Rachel the Research Midwife
@racheln76.bsky.social
Research Midwife and SEND Mum. Working in cancer research at the moment.
I like cats, crochet, cross stitch, and knitting.
I battle daily with the education system for our SEN kids.
I like cats, crochet, cross stitch, and knitting.
I battle daily with the education system for our SEN kids.
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🥰 Final reminder that tomorrow (Sunday) is the biggest action day ever in the history of the Green Party.
⏳ Mayor of Hackney & local council elections in May.
💚 First timers especially welcome - no experience necessary!
See you tomorrow! 🎉👇🏼
Https://actionnetwork.org/events/big-day-out-in-hackney/
⏳ Mayor of Hackney & local council elections in May.
💚 First timers especially welcome - no experience necessary!
See you tomorrow! 🎉👇🏼
Https://actionnetwork.org/events/big-day-out-in-hackney/
September 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🥰 Final reminder that tomorrow (Sunday) is the biggest action day ever in the history of the Green Party.
⏳ Mayor of Hackney & local council elections in May.
💚 First timers especially welcome - no experience necessary!
See you tomorrow! 🎉👇🏼
Https://actionnetwork.org/events/big-day-out-in-hackney/
⏳ Mayor of Hackney & local council elections in May.
💚 First timers especially welcome - no experience necessary!
See you tomorrow! 🎉👇🏼
Https://actionnetwork.org/events/big-day-out-in-hackney/
Had such a fun day today at #OSFC looking at A level places for my son. He wants to do triple science so we visited the labs who had pulled out all the stops and rolled out the coolest experiments.
Dissection, dry ice, colourful chemical stuff. Awesome!
Dissection, dry ice, colourful chemical stuff. Awesome!
September 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Had such a fun day today at #OSFC looking at A level places for my son. He wants to do triple science so we visited the labs who had pulled out all the stops and rolled out the coolest experiments.
Dissection, dry ice, colourful chemical stuff. Awesome!
Dissection, dry ice, colourful chemical stuff. Awesome!
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Oxford people - there is another far right demo planned at the asylum hotel near the Kassam.
To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1
To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1
September 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oxford people - there is another far right demo planned at the asylum hotel near the Kassam.
To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1
To join a peaceful counter protest go to the Holiday Inn Express, Guelder Rd, at 11.30 on Sunday 5th October. Really important to have good numbers there. Last weekend we outnumbered them 4:1
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
These #crochet fingerless gloves made me doubt my ability to read and count to 2! Pattern is celtic weave fingerless gloves on ravelry. Great pattern - all issues entirely down to me!
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
These #crochet fingerless gloves made me doubt my ability to read and count to 2! Pattern is celtic weave fingerless gloves on ravelry. Great pattern - all issues entirely down to me!
NEW learning module on Syphilis in Pregnancy/Congenital Syphilis from the UW-hosted National STD Curriculum - excellent learning, free CME… #IDSky #MedSky
www.std.uw.edu/go/comprehen...
www.std.uw.edu/go/comprehen...
September 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Doing some work for a uni course. It’s been a while since I last did this. Used to use EndNote. Now that’s prohibitively expensive.
Can’t get Mendeley to work, trying to use Zotero. No templates available for the style I need to use so I think I’m going to have to do it manually. Feels like 1994!
Can’t get Mendeley to work, trying to use Zotero. No templates available for the style I need to use so I think I’m going to have to do it manually. Feels like 1994!
June 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Doing some work for a uni course. It’s been a while since I last did this. Used to use EndNote. Now that’s prohibitively expensive.
Can’t get Mendeley to work, trying to use Zotero. No templates available for the style I need to use so I think I’m going to have to do it manually. Feels like 1994!
Can’t get Mendeley to work, trying to use Zotero. No templates available for the style I need to use so I think I’m going to have to do it manually. Feels like 1994!
Fantastic! @newtus.bsky.social you will like this. I think there is an option for rude names as well!
I was looking at some English placenames recently and thought they all sounded made up, and thought it would be fun to make a thing that makes up English place names — so that's exactly what I did.
Introducing: A place in England
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
Introducing: A place in England
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
A place in England.
places.projects.alextorrance.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fantastic! @newtus.bsky.social you will like this. I think there is an option for rude names as well!
Cytosponge for #BarrettsOesophagus
@ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social recruited to one of the trials for this. Less invasive option for testing and definitely preferred by patients.
@ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social recruited to one of the trials for this. Less invasive option for testing and definitely preferred by patients.
Less invasive test could replace endoscopies for over half of patients monitored for oesophageal cancer risk, study suggests.
Explore the research 👉 tinyurl.com/4xxxcne4
Explore the research 👉 tinyurl.com/4xxxcne4
June 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Cytosponge for #BarrettsOesophagus
@ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social recruited to one of the trials for this. Less invasive option for testing and definitely preferred by patients.
@ncaresearchnhs.bsky.social recruited to one of the trials for this. Less invasive option for testing and definitely preferred by patients.
Where is my storm?
I was promised a storm ⛈️ that would make it feel less muggy.
@chadweather.bsky.social do you think it’s coming any time soon, or am I just going to melt into a puddle? 😂
I was promised a storm ⛈️ that would make it feel less muggy.
@chadweather.bsky.social do you think it’s coming any time soon, or am I just going to melt into a puddle? 😂
June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Where is my storm?
I was promised a storm ⛈️ that would make it feel less muggy.
@chadweather.bsky.social do you think it’s coming any time soon, or am I just going to melt into a puddle? 😂
I was promised a storm ⛈️ that would make it feel less muggy.
@chadweather.bsky.social do you think it’s coming any time soon, or am I just going to melt into a puddle? 😂
#CrossStitch This is what I’m working on today. Maggie the Messmaker. Beautiful big blocks of colour.
June 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#CrossStitch This is what I’m working on today. Maggie the Messmaker. Beautiful big blocks of colour.
#Midwifery #ClinicalResearch #Neonatal
Looks interesting. Will have to read full article on big screen. But as we take cord blood fairly routinely from at risk infants, why not test for this is useful.
Seems like a large scale trial should be very doable.
Looks interesting. Will have to read full article on big screen. But as we take cord blood fairly routinely from at risk infants, why not test for this is useful.
Seems like a large scale trial should be very doable.
Umbilical cord blood proteins have been identified as biomarkers for early onset sepsis in preterm newborns, offering a noninvasive approach to improve diagnosis and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. doi.org/g9qx33
Umbilical cord blood biomarkers of early onset sepsis identified in preterm newborns
Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues identified several proteins from the umbilical cord blood of preterm newborns that signal acute systemic inflammation as an immune response to infection, providing objective and noninvasive means to diagnose early onset sepsis.
medicalxpress.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#Midwifery #ClinicalResearch #Neonatal
Looks interesting. Will have to read full article on big screen. But as we take cord blood fairly routinely from at risk infants, why not test for this is useful.
Seems like a large scale trial should be very doable.
Looks interesting. Will have to read full article on big screen. But as we take cord blood fairly routinely from at risk infants, why not test for this is useful.
Seems like a large scale trial should be very doable.
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📣 ID/HIV Job opportunity: ST3+ Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow at University College London Hospital/Hospital for Tropical Diseases from September 2025. Deadline 1/7/25 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
Job vacancy: ST3 Clinical Fellow, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London | trac.jobs
www.nhsjobs.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📣 ID/HIV Job opportunity: ST3+ Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow at University College London Hospital/Hospital for Tropical Diseases from September 2025. Deadline 1/7/25 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Londo...
#NHS #Midwifery I can see a huge amount of positives for this - mainly early identification of some rare, treatable conditions.
But I have HUGE concerns about the level of informed #consent for this, especially as this consent will be by parents, not the individual being tested.
But I have HUGE concerns about the level of informed #consent for this, especially as this consent will be by parents, not the individual being tested.
NHS plans to DNA test all babies in England to assess disease risk
NHS plans to DNA test all babies in England to assess disease risk
Scheme is part of the government's 10-year plan for the NHS in England aimed at easing pressure on services.
www.bbc.com
June 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#NHS #Midwifery I can see a huge amount of positives for this - mainly early identification of some rare, treatable conditions.
But I have HUGE concerns about the level of informed #consent for this, especially as this consent will be by parents, not the individual being tested.
But I have HUGE concerns about the level of informed #consent for this, especially as this consent will be by parents, not the individual being tested.
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Don't ignore the elephant in the waiting room: You can't fix the NHS without fixing social care.
June 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't ignore the elephant in the waiting room: You can't fix the NHS without fixing social care.
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🤰🏽 Emerging evidence suggests that decidual #macrophages are attractive targets in #PretermLabour
👩🏻🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better!
📃 Our forum on this is out now!
#ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky
👩🏻🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better!
📃 Our forum on this is out now!
#ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky
Decidual macrophages as therapeutic targets in preterm labour
The initiation of labour in humans remains poorly understood, although there is mounting evidence for a role for decidual macrophages. These may trigg…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:26 AM
🤰🏽 Emerging evidence suggests that decidual #macrophages are attractive targets in #PretermLabour
👩🏻🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better!
📃 Our forum on this is out now!
#ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky
👩🏻🔬 But understanding how macrophage subsets differ in their origin, function and localisation will help us to do this better!
📃 Our forum on this is out now!
#ReprodSky #ObGynSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky
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Really promising research into #leukaemia here -
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust supported this study at the Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust supported this study at the Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
UK-wide drug trial hailed as a ‘milestone’ in leukaemia treatment
Combination of two targeted drugs found to produce better outcomes and was more tolerable than chemotherapy
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Really promising research into #leukaemia here -
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust supported this study at the Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust supported this study at the Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
I have a big finish! I absolutely loved stitching some of those cats. Others, not so much. December, we are looking at you!
Needs a good wash and iron but I’m impatient and wanted to share
Kit by @hcrafts.com original artwork by Margaret Sherry
Needs a good wash and iron but I’m impatient and wanted to share
Kit by @hcrafts.com original artwork by Margaret Sherry
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have a big finish! I absolutely loved stitching some of those cats. Others, not so much. December, we are looking at you!
Needs a good wash and iron but I’m impatient and wanted to share
Kit by @hcrafts.com original artwork by Margaret Sherry
Needs a good wash and iron but I’m impatient and wanted to share
Kit by @hcrafts.com original artwork by Margaret Sherry
#NHS #Midwifery
Worked some bank shifts recently with some amazing colleagues. One shift in particular came away thinking - yep, we’ve done a really good job there.
Often that doesn’t happen because if staffing and pressures etc. You feel that you could and should have done more. 1/?
Worked some bank shifts recently with some amazing colleagues. One shift in particular came away thinking - yep, we’ve done a really good job there.
Often that doesn’t happen because if staffing and pressures etc. You feel that you could and should have done more. 1/?
May 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#NHS #Midwifery
Worked some bank shifts recently with some amazing colleagues. One shift in particular came away thinking - yep, we’ve done a really good job there.
Often that doesn’t happen because if staffing and pressures etc. You feel that you could and should have done more. 1/?
Worked some bank shifts recently with some amazing colleagues. One shift in particular came away thinking - yep, we’ve done a really good job there.
Often that doesn’t happen because if staffing and pressures etc. You feel that you could and should have done more. 1/?
I used to really like the free pens.
No one ever offered me several thousand pounds though.
How can he be for the #NHS when he’s in the pocket of the private companies.
No one ever offered me several thousand pounds though.
How can he be for the #NHS when he’s in the pocket of the private companies.
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication
This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?
May 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I used to really like the free pens.
No one ever offered me several thousand pounds though.
How can he be for the #NHS when he’s in the pocket of the private companies.
No one ever offered me several thousand pounds though.
How can he be for the #NHS when he’s in the pocket of the private companies.
It is tea time for the dog.
I’m not sure why, but she feels the need to go and bark at the trees where the birds sit as soon as she realises it’s tea time or walk time.
I don’t think the birds care really. They aren’t getting tea. Or a walk. But dog definitely feels they need to know.
I’m not sure why, but she feels the need to go and bark at the trees where the birds sit as soon as she realises it’s tea time or walk time.
I don’t think the birds care really. They aren’t getting tea. Or a walk. But dog definitely feels they need to know.
May 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It is tea time for the dog.
I’m not sure why, but she feels the need to go and bark at the trees where the birds sit as soon as she realises it’s tea time or walk time.
I don’t think the birds care really. They aren’t getting tea. Or a walk. But dog definitely feels they need to know.
I’m not sure why, but she feels the need to go and bark at the trees where the birds sit as soon as she realises it’s tea time or walk time.
I don’t think the birds care really. They aren’t getting tea. Or a walk. But dog definitely feels they need to know.
As the Media Relations Officer for the RCM, you will play a crucial role in promoting our work and ensuring consistent, effective communication with journalists and other stakeholders. You have until 18 May to apply for this role:
Media Relations Officer - Royal College of Midwives
Media Relations Officer
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May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I might sign up for this. @newtus.bsky.social tell @henrynewport.bsky.social about it.
The MOOC “Viruses and Human Cancers” is open ! Join us !
👉 Register: bit.ly/3ms0jHN
🦀 Discover the state of knowledge on viruses associated with cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, the host immune response and progress in preventing tumors by vaccination and treatment of the viral disease
👉 Register: bit.ly/3ms0jHN
🦀 Discover the state of knowledge on viruses associated with cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, the host immune response and progress in preventing tumors by vaccination and treatment of the viral disease
Viruses and human cancers
The MOOC offers a broad overview of the state of knowledge on viruses associated with cancer, the different mechanisms of carcinogenesis, the host immune response and progress in preventing tumors.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I might sign up for this. @newtus.bsky.social tell @henrynewport.bsky.social about it.
#IDM2025 #Midwifery #Maternity
Happy International Day of the Midwife to all my colleagues all around the world.
Happy International Day of the Midwife to all my colleagues all around the world.
May 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#IDM2025 #Midwifery #Maternity
Happy International Day of the Midwife to all my colleagues all around the world.
Happy International Day of the Midwife to all my colleagues all around the world.