David Buckle

The NHS 10-Year Plan includes a commitment to support SAS doctors in their career development, but meaningful change requires action.

As we celebrate #SASWeek25 Dr Karen Ellison explains how the SAS Six framework can help make this commitment a reality

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Unintended consequences often do the real damage. A proposal by the last government to streamline the GMC’s categories of impairment would weaken their ability to manage cases where a doctor’s health is at stake. So important to protect doctors’ wellbeing when they are at their most vulnerable.

14 organisations representing patients doctors dentists & legal firms have written to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice urging the government to implement #preactionprotocols in clinical negligence claims.
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We urge the GDC to review the assessment and triaging of cases in its fitness to practise processes, following the publication of its 2024 investigations report.

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AI poses so many exciting opportunities for surgery, but who will be blamed if and when something goes wrong? Prof Gozie Offiah writes about the potential liability challenges in this excellent AI special edition of The Bulletin by @RCSnews
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General registration has now opened for the Medical Protection Society Foundation AI Healthcare symposium, at which I'm excited to be speaking about retaining clinician engagement and the patient voice, and how not to become a "liability sink" for #AI

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Bonkers chart from Canadian election polling.

Symposium set to discuss future of AI in dentistry - The Dentist A symposium looking at the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI tools can be safely incorporated into dental and medical practice is set to take place in April 2025.

This should be a very interesting and free event for any one interested in exploring AI in medicine and dentistry www.the-dentist.co.uk/content/news...

This is a vital piece of research which further highlights the pressure and stigma placed on doctors experiencing mental ill health.

We urgently need both a culture change and crucially, sufficient quality mental health support that is both preemptive and thorough.

These quotes are a tough read but it's why we are continuing to push for cultural change within the health sector. We have to reach a time when it is going to be OK to admit you are struggling with your mental health.

The GMC leaving Twitter/X feels like a genuinely big decision and an indicator of how much the platform has changed

We welcome a groundbreaking White Paper published today on the advancement of AI in healthcare
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Well done to the MPS Foundation, @cfaa.bsky.social and @improvementacademy.bsky.social for producing this insightful paper.

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I have set this up as I am keen to follow and be in contact with more dentists and dental care professionals on here. If I have missed any body off then let me know go.bsky.app/UNgtXRa

With the NHS being brought “back into democratic control”, I wonder if this will make MP-focused single issue specific health lobbying more of a thing again?

I worked at the NHS Confederation when NHS England was created and remember how all consuming that was along with all the other associated changes. There is going to be a lot of capacity and energy that now goes into its abolition

Cosmetic procedures and managing expectations Dr Sarah Townley, deputy medical director at Medical Protection discusses the common medicolegal risks with cosmetic medicine.

Sarah Townley, deputy medical director at Medical Protection Society discusses the common medicolegal risks with cosmetic medicine.

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#patientsafety #medicolegal #cosmeticmedicine #healthcare

Fantastic episode of men talking openly and joking about their experience of cancer. Its been 20 years for me but so much I could remember, relate to and laugh about.

This looks like it could be really interesting 👇

a man is putting his arm around another man 's neck . ALT: a man is putting his arm around another man 's neck .

Real Pain. Absolutely loved it

Lots to welcome in the new Irish Government's draft programme - including a new of reforms MPS has been campaigning for. Hopefully will be a busy few years helping to try and make these happen

Can Doctors Also Be Social Activists? How can doctors maintain a balance between their right to freedom of expression and patient or employer expectations of how healthcare professionals should behave?

Great article by my colleague Sabira in @medscape.com about how doctors can maintain a balance between their right to freedom of expression and the expectations that can come with being a regulated health professional www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...

Help… My patient is a lawyer! Dr Lucy Hanington offers some advice to when discovering their patient is learned in the ways of the law.

"When my eldest child was nine months old, she had an outpatient appointment at the local hospital. Someone had stuck a note to the front of her medical records. It read ‘Dad is a lawyer, Mum is a doctor’" healthcaretoday.com/article/help...

More immediately, hoping it will be a good way to have strong engagement with a small particular audience

I don’t know yet how useful this place will be for my employer. Personally, I’ve found Twitter in the past to be great for engagement, especially around topical policy or more emotive issues. I’m hoping BlueSky might have a similar potential one day.

Not sure if this counts - as its probably more famous than the original - but this is my favourite cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWK...

Thanks for sharing. I'd never heard this before but its really good

Chiltern Wood to Lapland Santa Dash Chiltern Wood are holding our first Lapland Santa Dash in the week commencing 9th December. The distance is 3152km and all of our learners will be taking part. All fund raised will go towards Adventu...

Here is a link to the Just Giving page for any one who would like to donate www.justgiving.com/campaign/cws...

School children run virtual Santa Dash to Lapland Children from a special school have started a virtual 'Santa Dash' to Lapland

I am a governor and trustee for a wonderful special need school and am super proud of the kids and staff that organised this event to raise funds for new adventure play equipment

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