Drcjar
@drcjar.bsky.social
Consultant in Respiratory and Acute Medicine @NHSHomerton, academic @QMUL, adviser @nhs_rho. Cancer, pleural, asthma, OLD, ILD, sickle cell, epidemiology, and more.
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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
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A fantastic teaching example of a predictor being misinterpreted as having a causal effect.
#CausalSky #EpiSky
#CausalSky #EpiSky
First week 'critical' to avoid children missing school later, parents told
Data suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent.
www.bbc.com
August 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A fantastic teaching example of a predictor being misinterpreted as having a causal effect.
#CausalSky #EpiSky
#CausalSky #EpiSky
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The Wikipedia page on Simpson's paradox contains a really nice visualisation of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson...
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Wikipedia page on Simpson's paradox contains a really nice visualisation of it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson...
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One day to go until @nhshackday.com #29 in Belfast! #nhshd29
We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend!
We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event!
We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend!
We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event!
October 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
One day to go until @nhshackday.com #29 in Belfast! #nhshd29
We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend!
We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event!
We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend!
We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event!
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The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social
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Whenever I see stories like the below. I am reminded of the excellent paper @felly500.bsky.social shared from @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Showed that mostly expensive new drugs generate less impact than investing the same amount into other areas of health.
NHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warns
The claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Whenever I see stories like the below. I am reminded of the excellent paper @felly500.bsky.social shared from @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Showed that mostly expensive new drugs generate less impact than investing the same amount into other areas of health.
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Last month I attended the incredible Donald Rodney exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social and panel discussion. His powerful work, shaped by his lived experience of sickle cell, explored important themes of chronic illness and Britain's colonial past
May 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Last month I attended the incredible Donald Rodney exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social and panel discussion. His powerful work, shaped by his lived experience of sickle cell, explored important themes of chronic illness and Britain's colonial past
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Our work examining disparities in investment care for sickle cell compared with cystic fibrosis and haemophilia is highlighted here.
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Our work examining disparities in investment care for sickle cell compared with cystic fibrosis and haemophilia is highlighted here.
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Yesterday we launched our report with the @nhs-rho.bsky.social and @sicklecelluk.bsky.social highlighting disparities in funding and support for sickle cell yesterday in the House of Lords on #WorldSickleCellDay. Read our report and key recommendations here nhsrho.org/research/sic...
June 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Yesterday we launched our report with the @nhs-rho.bsky.social and @sicklecelluk.bsky.social highlighting disparities in funding and support for sickle cell yesterday in the House of Lords on #WorldSickleCellDay. Read our report and key recommendations here nhsrho.org/research/sic...
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Our work highlights the need for greater investment into #sicklecell and better data to increase clinical trials, research publications and drug approvals #sicklecellawarenessmonth @nhs-rho.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our work highlights the need for greater investment into #sicklecell and better data to increase clinical trials, research publications and drug approvals #sicklecellawarenessmonth @nhs-rho.bsky.social
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🔔 Our new article published in @thelancethaem.bsky.social showed that #sicklecell had the lowest research funding per person compared to cystic fibrosis and haemophilia and despite sickle cell being more prevalent it had the lowest proportion of clinical trials and drug approvals bit.ly/4gusj5H
Indicators of inequity in research and funding for sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia: a descriptive comparative study
Sickle cell disease, one of the most common genetic conditions in the UK, is often considered a neglected disorder, but rigorous quantitative evidence…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🔔 Our new article published in @thelancethaem.bsky.social showed that #sicklecell had the lowest research funding per person compared to cystic fibrosis and haemophilia and despite sickle cell being more prevalent it had the lowest proportion of clinical trials and drug approvals bit.ly/4gusj5H
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Tickets now available for the next NHS Hack Day!
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ nhshackday.com/tickets?src=...
Not able to make it to Belfast? Join our mailing list for notification about other events: nhshackday.com/subscribe
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ nhshackday.com/tickets?src=...
Not able to make it to Belfast? Join our mailing list for notification about other events: nhshackday.com/subscribe
July 23, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Tickets now available for the next NHS Hack Day!
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ nhshackday.com/tickets?src=...
Not able to make it to Belfast? Join our mailing list for notification about other events: nhshackday.com/subscribe
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ nhshackday.com/tickets?src=...
Not able to make it to Belfast? Join our mailing list for notification about other events: nhshackday.com/subscribe
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Save the Date for the next NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ Join our mailing list for a notification when tickets get released: nhshackday.com/subscribe
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ Join our mailing list for a notification when tickets get released: nhshackday.com/subscribe
July 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Save the Date for the next NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ Join our mailing list for a notification when tickets get released: nhshackday.com/subscribe
🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025
📍 In Belfast
🎟️ Join our mailing list for a notification when tickets get released: nhshackday.com/subscribe
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UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’
UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’
Study commissioned by NHS finds that sickle cell disease care lags behind that for conditions such as cystic fibrosis
People living with sickle cell disease face substandard care as its treatment significantly lags behind advances relating to other genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis, a report has found.
The study, commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory and carried out by researchers at Imperial College London, analysed various measures of care for sickle cell disease between 2010 and 2024, including clinical trials, approved drugs and reviews of existing studies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’
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Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear? Thanks to @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social for their analysis in The Sunday Times this week: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/re...
Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear?
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
June 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Resident doctor pay: How do different methods affect how pay changes appear? Thanks to @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social for their analysis in The Sunday Times this week: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/re...
deathlessons.org updated to March 2025, this update also brings significant improvements in data extraction and, currently, somewhat breaks metadata. it's a WIP.
deathlessons.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
deathlessons.org updated to March 2025, this update also brings significant improvements in data extraction and, currently, somewhat breaks metadata. it's a WIP.
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The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched its new strategy for 2025-27. The strategy outlines robust, co-designed ambitions and frames for a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system for all.
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...
April 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has launched its new strategy for 2025-27. The strategy outlines robust, co-designed ambitions and frames for a more inclusive and equitable healthcare system for all.
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...
Access the strategy here: www.nhsrho.org/wp-content/u...
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Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today and over the coming days. A time for celebration and for reflection. A time to remember the vulnerable and marginalised - those suffering in conflicts and from natural disasters.
March 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Eid Mubarak to those celebrating today and over the coming days. A time for celebration and for reflection. A time to remember the vulnerable and marginalised - those suffering in conflicts and from natural disasters.
Is anyone else rocking the intersect of having dabbled with vim and cerner? Vim snippets->cerner auto texts. What an exciting journey I begin.
March 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Is anyone else rocking the intersect of having dabbled with vim and cerner? Vim snippets->cerner auto texts. What an exciting journey I begin.
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Very sad. So many good doctors driven to either leaving the NHS or taking their own lives.
This is a fiercely sad and damning piece about the reality of one of our most admired professions. What a terrible fate for a dedicated man www.the-londoner.co.uk/nhs-doctor-s...
The lonely death of Dr Jagdip Sidhu
He was a rising star of the NHS. Could his work have contributed to his death?
www.the-londoner.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Very sad. So many good doctors driven to either leaving the NHS or taking their own lives.
@nhshackday.com 28! presentations are up nhshackday.com/events/2025/... sad I missed the it, deeply impressive people, projects, and community #nhshd28
NHS Hack Day | Geeks who love the NHS - Cardiff
nhshackday.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
@nhshackday.com 28! presentations are up nhshackday.com/events/2025/... sad I missed the it, deeply impressive people, projects, and community #nhshd28
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Small cell in never smokers. On the rise for unknow reasons and a different biology. Having recently encountered my first patient who’s a never smoker(and no alcohol or recreational drugs), with extensive stage disease this insight is fascinating @stephenvliu.bsky.social #BTOG25
March 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Small cell in never smokers. On the rise for unknow reasons and a different biology. Having recently encountered my first patient who’s a never smoker(and no alcohol or recreational drugs), with extensive stage disease this insight is fascinating @stephenvliu.bsky.social #BTOG25
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If your patient leaves your clinic after a diagnosis of #lungcancer & they don’t have NRT +/- varenicline/ cytisine you are failing them. We need to sort this out. Thanks #BTOG25 for giving me energy to try again to remove the barriers & fox this for our patients in SE London
We really need to make sure people know this!! It’s never too late to quit smoking. Treating tobacco dependence is cancer treatment! We would not let this survival benefit pass us by of this was a new oncology drug. #BTOG25
So what's the point in quitting smoking once you've already been diagnosed with cancer?
Quitting in the first 6 months could add extra years to survival!
#BTOG25
Quitting in the first 6 months could add extra years to survival!
#BTOG25
March 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If your patient leaves your clinic after a diagnosis of #lungcancer & they don’t have NRT +/- varenicline/ cytisine you are failing them. We need to sort this out. Thanks #BTOG25 for giving me energy to try again to remove the barriers & fox this for our patients in SE London
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Great diagnostics session at #BTOG25 highlighting value of pillars of #lifestylemedicine as cancer treatment. Treat tobacco dependence, support to exercise, pay attention to wellbeing. Great to hear focus on healthy eating in #prehab too!
March 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great diagnostics session at #BTOG25 highlighting value of pillars of #lifestylemedicine as cancer treatment. Treat tobacco dependence, support to exercise, pay attention to wellbeing. Great to hear focus on healthy eating in #prehab too!