Thank you for our compensation payment Northern Powergrid for the several days we were without power following #stormarwen Before I bank the cheque however, are you 100% certain you can afford this? #trillionpounds

The news just now from RECOVERY is another massive improvement in care of patients with Covid-19. It also has implications for how we treat, and study, other life-threatening disease. 1/n

Today we have a lovely lunch for our Lead Nurse Debbie McCann who will be retiring on Friday after 16 yrs in the team. Thank you to Debbie for her dedication and support over the years. She’ll certainly be missed by staff and patients but we hope she enjoys her retirement

As much as we all love and admire Kevin, we should probably all take 3 minutes to donate a tenner. Think of what he has given. 👍

One of our long stay #rehablegend finally went to the ward after 3.5 months on ICU. Very pleased to visit her today 🎉 A real MDT effort - medical team, excellent nursing care (including hair dye & weekly manicure!), physio, dietician, SLT, pharmacy & special help from NWVU 👏👏

In collaboration with British Thoracic Society (BTS) we have published guidance on Models of Care for Specialised Weaning Units (SWU) ⤵️ bit.ly/ICS_BTS_SWUgui… This document provides guidance on the standards of care, resourcing, and infrastructure for this enhanced care area.

The government has sold the Oxford Vaccination production unit to an American Company for £200m Built in 2014 to respond to Ebola and absolutely essential during Covid, we will not have it for the next pandemic. It would cost just £5m a year to keep open. Another Conservative

1/29 We need to talk about these graphs 👇 We have nurses & junior doctors on strike & consultants potentially joining them very soon. Lets talk about inflation & pay. How to fix this car crash (& perhaps more importantly, how NOT to). Please read full 🧵 to end and share / RT

'I knew how much it meant to him' Kevin Sinfield spoke to #BBCBreakfast after carrying his friend Rob Burrow over the line at the end of the Leeds marathon named after his friend and rugby league legend bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

I see Bath have completely sold out for next season. Congratulations to them. Come on Northerners, let’s try and emulate them. Would be great to fill the stadium every game next season so you can help us on our way to Twickenham again!💪 Northernrugbymatters👍

This is such a tragic shame for a huge amount of people who benefit from lung volume recruitment. A cheap easy to use and maintain device which is a lifeline for many. Credit to NIPPY by Breas for taking this on years ago & being our supply lifeline - we are forever grateful

This online course aims to provide a comprehensive update on both acute NIV and the provision of home ventilation. It will include cutting-edge reviews of the use of NIV on the ward, in the ICU and at home. Learn more and book your place: bit.ly/3vpFsJN #RespEd

Manu Sánchez Marieke Duiverman Sophia Schiza ERS SeparRespira Manchester (>10k patients on cpap and >2k patients on niv) would be keen to support this collaboration. Please, dm if interested.

This looks absolutely fantastic! Potential for VR in tracheostomy education! I love how innovative this is and can't wait to hear more about the outcomes! Well done everyone involved!

Congrats on DRatano on leading this new publication (years in the making). In silico trials offer a novel means to explore heterogeneity of treatment effect, assess feasibility, and develop tailored interventions in respiratory failure. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Fantastic to see this published from British Thoracic Society (BTS). A simple framework to diagnose and treat tobacco dependency that every hospital clinician in every specialty could implement & deliver substantial benefits - the building blocks framework brit-thoracic.org.uk/document-libra…

Wes Streeting Thanks for asking As some one who has worked in the NHS for 35 yrs and examined its working throughout that time my list of what needs changing would start with Stop breaking the system by defunding it in the name of efficiency. It is way beyond the point at which trying to cut

Delighted to share our study from North East Assisted Ventilation Service Critical care outcomes in people with LD are good. Retrospective data do not support withholding critical care in this patient group (as observed in previous literature). Challenge therapeutic nihilism! tinyurl.com/3dxsan8m