Trisha Elliott
@trishaelliott.bsky.social
Interested in life in general & people in particular.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
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Help Patricia Elliott raise money to support NHS Lothian Charity
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Big day today.
Surgery ✅
Complications ✅ (sorted)
Radiotherapy ✅
Some of you know the story, some of you don't...
It's been an eventful few months, but as they tell you on management courses: turn your threats into opportunities!
@nhslothcharity.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
Surgery ✅
Complications ✅ (sorted)
Radiotherapy ✅
Some of you know the story, some of you don't...
It's been an eventful few months, but as they tell you on management courses: turn your threats into opportunities!
@nhslothcharity.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
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If only there were some kind of useful lesson here about deploying more senior skills in triage outside of strike periods
www.ft.com/content/c928...
www.ft.com/content/c928...
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 AM
If only there were some kind of useful lesson here about deploying more senior skills in triage outside of strike periods
www.ft.com/content/c928...
www.ft.com/content/c928...
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If you employ senior clinicians at the front door of the health service you save money and improve patient experience. Not new, not rocket science, but still not taken on board by NHS service design.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Helen Salisbury: Whole system thinking
The widely predicted collapse of the NHS due to resident doctors’ industrial action just before Christmas didn’t materialise.1 There was little change to the new normal, with too many sick people spen...
www.bmj.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:16 PM
If you employ senior clinicians at the front door of the health service you save money and improve patient experience. Not new, not rocket science, but still not taken on board by NHS service design.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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This is the part I cannot fathom. Nothing matters unless we can address climate change. But no government is doing anything like the work needed to save civilization.
I know there's A Lot on at the moment, but the AMOC slowing to a collapse will likely make the entire North Atlantic largely uninhabitable within a matter of decades, and really nothing matters more than limiting climate change, ever www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...
Ventilation of the North Atlantic is Weakening
20 January 2026 / Kiel. The renewal of deep waters in the North Atlantic has slowed markedly over the past three decades. This is shown by a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Resear...
www.geomar.de
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
This is the part I cannot fathom. Nothing matters unless we can address climate change. But no government is doing anything like the work needed to save civilization.
If you are in Scotland don’t join the Green Party of England and Wales
Vote SNP because we already have most of what Polanski would like for his country
Vote SNP because we already have most of what Polanski would like for his country
January 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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So basically Reform UK is now Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, just led by Nigel Farage.
January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
So basically Reform UK is now Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, just led by Nigel Farage.
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Just because one does not leave a clinic, urgent care, or ER visit with a prescription for antibiotics does NOT mean that good care failed to happen. In fact, it may be exactly what one needed. (Meaning: Antibiotics do NOT treat viruses, and good supportive care can help). #graphicmedicine #medsky
January 26, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Just because one does not leave a clinic, urgent care, or ER visit with a prescription for antibiotics does NOT mean that good care failed to happen. In fact, it may be exactly what one needed. (Meaning: Antibiotics do NOT treat viruses, and good supportive care can help). #graphicmedicine #medsky
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Other than the excellent anaesthetic lists that @sethina.bsky.social put together (which somehow managed to get onto), is there an easy way of finding the old medtwitter crowd on here?
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Other than the excellent anaesthetic lists that @sethina.bsky.social put together (which somehow managed to get onto), is there an easy way of finding the old medtwitter crowd on here?
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Good morning. Or, perhaps, it is a morning to be good.
The staff at the Minneapolis VA are asking everyone to wear black today in honor of Alex Pretti. Healthcare workers across the country will be joining in solidarity and all are invited to participate.
🩺 🛟 #MedSky #NurseSky
The staff at the Minneapolis VA are asking everyone to wear black today in honor of Alex Pretti. Healthcare workers across the country will be joining in solidarity and all are invited to participate.
🩺 🛟 #MedSky #NurseSky
January 26, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday.
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday.
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Worst Celtic team I've seen in years. A full side and we would have beaten them.
The fact they had to resort to time wasting and hitting the ground at every opportunity said it all.
The fact they had to resort to time wasting and hitting the ground at every opportunity said it all.
January 25, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Worst Celtic team I've seen in years. A full side and we would have beaten them.
The fact they had to resort to time wasting and hitting the ground at every opportunity said it all.
The fact they had to resort to time wasting and hitting the ground at every opportunity said it all.
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That’s two points dropped, but I’m more convinced than I was before that Hearts can win the league. They were comfortably the better side, even without their three best players. Still a long way to go. Rangers probably the bigger threat now.
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
That’s two points dropped, but I’m more convinced than I was before that Hearts can win the league. They were comfortably the better side, even without their three best players. Still a long way to go. Rangers probably the bigger threat now.
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Hearts see their lead at the top cut to four but keep Celtic at arm's length.
A manic game, a brilliant atmosphere, loads of tension.
A wee bit of a missed opportunity considering the chances and opponents, but decent result and seven points v Celtic.
A manic game, a brilliant atmosphere, loads of tension.
A wee bit of a missed opportunity considering the chances and opponents, but decent result and seven points v Celtic.
Hearts 2-2 Celtic: Eventful game, Braga brilliance, Leonard debut, referee focus
The Scottish Premiership league leaders came from behind twice to earn a point at home to Celtic.
www.heartsstandard.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Hearts see their lead at the top cut to four but keep Celtic at arm's length.
A manic game, a brilliant atmosphere, loads of tension.
A wee bit of a missed opportunity considering the chances and opponents, but decent result and seven points v Celtic.
A manic game, a brilliant atmosphere, loads of tension.
A wee bit of a missed opportunity considering the chances and opponents, but decent result and seven points v Celtic.
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My experience on here is being in an entirely Hearts bubble - unlike on Twitter where oddball opposition fans frequently popped up.
Seeing that nonce Celtic fan getting in amongst the Hearts posts here and I have to say, I don’t miss it.
Seeing that nonce Celtic fan getting in amongst the Hearts posts here and I have to say, I don’t miss it.
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
My experience on here is being in an entirely Hearts bubble - unlike on Twitter where oddball opposition fans frequently popped up.
Seeing that nonce Celtic fan getting in amongst the Hearts posts here and I have to say, I don’t miss it.
Seeing that nonce Celtic fan getting in amongst the Hearts posts here and I have to say, I don’t miss it.
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Trump's advisors are increasingly worried about him falling asleep during meetings.
I don't have a problem with that, it's the waking up again that burns my ass..
I don't have a problem with that, it's the waking up again that burns my ass..
January 25, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Trump's advisors are increasingly worried about him falling asleep during meetings.
I don't have a problem with that, it's the waking up again that burns my ass..
I don't have a problem with that, it's the waking up again that burns my ass..
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Raising brand awareness for the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social running through the streets of south Edinburgh.
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Raising brand awareness for the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social running through the streets of south Edinburgh.
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Raising brand awareness for the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social running through the streets of south Edinburgh.
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Raising brand awareness for the @nhslothcharity.bsky.social running through the streets of south Edinburgh.
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
Some depressing (but helpful) data here from @ageingbetter.bsky.social for England.
If our politicians would prefer pictures to long pages of text… they might find these infographics helpful!
⬇️⬇️
#MedSky
#Housing
#AgeingBetter
#Inequalities
#SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
If our politicians would prefer pictures to long pages of text… they might find these infographics helpful!
⬇️⬇️
#MedSky
#Housing
#AgeingBetter
#Inequalities
#SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
Do you want to learn more about our ageing population?
Organised to reflect the key themes of our State of Ageing 2025 report, this set of 40 infographics support those interested in understanding how they can approach the opportunity of an ageing population in new and collaborative ways.
Organised to reflect the key themes of our State of Ageing 2025 report, this set of 40 infographics support those interested in understanding how they can approach the opportunity of an ageing population in new and collaborative ways.
January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Some depressing (but helpful) data here from @ageingbetter.bsky.social for England.
If our politicians would prefer pictures to long pages of text… they might find these infographics helpful!
⬇️⬇️
#MedSky
#Housing
#AgeingBetter
#Inequalities
#SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
If our politicians would prefer pictures to long pages of text… they might find these infographics helpful!
⬇️⬇️
#MedSky
#Housing
#AgeingBetter
#Inequalities
#SDOH (Social Determinants of Health)
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Today we release our State of Ageing 2025 infographics.
December 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today we release our State of Ageing 2025 infographics.
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To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
January 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
To bring a smile to your face this weekend …
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
An ancient bowl with human feet!
Made in predynastic Egypt around 5,500 years ago.
The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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This season and the Celebrities prove it: this show is so much better with contestants who know it is a game. Should just lean into that IMO and have 22 contestants for 22 named charities, raise awareness for the charities throughout.
January 24, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This season and the Celebrities prove it: this show is so much better with contestants who know it is a game. Should just lean into that IMO and have 22 contestants for 22 named charities, raise awareness for the charities throughout.
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I’m very touched that so many of you have supported my wee fund raiser for @nhslothcharity.bsky.social tonight.
Being a patient isn’t a fun experience, but the staff of @nhslothian.bsky.social have treated me so well this last six months.
Kindness and smiles go a long way in healthcare.
#MedSky
Being a patient isn’t a fun experience, but the staff of @nhslothian.bsky.social have treated me so well this last six months.
Kindness and smiles go a long way in healthcare.
#MedSky
Big day today.
Surgery ✅
Complications ✅ (sorted)
Radiotherapy ✅
Some of you know the story, some of you don't...
It's been an eventful few months, but as they tell you on management courses: turn your threats into opportunities!
@nhslothcharity.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
Surgery ✅
Complications ✅ (sorted)
Radiotherapy ✅
Some of you know the story, some of you don't...
It's been an eventful few months, but as they tell you on management courses: turn your threats into opportunities!
@nhslothcharity.bsky.social
www.justgiving.com/page/patrici...
Patricia's fundraiser for NHS Lothian Charity
Help Patricia Elliott raise money to support NHS Lothian Charity
www.justgiving.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I’m very touched that so many of you have supported my wee fund raiser for @nhslothcharity.bsky.social tonight.
Being a patient isn’t a fun experience, but the staff of @nhslothian.bsky.social have treated me so well this last six months.
Kindness and smiles go a long way in healthcare.
#MedSky
Being a patient isn’t a fun experience, but the staff of @nhslothian.bsky.social have treated me so well this last six months.
Kindness and smiles go a long way in healthcare.
#MedSky