@maherjane
@maherjane.bsky.social
Retired Oncologist, previously NHS leadership stuff, CMO Macmillan cancer support, NED at NHS Hospital . Holding on to hope for NHS (by a thread) #notmycat #lateonsetrockchick #cancerSurvivorship
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I was looking at some Scottish cause of death data yesterday and the extent to which transport accident deaths in young men have all but disappeared is pretty remarkable.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I was looking at some Scottish cause of death data yesterday and the extent to which transport accident deaths in young men have all but disappeared is pretty remarkable.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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Please know that NHS doctors & nurses like me would never urge you to do something that could endanger your child.
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
nhs.uk
July 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Please know that NHS doctors & nurses like me would never urge you to do something that could endanger your child.
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
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There's a lot that England's social care sector can learn from Covid-19, both from the experience here and from that of other countries.
Read the blog from @natashacurry.bsky.social for the four key building blocks of a resilient social care system, based on our research findings.
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Read the blog from @natashacurry.bsky.social for the four key building blocks of a resilient social care system, based on our research findings.
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Looking back to move forward: what can other countries’ Covid experiences tell us about building a resilient care system?
As the Hallett Inquiry turns its focus to social care this week, this blog draws on a set of international case studies being published by Nuffield Trust and LSE's Care Policy and Evaluation Centre…
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
July 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There's a lot that England's social care sector can learn from Covid-19, both from the experience here and from that of other countries.
Read the blog from @natashacurry.bsky.social for the four key building blocks of a resilient social care system, based on our research findings.
buff.ly/5H8bmXp
Read the blog from @natashacurry.bsky.social for the four key building blocks of a resilient social care system, based on our research findings.
buff.ly/5H8bmXp
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Plenty studies showing that your postcode is a better predictor of your health outcomes than your genome.
The BBC & Telegraph are trailing Wes Streeting’s technophile health plans, including genomic mapping at birth.
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
Is this really gonna transform the NHS into a prevention service within 10 yrs, as Wes claims? For v rare genetic conditions, praps. But for the real burden of disease?
Thoughts, #medsky?
June 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Plenty studies showing that your postcode is a better predictor of your health outcomes than your genome.
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Welcome to my world. #academicsky
Machine learning study of 1,700 economic seminars finds female speakers are interrupted earlier and more frequently than their male counterparts
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on.ft.com/3HfIFRS
May 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Welcome to my world. #academicsky
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More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
More of this please.
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
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Loving this live webcam of puffins from the Farne Islands @nationaltrust.org.uk
Via @oohgpwales.bsky.social
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/vir...
Via @oohgpwales.bsky.social
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/vir...
Watch puffins live | Farne Islands webcam
Watch rare live footage of puffins and other clifftop birds with our Farne Islands wildlife webcam; livestreaming for the breeding season.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
May 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Loving this live webcam of puffins from the Farne Islands @nationaltrust.org.uk
Via @oohgpwales.bsky.social
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/vir...
Via @oohgpwales.bsky.social
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/vir...
If hospital to community & virtual wards & stuff going to work you have to have enough “decision makers” ( and non medical prescribers) and you need experienced embedded people to hold the ring, while joining up the various patient record and IT systems takes place - which can be painfully slow
What was that about a shift 'from hospital to community'? The 'analogue to digital' shift isn't going to make up for a change of this scale in a key community workforce.
NEW: In our chart of the week, @billypalmer.bsky.social explores the concerning decline of district nurses in England - at a time of increasing population need - and finds that over a quarter are paid at a lower band than could be expected.
See the chart 👇
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See the chart 👇
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May 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
If hospital to community & virtual wards & stuff going to work you have to have enough “decision makers” ( and non medical prescribers) and you need experienced embedded people to hold the ring, while joining up the various patient record and IT systems takes place - which can be painfully slow
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Totally agree
Unplanned acute illness and cancer should often be the trigger for new conversations - #seeitsayitshareit
May 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Totally agree
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EORTC effectively captures tyrosine kinase inhibitor side effects, outperforming other patient-reported outcome libraries in non-small-cell lung cancer assessments.
by Paton EL, Cetnar JP (...) King-Kallimanis BL et 2 al. in J Natl Cancer Inst #MedSky
👉 get more here
📖 read the article:
by Paton EL, Cetnar JP (...) King-Kallimanis BL et 2 al. in J Natl Cancer Inst #MedSky
👉 get more here
📖 read the article:
Landscape assessment of patient-reported outcome item coverage of tyrosine kinase inhibitor-associated AEs
AbstractBackground. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are critical for assessing symptomatic adverse events (AEs) in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) clin
academic.oup.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Unplanned acute illness and cancer should often be the trigger for new conversations - #seeitsayitshareit
April 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Unplanned acute illness and cancer should often be the trigger for new conversations - #seeitsayitshareit
As palliative &EOL care becomes increasingly community based is it time to reconsider a route into the specialty palliative medicine via general practice? Community based palliative medicine training without such a long acute medicine commitment ? @johnlauner.bsky.social @danmunday.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
As palliative &EOL care becomes increasingly community based is it time to reconsider a route into the specialty palliative medicine via general practice? Community based palliative medicine training without such a long acute medicine commitment ? @johnlauner.bsky.social @danmunday.bsky.social
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As #generalpractice takes an increasingly 'digital first' approach, it's important to know how practices are facilitating access to these services - I talk to Helen Atherton here on the @bjgp.bsky.social podcast about the impact on practices and patients
bjgplife.com/episode-198-...
bjgplife.com/episode-198-...
Episode 198: The increasing digitalisation of general practice systems – how it’s impacting patients and what we can do about it
In this episode, we talk to Professor Helen Atherton about the increasing push for a digital-first approach in general practice.
bjgplife.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM
As #generalpractice takes an increasingly 'digital first' approach, it's important to know how practices are facilitating access to these services - I talk to Helen Atherton here on the @bjgp.bsky.social podcast about the impact on practices and patients
bjgplife.com/episode-198-...
bjgplife.com/episode-198-...
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Now, this is a really important session. Continuing Healthcare is relatively unknown, complex, and yet has a massive impact on individuals. Juliet Bouverie, Chair of the Richmond Group warns us that we're going to get cross. #NTSummit
March 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Now, this is a really important session. Continuing Healthcare is relatively unknown, complex, and yet has a massive impact on individuals. Juliet Bouverie, Chair of the Richmond Group warns us that we're going to get cross. #NTSummit
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“Advancements in cancer treatment have led to a growing population of cancer survivors worldwide, who often experience premature onset of age-related conditions”
#LivingWithAndBeyondCancer
#LivingWithAndBeyondCancer
February 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Advancements in cancer treatment have led to a growing population of cancer survivors worldwide, who often experience premature onset of age-related conditions”
#LivingWithAndBeyondCancer
#LivingWithAndBeyondCancer
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Yes, I was asking this question a few days ago, hoping that he’s getting relevant support from a geriatrician or similar physician, not just people tasked with keeping him alive at all costs.
(Good palliative care can as we know actually prolong life rather than shorten it…)
(Good palliative care can as we know actually prolong life rather than shorten it…)
February 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Yes, I was asking this question a few days ago, hoping that he’s getting relevant support from a geriatrician or similar physician, not just people tasked with keeping him alive at all costs.
(Good palliative care can as we know actually prolong life rather than shorten it…)
(Good palliative care can as we know actually prolong life rather than shorten it…)
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Great piece in The BMJ @bmj.com about our OpenSAFELY platform granting unprecedented secure, transparent, efficient access to whole population GP data for analysts in collaboration with NHS England @england.nhs.uk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Great piece in The BMJ @bmj.com about our OpenSAFELY platform granting unprecedented secure, transparent, efficient access to whole population GP data for analysts in collaboration with NHS England @england.nhs.uk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
RIP Roberta Flack - songs of youth #killingmesoftly
February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
RIP Roberta Flack - songs of youth #killingmesoftly
Does anyone know if the pope has a palliative care physician overseeing supportive care in addition to the specialist doctors continuing to give acute illness care ? #popefrancis #palliative
February 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Does anyone know if the pope has a palliative care physician overseeing supportive care in addition to the specialist doctors continuing to give acute illness care ? #popefrancis #palliative
84% turn out in German elections. There is hope for democracy. #germanelection
February 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
84% turn out in German elections. There is hope for democracy. #germanelection
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Being pro migrant, pro public sector, willing to borrow to spend, prioritising looking after people, and basically being socialist, has helped Spain’s economy soar. Why don’t we hear more about it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar
As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Being pro migrant, pro public sector, willing to borrow to spend, prioritising looking after people, and basically being socialist, has helped Spain’s economy soar. Why don’t we hear more about it? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...