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Katherine Walesby

@kewdoc.bsky.social

Specialist Registrar Geriatrics & Internal Medicine ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. Research interests: dementia, big data/routinely collected health data, epidemiology. Mum to a child with rare disease, and advocate for recognising lived-experience in healthcare and research.

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Great to be at the Harpa Centre in Reykjavik for the 21st EuGMS Congress www.eugms.org/events/21st-...

24.09.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"It's been a missing piece that's needed to make health respond to what patients really need."

Sophia Walker on the value of lived experience expertise.

๐Ÿ‘€ Look out for our New BMJ collection "Lived experience as expertise" launching on bmj.com on 8 July

04.07.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Diagram showcasing eight key workplace values divided into three categories: Autonomy, Belonging, and Contribution. Autonomy includes justice, fairness, influence, and work conditions. Belonging covers teamwork and culture. Contribution focuses on workload, management, supervision, and education and learning development. Each category is color-coded and connected by arrows.

Diagram showcasing eight key workplace values divided into three categories: Autonomy, Belonging, and Contribution. Autonomy includes justice, fairness, influence, and work conditions. Belonging covers teamwork and culture. Contribution focuses on workload, management, supervision, and education and learning development. Each category is color-coded and connected by arrows.

Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments. Previous studies on doctors, nurses & midwives have shown that the wellbeing of health & care staff is affected by 8 key factors, organised into 3 core needs ๐Ÿ‘‡ Read more: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

06.04.2025 13:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Protests about the disability cuts

Protests about the disability cuts

"One of the potential outcomes of these policies is to drive more sick and disabled people into poverty, which has well documented links with mental health problems."

@katiepybus.bsky.social looks at Labour's welfare reforms and their impact
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

07.04.2025 11:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Homepage | European Alternatives We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

Another vote for european-alternatives.eu - so far I've dropped a few streaming services, switched iCloud for kDrive, switched gmail for kMail with. For Amazon I've started buying direct wherever possible and I'm already finding it saving a lot of money. For photography I'm using Darktable (free)

07.04.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Groundbreaking Cambridge research indicates immunosuppression may help treat Parkinson's - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Groundbreaking Cambridge research indicates immunosuppression may help treat Parkinson's disease - results presented last weekend in Vienna

๐Ÿšจ Learn about how a trial using the immunosuppressant Azathioprine showed possible breakthrough in treating Parkinsonโ€™s disease (AZA-PD trial)
>>> bit.ly/4jlUfss

@cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cureparkinsons.org.uk #research #parkinsons

07.04.2025 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New blood test for protein troponin can improve heart attack and stroke risk prediction A simple ยฃ5 blood test for the protein troponin could predict a person's risk of heart attacks and strokes with greater accuracy than ever before, research suggests.

medicalxpress.com/news/2025-04...

07.04.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just amazing to see our daughter enjoying ice skating at Murrayfield (Edinburgh) with her school class group @team-oaklands.bsky.social with @kewdoc.bsky.social #edinburgh #Inclusion #specialneeds

26.02.2025 06:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

23.01.2025 22:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! It was so lovely to meet you and the other examiners in person today - with lots of interesting discussion. Itโ€™s been a long journey but so grateful to be at the finish line! Thanks also to my incredible supervisors Dr Tom Russ and @susanshenkin.bsky.social

22.01.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you and for all your incredible support over the years!

22.01.2025 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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