Sandy Thomson
@drsandythomson.bsky.social
Geriatrician, @RCPhysicians Censor & @NWAmbulance CFR. Interests: Movement Disorders, Medical Education & Gerontology. Delirium obsessive.
Fantastic day of Geriatric medicine regional teaching @rcphysicians.bsky.social #TheSpine in Liverpool today bringing together 45 Mersey & Manchester/Lancashire Registrars 😊
Core Geri topics included Stroke, PD, vestibular disorders, heart failure and palliative care with group and plenary sessions
Core Geri topics included Stroke, PD, vestibular disorders, heart failure and palliative care with group and plenary sessions
October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fantastic day of Geriatric medicine regional teaching @rcphysicians.bsky.social #TheSpine in Liverpool today bringing together 45 Mersey & Manchester/Lancashire Registrars 😊
Core Geri topics included Stroke, PD, vestibular disorders, heart failure and palliative care with group and plenary sessions
Core Geri topics included Stroke, PD, vestibular disorders, heart failure and palliative care with group and plenary sessions
Glorious weekend in God’s Own Country.
October 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Glorious weekend in God’s Own Country.
We’ve had a bit of a hiatus but the L5 Learning Board is back up and running after our migration/exodus from that other place.
As always the content and variety is driven by conversations with our terrific resident doctors.
And I always keep learning too.
As always the content and variety is driven by conversations with our terrific resident doctors.
And I always keep learning too.
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We’ve had a bit of a hiatus but the L5 Learning Board is back up and running after our migration/exodus from that other place.
As always the content and variety is driven by conversations with our terrific resident doctors.
And I always keep learning too.
As always the content and variety is driven by conversations with our terrific resident doctors.
And I always keep learning too.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hmm. Sure.
The solution to this is to fund more GP places. We have a surplus of incredibly well-trained GPs waiting to join terrific GP colleagues in primary care.
Yes, look at booking systems, but BIGGER PICTURE.
HM Government should choose more wise solutions.
Hmm. Sure.
The solution to this is to fund more GP places. We have a surplus of incredibly well-trained GPs waiting to join terrific GP colleagues in primary care.
Yes, look at booking systems, but BIGGER PICTURE.
HM Government should choose more wise solutions.
Every GP practice must now offer online booking
Move comes despite opposition from union, with ministers saying NHS needs to embrace digital tech.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hmm. Sure.
The solution to this is to fund more GP places. We have a surplus of incredibly well-trained GPs waiting to join terrific GP colleagues in primary care.
Yes, look at booking systems, but BIGGER PICTURE.
HM Government should choose more wise solutions.
Hmm. Sure.
The solution to this is to fund more GP places. We have a surplus of incredibly well-trained GPs waiting to join terrific GP colleagues in primary care.
Yes, look at booking systems, but BIGGER PICTURE.
HM Government should choose more wise solutions.
Reposted by Sandy Thomson
In her latest blog, Dr Zuzanna Sawicka, RCP clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, reflects on the reality of #corridorcare – and what it tells us about #NHS pressures all year round: ow.ly/BSTM50WUBlU
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In her latest blog, Dr Zuzanna Sawicka, RCP clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, reflects on the reality of #corridorcare – and what it tells us about #NHS pressures all year round: ow.ly/BSTM50WUBlU
Reposted by Sandy Thomson
🗳️The RCP constitutional vote is now live!
Online ballot of all eligible #RCPfellows is now open. Voting will be open for 2 weeks until 10 October 2025. Fellows will receive an email with instructions on how to vote.
Your voice matters – please vote. Learn more: ow.ly/nmcV50X2Ohm
Online ballot of all eligible #RCPfellows is now open. Voting will be open for 2 weeks until 10 October 2025. Fellows will receive an email with instructions on how to vote.
Your voice matters – please vote. Learn more: ow.ly/nmcV50X2Ohm
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🗳️The RCP constitutional vote is now live!
Online ballot of all eligible #RCPfellows is now open. Voting will be open for 2 weeks until 10 October 2025. Fellows will receive an email with instructions on how to vote.
Your voice matters – please vote. Learn more: ow.ly/nmcV50X2Ohm
Online ballot of all eligible #RCPfellows is now open. Voting will be open for 2 weeks until 10 October 2025. Fellows will receive an email with instructions on how to vote.
Your voice matters – please vote. Learn more: ow.ly/nmcV50X2Ohm
It’s great to see the RCP working with other Colleges and Trusts to tackle this.
Good examples across the UK of hospitals with NO temporary escalation spaces or corridor care. It’s said TES use is a choice and not an inevitability.
We can do so much better.
Good examples across the UK of hospitals with NO temporary escalation spaces or corridor care. It’s said TES use is a choice and not an inevitability.
We can do so much better.
Data from our snapshot survey earlier this year showed that almost four in five physicians are looking after #patients in temporary environments.
RCP regional adviser Dr Andrew Lansdown calls on the next Welsh government to radically transform #socialcare ow.ly/1PZC50X20M5
RCP regional adviser Dr Andrew Lansdown calls on the next Welsh government to radically transform #socialcare ow.ly/1PZC50X20M5
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It’s great to see the RCP working with other Colleges and Trusts to tackle this.
Good examples across the UK of hospitals with NO temporary escalation spaces or corridor care. It’s said TES use is a choice and not an inevitability.
We can do so much better.
Good examples across the UK of hospitals with NO temporary escalation spaces or corridor care. It’s said TES use is a choice and not an inevitability.
We can do so much better.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This was the cause of much excitement in our house yesterday. For Mrs T as a clinical geneticist looking after families with HD and myself as a PDologist thinking about the broader implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Amazing.
This was the cause of much excitement in our house yesterday. For Mrs T as a clinical geneticist looking after families with HD and myself as a PDologist thinking about the broader implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Amazing.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This was the cause of much excitement in our house yesterday. For Mrs T as a clinical geneticist looking after families with HD and myself as a PDologist thinking about the broader implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Amazing.
This was the cause of much excitement in our house yesterday. For Mrs T as a clinical geneticist looking after families with HD and myself as a PDologist thinking about the broader implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Amazing.
I’m sorry to hear that John has died.
He was a great supporter of Parkinson’s UK and I was fortunate enough to meet him presenting our team with an award several years ago.
Interested and interesting.
Kind and thoughtful.
This is a loss.
He was a great supporter of Parkinson’s UK and I was fortunate enough to meet him presenting our team with an award several years ago.
Interested and interesting.
Kind and thoughtful.
This is a loss.
September 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’m sorry to hear that John has died.
He was a great supporter of Parkinson’s UK and I was fortunate enough to meet him presenting our team with an award several years ago.
Interested and interesting.
Kind and thoughtful.
This is a loss.
He was a great supporter of Parkinson’s UK and I was fortunate enough to meet him presenting our team with an award several years ago.
Interested and interesting.
Kind and thoughtful.
This is a loss.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m oncall this weekend. I alway enjoy my weekends at work, but this has had me chuckling all day.
Nuns on the run! Brilliant. Read the whole article to enjoy the mayhem.
I’m oncall this weekend. I alway enjoy my weekends at work, but this has had me chuckling all day.
Nuns on the run! Brilliant. Read the whole article to enjoy the mayhem.
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m oncall this weekend. I alway enjoy my weekends at work, but this has had me chuckling all day.
Nuns on the run! Brilliant. Read the whole article to enjoy the mayhem.
I’m oncall this weekend. I alway enjoy my weekends at work, but this has had me chuckling all day.
Nuns on the run! Brilliant. Read the whole article to enjoy the mayhem.
September 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today. Headspace. Chatsworth.
August 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today. Headspace. Chatsworth.
If anyone is in need of a clever, witty, character-driven murder mystery to clear their head, I cannot recommend this enough.
It has provided several evenings of pure joy chez Thomson.
It has provided several evenings of pure joy chez Thomson.
August 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If anyone is in need of a clever, witty, character-driven murder mystery to clear their head, I cannot recommend this enough.
It has provided several evenings of pure joy chez Thomson.
It has provided several evenings of pure joy chez Thomson.
Not the easiest of weeks.
Looking forward to employing some natural healing during the rest of the summer.
Looking forward to employing some natural healing during the rest of the summer.
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not the easiest of weeks.
Looking forward to employing some natural healing during the rest of the summer.
Looking forward to employing some natural healing during the rest of the summer.
I visited a library recently.
The things you come across…
The things you come across…
July 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I visited a library recently.
The things you come across…
The things you come across…
A New York State of mind, from a sunny July 4th weekend.
July 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A New York State of mind, from a sunny July 4th weekend.
I’ve read this well-researched and written article twice. I’d recommend it.
What makes me the most cross is the deplorable exploitation of a CBS diagnosis underpinning the whole narrative.
No way does this guy have CBS. No way. Just not possible.
What makes me the most cross is the deplorable exploitation of a CBS diagnosis underpinning the whole narrative.
No way does this guy have CBS. No way. Just not possible.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve read this well-researched and written article twice. I’d recommend it.
What makes me the most cross is the deplorable exploitation of a CBS diagnosis underpinning the whole narrative.
No way does this guy have CBS. No way. Just not possible.
What makes me the most cross is the deplorable exploitation of a CBS diagnosis underpinning the whole narrative.
No way does this guy have CBS. No way. Just not possible.
If you know, you know.
#childoftheeighties
#childoftheeighties
June 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
If you know, you know.
#childoftheeighties
#childoftheeighties
Reposted by Sandy Thomson
The RCP sends its deepest condolences to the friends, families and communities impacted by the tragic plane crash in India.
‘We are directly contacting all our RCP members in that region to offer support, as well as our wider Indian diaspora.’ Dr Mumtaz Patel.
Full statement: ow.ly/GKrZ50W8rfn
‘We are directly contacting all our RCP members in that region to offer support, as well as our wider Indian diaspora.’ Dr Mumtaz Patel.
Full statement: ow.ly/GKrZ50W8rfn
RCP statement on Air India crash
ow.ly
June 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The RCP sends its deepest condolences to the friends, families and communities impacted by the tragic plane crash in India.
‘We are directly contacting all our RCP members in that region to offer support, as well as our wider Indian diaspora.’ Dr Mumtaz Patel.
Full statement: ow.ly/GKrZ50W8rfn
‘We are directly contacting all our RCP members in that region to offer support, as well as our wider Indian diaspora.’ Dr Mumtaz Patel.
Full statement: ow.ly/GKrZ50W8rfn
Schrödinger’s NHS outpatient appointment.
Unable to make child’s OPC appointment for over 6 weeks from today.
Neither parent allowed to cancel clinical work to attend appointment without 6 weeks notice.
Very helpful appointment booking person on phone today trying to work the problem 🤨
Unable to make child’s OPC appointment for over 6 weeks from today.
Neither parent allowed to cancel clinical work to attend appointment without 6 weeks notice.
Very helpful appointment booking person on phone today trying to work the problem 🤨
June 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Schrödinger’s NHS outpatient appointment.
Unable to make child’s OPC appointment for over 6 weeks from today.
Neither parent allowed to cancel clinical work to attend appointment without 6 weeks notice.
Very helpful appointment booking person on phone today trying to work the problem 🤨
Unable to make child’s OPC appointment for over 6 weeks from today.
Neither parent allowed to cancel clinical work to attend appointment without 6 weeks notice.
Very helpful appointment booking person on phone today trying to work the problem 🤨
Incredible scenes with high drama at times at our mock inquests for our Northwestern Registrars in Geriatric medicine @SafetyCentral in Cheshire.
Real life scenarios with a real Coroner.
Invaluable learning & great fun for all involved.
Real life scenarios with a real Coroner.
Invaluable learning & great fun for all involved.
May 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Incredible scenes with high drama at times at our mock inquests for our Northwestern Registrars in Geriatric medicine @SafetyCentral in Cheshire.
Real life scenarios with a real Coroner.
Invaluable learning & great fun for all involved.
Real life scenarios with a real Coroner.
Invaluable learning & great fun for all involved.
