David Watchorn

Feeling a pang of sadness ahead of IMT changeover …

Of course it’s better to prevent asthma attacks - and most are preventable. Please share this podcast on managing attacks in primary care. 1) ginasthma.org/gina-podcasts/ ; and
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Trying to keep clinic running on time with all the hard stops in EPIC 😥

Long piece in the Sunday Times about Clement Atlee's grandson potentially losing his seat in the House of Lords... and how unfair this is because his grandfather "gave Britain the NHS."

Something something "expertise."

Absolutely preposterous. Much like the House of Lords.

Thanks! But @abalkina.bsky.social created the wonderful advent calendar, not us. We were happy to highlight it in our daily newsletter today.

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Medical management of inpatients with tobacco dependency
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It would be good to see other academics who are members of the Royal Society taking a similar stand

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 🚨Important update on the physician associates scandal

The Gov’t has acknowledged a safety issue with the employment of physician associates & has ordered a review of their role in the NHS

If you are not yet with the issues involved watch my last report

Gov’t now needs to say how NHS will keep patients safe during this review
youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...

Nigel Farage’s anti-WHO campaign has link to nicotine products industry Action on World Health co-founder’s firm provides services to organisation that advocates for nicotine pouches

Nigel Farage’s group campaigning against the WHO is staffed by consultants who work with the nicotine products industry. Via the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And set alerts!

Hello! Looking for new bluesky gang who care about the NHS!

Twitter is a truly terrible place and I’m sure many of us were connected on there. Could you like and share this, and I’ll follow you back? Ju🤞💙