Lucy Pollock

Loved every minute of this. Super turn out and great questions - pills, AI, looking after someone at the end, loving life - and kisses! Really special thank you for inviting me xx

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This man is a cryptid and I both love him and am about a decade off from becoming him.

My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king

The responses to this are an utter joy and a suitably British mix of the serious, the mildly sarky and the just plain bizarre (prog rock??).

All is definitely not lost.

Toilets became free (and are still clean) in a lot of major railway stations a few years ago

Police remain relatively untooled up after a lot of pushback a couple of decades ago (though other problems remain)

Pharmacists are low key heroes in my experience

Oh yes

Bach playing in the loos at Heathrow. Flew in from Miami. What a relief, Blighty is fabulous

The passport office. Was a shambles a few years ago. Someone has totally turned it around 👏👏👏👏

Allotments. Public parks. Car boot sales. Thousands of small, local charities.

Hugely looking forward to tomorrow Tuesday evening in Chorleywood (#BestBookshopEver) chilternbookshops.co.uk/events/categ... where we’ll talk happy sad funny helpful stuff 🥳❤️

Expert Episode: How to Age Well with Dr. Lucy Pollock Podcast Episode · Therapy Works · 04/06/2025 · 1h 2m

We had such a happy time recording this. And wow @juliasamuelmbe.blueskysocial is a wise and funny woman and I wish I’d listened more and talked less! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Come what may book with cup of tea. Matching PJ trousers underneath orange / blue entirely coincidental.

Up early but I have tea and the best of company.
Looking forward to spending the next few days with @lucygobag.bsky.social this feels like a very timely book - @doctoroxford.com @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social

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How many people analysed policies before voting for Reform, the party that also voted against worker rights.

Two interesting and inspiring inaugural lectures @qmul-wiph.bsky.social yesterday and an absolute tonic to catch up with research colleagues @qmulresilience.bsky.social

A great moment for the Centre as we enjoy the inaugural lectures of both Prof Jennifer Lau and Prof Claudia Cooper, illustrating a range from youth mental health to dementia @qmul-wiph.bsky.social

One very cheery geriatrician!! Paperback coming soon and it has fab reviews. I’m so happy! www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Rule-...

Fantastic workshop on #Ageing Education hosted by @graceinvaders.bsky.social with guest speaker @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social readings about #GettingOlder and #Geriatric medicine. Excited for further innovation & collaboration via @stmonicatrust.bsky.social & @impactalliance.bsky.social !

One of the best bookshops ever. I’m honoured to be invited!

Quality of life after in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation for patients over the age of 80 years - PubMed Our results have shown that there is a risk of substantial functional decline associated with successful CPR in those patients over the age of 80 years. The majority of patients and relatives contacte...

Thanks Jo. Ok I don’t know about meth and sex! but I do know we need to listen to what people want at the end of their lives and be realistic about what we are offering pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31519712/

And launched tonight we have @acha020.bsky.social too!
(COI on my way home from the celebration event!)

@gerisoc.bsky.social @age-and-ageing.bsky.social have bagged handles but no posts as yet.

Stratford Literary Festival Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is an exciting mixture of debate, ideas, celebrity author events, workshops and humour. We run in Spring and Autumn.

I’m very excited about this - next Friday 9th at 10 am in Stratford upon avon - and I have 2 free tickets so please DM if you’d like them 🥳🥳https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/dr-lucy-pollock

Wasn’t it great! Huge well done to @graceinvaders.bsky.social and all the attendees- loads of lively thoughtful stuff about older people shaping education of those who’ll be looking after older people. Wise approach!!

Tackling medication errors: how a systems approach improves patient safety Objectives Medication errors are a leading source of preventable harm in healthcare, affecting approximately 1 in 30 patients, with a substantial proportion resulting in severe outcomes. In response, ...

doi.org/10.1136/ejhp... Super article - drug errors cause so much harm but this is an optimistic article identifying ways to help - systems, tech, support for fallible humans 👏👏👏👏

Stratford Literary Festival Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is an exciting mixture of debate, ideas, celebrity author events, workshops and humour. We run in Spring and Autumn.

And 🥳 I’m very excited about this one - we’ll be looking at happy sad important stuff about #GettingOlder and what we can change right now. Plan A: stay young forever Plan B: come along to this one! www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/dr-lu...

This is very exciting! We’re going to have a happy afternoon thinking about funny sad or important stuff - sometimes all 3 at once - about #GettingOlder and hearing from people who know what it’s all about 🥳❤️🐘❤️

Recognising the problem and calling it delirium is key. Helps GP triage. Stockport implementation of community pathway reduced transfer to ED. From 100% transferred to ED to 88% safely cared for at home. Utilising existing community teams.

Lovely! I’d love to look at what next steps -after the key one of recognising the problem - add value . 👏👏 I’ll look out for it 😁😁

Thx Lucy, yes lots of work in this field being delivered through #POPS services around the country & more such services set up. Do get in touch if interested in hearing more. @gerisoc.bsky.social @cpoc.bsky.social V happy to share resources & published work