Emma Vardy
@emmavardy2.bsky.social
Physician. Honorary Professor of Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester. Delirium. Dementia. Quality improvement. Book lover. Mum to daughter with PKU.
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
@adamgordon1978.bsky.social @vickigphysio.bsky.social @rosespenfold.bsky.social @drterryquinn.bsky.social @drtheodorajones.bsky.social @laramitchdr.bsky.social
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
@drsandythomson.bsky.social @tomas-welsh.bsky.social @runningmadprof.bsky.social @mrsapea.bsky.social @amit-arora.bsky.social @kitb.bsky.social @trishaelliott.bsky.social
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
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November 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
@vivensa.bsky.social @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social @simonwheeler.bsky.social @acutefrailty-doc.bsky.social @ukhahsoc.bsky.social @danlasserson.bsky.social
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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It’s time! The Bert's Books Secret Santa.
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s time! The Bert's Books Secret Santa.
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
Sign up by 30th November, and pick a book you'd like to gift to someone else.
I'll work out the best person to send that book to - and in return you'll get a book to unwrap too!
bertsbooks.co.uk/secret-santa
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
A Delirium (UK) James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership - Wolfson Institute of Population Health
www.qmul.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Delighted to share details of @nihr.bsky.social James Lind Alliance research priority setting survey for delirium. For completion by UK health/social professionals and those with personal experience of delirium.
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
Complete the survey and have your say. More details 👇
www.qmul.ac.uk/wiph/centres...
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The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Iceland Noir festival is kicking off next week! I have my guest of honour interview on Wednesday at 9 PM in Fríkirkjan.
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
I have a few arcs of DEAD WEIGHT (which isn't out till May, and is translated to English by @maryrobinettekowal.com) that I want to give out there. First come first served!
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Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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November 11, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Let's hear from the illustrator/artists, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've drawn, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other
#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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#IllustratorTuesday #BookSky 📚💙 #Artists #Illustrator
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New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
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Today’s men can’t compete with this
a man with a mustache is saying look at her i would die for her i would kill for her
ALT: a man with a mustache is saying look at her i would die for her i would kill for her
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today’s men can’t compete with this
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The annual ‘winter pressures’ season is upon us. A year ago a cohort study in BMJ Medicine highlighted the role of multimorbidity on winter hospital admissions. Let’s take a look. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The annual ‘winter pressures’ season is upon us. A year ago a cohort study in BMJ Medicine highlighted the role of multimorbidity on winter hospital admissions. Let’s take a look. 🧵
Read @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social book!
How do you care for an ageing parent – when they want none of it? | Barry J Jacobs
How do you care for an ageing parent – when they want none of it? | Barry J Jacobs
Supporting my mother as she grew older meant facing pride, minimization and resistance. The key to a healthier relationship was empathy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Read @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social book!
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I caught this morning morning’s minion
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I caught this morning morning’s minion
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Listen to the audio interview with Dr Robert William Perry on the cautionary use of #FaecalCalprotectin for adults ≥50 years in whom collateral cancer is suspected www.bjgplife.com/219
#IBD #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
#IBD #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
Faecal calprotectin in the over-50s: Rule-out test or red flag?
Quickly and easily listen to BJGP Interviews for free!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Listen to the audio interview with Dr Robert William Perry on the cautionary use of #FaecalCalprotectin for adults ≥50 years in whom collateral cancer is suspected www.bjgplife.com/219
#IBD #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
#IBD #research #GeneralPractice #FamilyMedicine
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YT: youtu.be/40iHdamYgfY
Faecal calprotectin is a sensitive test for both #IBD and organic gastrointestinal pathology but should not be used where colorectal cancer is suspected in patients aged ≥50 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#FaecalCalprotectin #research #PrimaryCare
Faecal calprotectin is a sensitive test for both #IBD and organic gastrointestinal pathology but should not be used where colorectal cancer is suspected in patients aged ≥50 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#FaecalCalprotectin #research #PrimaryCare
Faecal calprotectin in older adults
YouTube video by BJGP
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November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
YT: youtu.be/40iHdamYgfY
Faecal calprotectin is a sensitive test for both #IBD and organic gastrointestinal pathology but should not be used where colorectal cancer is suspected in patients aged ≥50 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#FaecalCalprotectin #research #PrimaryCare
Faecal calprotectin is a sensitive test for both #IBD and organic gastrointestinal pathology but should not be used where colorectal cancer is suspected in patients aged ≥50 doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#FaecalCalprotectin #research #PrimaryCare
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Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín
Two authors join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Many congratulations to David #Szalay, winner of the 2025 @thebookerprizes.com You can hear Zadie Smith, Colm Tóibín and @harriettsg.bsky.social discuss his prize-winning novel, Flesh, on A Good Read @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer Eliza Lomas #Booker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Some of the stray dogs living near Chernobyl have recently turned blue. This confused scientists for weeks, until they realized they had simply been rolling around in chemicals from a nearby set of portable toilets. 14/10 for all
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Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
A woman steps into the shop: Where do I vote?
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
Me: Are you looking for Carysfort National School?
Her: Yes, I feel it's my duty, I turned 97 yesterday!
#Áras25
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Not because I had a small part to play but because now more than ever we need to amplify kindness and human connection, let me share with you the Tale of Kathleen & John
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda
After I had given directions to Kathleen (as I was to learn was her name) she headed off with her trusty walking frame, Esmeralda