Alan Hassey
@gah54.bsky.social
Retired GP and clinical informatician, now mostly walking, cycling and taking photos in the Dales and Lakes when not playing with the grand-children.
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The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Beautiful Bolton Abbey
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Beautiful Bolton Abbey
Really poor security arrangements at @lancscricket.bsky.social yesterday - queues of thousands still outside as play started in 4th test
July 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Really poor security arrangements at @lancscricket.bsky.social yesterday - queues of thousands still outside as play started in 4th test
How my grand-daughter sees me :-)
July 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
How my grand-daughter sees me :-)
View from Low Fell summit cairn down to Crummock Water and the Buttermere fells
April 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
View from Low Fell summit cairn down to Crummock Water and the Buttermere fells
This “Ask Ethan” interview is a long read but worth it, debunking the lab leaks”theory” of the origins of SARS-COV2. Deeply worrying about Chinese wet markets and culture of secrecy but also self-serving American conspiracy theorists and anti-science culture. bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Ask Ethan: Couldn't COVID-19 have originated in a Chinese lab?
In theory, scientists could've produced a deadly virus that accidentally infected lab workers. In practice, we know that didn't happen.
bigthink.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This “Ask Ethan” interview is a long read but worth it, debunking the lab leaks”theory” of the origins of SARS-COV2. Deeply worrying about Chinese wet markets and culture of secrecy but also self-serving American conspiracy theorists and anti-science culture. bigthink.com/starts-with-...
Comic Relief - great cause but awful tv :-/
March 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Comic Relief - great cause but awful tv :-/
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Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used over 12mths ago. Yet many do. My evidence to Commons Energy Committee on this including how the rules should be changed.
Please share so people know their rights.
Please share so people know their rights.
Martin Lewis evidence to MPs: Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used 12mths+ ago. Yet many do.
YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Energy firms CANNOT bill you for energy used over 12mths ago. Yet many do. My evidence to Commons Energy Committee on this including how the rules should be changed.
Please share so people know their rights.
Please share so people know their rights.
Anybody else reminded of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with current discussions between Trump & Putin? www.britannica.com/event/German...
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact | History, Facts, & Significance | Britannica
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, pact signed on August 23, 1939, between Germany and the Soviet Union that was concluded a few days before the beginning of World War II and which divided eastern Euro...
www.britannica.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Anybody else reminded of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact with current discussions between Trump & Putin? www.britannica.com/event/German...
Here comes the rain! Heavy rain clouds over Helvellyn, approaching Grasmere. From Silver Howe yesterday
March 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Here comes the rain! Heavy rain clouds over Helvellyn, approaching Grasmere. From Silver Howe yesterday
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UK people, turn on your radio! I'll be on the Today Programme talking about this paper from about 0653 today.
🧵 1/11 📚 Our new rapid systematic review, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social in @bmj.com examines the role of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetic associates (AAs) in the UK. This is a crucially important question in light of the Leng Review
March 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
UK people, turn on your radio! I'll be on the Today Programme talking about this paper from about 0653 today.
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Very important paper
🧵 1/11 📚 Our new rapid systematic review, led by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social in @bmj.com examines the role of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetic associates (AAs) in the UK. This is a crucially important question in light of the Leng Review
March 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Very important paper
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Good to hear @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today talking about the lack of evidence for safety or cost effectiveness of physician associate and anaesthetic associate roles.
Catch her at 6.50am.
Catch her at 6.50am.
March 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Good to hear @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on BBC R4 Today talking about the lack of evidence for safety or cost effectiveness of physician associate and anaesthetic associate roles.
Catch her at 6.50am.
Catch her at 6.50am.
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It is quite quite mad that NHS England and the GMC went all in on these roles, particularly in GP surgeries, with so little evidence that it would be either safe or cost effective
8/11 🔄 While some roles may be found for PAs in the NHS, it’s not yet clear what they are. We seem to have a "solution" in search of a problem. But NHSE & GMC, having created this situation, have a responsibility to those affected, especially PAs & AAs who embarked on these jobs in good faith.
March 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It is quite quite mad that NHS England and the GMC went all in on these roles, particularly in GP surgeries, with so little evidence that it would be either safe or cost effective
Patient safety must come first & the roll-out of these “associate” roles stopped pending a definition of safe scope of practise
NEW: Study finds little evidence supporting the safety & efficacy of Physician & Anaesthetic Associates in the NHS.
From @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social, the largest ever UK review raises critical questions about the rapid expansion of these roles.
#NHS #WorkForce @bmj.com
From @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social, the largest ever UK review raises critical questions about the rapid expansion of these roles.
#NHS #WorkForce @bmj.com
Role of Physician and Anaesthetic Associates in UK healthcare challenged in largest ever review
A new study has found little evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of physician associates (PAs) and anaesthetists associates (AAs) in the UK, raising critical questions about the rapid expansio...
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Patient safety must come first & the roll-out of these “associate” roles stopped pending a definition of safe scope of practise
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social Hi Alice - interesting to watch “Stonehenge: The Lost Circle” again tonight. How has the evidence base developed since first broadcast in 2021? Thanks
February 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social Hi Alice - interesting to watch “Stonehenge: The Lost Circle” again tonight. How has the evidence base developed since first broadcast in 2021? Thanks
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Lingmoor Fell yesterday
January 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Crinkle Crags and Bowfell from Lingmoor Fell yesterday
Linton Falls late afternoon, very cold, black ice everywhere and I managed to fall over twice! Be careful out there!
January 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Linton Falls late afternoon, very cold, black ice everywhere and I managed to fall over twice! Be careful out there!
Tarn Hows on a grey Boxing Day
December 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Tarn Hows on a grey Boxing Day
Dyrham Park near Bath on Saturday
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Dyrham Park near Bath on Saturday
Final photo this week from the Lake District. The Langdale Pikes from Elterwater.
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Final photo this week from the Lake District. The Langdale Pikes from Elterwater.
Ashness Bridge near Derwent Water, with Skiddaw looming behind. English Lakes.
November 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Ashness Bridge near Derwent Water, with Skiddaw looming behind. English Lakes.
My 95 year old dad standing beside a vampire jet fighter at the RAF museum in Hendon today. He was an armourer in the RAF 1947-49, based in Germany for his National service.
November 8, 2024 at 5:22 PM
My 95 year old dad standing beside a vampire jet fighter at the RAF museum in Hendon today. He was an armourer in the RAF 1947-49, based in Germany for his National service.
Little Langdale between the showers
October 31, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Little Langdale between the showers