#RCPJournalclub are we doing the simple things well enough?

Just a final point about hospital cleaners and porters 2x more likely suffer - are we doing enough for spread amongst ALL our staff?? #RCPJournalclub ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Our new paper is out! Excess cardiac deaths due to reduced attendance at emergency departments (accepted in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes) Video: youtu.be/sN___9SIB2Q Pre-print: ahajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.116… (1/12)

Read #ThreeWiseWomen Imperial College School of Medicine! Their advice over the years as PhD supervisor Helen Ward, inspirational teacher @soniakumar100 and dedicated equality and diversity champion Dr Sarah E-Q 🇬🇭🇬🇧 have served me very well indeed!😊wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/imperial-…

Kamala Harris' controversial Vogue cover reminds us that she has an important role in helping heal a fractured America. To do that, for many it's essential that she shows she's truly moved away from problematic policies and actions from her past bit.ly/3kqEnpD

💔Premature CV death rate varies in different regions of UK based on socioeconomic status. 🦠COVID has amplified this further! 🔹Impact of pandemic in the context of already existing disparities, consequences on CV health in our population huge..😧 British Heart Foundation heart.bmj.com/content/early/…

Three types of kindness seths.blog/2021/01/three-…

Imposter phenomenon is said to affect women more. But what if the idea that we are an imposter isn’t ‘all in our head’ but rather something that is fed back to us – either explicitly or implicitly? My 2020 BMJ Leader blog #IWD2021  #InternationalWomensDay blogs.bmj.com/bmjleader/2020…

I keep seeing the line 'EU is having vaccine problems because it was too slow in negotiating contracts' repeated in 🇬🇧&🇺🇸 media. I want to push back on this narrative because I think it's missing where real EU-level mistakes lie. Let's review what happened in past year (🧵1/17)

✅Calcium scores and algorithms ✅Ca2+ quantification in stent expansion prediction ✅use of imaging in optimising results- thanks for organising this fantastic training day Kalpa De Silva Divaka Perera RCP with some wonderful speakers Tom Johnson Margaret McEntegart Dr Peter O'Kane

Looking forward to #RCPjournalclub next week on the crucial issue of health #inequality, continuing the discussion started in our special issue rcpjournals.org/content/future…. Next Wednesday at 7pm - see you there!

Evening! I’m lucky enough to live in Orkney and hopefully have a long life. How can we endure my friends in Glasgow have the same ? #RCPjournalclub

#RCPjournalclub John Coggon and Jean Adams identify and explain the dynamics at play in assigning individual and social/political responsibility for health. How far should public health interventions for #obesity focus on individual decision-making? rcpjournals.org/content/future…

Death of patient who rang 999 from hospital bed could have been prevented, coroner rules independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Today’s nasty stuff about getting foreigners out of the NHS is clearly designed to distract from her CV. Recent history suggests it will work.

Thank you to @NHSX Accelerated Access Collaborative for our phase 1 award for an AI approach to BP NHLI ! #zeroCVD

"[W]e are making decisions based on incorrect assessments of risk, therefore placing these patients at a disadvantage in the healthcare that we provide. Mamas A. Mamas Khadijah Breathett, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA tctmd.com/news/grace-per…

Ana Todorovic Sam Giles Niek Buurma 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 Didn't take too long. REF Rank on X-axis (form THE) and median pay gap on Y-axis (mostly from gov.uk, those who don't report there from their own web sites).