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Geek. Christian. Husband. Father. Belfast born and bred. Advanced Oncology Pharmacist/Team leader.

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Pretty similar to the PSG game. Three centre backs and Willock supporting Woltemade and Gordon

04.02.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Blue graphic with black text which reads, "World Cancer Day, 4 February"

Blue graphic with black text which reads, "World Cancer Day, 4 February"

In the UK, nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime. Today is World Cancer Day – a global day to raise awareness of cancer, and take action against it 🌍

Share this post to help us raise awareness.

#WorldCancerDay #WCD2026

04.02.2026 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

Unfortunately I cannot see the full article, due to the paywall (not complaining)

My take is that the hit rate has generally been good. Not that many have not worked out.

Some have taken time and I think we should give Elanga time.

Hall barely played when he was on loan and look at him now

04.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is essentially the political equivalent of transfer window gossip.

Not sure that it is of any real use

27.01.2026 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be terrible for the country. Hopefully we come to our collective senses in time

13.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another tribute to King Kev

10.01.2026 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#watchmen #davidbowie #drmanhattan

08.01.2026 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Miyazaki and Totoro

Miyazaki and Totoro

Happy 85th to the master--Hayao Miyazaki.

05.01.2026 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Job vacancy: Directorate Lead Pharmacist- Cancer Services, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham | trac.jobs

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

Directorate Lead Pharmacist - Cancer Services, Nottingham University Hospitals

This is an exciting new role in the NUH cancer pharmacy team, and increases the senior leadership capacity in our team

www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Notti...

@bopa.org.uk
#NHSJobs

29.12.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This would be terrible for the country. Hopefully we come to our collective senses in time

04.01.2026 13:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy new year from Studio Ghibli (illustration by Hayao Miyazaki)

www.ghibli.jp/info/014035/

01.01.2026 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Job Advert

And the NHS Jobs link

www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...

30.12.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Job vacancy: Directorate Lead Pharmacist- Cancer Services, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham | trac.jobs

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

Directorate Lead Pharmacist - Cancer Services, Nottingham University Hospitals

This is an exciting new role in the NUH cancer pharmacy team, and increases the senior leadership capacity in our team

www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Notti...

@bopa.org.uk
#NHSJobs

29.12.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“£ Registration for #ELCC26 is open! Join us in Copenhagen, 25–28 March, for cutting-edge science and global networking.
⏰ Early rates until 21 Jan.

πŸ”— https://ow.ly/mAHv50XBJQL
Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of #LungCancer care!

15.12.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Not sure if you are being completely serious, but he is captain, not copyright

06.12.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different

04.12.2025 09:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2839    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 44
Some numbers have been crunched by Cancer Research UK, using the latest data from the UK National Screening Committee.

They calculate that if you test 1,000 men aged 50 to 60:

Twenty-eight: Would be diagnosed with prostate cancer
Two: Lives would be saved
Twenty: Would be "over-diagnosed" meaning a slow-growing tumour that doesn't need treating would be found
Twelve: Men are then likely to have treatment like surgery or radiotherapy that doesn't benefit them, but comes with harms potentially including being unable to control your bladder or maintain an erection

Some numbers have been crunched by Cancer Research UK, using the latest data from the UK National Screening Committee. They calculate that if you test 1,000 men aged 50 to 60: Twenty-eight: Would be diagnosed with prostate cancer Two: Lives would be saved Twenty: Would be "over-diagnosed" meaning a slow-growing tumour that doesn't need treating would be found Twelve: Men are then likely to have treatment like surgery or radiotherapy that doesn't benefit them, but comes with harms potentially including being unable to control your bladder or maintain an erection

This is the reasoning from @cancerresearchuk.org for those who haven't read it. Quite important context whether you agree with the conclusion or not.

28.11.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you and Stewart just do a podcast together where you just chat about the state of the world for 30 min?

28.11.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You have to admit that the amount of briefing and leaking was out of hand this time round.

At what point does the information coming out and then changing due to the reaction create more uncertainty, which the markets hate?

26.11.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope this helps her quit her lollygagging

26.11.2025 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mounjaro health benefits found to reverse one year after stopping drug People who stop using the weight-loss drug Mounjaro (tirzepatide; Eli Lilly) can regain weight and experience reversal of other health benefits, a study has found. Analysis of the SURMOUNT-4 trial,…

Results from the SURMOUNT-4 trial have revealed that stopping #Mounjaro treatment can cause weight regain and reversal of other health benefits

#tirzepatide #weightloss #weightlossmedicine #SURMOUNT
buff.ly/eaNwRgT

25.11.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who could possibly have predicted Boris would be an unsuitable PM during Covid?

20.11.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 468    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 5

Clacton is the least likely place to find Farage, surely?

20.11.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rapid review finds no clear link between autism and paracetamol in pregnancy An evidence review has found no clear link between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. In their rapid umbrella review published in…

An evidence review has found no clear link between #paracetamol use in #pregnancy and #autism or #ADHD in children

11.11.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chemotherapy for 13,000 patients at risk owing to 'significant' aseptic capacity issue, warns ex-NHS England lead Aseptic services should be β€œringfenced” amid cuts to NHS England trusts, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was told at an inquiry into medicine security. Speaking at the inquiry on 5…

Aseptic services should be β€œringfenced” amid cuts to NHS England trusts, the House of Lords Public Services Committee was told at an inquiry into medicine security

#ukpharmacy #aseptic

07.11.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Becoming a prescriber
Pharmacy guide

Becoming a prescriber Pharmacy guide

Are you thinking about becoming a prescriber?

Follow our four steps to become a safe and confident prescriber.

The guide also covers how to choose your scope of practice and find a DPP, including explaining the role to potential DPPs.

Read now: https://ow.ly/byTo50XkOKn

06.11.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dan Burn wonder header! #NUFC

05.11.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 9
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a man in a suit and tie says ich nichten lichten in front of a building . ALT: a man in a suit and tie says ich nichten lichten in front of a building .
04.11.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Strong Message Here - Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee find the sources of deep disillusionment in this country.

This week: Deep Disillusionment with Stewart Lee. Does what it says in the title. And then some. #StrongMessageHere www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

31.10.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4
1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area

2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction

3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster β€˜X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it

Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…

4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely 

[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over

5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat 

[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster

Minister:
I understand your concerns…

6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?

Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters

7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian 

[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]

Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love

8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to

[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]

9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR

[woman looks baffled]

10
woman:
I just want a bus service 

Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG 
[produces a St George's flag]

[ends]

1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster β€˜X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]

19.10.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3370    πŸ” 1573    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 90

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