Zachary Tait
@zachary-tait.bsky.social
doctor, palliative and end-of-life care, southerner in sheffield 🩺🌈📚
(one time I met john stamos on a plane and he told me I was pretty)
(one time I met john stamos on a plane and he told me I was pretty)
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I’m sorry but the judging of drag race UK this year is on crack
November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I’m sorry but the judging of drag race UK this year is on crack
as an NHS resident (though not for much longer), this blog really resonates
This was such a great "Wicked Problems" session at #ICRE2025 yesterday.
This morning, I read this article from the Psychological Safety newsletter that resonated with the discussion about individual-level solutions for systems-level problems - worth a read!
psychsafety.com/individual-r...
This morning, I read this article from the Psychological Safety newsletter that resonated with the discussion about individual-level solutions for systems-level problems - worth a read!
psychsafety.com/individual-r...
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
as an NHS resident (though not for much longer), this blog really resonates
🤞last ever night shift completed. Thank Jesus
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🤞last ever night shift completed. Thank Jesus
looked so rough after my night shift that when leaving hospital this morning, a very lovely volunteer asked me if I needed assistance 😅
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
looked so rough after my night shift that when leaving hospital this morning, a very lovely volunteer asked me if I needed assistance 😅
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fuck off fuck off fuck off fuck OFF with this bullshit
Krishnan Guru Murthy: "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?"
Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country." #Labour
Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country." #Labour
Shabana Mahmood: Farage has “blown a very loud dog whistle to every racist in the country.”
Reform UK plan to scrap settled status is cruel, and needs to be called out.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/29/shabana-mahmood-calls-nigel-farage-worse-than-racist-over-dog-whistle-politics
Reform UK plan to scrap settled status is cruel, and needs to be called out.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/29/shabana-mahmood-calls-nigel-farage-worse-than-racist-over-dog-whistle-politics
September 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
fuck off fuck off fuck off fuck OFF with this bullshit
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not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
September 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today
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hahahahaha every day I feel like I'm losing my mind
Sorry, why is the ITV morning bulletin leading with Charlie Kirk's Widow giving a call to arms?
September 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
hahahahaha every day I feel like I'm losing my mind
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love that being anxious makes you bad at sleeping and sleeping bad makes you feel anxious, whoever came up with that really nailed it
August 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
love that being anxious makes you bad at sleeping and sleeping bad makes you feel anxious, whoever came up with that really nailed it
Love this article - HFNO needs judicious use especially in oncology settings (and imo probably shouldn’t be available in Level 1 settings at all)
August 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Love this article - HFNO needs judicious use especially in oncology settings (and imo probably shouldn’t be available in Level 1 settings at all)
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Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
Gains in cutting deaths from tuberculosis at risk as health officials warn clinics forced to ration drugs and testing
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Malawi set to run out of TB drugs in a month after US, UK and others cut aid
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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Oh you absolutely useless wankers
August 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Oh you absolutely useless wankers
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obviously this is mental in and of itself but man alive it really does suck extra hard when you think about all the ACTUAL CRIMES the police just isn't investigating, because of "lack of resources"
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
obviously this is mental in and of itself but man alive it really does suck extra hard when you think about all the ACTUAL CRIMES the police just isn't investigating, because of "lack of resources"
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got a bag nicked two years ago in a pub and 1) the pub offered to give the police CCTV 2) it took me a while to block my Monzo so I had a list of places the thief had spent my money in, and they also presumably have CCTV, but the police refused to investigate
some guys with placards though? on it!
some guys with placards though? on it!
July 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
got a bag nicked two years ago in a pub and 1) the pub offered to give the police CCTV 2) it took me a while to block my Monzo so I had a list of places the thief had spent my money in, and they also presumably have CCTV, but the police refused to investigate
some guys with placards though? on it!
some guys with placards though? on it!
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Presenting our groups posters @ EAPC2025 on #mesothelioma & #HeadAndNeckCancer research @eapcvzw.bsky.social @sheilapayne1.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Presenting our groups posters @ EAPC2025 on #mesothelioma & #HeadAndNeckCancer research @eapcvzw.bsky.social @sheilapayne1.bsky.social
unbearably moving - In Classrooms and In Science Labs, Leontia Flynn
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
unbearably moving - In Classrooms and In Science Labs, Leontia Flynn
just saw a poster at Grantham train station for ‘£50 OFF a FULL BODY MRI SCAN, NO REFERRAL REQUIRED’. If you listen closely you can hear Wilson and Jungner spinning in their graves
April 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
just saw a poster at Grantham train station for ‘£50 OFF a FULL BODY MRI SCAN, NO REFERRAL REQUIRED’. If you listen closely you can hear Wilson and Jungner spinning in their graves
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never known disappointment quite like going to the Fan Museum in Greenwich yesterday and noticing that their little leaflets said "why not become a friend of the museum?" and not, you know
April 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
never known disappointment quite like going to the Fan Museum in Greenwich yesterday and noticing that their little leaflets said "why not become a friend of the museum?" and not, you know
perfect sunny Saturday
March 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
perfect sunny Saturday
So horrified at how people treat each other. Became unwell and collapsed on my way home today. An uber driver kindly looked after me until I was picked up. He called next customer while I was in the car to apologise, explain and cancel the journey. She verbally abused him until she hung up. Awful
February 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So horrified at how people treat each other. Became unwell and collapsed on my way home today. An uber driver kindly looked after me until I was picked up. He called next customer while I was in the car to apologise, explain and cancel the journey. She verbally abused him until she hung up. Awful
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One nurse told The Sunday Times: "We had an elderly patient who was end-of-life & because we didn’t have space, she was moved onto the corridor & she passed away there. I think that was one of the saddest moments. It’s so inhumane, it’s awful."
She is thinking about quitting.
She is thinking about quitting.
Hospital advertises for 12hr 'corridor nurse' shifts while many across England prepare for patients to be stacked waiting for a bed www.thetimes.com/article/410d...
Hospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses to ease NHS crisis
The new jobs have been labelled a ‘total acceptance of failure’ as oxygen lines are installed outside wards
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
One nurse told The Sunday Times: "We had an elderly patient who was end-of-life & because we didn’t have space, she was moved onto the corridor & she passed away there. I think that was one of the saddest moments. It’s so inhumane, it’s awful."
She is thinking about quitting.
She is thinking about quitting.