Jane Nicholls
@drjanenicholls.bsky.social
Retired HIV doc New here 😊
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**UNHEARD BOOK EVENT - LONDON**
21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting!
Join us! Tickets 👇🏽
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting!
Join us! Tickets 👇🏽
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
September 21, 2025 at 8:34 AM
**UNHEARD BOOK EVENT - LONDON**
21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting!
Join us! Tickets 👇🏽
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
21st October at the beautiful Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garrett in London. I used to pass this venue all the time when I was a medical student at Guys Hospital so this is really exciting!
Join us! Tickets 👇🏽
oldoperatingtheatre.com/event-posts/...
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Are you living with #HIV & aged over 50 in the UK or a carer for someone who is?
What are your health and care concerns about HIV and ageing?
Please help to create a "bank" of research questions to improve the health and care of older adults with HIV
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are your health and care concerns about HIV and ageing?
Please help to create a "bank" of research questions to improve the health and care of older adults with HIV
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
Have your say to improve the care of people aged over 50 living with HIV in the UK
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Are you living with #HIV & aged over 50 in the UK or a carer for someone who is?
What are your health and care concerns about HIV and ageing?
Please help to create a "bank" of research questions to improve the health and care of older adults with HIV
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are your health and care concerns about HIV and ageing?
Please help to create a "bank" of research questions to improve the health and care of older adults with HIV
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
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You can be confident that an organisation displaying the HIV Confident logo has made a commitment to make people living with HIV welcome and to treat them with respect.
Find out more about what HIV Confident means for you:
www.hivconfident.org...
Photo: Mareike Günsche
Find out more about what HIV Confident means for you:
www.hivconfident.org...
Photo: Mareike Günsche
May 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
You can be confident that an organisation displaying the HIV Confident logo has made a commitment to make people living with HIV welcome and to treat them with respect.
Find out more about what HIV Confident means for you:
www.hivconfident.org...
Photo: Mareike Günsche
Find out more about what HIV Confident means for you:
www.hivconfident.org...
Photo: Mareike Günsche
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Huge congratulations to my dearest friend & colleague @tristanjbarber.bsky.social who will be the new @bhiva.bsky.social chair from November!!!! Wise & stylish shoes to fill but I'm sure @profygilleece.bsky.social is delighted it's your feet next 😘😘😘😘
March 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Huge congratulations to my dearest friend & colleague @tristanjbarber.bsky.social who will be the new @bhiva.bsky.social chair from November!!!! Wise & stylish shoes to fill but I'm sure @profygilleece.bsky.social is delighted it's your feet next 😘😘😘😘
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Are you PrEPped? #PrEP is a pill that can stop HIV transmissions. PrEP is free in Wales. Read more on the Sexual Health Wales website: tinyurl.com/PrEPWales
March 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Are you PrEPped? #PrEP is a pill that can stop HIV transmissions. PrEP is free in Wales. Read more on the Sexual Health Wales website: tinyurl.com/PrEPWales
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"People like me – women – are still really underrepresented when people talk about living with #HIV."
Becky Mitchell BME has been living with HIV since 2012 "I’m still the same woman I was before, just older, stronger and hopefully a bit wiser."
nat.org.uk/about-hiv/pe...
Becky Mitchell BME has been living with HIV since 2012 "I’m still the same woman I was before, just older, stronger and hopefully a bit wiser."
nat.org.uk/about-hiv/pe...
“HIV has changed my life but has not limited me”
nat.org.uk
March 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"People like me – women – are still really underrepresented when people talk about living with #HIV."
Becky Mitchell BME has been living with HIV since 2012 "I’m still the same woman I was before, just older, stronger and hopefully a bit wiser."
nat.org.uk/about-hiv/pe...
Becky Mitchell BME has been living with HIV since 2012 "I’m still the same woman I was before, just older, stronger and hopefully a bit wiser."
nat.org.uk/about-hiv/pe...
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Accessible HIV science is vital in an age of misinformation.
That's why we are exploring a future for leading HIV website aidsmap.
More details: tht.org.uk/news/accessible-hiv-science-vital-age-disinformation
That's why we are exploring a future for leading HIV website aidsmap.
More details: tht.org.uk/news/accessible-hiv-science-vital-age-disinformation
March 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Accessible HIV science is vital in an age of misinformation.
That's why we are exploring a future for leading HIV website aidsmap.
More details: tht.org.uk/news/accessible-hiv-science-vital-age-disinformation
That's why we are exploring a future for leading HIV website aidsmap.
More details: tht.org.uk/news/accessible-hiv-science-vital-age-disinformation
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📅 Save the Date! 📅
We are launching "Are you PrEPped?", a community-led campaign running from 10th to 28th March!
The campaign directs individuals to the Sexual Health Wales website, which provides information on free PrEP services in Wales.
🔗 Join the campaign: fasttrack.wales/are-you-prep...
We are launching "Are you PrEPped?", a community-led campaign running from 10th to 28th March!
The campaign directs individuals to the Sexual Health Wales website, which provides information on free PrEP services in Wales.
🔗 Join the campaign: fasttrack.wales/are-you-prep...
February 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📅 Save the Date! 📅
We are launching "Are you PrEPped?", a community-led campaign running from 10th to 28th March!
The campaign directs individuals to the Sexual Health Wales website, which provides information on free PrEP services in Wales.
🔗 Join the campaign: fasttrack.wales/are-you-prep...
We are launching "Are you PrEPped?", a community-led campaign running from 10th to 28th March!
The campaign directs individuals to the Sexual Health Wales website, which provides information on free PrEP services in Wales.
🔗 Join the campaign: fasttrack.wales/are-you-prep...
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Quite the flu season we're having. Here are some thoughts. I finish up by wondering why we'd reduce CDC workforce at a time like this -- just unfathomably short-sighted.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
This Year Influenza Came Back to Remind Us It's Not Messing Around
If it seems like pretty much everyone you know either has the flu or is recovering from it, it’s because we’re in the middle of the worst flu season in over a decade. Take a look at this figure, from ...
blogs.jwatch.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Quite the flu season we're having. Here are some thoughts. I finish up by wondering why we'd reduce CDC workforce at a time like this -- just unfathomably short-sighted.
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...
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When patients are not heard by their doctors there can be devastating consequences.
So why does this happen & what can be done to address it?
On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question.
Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social
So why does this happen & what can be done to address it?
On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question.
Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
When patients are not heard by their doctors there can be devastating consequences.
So why does this happen & what can be done to address it?
On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question.
Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social
So why does this happen & what can be done to address it?
On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question.
Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e @drrageshri.bsky.social
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✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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About 1,300 employees at CDC are expected to be fired by the Trump admin today, and more at NIH
Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Trump tariffs, Ukraine updates and immigration news: Live updates | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump continues to forge ahead with transforming the federal government as his changes face multiple legal challenges. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance is meeting with Ukraines’ Vol...
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
About 1,300 employees at CDC are expected to be fired by the Trump admin today, and more at NIH
Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Those at CDC include entire first year class of CDC's "disease detectives," the Epidemic Intelligence Service
Some at CDC are referring to it as the Valentine's Day Massacre www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
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Delighted to see Prof @profchloeorkin.bsky.social, Director @shareeastlondon.bsky.social & Consultant HIV physician at Barts Health, profiled in @thelancet.bsky.social today. Great to learn more about her career, with ‘equality at its heart, motivated by activism’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Chloe Orkin: forefronting social justice in medicine
HIV researcher and physician Chloe Orkin, Professor of Infection and Inequities at
Queen Mary University of London, UK, embarked on her career at the age of just 16
years when she began her medical de...
www.thelancet.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Delighted to see Prof @profchloeorkin.bsky.social, Director @shareeastlondon.bsky.social & Consultant HIV physician at Barts Health, profiled in @thelancet.bsky.social today. Great to learn more about her career, with ‘equality at its heart, motivated by activism’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Inspiring opening to UK & Ireland Fast Track Cities Conference from @profkevinfenton.bsky.social
Great to share our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social project & hear great ideas to tackle #HIV inequities
Find out about our Bristol #FastTrackCities work
➡️ fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
#FastTrack2025
Great to share our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social project & hear great ideas to tackle #HIV inequities
Find out about our Bristol #FastTrackCities work
➡️ fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
#FastTrack2025
Home | Fast Track Cities Bristol: Ending HIV Infections & Stigma
Join Fast Track Cities Bristol in our mission to end new HIV infections, stop preventable HIV deaths, and eliminate the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. Learn more about our initiatives ...
fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Inspiring opening to UK & Ireland Fast Track Cities Conference from @profkevinfenton.bsky.social
Great to share our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social project & hear great ideas to tackle #HIV inequities
Find out about our Bristol #FastTrackCities work
➡️ fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
#FastTrack2025
Great to share our @commonambitionbs.bsky.social project & hear great ideas to tackle #HIV inequities
Find out about our Bristol #FastTrackCities work
➡️ fasttrackcitiesbristol.org
#FastTrack2025
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Mae’r Athro Isabel Oliver wedi cael ei phenodi’n Brif Swyddog Meddygol newydd i Gymru.
Penodi Prif Swyddog Meddygol newydd i Gymru
Mae’r Athro Isabel Oliver wedi cael ei phenodi’n Brif Swyddog Meddygol newydd i Gymru.
newyddion.s4c.cymru
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Mae’r Athro Isabel Oliver wedi cael ei phenodi’n Brif Swyddog Meddygol newydd i Gymru.
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Shape the Future of #HIV Prevention in Wales!
We need your views to make our #PrEP campaign impactful and tailored to your needs.
👇 Share your thoughts, it takes 2 minutes : forms.office.com/r/7ruc8nMdCu
We need your views to make our #PrEP campaign impactful and tailored to your needs.
👇 Share your thoughts, it takes 2 minutes : forms.office.com/r/7ruc8nMdCu
January 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Shape the Future of #HIV Prevention in Wales!
We need your views to make our #PrEP campaign impactful and tailored to your needs.
👇 Share your thoughts, it takes 2 minutes : forms.office.com/r/7ruc8nMdCu
We need your views to make our #PrEP campaign impactful and tailored to your needs.
👇 Share your thoughts, it takes 2 minutes : forms.office.com/r/7ruc8nMdCu
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📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
January 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢 Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 & June 2024, new study estimates.
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
LSHTM research in The Lancet suggests Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported death toll due to traumatic injury by approximately 41%.
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Fantastic longitudinal #qualitative study by @oohgpwales.bsky.social, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social et al, examines challenges to quality in hybrid #PrimaryCare. Highlights the trade-off between accessibility & continuity, can lead to dehumanising & fragmented care.
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Challenges to quality in contemporary, hybrid general practice a multi-site longitudinal case study
Background Since 2022, general practice has shifted from responding to the acute challenges of COVID-19 to restoring full services using a hybrid of remote, digital, and in-person care.
Aim To examin...
bjgp.org
January 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Fantastic longitudinal #qualitative study by @oohgpwales.bsky.social, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social et al, examines challenges to quality in hybrid #PrimaryCare. Highlights the trade-off between accessibility & continuity, can lead to dehumanising & fragmented care.
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
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#Unheard will be released as a paperback on 3rd July 2025! Now available to pre-order via your usual book outlet. Hoping its price will make it more accessible (although you can read it for free by requesting it at your local library).
January 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#Unheard will be released as a paperback on 3rd July 2025! Now available to pre-order via your usual book outlet. Hoping its price will make it more accessible (although you can read it for free by requesting it at your local library).
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"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because I've got so many followers on here"
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because big organisations/media outlets are on here"
Some things to bear in mind:
1. Your follower count on X doesn't mean what it used to...
🧵
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because big organisations/media outlets are on here"
Some things to bear in mind:
1. Your follower count on X doesn't mean what it used to...
🧵
January 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because I've got so many followers on here"
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because big organisations/media outlets are on here"
Some things to bear in mind:
1. Your follower count on X doesn't mean what it used to...
🧵
"I don't like X but I can't stop posting because big organisations/media outlets are on here"
Some things to bear in mind:
1. Your follower count on X doesn't mean what it used to...
🧵
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I am so very proud to see this published
The Long COVID Physio International Forum #LCPForum was a huge undertaking by so many and this is the final output 🎉
Congrats to all involved #LongCOVID #GlobalPT
The Long COVID Physio International Forum #LCPForum was a huge undertaking by so many and this is the final output 🎉
Congrats to all involved #LongCOVID #GlobalPT
We promised that the #LCPForum was research generating …
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
litation.
Methods:
We conducted an international consultation on priorities for long COVID and rehabilitation with people living with long COVID, clinicians, researchers, and other key interest-hol...
journals.lww.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I am so very proud to see this published
The Long COVID Physio International Forum #LCPForum was a huge undertaking by so many and this is the final output 🎉
Congrats to all involved #LongCOVID #GlobalPT
The Long COVID Physio International Forum #LCPForum was a huge undertaking by so many and this is the final output 🎉
Congrats to all involved #LongCOVID #GlobalPT
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fasttrack.wales/2024/12/30/2...
#fasttrackcymru #yearinreview2024 #PrEP #21stcenturyHIV #HIV #cymru #wales #sexualhealth #education #curriculum
#fasttrackcymru #yearinreview2024 #PrEP #21stcenturyHIV #HIV #cymru #wales #sexualhealth #education #curriculum
Our Year in Review: Achievements of Fast Track Cymru in 2024
As 2024 draws to a close, we celebrate the incredible strides Fast Track Cymru and the regional Fast Track coalitions have made in our mission to achieve zero HIV transmissions in Wales by 2030 and…
fasttrack.wales
December 31, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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🌍❤️ Last night, we marked #WorldAIDSDay at Senedd Cymru with powerful speeches from people living with #HIV, a reaffirmed commitment to the #HIVActionPlan for Wales by the Cab Secretary, & support from Fast Track Cymru regional coalitions. Together we’ll end stigma & new HIV transmissions.
November 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
🌍❤️ Last night, we marked #WorldAIDSDay at Senedd Cymru with powerful speeches from people living with #HIV, a reaffirmed commitment to the #HIVActionPlan for Wales by the Cab Secretary, & support from Fast Track Cymru regional coalitions. Together we’ll end stigma & new HIV transmissions.