Tim Parke
@trjparke.bsky.social
NHS Emergency and Prehospital Physician. Jags fan. Runner.
emergencyblether.blogspot.co.uk
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Clarity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed | Simon Tisdall
Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
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June 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Clarity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Tim Parke
@trjparke.bsky.social I drew a purple scatterplot for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, to see what its delayed discharge occupied beds 'tipping point' is. Looks as if it's about 300.
May 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
@trjparke.bsky.social I drew a purple scatterplot for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, to see what its delayed discharge occupied beds 'tipping point' is. Looks as if it's about 300.
Other places build walls. Glasgow continues to build bridges 🐦🌳🔔🐟. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New Renfrew Bridge over River Clyde opens to road traffic
The new Renfrew Bridge is the first road crossing on the river capable of opening to allow large ships to pass.
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May 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Other places build walls. Glasgow continues to build bridges 🐦🌳🔔🐟. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Managers are best judged by the respect they show to the staff who do the actual work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glasgow health board 'sorry' for ignoring doctors' safety concerns
Emergency consultants in Glasgow have been raising concerns about serious safety risks since May 2023.
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April 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Managers are best judged by the respect they show to the staff who do the actual work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone who thinks public services and the NHS is ineffective has clearly never tried to get Glasgow property factors to organise roof repairs.
April 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Anyone who thinks public services and the NHS is ineffective has clearly never tried to get Glasgow property factors to organise roof repairs.
Curry and world music saving lives by example. emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/04/fusi...
Fusion stories: Tikka Masala, Bluegrass and Prehospital Critical Care
Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow by fusing tomato soup with chicken cooked in a Tandoor oven. Bluegrass music arose in Appalachi...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Curry and world music saving lives by example. emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/04/fusi...
On repeat, and virtually challenged. emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-wa...
A Wasted Weekend of Fruitful Effort
Just finished a weekend of late shifts in a busy urban emergency department. Pretty tired but worked with a good team and we got some stuff ...
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April 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
On repeat, and virtually challenged. emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/04/a-wa...
The targeting of health workers is illegal under the Geneva Convention. This incident feels very close to home despite the distance. Solidarity with ambulance colleagues who are operating under lethal threats around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Palestinian paramedics shot by Israeli forces had hands tied, witnesses say
Senior doctor who saw bodies says men appeared to have been ‘executed’, adding to evidence of potential war crime
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April 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The targeting of health workers is illegal under the Geneva Convention. This incident feels very close to home despite the distance. Solidarity with ambulance colleagues who are operating under lethal threats around the world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"Distraction" ED style.
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Distraction: "Closer to Home" Sings the Innovation Choir
Jimmy Carr used to have a game show where contestants performed challenges while unpleasant things were happening to them. This appears to h...
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March 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Distraction" ED style.
emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/03/dist...
emergencyblether.blogspot.com/2025/03/dist...
Losing respect for folk staying on X just now. "Need to maintain a presence"? Nope - you're hanging around to film a road accident with casualties. Far better to move away and redirect the traffic to safer routes.
January 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Losing respect for folk staying on X just now. "Need to maintain a presence"? Nope - you're hanging around to film a road accident with casualties. Far better to move away and redirect the traffic to safer routes.
My Twitter/X divorce papers are through. This is my new home: smaller, but better neighbourhood.
January 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My Twitter/X divorce papers are through. This is my new home: smaller, but better neighbourhood.
My last post on Twitter. When a pub you loved changes hands and the new owners stop cleaning the toilets, serve up undrinkable beer and rotten food, and the only music on the juke box is "Tomorrow belongs to me", its time to find a new pub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuH...
Tomorrow belongs to me - Cabaret
YouTube video by nibelungenstar
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January 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My last post on Twitter. When a pub you loved changes hands and the new owners stop cleaning the toilets, serve up undrinkable beer and rotten food, and the only music on the juke box is "Tomorrow belongs to me", its time to find a new pub. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDuH...
My wife: I have a hair in my eye
Me: I'll get it out
Wife: With your big clumsy fingers - no thanks!
Me: But I've been taking tiny metal fragments out of eyes successfully for 30yrs!
Wife: But they don't know you like I do
Me:
Me: I'll get it out
Wife: With your big clumsy fingers - no thanks!
Me: But I've been taking tiny metal fragments out of eyes successfully for 30yrs!
Wife: But they don't know you like I do
Me:
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
My wife: I have a hair in my eye
Me: I'll get it out
Wife: With your big clumsy fingers - no thanks!
Me: But I've been taking tiny metal fragments out of eyes successfully for 30yrs!
Wife: But they don't know you like I do
Me:
Me: I'll get it out
Wife: With your big clumsy fingers - no thanks!
Me: But I've been taking tiny metal fragments out of eyes successfully for 30yrs!
Wife: But they don't know you like I do
Me:
Hello. Greetings from a Twitter exile. Hoping to find some decent chat here without the performative cruelty and hatred that has so empowered the village idiots in the place I used to live.
November 14, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Hello. Greetings from a Twitter exile. Hoping to find some decent chat here without the performative cruelty and hatred that has so empowered the village idiots in the place I used to live.