Palldoc
@palldoc.bsky.social
GPwSI Cancer and Palliative Medicine, GP, Medical Examiner, Course Director for Red Whale’s Cancer Course.
Passionate about Primary Care.
I love being a GP but sometimes it doesn’t love me back!
All views are of course my own!
Passionate about Primary Care.
I love being a GP but sometimes it doesn’t love me back!
All views are of course my own!
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This popped up in my memories today. It’s got no less compelling over the last decade.
December 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This popped up in my memories today. It’s got no less compelling over the last decade.
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I don't know any ambassadors personally, but I have always pictured the profession as being rather conservative. Apparently I was mistaken.
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I don't know any ambassadors personally, but I have always pictured the profession as being rather conservative. Apparently I was mistaken.
What I really love is the chap who turned up with seven other members of his family to a tourist attraction, complaining about there being “large groups” of people there!
Most of the news is horrifying and this story from Bourton-on-the-Water is no exception. Brace yourselves: a family of eight arrived for a picnic to find that… other people were also having picnics 😱 www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
June 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What I really love is the chap who turned up with seven other members of his family to a tourist attraction, complaining about there being “large groups” of people there!
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Pre-dates the statutory roll-out of the #MedicalExaminers service: TAVI mortality rate at the time (2020) was three times higher than the UK average
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police launch investigation into heart operation deaths at NHS hospital - BBC News
Patients who died at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull may have suffered avoidable harm, documents suggest.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Pre-dates the statutory roll-out of the #MedicalExaminers service: TAVI mortality rate at the time (2020) was three times higher than the UK average
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Big news for primary care: The Lancet Primary Care is launching!
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
📅 Save the date 📅
Join us on Thursday May 29th for a webinar on publishing excellence with The Lancet Primary Care, a new open access journal within the Lancet group.
Register to attend now ➡️ hubs.li/Q03hCBl80
Join us on Thursday May 29th for a webinar on publishing excellence with The Lancet Primary Care, a new open access journal within the Lancet group.
Register to attend now ➡️ hubs.li/Q03hCBl80
April 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Big news for primary care: The Lancet Primary Care is launching!
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
As a GP and researcher, I’m excited to see our field get this kind of spotlight 💪
🎯 A new opportunity to promote excellent research in primary care.
#primarycare #clinicalresearch #generalpractice #physiotherapy
Link for webinar ⬇️
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Gonna start imposing wild tariffs on all the specialists that come to the emergency dept. 20% for the surgeons, 10% for the medics, 50% for any ologist who thinks I’m their FY1. MAKE A&E GREAT AGAIN.
donald trump is giving a speech in front of a microphone and saying daddy 's home .
ALT: donald trump is giving a speech in front of a microphone and saying daddy 's home .
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April 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gonna start imposing wild tariffs on all the specialists that come to the emergency dept. 20% for the surgeons, 10% for the medics, 50% for any ologist who thinks I’m their FY1. MAKE A&E GREAT AGAIN.
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A poem designed to elicit a gut reaction…
English weather is wet
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
But German weather is Wetter
English children are kind
But German kids are Kinder
English mothers mumble
But German mothers Mutter
The English shout the word people
But Germans just quietly Menschen it
And English sausages can be bad
But a German sausage is the Wurst
March 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A poem designed to elicit a gut reaction…
Likewise in 1’ care. Sometimes what’s available changes day to day such that we are rewriting scripts which we have only just rewritten the day before!
Rapidly rolling out alternatives to the latest medicine shortage is now a routine part of my 'day job'. It surprises me how few shortages of essential drugs make the news, so thank you Guardian and Nuffield trust for highlighting it
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Likewise in 1’ care. Sometimes what’s available changes day to day such that we are rewriting scripts which we have only just rewritten the day before!
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March 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
While this is a very small study, and it is early days, this study published in Nature offers some positive news. Given the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer and how tough it is to diagnose in the wild, positive findings like this are much needed.
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine had no signs of relapse after three years.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
Dr. Vinod Balachandran from @mskcancercenter.bsky.social joins us to discuss the results and what they could mean for cancer treatment.
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
In a small trial, nearly half of pancreatic cancer patients who received an mRNA vaccine for the disease had no relapse three years later.
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February 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
While this is a very small study, and it is early days, this study published in Nature offers some positive news. Given the poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer and how tough it is to diagnose in the wild, positive findings like this are much needed.
Really good summary of the process, with timings importantly.
🚨TW: a thread on death
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
There has been a lot of discussion this week around delays to obtaining a death certificate, which highlights misunderstandings around the documents that accompany a death
So…
What is a “Death Certificate”?
#MedicalExaminers #DeathCertification #journosky #medsky 1/
February 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Really good summary of the process, with timings importantly.
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This is disappointing reporting, *again*
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'I've waited seven weeks to give my dad a funeral' - BBC News
Gemma Whysall says the new death certification process left her and her family in limbo for weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is disappointing reporting, *again*
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A referral to the coroner will, of necessity, delay families. Nothing can move forward until their investigations conclude
The medical examiner service is not involved in that delay and yet here we are *again* in the firing line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So it turns out that mini-palldoc’s perfect birthday is a Stalinist soviet themed day with era appropriate national anthem and posters. Am equal parts proud, enthralled, and nervous!
January 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So it turns out that mini-palldoc’s perfect birthday is a Stalinist soviet themed day with era appropriate national anthem and posters. Am equal parts proud, enthralled, and nervous!
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I wish more people would realize that struggling with poverty and homelessness is not a moral failure.
So many people look down on them for their struggles without realizing they're just one bad unforseen circumstance away from the same thing happening to them
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So many people look down on them for their struggles without realizing they're just one bad unforseen circumstance away from the same thing happening to them
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
How this long-time councillor and MPP ended up in a homeless shelter
After 30 years in politics, a former MPP and city councillor is now living in a homeless shelter. But after hearing his story, dozens of Lorenzo Berardinetti's former colleagues have rallied together ...
www.cbc.ca
January 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I wish more people would realize that struggling with poverty and homelessness is not a moral failure.
So many people look down on them for their struggles without realizing they're just one bad unforseen circumstance away from the same thing happening to them
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
So many people look down on them for their struggles without realizing they're just one bad unforseen circumstance away from the same thing happening to them
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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In the future you will be expected to pose for a photo next to the delivery to ensure the patient has been received and not just dumped by the roadside.
December 23, 2024 at 3:00 AM
In the future you will be expected to pose for a photo next to the delivery to ensure the patient has been received and not just dumped by the roadside.
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Can I just take the opportunity to sing the praises of district nurses. Cheerful, efficient, caring. They do a wonderful job. I don't know how we'd have coped without them.
December 14, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Can I just take the opportunity to sing the praises of district nurses. Cheerful, efficient, caring. They do a wonderful job. I don't know how we'd have coped without them.
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It's always worth occasionally going into town on a Friday or Saturday night to remind yourself why you no longer go into town on a Friday or Saturday night.
#Humbug
#Humbug
December 13, 2024 at 4:31 PM
It's always worth occasionally going into town on a Friday or Saturday night to remind yourself why you no longer go into town on a Friday or Saturday night.
#Humbug
#Humbug
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Silent Night!
December 6, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Silent Night!
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And Mr Tickle is Herr Killekille in Germany. Which is exactly what his victims in the book should've done to him when he got too handsy.
My six favourite European Mr Men character names...
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
6. Mr Muddle in Spain = Don Confuso
5. Mr Topsy-Turvy in Germany = Herr Kuddelmuddel
4. Mr Bounce in France = Monsieur Bing
3. Mr Dizzy in Portugal = Senhor Bobo
2. Mr Greedy in Sweden = Gubben Glufs Glufs
1. Mr Bump in Norway = Herr Dumpidump
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
And Mr Tickle is Herr Killekille in Germany. Which is exactly what his victims in the book should've done to him when he got too handsy.
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as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
October 13, 2024 at 12:05 PM
as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
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What the what?? How have I not seen this in a movie yet? Surely someone has done this?! #screenwriters
Holy moly - I've had a deluge of followers in the last few hours!
Here's a graveyard gun used to prevent bodysnatchers from stealing corpses, c.1820. Set at the foot of a grave, the gun had three tripwires around it.
This is the kind of useless knowledge you can gain from following me. 😂
Here's a graveyard gun used to prevent bodysnatchers from stealing corpses, c.1820. Set at the foot of a grave, the gun had three tripwires around it.
This is the kind of useless knowledge you can gain from following me. 😂
November 15, 2024 at 4:12 PM
What the what?? How have I not seen this in a movie yet? Surely someone has done this?! #screenwriters
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Someone needs to infect him with a kinder, more benevolent brain worm to neutralize the evil, science-denying brain worm.
November 15, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Someone needs to infect him with a kinder, more benevolent brain worm to neutralize the evil, science-denying brain worm.