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Fantastic day of Geriatric medicine regional teaching @rcphysicians.bsky.social #TheSpine in Liverpool today bringing together 45 Mersey & Manchester/Lancashire Registrars 😊 Core Geri topics included Stroke, PD, vestibular disorders, heart failure and palliative care with group and plenary sessions

Glorious weekend in God’s Own Country.

We’ve had a bit of a hiatus but the L5 Learning Board is back up and running after our migration/exodus from that other place. As always the content and variety is driven by conversations with our terrific resident doctors. And I always keep learning too.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Hmm. Sure. The solution to this is to fund more GP places. We have a surplus of incredibly well-trained GPs waiting to join terrific GP colleagues in primary care. Yes, look at booking systems, but BIGGER PICTURE. HM Government should choose more wise solutions.

In her latest blog, Dr Zuzanna Sawicka, RCP clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards, reflects on the reality of #corridorcare – and what it tells us about #NHS pressures all year round: ow.ly/BSTM50WUBlU

🗳️The RCP constitutional vote is now live! Online ballot of all eligible #RCPfellows is now open. Voting will be open for 2 weeks until 10 October 2025. Fellows will receive an email with instructions on how to vote. Your voice matters – please vote. Learn more: ow.ly/nmcV50X2Ohm

It’s great to see the RCP working with other Colleges and Trusts to tackle this. Good examples across the UK of hospitals with NO temporary escalation spaces or corridor care. It’s said TES use is a choice and not an inevitability. We can do so much better.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This was the cause of much excitement in our house yesterday. For Mrs T as a clinical geneticist looking after families with HD and myself as a PDologist thinking about the broader implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Amazing.

I’m sorry to hear that John has died. He was a great supporter of Parkinson’s UK and I was fortunate enough to meet him presenting our team with an award several years ago. Interested and interesting. Kind and thoughtful. This is a loss.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I’m oncall this weekend. I alway enjoy my weekends at work, but this has had me chuckling all day. Nuns on the run! Brilliant. Read the whole article to enjoy the mayhem.

Rehydrating and avoiding the mobs. This always provides a safe haven. @ianrankin1.bsky.social

Today. Headspace. Chatsworth.

If anyone is in need of a clever, witty, character-driven murder mystery to clear their head, I cannot recommend this enough. It has provided several evenings of pure joy chez Thomson.

Not the easiest of weeks. Looking forward to employing some natural healing during the rest of the summer.

I visited a library recently. The things you come across…

A New York State of mind, from a sunny July 4th weekend.

I’ve read this well-researched and written article twice. I’d recommend it. What makes me the most cross is the deplorable exploitation of a CBS diagnosis underpinning the whole narrative. No way does this guy have CBS. No way. Just not possible.

If you know, you know. #childoftheeighties

The RCP sends its deepest condolences to the friends, families and communities impacted by the tragic plane crash in India. ‘We are directly contacting all our RCP members in that region to offer support, as well as our wider Indian diaspora.’ Dr Mumtaz Patel. Full statement: ow.ly/GKrZ50W8rfn

Schrödinger’s NHS outpatient appointment. Unable to make child’s OPC appointment for over 6 weeks from today. Neither parent allowed to cancel clinical work to attend appointment without 6 weeks notice. Very helpful appointment booking person on phone today trying to work the problem 🤨

Incredible scenes with high drama at times at our mock inquests for our Northwestern Registrars in Geriatric medicine @SafetyCentral in Cheshire. Real life scenarios with a real Coroner. Invaluable learning & great fun for all involved.

This was the crossover I’ve been waiting for: #StarWars meets Geriatric medicine 😬 #Andor #Kleya #CGA (Comprehensive Galactic Assessment)

#Delirium: a history - infographic Find this and other infographics at www.deliriumday.com

We’re delighted to share that Dr Ed Richfield is stepping into the role of academic director for the #Parkinsons Advanced MasterClass, starting with this week’s MasterClass 48 module 1. A huge congratulations to Ed on stepping into this new role! Read more: neurologyacademy.org/articles/dr-...

Loch Linne this morning. Our wee house with a great view.

Live scenes during our mock inquests @SafetyCentral today. High drama, emotion & controversy (and some terrific acting) as our NW Registrars in Geriatric Medicine are put through their paces by a local Sr Coroner. Invaluable training experience for all.

Terrific public engagement event at UoM this evening taking us through the past, present and future of eugenics. Fascinating. Scary.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Remarkable performance from this octogenarian singer in the Piano Room. Catch it on iPlayer. Incredible voice.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Utterly brilliant series. Catch up on the iPlayer. Terrific cast. Great writing. Well-paced. Stunning scenery. And it’s in Gaelic (w subtitles). Can’t recommend it enough. #antEilean

Today’s display was the final push I needed for full migration here. My account over there is open only for DMs and archive. I expect the medical specialty societies and Colleges comms teams will be reflecting on whether they want to keep a presence there. Or not. So should all NHS Trusts.

So called ‘corridor care’ is degrading, dehumanising and dangerous. We must not normalise the unacceptable. #ResuscitateEmergencyCare @shaunlintern.bsky.social

What utter genius this was on Christmas Day. Hilarious, clever, talent.

Influenza running riot in community, hospitals and care homes. Questions being asked about the absence of pro-active vaccination of health and social care workers this year, which seems to have evaporated in some organisations, or come too late. @rcphysicians.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social

Hello hello would anyone like to do a perfect locum consultant geriatrician job in TAUNTON Somerset for three-and-a-bit months from March 2025? Super department, fab juniors, lovely part of the UK. Long term post also on offer! 💐🌺🏞️🌳🏥 please dm me

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @drlindadykes.bsky.social surely this has your name all over it, and a great addition to the small-holding

Give us a Christmas gift by completing our national sarcopenia survey - your responses will help keep Santa fit and active in old age bit.ly/4heSey6. @gerisoc.bsky.social @age-and-ageing.bsky.social

Geriatricians of BlueSky. Can anyone help? Does anyone know the name of a Geriatrician who works at Rutland (Oakham) Community Hospital in Leicestershire? Feel free to reply or DM. Thank-you.

Amazing three days of music-making culminating in last night’s spectacular Sea Symphony performance with the UoM Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. The view from the rehearsal/cheap seats on Saturday afternoon 😉 and the view from the audience that evening. The endorphin hit rivals little else.

#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social Lucy Pollock says: “It’s full of interesting science; you must know your medicine inside and out. Then you work out if what you *could* do is what you *should* do for patients. It’s also a fantastic team sport.” @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost

(Amongst other questions & assessment) ward round review ascertained resolution of delirium in patient able to freely rationalise why Tom Cruise was miscast in the Jack Reacher movies, prompted by discussion of their bedside reading. Cultural knowledge essential for Geriatric Medicine 😉

A wonderful week on the Northumberland coast. Decompressed and human again.

Our L5 October Learning Board points covering a variety of GIM and (to the horror of some) re-visiting the anatomy of the shoulder, a common source of problems. The shoulder that is. Not anatomy. 😬

Just making last minute touches to my Hallowe’en costume at work. Can’t think of anything more terrifying #banthebeaker

Decompression view courtesy of a visit to the North. Much needed.

As I continue my foray into Bluesky, here’s the September L5 Learning Board. I’d observe that the quality and variety of material is proportionate to that of the residents, and we’ve a terrific bunch just now 😊