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Lara Mitchell

@laramitchdr.bsky.social

Geriatrician. Syncope & Cardiovascular health. National clinical lead acute at Healthcare Improvement Scotland. Passionate about QI & Design Scottish Quality & Improvement Fellow And all things books & bikes #frailty #syncope #QI #CardioSky

347 Followers  |  155 Following  |  5 Posts  |  Joined: 26.11.2024
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https://www.bgs.org.uk/can-the-new-rcp-president-focus-on-the-people-who-really-matter-%E2%80%93-patients

@gerisoc.bsky.social look forward to welcoming new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President after the elections. Here we discuss importance of the new President's role in supporting the best interests of the workforce & patients, inc the ageing population @mancunianmedic.bsky.social
t.co/5QWOybSBog

18.03.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How frailty care can be so different. @laramitchdr.bsky.social gives an overview of what is happening in Scotland. Next area of focus: Improving integrated care coordination across primary, community, and acute care. @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSConf

14.03.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Check out our infographic with highlights from our @GeriSoc 2024 Cardiovascular meeting below πŸ‘‡ next meeting date for the diary πŸ—“ is 12th September in London. Keep an eye πŸ‘ on our events page for the registration!

27.02.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Clinical Inertia in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension Following Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring AbstractBackground. Clinical inertia is common when blood pressure (BP) is high in the office. Little is known about the extent of clinical inertia after a

Doctors seem so reluctant to treat
HTN...what evidence supports avoiding BP reduction to the 105-140 mm Hg range? Most hypotensive events are rare/reversible.

Clinical Inertia in the Diagnosis and Management of HTN Following Ambulatory BP Monitoring
academic.oup.com/ajh/article-...

29.12.2024 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
Culture is everyone’s business. It starts here ….

19.12.2024 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Print edition!! Yey - so happy about this and a huge well done to Henry Woodford and Dan McKenzie and a big thank you to @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/387/... pls comment! Online or here, we need a debate!

15.12.2024 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Key points made in our position statement on NHSE's temporary escalation spaces guidance, also referred to as 'Corridor Care'.

Read it in full: tinyurl.com/rcemTES

πŸ”Š Sound on for narration.

#ResuscitateEmergencyCare

18.12.2024 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Me too !

15.12.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many teams are using the excellent β€œClinical Frailty Scale” developed by the wonderful @krockdoc.bsky.social.

(Often referred to as β€œthe one with the pictures”!)

BUT it needs to be used properly, so I was pleased to see this infographic with some top tips on how to do that.

#MedSky
#GeriSky
#EOLC

28.11.2024 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
Ageing and frailty standards – Healthcare Improvement Scotland

Last week the Ageing & Frailty standards were published from Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
They cover the whole journey across health & social care. Driving improvements across the whole system.
#frailty #integration #MDT

www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications...

28.11.2024 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello ahead of the curve peeps…. @emmavardy2.bsky.social been on at me for ages to join…… feeling nervous at starting again!
Super interested to connect with you on this platform for all things #frailty #syncope #cardiovascular #QI #design

26.11.2024 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0