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Dr Claire Carswell
@clairecarswell.bsky.social
NIHR Advanced Fellow UoY DOHS looking at kidney disease & severe mental illness | RMN | Medical art enthusiast
📣New Publication!📣

The findings from the ACORN study (funded by @mariecurieuk.bsky.social ) have now been published!

Thank you everyone who worked on this, supported us, and took the time to speak to us!

Read our findings here:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#KidneyDiseaseResearch
A qualitative exploration of cAregiver experienCes Of conseRvatively maNaged kidney failure: the ACORN study - BMC Nephrology
Introduction Patients with kidney failure who are older, frail and have multiple conditions can choose not to receive dialysis and instead receive conservative management, which focuses on symptom man...
doi.org
July 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Traditional first birthday present from Auntie Claire - a kidney 🫘

#NephSky
April 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Reposted by Dr Claire Carswell
URGENT - there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨

EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir
Urgent Action Needed: Tell Keir Starmer to Keep the NHS Out of US Trade Deals
bit.ly
April 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
📢 New publication from the DIAMONDS programme 📢

The protocol for the definitive trial looking at the effectiveness of a self management intervention for people with type 2 #diabetes and severe #mentalillness is now publsihed in BMJ Open.
#healthresearch #trials

bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/1...
DIAMONDS—a diabetes self-management intervention for people with severe mental illness: protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre trial
Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is two to three times more common in people with severe mental illness (SMI) than in the general population. Supporting self-management in diabetes is fund...
bmjopen.bmj.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Staying cosy 🥰🐍
March 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's #WorldKidneyDay - So here are my polycystic kidney disease illustrations from the past few years.

Look after your beans!
March 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Dr Claire Carswell
#AreYourKidneysOK? Today is World Kidney Day! We've put together a search of our resources to help you find the most up-to-date information on Kidney health, which you can view here: buff.ly/AccFfzJ
March 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reposted by Dr Claire Carswell
Happy World Kidney Day!
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
📢New publication!📢
1st journal article from my NIHR Advanced Fellowship: protocol for a systematic review on the prevalence of #kidneydisease among people with severe #mentalillness

Read it @plosone.org :

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review protocol
Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) are more likely to develop long-term physical health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, compared to people without SMI...
journals.plos.org
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📢New Editorial📢 - 'The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect' @becky-n.bsky.social and I wrote a brief overview of the issue for Kidney News - you can read it here:
doi.org/10.62716/kn....
The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect
"The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect" published on 08 Jan 2025 by American Society of Nephrology.
doi.org
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by Dr Claire Carswell
Delighted to announce submissions are now open for #Film #Devour #short #film #festival #36 #belfast #ni #northernireland

The rules: (1) Need to be 15 minutes or under (2) Have a connection to NI (3) Made in last 18 months

Link for submission form below

forms.gle/55zhrqnvxRxm...
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I am yearning for a rewatch already. 🧛🏻‍♂️
January 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Between nibblings, best man duties, and starting a fellowship, I didn’t get a lot of time to draw in 2024 and only finished three illustrations.

Would love to draw more in 2025, but we’ll see what happens!
January 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I introduced my two-year-old nephew to The Nightmare Before Christmas yesterday, and already we’ve watched it three times 🙌🏻👏🏻👻
December 27, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Not too bad a view up here in #Scotland
December 26, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Merry Christmas, and yippe-ki-yay, to all 🎄🎅🏼
December 25, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Dr Claire Carswell
Invitation: If you are a UK-based researcher, or clinician conducting palliative care research, please complete our brief survey to help funders understand what is needed to sustain and grow palliative care research in the UK. Now open until 12.1.25:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...
December 16, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Large #haemangioma illustration, #ink on paper.

Reference photo from the account Soviet_maxillofacial on IG.

#medicalhistory #medicalart #medicalillustration
December 15, 2024 at 11:17 PM