Lucy Pollock

Ready for the @ukhahsoc.bsky.social Conference tomorrow @rcpedin.bsky.social great chance to learn, discuss and network. #HospitalAtHome #HaHConf2026 @shelaghor.bsky.social @emmavardy2.bsky.social @charrisphysio.bsky.social @sophiemcglen.bsky.social @danlasserson.bsky.social

Fab study @sonyabushell.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏👏

This study suggests that #AdvanceCarePlanning may be well-received and could be discussed earlier with adults living with long-term conditions, before onset of advanced illness or severe frailty doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @sonyabushell.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare

Couldn’t agree more - it’s now a routine part of my outpatient assessment as well as inpatient. Patients understand it’s an evolving document and their wishes can change. We do it together and put it on Somerset’s fab electronic TEP there and then. Much relief.

Words in Watchet Somerset Literary Festival

wordsinwatchet.com Fab new small but growing festival in Watchet - poetry nature fantasy games and more, and I’ll be talking interesting sad funny important stuff about #GettingOlder on Sat 21st Feb please share and come along, bring BF mum grandad son or neighbour!

Flu kills healthy kids. And many other people. If you haven’t got vaccinated yet this year there is still time

I think I got a bit fierce about the so called ‘frailty index’ as created in various poor iterations for use in cardiovascular trials. Not the FI as a geriatrician knows it.. I didn’t say fraud but others have 😬

Haven’t watched the tv version yet. Recovering from the brilliant book! Love the look of this one, thanks Emma. Have you read black river? I loved it

Jeepers what did I say? 😝😝- I had a great time and learned lots thanks @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app

Two brilliant books

The level of #Frailty in #Cardiovascular trial participants isn’t always assessed w due care, so applicability to a wider popn isn’t as straightforward as some triallists would claim academic.oup.com/ageing/article… - editorial to accompany great study by Bousetta et al @emmavardy2.bsky.social

This is a good list. Its actually an excellent list.

I should have expected it, but it still shocks me how little news orgs care about the fact that corruption has destroyed nearly all consumer/labor/environmental/public safety protection and corporate oversight during Trump's second term

media ownership supports this outcome

Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.

The sad thing isn’t really the difference in perceived and real loneliness - it’s that so many people are actually lonely

A Dylon pod in the washing machine and they look like new (apart from the holes… )

🎄🎄🎄The most uplifting event of the season! It’s free, no ticket needed, donstions welcomed and a warm glow guaranteed www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/act... 11am this Wednesday

Oh that’s lovely many congrats!

Rise of LEDs

A new #BMJInvestigation finds that thousands of locally employed doctors are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national safeguards.

Experts warn that the NHS is effectively “behaving like a gig economy employer”
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

YouTube video by The Booker Prizes Penelope Lively on why children's books matter | The Booker Prize

‘Why children's books matter’ – the keynote speech at the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony was given by Penelope Lively, the only author to have won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for children's writing.

youtu.be/a8SdOg94uiQ

Liz Orton introduces FLEXI study about implementation of FAME - physical activity programme for #olderpeople @gerisoc #bgsconf @arc-em

Crime survey for England Wales, showing strong decline since 1996. Source: Office for National Statistics. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2025

UK prison population, showing major rise in England and Wales during the period in which crime has fallen. Source: House of Commons Library https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04334/

1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes.
On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
On the right is the UK prison population.
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The non clinician has a very key role in all this! Much appreciated Simon

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Lovely article ❤️🙂I’m glad your dear Ma had a peaceful ending - it can be done well and @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social is helping lots of us understand death and prepare better. Check out @drpoco.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social for her fab talk on ordinary dying today #bgsconf

Good question. I’d base this on family/carer report. If they feel dementia drugs aren’t giving a meaningful improvement, best stop. They can worsen incontinence agitation unsteadiness. Agree re domino ad but this was average result. Some wd be better on Rx, others no difference. Is that sensible?

Drum roll!! This is a very special document and will CHANGE PRACTICE www.bgs.org.uk/PragmaticPre...

Posters | British Geriatrics Society

all the posters from @gerisoc #bgsconf

www.bgs.org.uk/posters

@emmavardy2.bsky.social your name mentioned! We all need a shared care record like that used in Greater Manchester!