Nigel Praities
@nigelpraities.bsky.social
Health editor, head of learning and careers content at BMJ and frustrated short story writer. Here for #journalism #meded #writingtips #日本語
Thrilled about this
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thrilled about this
What a waste of money, particularly when we have doctors desperate to get into specialist training
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NHS spends £674m filling up to 1 in 3 consultant posts with locums
Managers regularly wait over 12 months to secure a candidate, placing a strain on finances and impacting on efforts to cut waiting lists.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
What a waste of money, particularly when we have doctors desperate to get into specialist training
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Why are German trains so bad? Decidedly off-brand
June 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why are German trains so bad? Decidedly off-brand
A great opportunity to come and work with us
#meded #editing #journalism
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#meded #editing #journalism
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Lead Clinical Editor | 07 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group
Jobs and careers with BMJ Group -
jobsearch.bmj.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A great opportunity to come and work with us
#meded #editing #journalism
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#meded #editing #journalism
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Heard some dark predictions from @parthaskar.bsky.social last week that there will be a large number of doctors out of work this August due to lack of NHS posts. Why are we in this ridiculous position?
February 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Heard some dark predictions from @parthaskar.bsky.social last week that there will be a large number of doctors out of work this August due to lack of NHS posts. Why are we in this ridiculous position?
Looking forward to discussing how to #EmpowerIMGs in Newcastle today
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Looking forward to discussing how to #EmpowerIMGs in Newcastle today
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Two successive health and care secretaries spent nearly £500,000 dismantling and then rebuilding ministerial offices in their department, HSJ has learned.
excl from @henryanderson1.bsky.social
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January 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Two successive health and care secretaries spent nearly £500,000 dismantling and then rebuilding ministerial offices in their department, HSJ has learned.
excl from @henryanderson1.bsky.social
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
excl from @henryanderson1.bsky.social
www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-...
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Getting increasingly irritated by publications without BlueSky as a sharing option, especially if X is there. I'm trying to promote your article on a site that actually allows people to see it. Help me help you man.
January 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Getting increasingly irritated by publications without BlueSky as a sharing option, especially if X is there. I'm trying to promote your article on a site that actually allows people to see it. Help me help you man.
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🧵 Pulse oximeters overestimate arterial oxygen saturation and provide more variable readings in people with darker skin pigmentations.
Despite guidance from the @fda.gov, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent.
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Despite guidance from the @fda.gov, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent.
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December 30, 2024 at 5:42 PM
🧵 Pulse oximeters overestimate arterial oxygen saturation and provide more variable readings in people with darker skin pigmentations.
Despite guidance from the @fda.gov, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent.
ja.ma/3DKuKBw
Despite guidance from the @fda.gov, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent.
ja.ma/3DKuKBw
BBC News - BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
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December 14, 2024 at 11:46 AM
BBC News - BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
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It was a delight to judge this award on behalf of @mja-uk.bsky.social (although annoyingly I had to recuse myself from judging the winner's application!).
A worthy winner
Thanks to @roysocmed.bsky.social
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A worthy winner
Thanks to @roysocmed.bsky.social
www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/...
Jacklin Kwan wins award for exposing fake healthcare news
Jacklin Kwan is the winner of the 2024 Sarah Hughes Trust Prize, awarded annually for new journalism that exposes false or misleading information in health or medicine.
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December 4, 2024 at 12:27 PM
It was a delight to judge this award on behalf of @mja-uk.bsky.social (although annoyingly I had to recuse myself from judging the winner's application!).
A worthy winner
Thanks to @roysocmed.bsky.social
www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/...
A worthy winner
Thanks to @roysocmed.bsky.social
www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/...
I don't understand in 2024 why we can't just digitally recreate the Parthenon/Elgin marbles and give the originals back...
a picture of the parthenon in greece with people standing in front of it
ALT: a picture of the parthenon in greece with people standing in front of it
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December 3, 2024 at 1:20 PM
I don't understand in 2024 why we can't just digitally recreate the Parthenon/Elgin marbles and give the originals back...
Major focus this year was updating all our learning resources for GPs on how to manage pregnancy complications, both immediately and in the longer term
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#meded #pregnancy
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#meded #pregnancy
December 3, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Major focus this year was updating all our learning resources for GPs on how to manage pregnancy complications, both immediately and in the longer term
new-learning.bmj.com/collection/3...
#meded #pregnancy
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#meded #pregnancy
You won't read it in the article, but this is a direct result of the coalition government cancelling the NHS bursary for nursing degrees in 2017.
Short-term decisions have long-term consequences.
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Short-term decisions have long-term consequences.
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Nearly 25% of nurses and midwives in the UK are recruited from abroad
The record-high 200,000 foreign-trained members of the workforce now represent 23.8 per cent of the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 8:54 AM
You won't read it in the article, but this is a direct result of the coalition government cancelling the NHS bursary for nursing degrees in 2017.
Short-term decisions have long-term consequences.
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Short-term decisions have long-term consequences.
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
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A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
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🚨 BREAKING: MPs vote for #AssistedDying to become law for terminally ill people. Ayes - 330 Noes 275
November 29, 2024 at 2:23 PM
🚨 BREAKING: MPs vote for #AssistedDying to become law for terminally ill people. Ayes - 330 Noes 275
Big day...
The day is here. MPs will debate the Assisted Dying Bill from 9:30 until approximately 14:30. They will vote at least three times (and possibly up to five).
Our guide to the Private Member's Bill process explains the day's events step-by-step.🔽
https://buff.ly/4ePWj9A
Our guide to the Private Member's Bill process explains the day's events step-by-step.🔽
https://buff.ly/4ePWj9A
The Assisted Dying Bill: A guide to the Private Member's Bill process
This briefing explains what to watch for during the Second Reading debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on 29 November. It outlines the procedural and legislative issues that will…
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November 29, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Big day...
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Finally out. Asthma Guidelines NG245
Move over SABA ➡️ AIR & MART now main treatments
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng245
#PharmSky
Move over SABA ➡️ AIR & MART now main treatments
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng245
#PharmSky
November 27, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Finally out. Asthma Guidelines NG245
Move over SABA ➡️ AIR & MART now main treatments
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng245
#PharmSky
Move over SABA ➡️ AIR & MART now main treatments
www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng245
#PharmSky
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#NHSTalkingTherapies, the flagship psychotherapy service offered by the NHS, was heralded as a game changer when it launched in 2008. 16 years on, I’ve done some data digging to inspect its inner workings.
@nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social
1/7 🧵
@nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social
1/7 🧵
November 26, 2024 at 11:08 AM
#NHSTalkingTherapies, the flagship psychotherapy service offered by the NHS, was heralded as a game changer when it launched in 2008. 16 years on, I’ve done some data digging to inspect its inner workings.
@nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social
1/7 🧵
@nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social
1/7 🧵
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Long-term antipsychotic use increased from 2011–2020, while proportion of patients receiving an annual psychiatrist review fell.
Researchers warn that 360 000 patients may be ‘trapped’ on antipsychotics doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Researchers warn that 360 000 patients may be ‘trapped’ on antipsychotics doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Antipsychotic management in general practice: serial cross-sectional study (2011–2020) | British Journal of General Practice
doi.org
November 26, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Long-term antipsychotic use increased from 2011–2020, while proportion of patients receiving an annual psychiatrist review fell.
Researchers warn that 360 000 patients may be ‘trapped’ on antipsychotics doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Researchers warn that 360 000 patients may be ‘trapped’ on antipsychotics doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
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From Dr Phil Hammond
March 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
From Dr Phil Hammond