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Ian Wood
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NHS GP - UK Medical Director Big Health (Sleepio) - Clinical Director EMIS Group - QResearch Advisory Board

All things primary care, mental health and digital therapeutics.

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Thrilled to be speaking to RCGP primary care colleagues in Scotland about sleep, insomnia and CBT on Thursday evening, in time for World Sleep Day.

Come join us if you’re free! 💤✅

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March 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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@jayrayner1.bsky.social nails it:
'There is nothing you can eat or drink that will detoxify you; that’s what your liver and kidneys are for. No healthy person needs to wear a glucose spike monitor; it’s a fad indulged by the worried well. As is the cobblers of being interested in “wellness”'
February 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
drianwood.bsky.social
As someone who works in insomnia, I can confidently say we really are not doing enough research into harnessing the soporific effects of reading bedtime stories to children….
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February 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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trishaelliott.bsky.social
I always enjoy reading @johnlauner.bsky.social’s writing in the @bmj.com.

Some important reflections on how private medicine (and dentistry) sometimes work.

I too had a recent consultation with an endodontologist. We also agreed to leave well alone!

Link if preferred:
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Personal reflection from John after seeing a private dentist: It would be easy to suspect that the Harley Street dentist was an avaricious rogue, but even I don't believe that matters are that simple. Private medicine and private dentistry have their own dynamic. At the top end, people will understandably do whatever is technologically possible, regardless of price. If state-of-the-art imaging and treatment reduces the risk of losing a couple of molars from, say, 5% to 3%, they'll do it. Just as understandably, some customers are willing and able to pay a lot for that small advantage. What gets lost in this dynamic, however, are transparency and proportionality. The Harley Street dentist never explained to me that we were dealing with those sorts of margins in terms of outcome, expenditure, and choice (nor the option of simply having the teeth removed). I had to deduce everything for myself and resist the pressure to aim for "perfect." As the system becomes pulled along by what the richest can afford rather than what's good enough and affordable for many, more people will be left behind with nothing at all. That's what the NHS was designed to prevent in the first place. John Launer,
November 30, 2024 at 9:55 AM
drianwood.bsky.social
Wow, what an incredible statement. A lot to do following this - any statement from @racgp.bsky.social ?
November 28, 2024 at 7:41 PM
drianwood.bsky.social
Well this is really handy! Thanks @euanlawson.social / @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Nov 13
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 17, 2024 at 9:58 PM
drianwood.bsky.social
👋 folks - so who can give the low down on how this works?
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM