Hester Wilson
@drhesterwilson.bsky.social
GP, addiction medicine, FRACGP, FAChAM, singer, mum, wife, speaker, activist and optimist. Interested in better health outcomes for all, end of stigma, EBM, music. All thoughts my own.
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
✍️ Jocelyn Chan, Jon Cook, Michael Curtis, Adrian J Dunlop, Ele Morrison, Suzanne Nielsen, Rebecca J Winter and Thileepan Naren
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/jNuWZVb
National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
✍️ Jocelyn Chan, Jon Cook, Michael Curtis, Adrian J Dunlop, Ele Morrison, Suzanne Nielsen, Rebecca J Winter and Thileepan Naren
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/jNuWZVb
March 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
✍️ Jocelyn Chan, Jon Cook, Michael Curtis, Adrian J Dunlop, Ele Morrison, Suzanne Nielsen, Rebecca J Winter and Thileepan Naren
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/jNuWZVb
National consensus statement on opioid agonist treatment in custodial settings
✍️ Jocelyn Chan, Jon Cook, Michael Curtis, Adrian J Dunlop, Ele Morrison, Suzanne Nielsen, Rebecca J Winter and Thileepan Naren
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/jNuWZVb
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Happy International Women's Day. May we challenge the systems that undervalue us, overwork us and keep us "lesser than". And may one day, Medicare pay me as much as the taciturn man-doc in the room next door.
#genderpaygap #medicare #medsky #slowmedicine
@racgp.bsky.social
#genderpaygap #medicare #medsky #slowmedicine
@racgp.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Happy International Women's Day. May we challenge the systems that undervalue us, overwork us and keep us "lesser than". And may one day, Medicare pay me as much as the taciturn man-doc in the room next door.
#genderpaygap #medicare #medsky #slowmedicine
@racgp.bsky.social
#genderpaygap #medicare #medsky #slowmedicine
@racgp.bsky.social
My latest publication - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
“The Whole Structure Is Knackered, It Could Still Explode, It Really Could”: A Mixed Methods Study of Initiatives to Increase General Practitioner Prescribing in an Opioid Dependence Treatment Progra...
Opioid dependence is a chronic health condition with significant public health implications. Opioid dependence treatment (ODT) has evolved considerably over tim...
journals.sagepub.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
My latest publication - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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This is one (of many) reasons why I love my 1996 #Landcruiser
I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.
January 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is one (of many) reasons why I love my 1996 #Landcruiser
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Could the media please stop breathlessly reporting the "growing cost" of the #NDIS? This is a vile IPA/LNP/NewsCorp message. It treats Australians with disabilities as a "burden" on society. [This headline is from 2018. That's how long they've been pushing this grubby narrative.] 😠 #auspol
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Once more, for the folks at the back:
Children are not widgets.
Schools are not factories.
Education is not a business.
Saving money is not the ultimate goal of education.
Education is an INVESTMENT in our collective future.
#OntEd
Children are not widgets.
Schools are not factories.
Education is not a business.
Saving money is not the ultimate goal of education.
Education is an INVESTMENT in our collective future.
#OntEd
December 31, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Once more, for the folks at the back:
Children are not widgets.
Schools are not factories.
Education is not a business.
Saving money is not the ultimate goal of education.
Education is an INVESTMENT in our collective future.
#OntEd
Children are not widgets.
Schools are not factories.
Education is not a business.
Saving money is not the ultimate goal of education.
Education is an INVESTMENT in our collective future.
#OntEd
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If this is true - that "unhurried conversations are a fulcrum around which effective health care operates" - (spoiler: It is definitely true) - then Medicare is an incentive to the enshittification of health care in Australia.
@annfammed.bsky.social has published our paper on unhurried conversations in clinical care www.annfammed.org/content/22/6... The unhurrried conversation is at the heart of effective healthcare.
Unhurried Conversations in Health Care Are More Important Than Ever: Identifying Key Communication Practices for Careful and Kind Care
Unhurried conversations are necessary for careful and kind care that is responsive and responsible to both patients and clinicians. Adequate conceptual development is an important first step in being ...
www.annfammed.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:52 PM
If this is true - that "unhurried conversations are a fulcrum around which effective health care operates" - (spoiler: It is definitely true) - then Medicare is an incentive to the enshittification of health care in Australia.
Great news!!!
We’ll also make the repayment system fairer by raising the minimum repayment threshold for student loans and cut repayment rates.
jasonclare.com.au/media/portfo...
jasonclare.com.au/media/portfo...
Student debt cuts begin rolling out - Jason Clare MP | Minister for Education
THE HON JASON CLARE MP MINISTER FOR EDUCATION THE HON STEPHEN JONES MP ASSISTANT TREASURERMINISTER FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES From today, $3 billion is being wiped from all student debt loans. The Albanes...
jasonclare.com.au
December 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Great news!!!
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If Gina owned the sun,
Dutton would support solar.
#auspol #nuclear #renewables #energy #fossilfuels #ClimateAction
Dutton would support solar.
#auspol #nuclear #renewables #energy #fossilfuels #ClimateAction
December 10, 2024 at 6:07 AM
If Gina owned the sun,
Dutton would support solar.
#auspol #nuclear #renewables #energy #fossilfuels #ClimateAction
Dutton would support solar.
#auspol #nuclear #renewables #energy #fossilfuels #ClimateAction
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How did you spend your year? Let us know down below ⬇️
December 6, 2024 at 5:21 PM
How did you spend your year? Let us know down below ⬇️
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose.
Other signs of his alcoholism included dizziness and chronic reckless behavior.
Other signs of his alcoholism included dizziness and chronic reckless behavior.
December 6, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose.
Other signs of his alcoholism included dizziness and chronic reckless behavior.
Other signs of his alcoholism included dizziness and chronic reckless behavior.
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This is really interesting, but completely focussed on the individual.
No mention of food security, employment, housing, poverty.
"Lifestyle therapy" can surely only work where you have favourable social determinants of health.
No mention of food security, employment, housing, poverty.
"Lifestyle therapy" can surely only work where you have favourable social determinants of health.
A national primary-care based trial is the largest ever to determine whether lifestyle therapy is as good as psychological care for improving mental and cardiometabolic outcomes for Australians with serious mental illness.
https://buff.ly/3ZuLRzY #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
https://buff.ly/3ZuLRzY #medsky #healthcare #aushealth #research
December 5, 2024 at 10:22 PM
This is really interesting, but completely focussed on the individual.
No mention of food security, employment, housing, poverty.
"Lifestyle therapy" can surely only work where you have favourable social determinants of health.
No mention of food security, employment, housing, poverty.
"Lifestyle therapy" can surely only work where you have favourable social determinants of health.
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Russian war crimes, too. What a world we live in.
Teens who met in Ukrainian hospital after Putin bombed their homes have a message for the world
Vika Zadnipryana and Nastia Shadura became amputees when Putin's Russian military hit their homes with missiles. They struck up a friendship while recovering in a hospital, which was also dealing with...
www.abc.net.au
December 5, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Russian war crimes, too. What a world we live in.
‘Drugs are bad becomes people who use drugs are bad’ NSW Drug Summit 2024. ‘I worry that people will find out - I become Megan the drug user, this robs us of our humanity, you can’t help but absorb this shame…the fundamental sense of being wrong and not belonging…’ Megan Moses
December 4, 2024 at 11:31 PM
‘Drugs are bad becomes people who use drugs are bad’ NSW Drug Summit 2024. ‘I worry that people will find out - I become Megan the drug user, this robs us of our humanity, you can’t help but absorb this shame…the fundamental sense of being wrong and not belonging…’ Megan Moses
NSW Drug Summit 2024.Prof Dan Howard
December 4, 2024 at 11:03 PM
NSW Drug Summit 2024.Prof Dan Howard
Hon Mark Butler MP speaking at GP24, ‘too many Australians are finding it too hard to get into see a GP’ he says the government has a laser light focus on this, increasing bulk billing rates, increasing doctor numbers with increased overseas trained doctors working in Australia, and mymedicare
November 22, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Hon Mark Butler MP speaking at GP24, ‘too many Australians are finding it too hard to get into see a GP’ he says the government has a laser light focus on this, increasing bulk billing rates, increasing doctor numbers with increased overseas trained doctors working in Australia, and mymedicare
Dr Nicole Higgins- addressing GP24- General Practice is the beating heart of the Australian Health System @racgp.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Dr Nicole Higgins- addressing GP24- General Practice is the beating heart of the Australian Health System @racgp.bsky.social