"the poorest 10 per cent of people would need to spend 74 per cent of their income to eat healthily" www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he... #StructuralViolence

“The review… comments that without core knowledge of the pre-clinical subjects (such as pathology), it is not possible to apply mechanistic reasoning to complex health problems” Agreed Training to be a doctor is necessarily long because, simply put, medicine is complex www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Quite some headlines on how things need to change after #LengReview. Thank goodness for everyone who stood up for /had to whistleblow for patient safety, resident doctor training and how the public were being mislead. Review could have gone further but …

NHS physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds

The Leng review …. Physician associates need new job title, says review www.bbc.com/news/article...

Really questions the whole process!!

What a great meeting! The national COPD ‘25 conference was held in Nottingham last week. Great to share research, clinical views and network. Included talks from @nottscopd.bsky.social team - Ayushman Gupta, @amandatatler.bsky.social @drrachclifford.bsky.social and @profbolton.bsky.social

"As I get older I want to be seen in terms of doors that might still open for me, not ones that have already closed." John Launer on why any measurement of a patient's deficits in health should be accompanied by a list of capabilities www.bmj.com/content/389/...

🚨 1 person is hospitalised every 3 minutes from COPD 🚨1 in 2 patients are readmitted or die within 90 days of a COPD exacerbation 🚨COPD is the 2nd most common cause of emergency admission 🚨In the UK someone has a COPD exacerbation every 20 seconds It’s time for change

What a privilege to hear from many people w/ lived experience of #COPD & carers, joining politicians, clinicians working for COPD at House of Commons. The need is huge, the voices strong. Now let’s sort it! humbling to hear stories. Thank you to all patients who came. Now let’s ACT! #COPDVoices

Come and sign up for COPD 2025! Now free, due to the sponsorship support. copd-uk.com/home

I've talked to hundreds of Members and Fellows and their views are clear: we need to revitalise the RCP and restore the #VoiceOfPhysicians Vote Asif Qasim before Monday 14th April It's time to act: let's make the RCP something we can be proud of

We are excited to advertise for a Band 6 Respiratory Readmissions Nurse to join our friendly COPD Team at NUH - an exciting opportunity to support people living with Chronic Respiratory Disease!! See below for more details 👇.... www.nuh.nhs.uk/jobs#!/job/v... @profbolton.bsky.social

Re elections for @rcphysicians.bsky.social London, I will be voting for @drasifqasim.bsky.social as PRCP and @drlkvaughan.bsky.social as clinical VP. It’s time for a BIG change at the College to repair the damage, restore the workforce, rebuild the standards & re-establish reputation #VoteAsifQasim

Nick would make a wonderful new member of RCP Council. Integrity. Decency. One of the Fellows who called the EGM. A brilliant doctor and colleague. Just what the College needs more of 👏

💥 Voting for the new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President opens on Monday. 💥 Here's why I believe @drasifqasim.bsky.social would be such a superb new president: Decency. Integrity. Courage. Candour The deepest commitment to excellence in medicine. The true #VoiceOfPhysicans. #VoteAsifQasim

Vital message for doctors!!

We are recruiting!! Are you pursuing a respiratory clinical academic career? Looking for NIHR clinical lecturer post? A post in resp medicine with focus on multiple long-term conditions. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #Respsky #Academicsky #lungsky #medsky @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came last night to “research lounge” on COPD & making diagnoses in community. Really helpful to get peoples insight, views & suggestions. we’re looking at doing a daytime one soon. Thanks to the team. #CFINDCOPD @nottscopd.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #NUHResearch

Attention FRCPs Happy #RCPEGM Anniversary😱 Here is why I’m supporting @drlkvaughan.bsky.social to be Clinical Vice President at @rcphysicians.bsky.social #VoteLouella & polls open Monday 🗳️

🧵/ Today the BMJ lays out in stark terms the crisis faced by the @rcphysicians.bsky.social. I believe the College has lost the trust of members & ceased to be the credible voice of physicians. This has to change. Here's why I back presidential candidate @drasifqasim.bsky.social to do so.

London FRCPs, this is why you should be voting for Louella as Clinical Vice President! She has been TIRELESS in her fight for standards at the RCP.

Superb from @drlkvaughan.bsky.social on medical diagnosis & why this new, PA-written scope document simply fails to grasp the breadth & depth of knowledge & skills needed to be a safe diagnostician. Incidentally, Louella's thread also showcases why she would make such a superb RCP VP. #VoteLouella

Remember that people can be good and kind. Sometimes it just takes a bit of leadership.

And discussed on Today @bbcradio4.bsky.social this am youtu.be/IWNw6nfnN3o?... @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social

Comprehensive rapid systematic review on the role there might be for physician associates or anaesthetic associates in UK in @bmj.com (link in 🧵) by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social. A summary of key points 👇.

Our new paper on the evidence base for Physician Associates and Anaesthetic Associates in the UK is out today! Coauthor @martinmckee.bsky.social has done a thread here. #healthpolicy #academicsky 🧪

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada 👏

Zelensky will go down in history as a man who gave his all to stop the march of Fascism across Europe. Will he succeed? Not if we scroll past what’s happening.

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

🧵/ This heartbreaking case highlights why so many doctors like me have been begging NHS England & the Dept of Health to stop endangering NHS patients by substituting doctors with non-medically trained PAs We've been dismissed & smeared as "toxic bullies". Please read this thread & decide.

"Censorship of science is never about protecting the public. It is about controlling them. When governments dictate what research can & cannot be published, they are not defending the truth. They are erasing it." Powerful words from @martinmckee.bsky.social et al 👏 academic.oup.com/eurpub/advan...

We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn says Ed Davey “It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies” 👏

Let’s get BlueSky newbie @drasifqasim.bsky.social over 1000 followers. And if you’re eligible to vote in the Royal College of Physicians of London Presidential election, take a look at his website here asifqasim.co.uk/prcp. He will have my vote.

Dismayed to see @rcphysicians.bsky.social only today - literally years after doctors started raising concerns - finally issue an "urgent" call to the govt to address its deliberate suppression of resident doctor training places. This is not what good leadership looks like (1/3)

Absolutely chilling post by @chrischirp.bsky.social setting out how T rump is aggressively mobilising a classic authoritarian playbook. I did not think I would see the death of American democracy (and American science) in my lifetime. #academicsky open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Want to know about CFIND COPD? Case finding in Nottingham n Notts… breaking down walls to earlier accurate diagnosis. See short clip. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0mce… or via QR code

Such an important & timely piece of research interrogating the evidence base for the safety of physician associates in the NHS. (TL:DR worryingly thin with widespread & significant gaps.) Thank you, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social #LengReview www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workfor...

It’s an honour to be standing for election as president of the RCP Thanks my proposers: Prof Sir Richard Thompson Dr Taryn Youngstein Prof Sir Shakeel Qureshi Details on the election website soon and more at asifqasim.co.uk My vision is to restore the @RCPhysicians as the #VoiceofPhysicians

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Let's hope Ozzy is not too limited by his emphysema. Singing can actually be helpful for people with this sort of lung disease. #COPD

We are looking for a PhD student. Pneumonia recovery. To apply, send cv and cover letter to prof Tricia McKeever (advert is being updated with this info). A NIHR Nottingham BRC studentship. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

I strongly recommend giving my friend @drasifqasim.bsky.social a follow. An NHS cardiologist with absolute integrity & razor-sharp appreciation of the issues bedevilling the medical workforce & how to fix them. Brilliant on tech, innovation & leadership too. Do follow 💙 asifqasim.co.uk

Breaking #Sudan: 'What we’ve seen before our eyes has been nothing short of horrendous’ General Secretary @chrislockyear.msf.org speaking from Al Nao hospital as it received patients injured in an RSF attack on a market in Omdurman.

Surprised that the great @jeremymberg.bsky.social missed this. The opposite of Diversity-Equity-Inclusion (DEI) is Discrimination, Inequity and Eclusion (DIE). Simple and sad. Credit another Pittsburgh Great: Frank Sciurba

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

It’s advert time! Respiratory consultant posts! Nottingham. Permanent. Possibility of COPD and other sub specialties. Happy to chat to candidates! We are a good bunch! We have respiratory BRC and active Resp research! Lots of opportunity. www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo... #NUHTrust #Nottingham #Resp

💥 Doctors 💥 Are you intending to submit evidence to the Leng Review? I haven't come across DHSC or NHSE explaining publicly how to do so. It's via this email: [email protected] PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR CONTRIBUTION ASAP. Please share. www.gov.uk/government/p...