🎉 Today's the BIG day! We are super excited to announce that Let's Grow for Educational Settings is officially launching! Head to the website to get your FREE Getting Started Guide & FREE Introductory Session straight away! letsgrow.org.uk/education #earlyyearspractitioners

Nursing ratios: It’s a false economy to think you’re saving money by having fewer nursing staff. When we talk about recruiting more nurses, often we’re met with resistance around costs. However, not investing is what is financially unsustainable…. rcn.org.uk/magazines/Opin…

I admit I really do rather enjoy it when someone uses AI/LLM to try and win a discussion and I can then get the same AI/LLM to disagree with what their AI/LLM just told them, like I'm doing now. Many don't understand AI/LLMs are full of something worse than a medieval cesspit.

Wishing the absolute legend and inspiration that is Shah Rukh Khan a happy 60th Went through school with you (Fauji); then college (DDLJ); then medical training (OSO) and now as a senior doctor (Jawaan) Keep shining bright And indeed- there is only one religion #HappyBirthdaySRK

One thing I've noticed is that many of the famous historical surgeons...didn't really let the residents do very much during the cases. Cushing was definitely guilty of this, and I've found that a large number of big-name historical surgeons were also like this. 😐

Sir Jeremy Hunt MP Learning can be done without it being classified as a never event. The opposite can also be true - a never event leading to hundreds of hours of investigatory work with no learning at all, especially if there’s pressure from a CEO. Meet surgeon for coffee instead?

Sir Jeremy Hunt MP To double down on this, as intimidating as meeting an MP is, a medic worth their salt will value meeting with you. I expect you’d both gain from an hour chatting. You’ll learn what the surgical services are really like within your hospital. They’ll learn about NHS inner workings.

689 comments on this article from 2014 about the planned increase of PAs by Sir Jeremy Hunt MP within the NHS This commenter predicted exactly what has happened 11yrs later theguardian.com/society/2014/a…

Critics of renewables often point to land use as a reason not to do wind & solar. Land use IS a real issue for all energy assets incl renewables unless onsite. But what critics conveniently forget is huge land impact of fossil fuels. Aerial view of fracking sites in Texas. 👇

It was already happening TEN YEARS ago and has got much worse See my thread about delayed discharges & bed cuts which cause blocks in the throughput in hospital. Add the appallingly bad decision to end NHS funded long term care in care homes following a report by a geriatrician

Tristan Lane Vascular Society VORTEX Imperial College London Vascular Surgery The Royal College of Surgeons of England Cambridge Vascular Unit Last chance - get those entries in! Great opportunity and £5000 in prize money for a research grant! m.youtube.com/watch?v=vN6BEB… Rouleaux Club

Department of Health and Social Care Dr Katz’s surgery gets £179 per patient per year that’s £10 more than average and £39 more than mine Maybe if Department of Health and Social Care Wes Streeting Stephen Kinnock would fund all GP practices better we all could be like Dr Katz

To every resident doctor… the next time someone tells you that the organisation values you. Remember that this is how they really feel.

We often hear from politicians about the need for rapid innovation in healthcare. But innovation must be based on sound evidence and rigorous evaluation. In healthcare, we can’t just “move fast and break things". Patient safety and cost-effectiveness must always remain paramount.

☑️ CPD Awarded! We’re delighted to announce that #VSASM2025 has been officially approved for 16 CPD hours by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Haven’t registered yet? There’s still time! Secure your place here: vascularsociety.org.uk/annual-meeting…

kulashaker thewiseparty Additionally they have ignored some of the key agreements made with the last government. A big part of which was about our malfunctioned pay review body, set up in 1960 to avoid strikes! The remit letters with context & limits are back, they told the pay review body that the

Really excited to announce the Finalists of the 2025 Venous Pump Priming Competition! Check out the videos of the finalists below and I look forward to seeing you Vascular Society next week in Hull. SVN (Society of Vascular Nurses) VascularHull RSM Venous Forum youtu.be/Yg7pyzq7XHw

youtu.be/Yg7pyzq7XHw?si… the finalists for pump priming! Awesome work everyone! Vascular Society VERN Imperial College London Vascular Surgery Hull York Medical School

It was incredible to receive this at the world's largest healthcare awards last night in London. This is well deserved recognition for our environmental sustainability programme & our incredible team. Special congrats to ross lathan for driving this. Hull York Medical School VascularHull

1️⃣ Treat diagnosis as a process, not an endpoint Diagnostic work is iterative hypothesis-testing, not a one-step assignment of a label. Move deliberately through: history → diagnostic hierarchy → formulation → only then, if useful, a categorical diagnosis.