'This webinar will be relevant to doctors working in locally employed roles (including trust grade core trainees and junior clinical fellows), trust registrars, senior clinical fellows and SAS doctors who are considering application to a formal HST post.' services.rcsed.ac.uk/professional...

Over 7500 anaesthetists and physician assistants in anaesthesia have filled out their #NAP8 baseline surveys. If you provide anaesthetic service cover, even if you don't do any regional anaesthesia, we still want to hear from you!

A few thoughts on moral injury- it came up again today. It’s important to talk about because it implicates SYSTEMIC factors in distress felt by individuals. For all the ‘wellbeing’ interventions, one of the most powerful inoculating factors in being ok in work is being able to do a decent job (1/4)

How to make #NHS manual handling modules much more bearable

Photo memory from 10 years ago when we had nacreous clouds. #Ethereal

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It's twenty years today since I started my anaesthetic training, at Charing Cross Hospital. In that time I've looked after many thousands of patients, placed innumerable cannulas, injected rivers of propofol, and stuck a pine tree's worth of needles into people. 🧵

Hi #AnSky - maybe a daft question, but here goes... I can understand accepting a higher BP at POA clinic compared to primary care clinic, but why the big difference in acceptable ambulatory/home BP measurements?

I jogged continuously for 50 minutes for the first time in ages. Slow but steady, enjoyed that! 🙂👣👟🏃‍♀️ #UKRunChat

There is some blue sky with some geese in it and some snowdrops and some wee birds in the garden. Spring is on the horizon, my friends.

HT @medicrussell.bsky.social

A thoroughly enjoyable Sunday morning listen! A brilliant panel and great questions from the audience.

"It is (now) a truth universally acknowledged, that @maffygirl.medsky.social co-authored the first paper to examine the taste of garlic with thiopentone."

We have made it through January 🥳 It has been an extraordinarily busy month Onwards we go 💪🏻

'Surgical pause' has no penalty for older pts even in emergencies 🤯. This could really up-end current management. 'delayed surgery was associated with worse outcomes for younger but not older adults. These findings challenge the prevailing urgency... preop optimization may mitigate risks'. #MedSky

I've just watched One Life Here's a clip from the original That's Life programme youtu.be/z-fdimY38m8?...

Everything you ever wanted to know about anaesthesia but were too afraid to ask. Presented by the always amazing @claudiahammond.bsky.social feat. @brucebiccard.bsky.social @estamatakis.bsky.social, Jennifer Hunter & me! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

"We will all falter at some point in our professional lives. What matters most is how we meet one another in those moments—whether with judgment and isolation, or with honesty, empathy, and the measured grace that underpins truly ethical leadership."

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I am delighted to be able to share the recording and slide presentations from our recent webinar 'Your Path Back to Clinical Practice' learn.nes.nhs.scot/88290/centre... Learning Session 18: learn.nes.nhs.scot/88288 The presentation also highlights the new Turas Hub support resources. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

At nearly 7pm after a very long day, this is 😫 Before the AI stuff, can we sort out the IT that staff actually need to do the basics day to day in the here and now Please

Interesting! I wonder if/when the UK will do the same.

We may even get a glimpse of the big round yellow thing in the sky today. Tea sounds just the ticket. ☕

That first cup has magic in it, I'm sure of it

Early stroll. The sky breathes a rainless sigh of relief. A glistening car roof. Time has a long relationship with that old wall. A bloke in the bus shelter calls me his pal. The gritter’s orange lights delineate the hill.

Best of luck to everyone sitting their Primary FRCA OSCEs and SOEs this week. 🍀🍀🍀 It's a brutal time having your life taken over by these exams - just wanted to acknowledge that I haven't forgotten what it felt like. 🍀🍀🍀

May I refer you to Prior’s Rules? 1. Remember that “No” is a complete sentence. 2. Always know when your next lot of annual leave is. 3. No one ever said on their deathbed “I wish I’d spent more time at work”. #MedSky #AnSky

My great grandfather, as a police officer, assisted Jews in Amsterdam by alerting them to round-ups. He was later arrested and executed at Vught. My grandmother and great-aunt hid possessions of Jewish friends in Leiden. Incredible bravery. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

A never event - Measles is re-established in the UK.

In an editorial, @HSJnews suggests the NHS is “too reliant” on resident doctors. We disagree. Resident doctors provide essential care now & form the backbone of the NHS workforce of the future. The problem isn’t too many doctors - it’s system constraints. Our response: https://ow.ly/exmU50Y3W1K

Ah, the bots are back

Hamnet - perhaps the most raw, primal portrayal of birth and motherhood and parenting and grief I have ever seen. Utterly superb. Jessie Buckley is remarkable, but the entire cast is outstanding.

Join us for the British Journal of Anaesthesia Special Issue for Women in Anaesthesia Research webinar 🙌 The event aims to showcase the high-quality research being conducted by women researchers in anaesthesia & related specialities globally. View speakers & book 👉https://ow.ly/QHVj50Y1JqB

"Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, Great Chieftain o’ the Puddin-race!" Happy Burns Night, all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/address...

Residents and med students, improve your CV by presenting an abstract at the Resident Doctors Conference 2026. (Submit by 28 January!) Accepted abstracts will be published in an online supplement of the Anaesthesia Journal. ➡️ buff.ly/cF2BnpH

It's very dismal and dreich outside today...so I'm glad I left some of the Christmas lights out. It helps me get through January and February! ✨ #NotJustForChristmas

This feed is really good - I'm seeing much more content now that is relevant and interesting to me - it's making the BlueSky experience much better (for me, at least). bsky.app/profile/did:...

Team For anyone involved in paediatric airway management KEY PHRASE "PILLOW PLEASE" www.maskinduction.com/positioning-... Aman Kalra, Professor of Anesthesiology, (Author, Illustrator and Web Designer) #Ansky #Medsky #Anaesthesia #Anaesthetist #ICM #ICU #Intensivist #Anaesthesiologist #PHEM #HEMS

We are delighted that @bashhuk.bsky.social have decided to support our #SASsix campaign! A lot of sexual health care is delivered by SAS doctors. Signposting a career for these doctors to achieve their potential is a vital part of supporting this workforce. We look forward to working with you!

A propos of, well, everything

I have cleaned-up this fascinating autochrome of James Thin (famous for his chain of bookshops), who was born 202 years ago (in Edinburgh on 23rd March 1824), making him (so far as is currently known) the earliest-born person ever to have been photographed in colour. He is seen here in the garden...

If you employ senior clinicians at the front door of the health service you save money and improve patient experience. Not new, not rocket science, but still not taken on board by NHS service design. www.bmj.com/content/392/...

#NHS #ScotlandNHS #CareerReturn #Medicine #Medsky #AnSky 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We are working together across Scotland to support doctors to return to clinical practice following a career absence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our webinar yesterday highlighted the need for this resource 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ...so please do share with your networks 🙂

Big BIG news! 📢 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Scotland Deanery and NES Centre for Workforce Supply launches a new hub of resources on Returning to Clinical Practice... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ...to support clinicians returning to medicine in secondary care after a career absence... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ...and there are resources for supervisors too 1/2

The perfect post to come across during an insomniac doom scroll

Wow. Obvious when you point it out…. www.ajog.org/article/S000...