Superb news showcasing the wonder of medical science.

Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease.

This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%.

One medically retired patient has now returned to work.

Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking.

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If anyone has an interest in safety/human factors/leadership I highly recommend watching the Oceangate documentary on Netflix. It showcases everything wrong when safety should be a high priority

This evening MPs voted for the biggest expansion of workers’ rights in decades.

Yet Conservative and Reform MPs — including self-proclaimed “man of the people” Nigel Farage — voted against.

They’re on the side of bad bosses, not the real creators of wealth: the working class.

Found recently, bit of family history. Pvt Alfred Edward Yerbury, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, formerly of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light infantry. KIA 27th April 1917, Battle of the Scarpe thanks @robertculshaw.bsky.social for some interesting info 😊 #ww1 #greatwar #ww1history

Report: young nurses more stressed and less satisfied with work

A new analysis of NHS Staff Survey data suggests that young nursing staff are the least satisfied with their jobs – and are doing the most overtime to supplement their incomes. #nursing #nurse #nhs

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‘The UK’s nursing and midwifery workforce is increasingly inexperienced and facing deeply worrying shortages in important areas, with learning disability nursing numbers still lower than five years ago’ Nuffield 02/12/2025

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Has anyone got any recommendations for Mechanical ventilation books/articles? I need some easy to understand sources for my learners 😊 #criticalcare #intensivecarenurse

I love these one pagers and frequently share them with my learners. I have even to make my own infographics too in collaboration with some colleagues!

Check out the CCT infographic on ICU delirium:
🥴 causes
😴 prevention
💊 treatment

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For my first Bluesky post I thought I would introduce Archie. He’s slowing down in his old age but his tail hasn’t 😊

"Lower turnover rates for nurses and senior doctors at hospital level were associated with better health outcomes for patients with emergency hospital admissions."
The question for me is why we have to keep spelling this out.

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