James Ellwood
@galacticgatekeeper.bsky.social
Children's Anaesthetist.
I've got mine tomorrow. The online bit was fine but the f2f day is one where I'd otherwise be providing care for patients. Seems unnecessary.
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I've got mine tomorrow. The online bit was fine but the f2f day is one where I'd otherwise be providing care for patients. Seems unnecessary.
What a tragedy!
March 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
What a tragedy!
Haverfordwest, we have a problem!
February 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Haverfordwest, we have a problem!
This is going to spurt
February 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is going to spurt
It's still a very poor building for a national parliament. It should preferably be outside London but whatever happens the existing
building is just terrible.
building is just terrible.
January 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It's still a very poor building for a national parliament. It should preferably be outside London but whatever happens the existing
building is just terrible.
building is just terrible.
Only the righteous will survive!!
December 24, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Only the righteous will survive!!
I'd very much like to live in the world that follows.
December 24, 2024 at 8:51 AM
I'd very much like to live in the world that follows.
Not sure that was the reason rather than the cost and protracted implementation when they tried it last time. If you can introduce them quickly for minimal cost then it'd work.
December 12, 2024 at 11:42 AM
Not sure that was the reason rather than the cost and protracted implementation when they tried it last time. If you can introduce them quickly for minimal cost then it'd work.
There's plenty of opportunity at 2nd reading committee and the HOL to do all of that.
November 27, 2024 at 7:41 PM
There's plenty of opportunity at 2nd reading committee and the HOL to do all of that.
I think it'd be a reasonable amendment to mandate the presence of a Dr or Nurse to monitor it. The dignitas model seems a good one and we should learn from them and elsewhere.
November 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
I think it'd be a reasonable amendment to mandate the presence of a Dr or Nurse to monitor it. The dignitas model seems a good one and we should learn from them and elsewhere.
The drug used will be barbiturates. Barbiturates are far more reliable than opiates or benzodiazepines. Any anaesthetist will tell you that. Me included.
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 AM
The drug used will be barbiturates. Barbiturates are far more reliable than opiates or benzodiazepines. Any anaesthetist will tell you that. Me included.
My understanding is that any meal based intervention in primary schools is shown to improve educational attainment across the board.
November 27, 2024 at 7:23 AM
My understanding is that any meal based intervention in primary schools is shown to improve educational attainment across the board.
That's mostly an article about how no drug company wants to supply the US with drugs that might be used in judicial executions. It's pretty disingenuous that the author doesn't mention that. The European supply chain is far more reliable.
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
That's mostly an article about how no drug company wants to supply the US with drugs that might be used in judicial executions. It's pretty disingenuous that the author doesn't mention that. The European supply chain is far more reliable.
Suicide is legal but outside of the darkweb it's pretty hard (and illegal) to access the drugs and to be confident of the dosing to do it well. It also criminalises anyone who happens to want to provide comfort and support when you pass.
November 26, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Suicide is legal but outside of the darkweb it's pretty hard (and illegal) to access the drugs and to be confident of the dosing to do it well. It also criminalises anyone who happens to want to provide comfort and support when you pass.
Well if the bill passes then hopefully I'll have that choice and my family and friends wouldn't be criminalised by holding my hand while I pass.
November 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Well if the bill passes then hopefully I'll have that choice and my family and friends wouldn't be criminalised by holding my hand while I pass.
Most of the Royal Colleges are neutral. Future Parliaments can make whatever laws they want. No-one is getting Ferraris because there's no heaven, no afterlife, just a lot of strange people who want to prevent terminally ill people exercising bodily autonomy.
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Most of the Royal Colleges are neutral. Future Parliaments can make whatever laws they want. No-one is getting Ferraris because there's no heaven, no afterlife, just a lot of strange people who want to prevent terminally ill people exercising bodily autonomy.
It won't effect disabled people unless they want to exercise the rights under the bill. The medical profession is perfectly capable of managing this and doing it well
November 26, 2024 at 9:33 PM
It won't effect disabled people unless they want to exercise the rights under the bill. The medical profession is perfectly capable of managing this and doing it well
To extend the bill further would need extra legislation.
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
To extend the bill further would need extra legislation.
leading to sudden catastrophic haemorrhage into your trachea and drowning in your own blood. Syringe drivers won't cut it and given the choice and understanding I'd prefer a large dose of barbiturate on my own terms thank you.
November 26, 2024 at 9:29 PM
leading to sudden catastrophic haemorrhage into your trachea and drowning in your own blood. Syringe drivers won't cut it and given the choice and understanding I'd prefer a large dose of barbiturate on my own terms thank you.
The Canadians make law differently and this law is worded so it can't be argued to other groups in court. It's overdue because terminally ill patients have been campaigning on this for decades. 1. Obstructed bowel cancer leading to death over days with faeculent vomiting. 2. Recurrent laryngeal Ca..
November 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
The Canadians make law differently and this law is worded so it can't be argued to other groups in court. It's overdue because terminally ill patients have been campaigning on this for decades. 1. Obstructed bowel cancer leading to death over days with faeculent vomiting. 2. Recurrent laryngeal Ca..
Disabled people aren't terminally Ill. This is a law giving choice to the terminally ill with 6 months left to live. It's full of safeguards and frankly it's massively overdue.
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Disabled people aren't terminally Ill. This is a law giving choice to the terminally ill with 6 months left to live. It's full of safeguards and frankly it's massively overdue.