Lorna Murphy

Breast cancer symptoms, early diagnosis of cancer generally increases the chances of successful treatment. Nipple changes, bloody discharge, lump in the breast, change in breast colour, pitting of the breast skin, breast or nipple pain.

Symptoms of #BreastCancer can include:
A breast lump or thickening, often without pain
Change in size, shape or appearance of the breast
Dimpling, redness, pitting or other changes in the skin
Change in nipple appearance
Abnormal or bloody fluid from the nipple

100% agree with this

We're Breast Cancer Now We’re here to change the lives of people affected by breast cancer. How? By combining the power of research and support.

breastcancernow.org
October is breast cancer awareness month 🩷 If you don’t already check your breasts then now is a really good time to start

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Let’s make breast cancer history (breast cancer is striked out in the creative)

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

#BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally and represents approximately a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

Let's get this to 2 million!
Do not introduce Digital ID cards - Petitions share.google/yrbJu69IDd3s...

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Empty room for Netanyahu

Have you made your organ and tissue donation decision known? Don’t leave your loved ones in doubt.

Find out more at www.organdonation.scot

#LeaveNoDoubt

Help shape the future of intensive care research Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Were you in ICU, or are you a relative of someone who was? If so, the Intensive Care Society wants to hear from you, the patients and families, about your experiences of ICU, in order to identify their top research priorities. Take part here: bit.ly/JLAPSP-ICU

Me today…

'In Scotland I can pursue medicine dreams the Taliban took away' Omulbanin Sultani was among a group of Afghan medical students able to continue their studies in Scotland after the Taliban seized control of the country.

"I hope there comes a day in Afghanistan when women can do whatever they want."

It's a year since we helped bring 19 female Afghan medical students to Scotland to continue their studies.

Omulbanin Sultani reflects on her life before and since then: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🛌 Preventing ICU-Acquired Weakness

This umbrella review of seven systematic reviews found that starting rehabilitation within 1–3 days of ICU admission was associated with a 13% lower risk of ICU-acquired weakness.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

@baccnuk.bsky.social

We are pleased to share new guidance on “The Decision Making and Transfer of Critically Ill Adults to Their Preferred Place of Death” – providing a framework to help healthcare teams navigate one of the most sensitive and important decisions in end-of-life care.

Can the swimmer position for the upper limbs during prone ventilation lead to brachial plexus injury in ICU patients with ARDS?

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

#NICCJournal #CriticalCareNursing #ProneVentilation #ARDS #BrachialPlexusInjury #SwimmerPosition #ICUResearch @baccnuk.bsky.social

If a nurse wrote down your story while you were unconscious in the ICU... would you want to read it?

Explore how nurse-written diaries are changing lives, one entry at a time.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc.7…

#SundayReflections #ICUDiaries #PatientRecovery @baccnuk.bsky.social

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies

There is no justification on earth for blocking deliveries of baby formula to starving babies and mothers.

What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Dani Garavelli · ‘Bang! I was out’: On Drug Consumption Rooms For some critics, providing a safe space to inject seems too much like enabling or endorsing drug taking. But for those...

“There’s only so many times you can be lucky, sweetheart.” I spent several days at The Thistle - the UK’s first safer drug consumption facility - talking to staff & users. Here is the piece I wrote for the @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The replies to this post are wonderful

How did my MP vote on reforms to the benefits system? Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

Find out if your MP voted for the rights of disabled people, or against, here:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Half of UK adults worried about painful death Almost half (47%) of UK adults are worried that they or their loved ones will have a painful or undignified death, according to a survey commissioned by King’s College London.

Improving palliative and end-of-life care has never been more important.

I am thrilled to announce the Impact Centre for Palliative and End-of-Life Care, which will accelerate better care for dying people by closing the gap between evidence and practice.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/half-of...

Two people on a motorcycle one in a clown mask the other in a wolf mask riding through the Scottish highlands

Brilliant night at the Kings Theatre Glasgow to see Restless Natives the musical - we absolutely loved it

The Intensive Care Society welcomes the important report published by the Palliative Care Commission - we believe there is significant potential to improve how palliative care is delivered within intensive care settings.

Read our full statement below👇

bit.ly/pallcarecomm...

Great idea. Will look forward to hearing more

A set of eight rectangular cookies arranged on a square white plate against a dark wooden background. Each cookie is inspired by a wallpaper design by Morris & Co. The patterns represented feature different floral and leaf shapes in shades of baby blue, soft pink, leafy green, mustard yellow, cream, and dark grey.

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵

First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

🛏️Can getting patients moving early really reduce ICU stays? This systematic review and meta-analysis says yes, and nurses are central to making it happen.

🧾 Read the full study: doi.org/10.1111/nicc...

#CriticalCareNursing #EarlyMobilisation #ICURecovery @baccnuk.bsky.social

A spirited response from Michael Rosen
to Keir Starmer's bigoted comment about
an Island of Strangers

An illustration of the Earth with nurse caps scattered across different continents, symbolizing global migration of nurses. Text reads: “1 in 7 nurses practices in a country different from where they were born.”

Globally, one nurse in seven and nearly a quarter in high-income countries are foreign-born, highlighting reliance on international migration.

More in the State of the World’s Nursing Report 👉 bit.ly/4dcr5dz #InternationalNursesDay

YouTube video by RCN International Nurses' Day 2025

Nursing staff make the best moments of someone’s life possible, and the worst moments bearable.

Join us in celebrating nursing staff everywhere – watch and share our film, and tell us why you agree nursing is worth fighting for.

#InternationalNursesDay
#NursesDay

rcn.org.uk/nursesday

Statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation for children in the Gaza Strip after two months of aid blockade

“For two months, children in the Gaza Strip have faced relentless bombardments while being deprived of essential goods, services and lifesaving care. With each passing day of the aid blockade, they face the growing risk of starvation, illness and death – nothing can justify this."

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To all those who celebrate… #InternationalStarWarsDay