychiatry Fooled Us About Antidepressant Withdrawal Will Ward disagrees with my assessment of a JAMA-Psychiatry meta-analysis. His argument is persuasive and belongs on Sensible Medicine JMM

Very good critique of a recent #jama psychiatry article on #ssri withdrawal: open.substack.com/pub/sensible...

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6 months ago

Chuck eye steak and a cheeky little red for a lovely Sunday afternoon #BBQ

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7 months ago

Dawn walk with #ruby encountering lots of deer, hares, and one fox #valeofpewsey

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7 months ago

I do like summer as my focus is more on cooking and less on #research I eventually utilised this wild goose for 3 meals for us. This one was breast on the BBQ with chickpea concoction and our beans.

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7 months ago

Not a good combination for holiday reading I’ve discovered as beer tends to win…

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8 months ago

Morning frolic in the cooler weather #bude

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8 months ago

Really hot for poor pooches so up early to the beach for #ruby walks #northcott #bude

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10 months ago

No surprises given the quality and critical reasoning of the authors.

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10 months ago

More filters using @usedarkroom and @luminar_global on cooler day for #ruby #valeofpewsey Back in the day, it used to take me an hour in the darkroom, a red filter, and a roll of HP5 to achieve equivalent B&W results 🤔!!

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1 year ago

What can we learn from pandemic educational methods?: military general practice trainees’ attitudes to feedback from recorded consultations Recorded consultations are a useful tool for developing consultation skills for general practice speciality trainees (GPSTs). Historical barriers to utility include a lack of recording equipment an...

Open access full article: What can we learn from pandemic educational methods?: military general practice trainees’ attitudes to feedback from recorded consultations www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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1 year ago

Treating the perimenopause in UK Armed Forces | This qualitative study found continuing professional development was an important factor for Defence GPs' confidence in perimenopause care, with experiential learning particularly valued

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1 year ago