Erin Gourley
@erin-gourley.bsky.social
Doctor - Psych CT3 | Warwickshire | Good enough mother to 2 boys | BMA West Mids & UK Resident Dr Committees | WM RCPsych PTC | Views my own
Interests in old age psych, medical care in pts with SMI & advocacy for better working conditions for doctors.
Interests in old age psych, medical care in pts with SMI & advocacy for better working conditions for doctors.
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This is one of the bank shift job adverts sent to me. You can see clearly in the notes the role is "corridor RN"
January 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is one of the bank shift job adverts sent to me. You can see clearly in the notes the role is "corridor RN"
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Academic clinicians, I’m preparing a report on why professionals need more than 2 years training to be competent and safe. I’d welcome suggestions of articles on the complexity of clinical knowledge and how it is acquired. Thanks if you can recommend any (I have my own obvs). #medsky #academicsky
January 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Academic clinicians, I’m preparing a report on why professionals need more than 2 years training to be competent and safe. I’d welcome suggestions of articles on the complexity of clinical knowledge and how it is acquired. Thanks if you can recommend any (I have my own obvs). #medsky #academicsky
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Trial high dose nasal corticosteroids for 2 weeks with saline rinses.
Ear exam is normal -I’ll refer you for an audiogram.
How much nonsense did that just save?
Ear exam is normal -I’ll refer you for an audiogram.
How much nonsense did that just save?
January 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Trial high dose nasal corticosteroids for 2 weeks with saline rinses.
Ear exam is normal -I’ll refer you for an audiogram.
How much nonsense did that just save?
Ear exam is normal -I’ll refer you for an audiogram.
How much nonsense did that just save?
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Also I can think of better use for an ENT reg’s time than holding MDMs with various members of the primary care team to decide whether to make an ENT referral in the first place. Training is short and there’s a lot to cover!
January 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Also I can think of better use for an ENT reg’s time than holding MDMs with various members of the primary care team to decide whether to make an ENT referral in the first place. Training is short and there’s a lot to cover!
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And now for the parody that makes a mockery of the real NHS England pathway
January 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
And now for the parody that makes a mockery of the real NHS England pathway
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The Green party have 4 MPs and have made HUGE GE and council gains.
Yet all we see in the media is about the far-right circus that is Reform UK.
The media are gagging for a far-right victory and it's sickening.
Yet all we see in the media is about the far-right circus that is Reform UK.
The media are gagging for a far-right victory and it's sickening.
December 27, 2024 at 9:22 AM
The Green party have 4 MPs and have made HUGE GE and council gains.
Yet all we see in the media is about the far-right circus that is Reform UK.
The media are gagging for a far-right victory and it's sickening.
Yet all we see in the media is about the far-right circus that is Reform UK.
The media are gagging for a far-right victory and it's sickening.
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Me too. Wikipedia is the internet's single most valuable contribution to human knowledge. It's clearly galling for Musk that he can't turn it into another billionaire-owned misinformation machine.
I understand Elon Musk is trying to get people to stop donating to Wikipedia, which reminded me that I hadn't yet made my usual annual donation to Wikipedia, so now that's been taken care of
December 27, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Me too. Wikipedia is the internet's single most valuable contribution to human knowledge. It's clearly galling for Musk that he can't turn it into another billionaire-owned misinformation machine.
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when you feel even the smallest spark of "i want to make something" or "i want to do something", do whatever it takes to hold onto that feeling, because it's so easy for your dreams to get swallowed up in the everyday struggle to survive
December 23, 2024 at 10:48 PM
when you feel even the smallest spark of "i want to make something" or "i want to do something", do whatever it takes to hold onto that feeling, because it's so easy for your dreams to get swallowed up in the everyday struggle to survive
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Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
December 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Christmas Mental Health Support
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
SAMARITANS (24/7, open for everyone)
call: 116123
email: jo@samaritans.org
CALM (5pm - midnight every day, open for everyone)
call: 0800585858
WhatsApp: 02045876634
PAPYRUS (24/7, under-35s only)
call: 08000684141
text: 88247
#ChristmasEve #ChristmasDay #BoxingDay
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The cards are on the table.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
Royal College of Anaesthetists has done an excellent job setting scope for AAs.
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
GMC tells doctors they’ve no business saying how NHS trusts use non-doctors or ensure training of proper docs
General Medical Council CEO has no medical training – but tells qualified medics they’re wrong about patient safety Health Secretary Wes Streeting wants to continue the Tories’ mo…
skwawkbox.org
December 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
The cards are on the table.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
“But its support of NHS, GMC and government plans for PAs placed (RCP) in direct opposition to its members.
This was a sobering reminder to membership organisations that steer their hubristic agendas away from their members.”
Kamran Abbasi, BMJ Ed-in-Chief
This was a sobering reminder to membership organisations that steer their hubristic agendas away from their members.”
Kamran Abbasi, BMJ Ed-in-Chief
December 22, 2024 at 2:16 PM
“But its support of NHS, GMC and government plans for PAs placed (RCP) in direct opposition to its members.
This was a sobering reminder to membership organisations that steer their hubristic agendas away from their members.”
Kamran Abbasi, BMJ Ed-in-Chief
This was a sobering reminder to membership organisations that steer their hubristic agendas away from their members.”
Kamran Abbasi, BMJ Ed-in-Chief
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The GMC attempts to subvert & overturn the defined Scope set for PAs & AAs by Royal Colleges of Anaesthetists and RC of Physicians after previously refusing to set any ceiling of practise for them and redirecting the responsibility to the RCs & Specialism Societys. Now it attacks the Scope they set!
The cards are on the table.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
Royal College of Anaesthetists has done an excellent job setting scope for AAs.
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
December 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
The GMC attempts to subvert & overturn the defined Scope set for PAs & AAs by Royal Colleges of Anaesthetists and RC of Physicians after previously refusing to set any ceiling of practise for them and redirecting the responsibility to the RCs & Specialism Societys. Now it attacks the Scope they set!
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Blimey, this is big. Reform UK is already effectively receiving foreign donations. Via Private Eye
December 21, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Blimey, this is big. Reform UK is already effectively receiving foreign donations. Via Private Eye
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Nice story this.
8 kids from Gaza with complex medical needs arrived in Ireland last night for treatment.
A total of 30 are expected to arrive for medical care in Ireland on the scheme organised by the Depts of Health and Foreign Affairs and the Irish Red Cross
www.instagram.com/p/DDzL-BnMIX...
8 kids from Gaza with complex medical needs arrived in Ireland last night for treatment.
A total of 30 are expected to arrive for medical care in Ireland on the scheme organised by the Depts of Health and Foreign Affairs and the Irish Red Cross
www.instagram.com/p/DDzL-BnMIX...
December 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Nice story this.
8 kids from Gaza with complex medical needs arrived in Ireland last night for treatment.
A total of 30 are expected to arrive for medical care in Ireland on the scheme organised by the Depts of Health and Foreign Affairs and the Irish Red Cross
www.instagram.com/p/DDzL-BnMIX...
8 kids from Gaza with complex medical needs arrived in Ireland last night for treatment.
A total of 30 are expected to arrive for medical care in Ireland on the scheme organised by the Depts of Health and Foreign Affairs and the Irish Red Cross
www.instagram.com/p/DDzL-BnMIX...
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Also, I thoroughly recommend starter packs for finding interesting NHS / health / social justice people. Here's an example of one... go.bsky.app/GZJeMY5
October 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Also, I thoroughly recommend starter packs for finding interesting NHS / health / social justice people. Here's an example of one... go.bsky.app/GZJeMY5
The cards are on the table.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
Royal College of Anaesthetists has done an excellent job setting scope for AAs.
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
But the GMC want it done differently.
skwawkbox.org/2024/12/20/g...
GMC tells doctors they’ve no business saying how NHS trusts use non-doctors or ensure training of proper docs
General Medical Council CEO has no medical training – but tells qualified medics they’re wrong about patient safety Health Secretary Wes Streeting wants to continue the Tories’ mo…
skwawkbox.org
December 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM
The cards are on the table.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
After years of suppressing discussion, ignoring concerns & saying not GMC/NHSE remit to set scope, GMC don’t miss a beat immediately advocating for less defined scope when someone else does it.
GMC continue to do a disservice to everyone involved, including AAs.
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Hopeful noises coming out of GP/Govt contract negotiations - but there's a lot more still to do. Glad continuity of care is finally a buzzword (buzzphrase?)
Some concerns that all the money so far announced might be swallowed up by ⬆️costs (NICs, NMW etc). Huge gratitude to KBS @the-bma.bsky.social
Some concerns that all the money so far announced might be swallowed up by ⬆️costs (NICs, NMW etc). Huge gratitude to KBS @the-bma.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Hopeful noises coming out of GP/Govt contract negotiations - but there's a lot more still to do. Glad continuity of care is finally a buzzword (buzzphrase?)
Some concerns that all the money so far announced might be swallowed up by ⬆️costs (NICs, NMW etc). Huge gratitude to KBS @the-bma.bsky.social
Some concerns that all the money so far announced might be swallowed up by ⬆️costs (NICs, NMW etc). Huge gratitude to KBS @the-bma.bsky.social
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Story time:
We had a patient admitted to the PICU admitted with recurrent fevers despite multiple broad spectrum IV antibiotics. They could not communicate well at baseline and their blood cultures were negative. After a few days we decided to consult ID.
1/n
We had a patient admitted to the PICU admitted with recurrent fevers despite multiple broad spectrum IV antibiotics. They could not communicate well at baseline and their blood cultures were negative. After a few days we decided to consult ID.
1/n
Gotta praise those attendings.
Lots of unnecessary testing could be avoided with a good physical exam - or actually any at all.
Lots of unnecessary testing could be avoided with a good physical exam - or actually any at all.
December 20, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Story time:
We had a patient admitted to the PICU admitted with recurrent fevers despite multiple broad spectrum IV antibiotics. They could not communicate well at baseline and their blood cultures were negative. After a few days we decided to consult ID.
1/n
We had a patient admitted to the PICU admitted with recurrent fevers despite multiple broad spectrum IV antibiotics. They could not communicate well at baseline and their blood cultures were negative. After a few days we decided to consult ID.
1/n
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It's that time of year where I post this one
December 19, 2024 at 4:50 PM
It's that time of year where I post this one
Absolute highlight of 2024 Congress for me ✨
Please give it a listen if you missed it in person!
We (both men and women!) need to be discussing this more to make sure there are less barriers to the best people being where they need to be in order to effect change 🗣️
Please give it a listen if you missed it in person!
We (both men and women!) need to be discussing this more to make sure there are less barriers to the best people being where they need to be in order to effect change 🗣️
❗️❗️❗️Listen our podcast now
Shattering glass ceilings:women in leadership
Should ur door be open or closed?
t.co/ZOLa38pbaT
bit.ly/3X4GINU
We talk leadership,juggling,allyship &that it's ok to say you've got something wrong!
#leadership #PsychSky #Medsky @katewomersley.com @laurevans311.bsky.social
Shattering glass ceilings:women in leadership
Should ur door be open or closed?
t.co/ZOLa38pbaT
bit.ly/3X4GINU
We talk leadership,juggling,allyship &that it's ok to say you've got something wrong!
#leadership #PsychSky #Medsky @katewomersley.com @laurevans311.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Absolute highlight of 2024 Congress for me ✨
Please give it a listen if you missed it in person!
We (both men and women!) need to be discussing this more to make sure there are less barriers to the best people being where they need to be in order to effect change 🗣️
Please give it a listen if you missed it in person!
We (both men and women!) need to be discussing this more to make sure there are less barriers to the best people being where they need to be in order to effect change 🗣️
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More complex, more elderly, more need for preventative care
More GPs needed
But there has been a 20% cut in funding
GPs / Social care / 3rd sector has been hit by NI employers tax rise & staff costs
More GPs needed
But there has been a 20% cut in funding
GPs / Social care / 3rd sector has been hit by NI employers tax rise & staff costs
December 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM
More complex, more elderly, more need for preventative care
More GPs needed
But there has been a 20% cut in funding
GPs / Social care / 3rd sector has been hit by NI employers tax rise & staff costs
More GPs needed
But there has been a 20% cut in funding
GPs / Social care / 3rd sector has been hit by NI employers tax rise & staff costs