Are you a medical dr working in academia? Then this conference is for you! It’s a chance to ⭐️connect with other drs ⭐️find out about the work of @bma.org.uk and ⭐️shape policy 12th June; find out more & register www.bma.org.uk/events/medic...

Anyone still questioning why Farage's Reform did so well? The majority of the British public have no idea how politics work in this country, they listen to our press and its lies and believe every word. If there is to be real change we have to take on our media.

It’s not about ditching the car, just making smarter swaps where you can. With fill-ups now £87–£105 😅, those short “I’ll just drive” trips? They add up. Swap a few for a bike = less fuel, less wear, no parking. 👉 It all stacks over time: cyclinguk.org/financial-benefits

Deadline to apply for 7May proxy vote = 5pm Tues 28April Tell friends/family/student www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-... Needs your National Insurance no. and proxy's address. My great-Granny was a suffragette. Voting is nice @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social @fawcettsociety.bsky.social @electheruk.bsky.social

Something for everyone @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social conference. All welcome. Connecting, challenging concepts, re-charging careers. Dinner 7May +/- conference 8May. Coventry. Nice trains, walkable Encourage women doctors and medical students to join MWF! medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/news-events/...

WATCH: Have you heard about the “Carspiracy” that’s brainwashed us into #Motonormativity? Watch this video, and then share and discuss it widely. Addressing it starts with knowing it’s happening. By the Global Cycling Network (who should be on Bluesky) featuring @ianwalker.bsky.social. #UrbanTruth

Yes. This IS political. But sometimes that’s what health professionals need to be… Here’s @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social on the state of the waterways in England and why this is a public health issue. From the @bmj.com. Link: www.bmj.com/content/393/... #MedSky #PublicHealth #Politics

My great-Granny was a suffragette... -Apply for a postal vote by 5pm 21 April (Needs National insurance no.) -Or to vote by proxy by 5pm 28 April Tell absent family/friends/students! www.gov.uk/vote-uk-elec... Thanks! @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social @fawcettsociety.bsky.social @electheruk.bsky.social

Palantir in the NHS - my latest about questions of efficacy and ethics bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Please book: @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social conference. 7May dinner + 8May with amazing speakers, workshops and networking! (I'm not speaking, but to listen, learn and chat, as past-President). Early-bird prices till 12 April. #Coventry Please tell others! medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/news-events/...

GCN's move into urbanism continues with this new video asking whether cycle infrastructure might be unequitable. Features Andy Bonau and me, one of whom was looking far scruffier than the other...

Haha this is very validating

Please book: @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social conference. 7May dinner + 8May with amazing speakers, workshops and networking! (I'm not speaking, but to listen, learn and chat, as past-President). Early-bird prices till 12 April. #Coventry Please tell others! medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/news-events/...

Signposting this. Would love to see more intensivists at this course. Really educational day with a dedicated faculty.

Aging doesn't *have* to be decline? A 12-year study found 45% of older adults *improved* either walking speed or cognition (thinking skills). What if our ideas about aging hold us back?

Great article, thank you for sharing! A professor shared these findings with me sometime ago so I don’t have the specifics. I understand they’re publicly available though.

Study finds 2/3 of microplastics in urban air is caused by car tires phys.org/news/2026-03...

Excellent letter, @bespokeeb.bsky.social From SussexWorld #Eastbourne #EastSussex search.app/vwx6D

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Fabulous day! At Windsor Castle for the investiture of my OBE. With amazing people. Thanks everyone who's supported me. #NHS

Really important article from @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social on #shareddecisionmaking Better if given time, and has a team element too Kinda obvs but needs saying ! www.bmj.com/content/392/...

We welcome the new National Cancer Plan for England, which for the first time embeds prehabilitation and rehabilitation as core parts of cancer care. Preparing for treatment matters, reducing postoperative complications and helping cancer pathways run on time. Full response 👉 shorturl.at/j9mSb

Made the 4AT #delirium assessment tool with 2 colleagues in 2011 to help improve the rates of detection in my hospital at the time. Also made a website - www.the4AT.com - to help with dissemination. Pleased to say it has now been widely adopted & has a large evidence base.

Great to see CPOC partner @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social President Tim Mitchell speaking to Healthcare Today on the future of surgery, including turning waiting lists into preparation lists. Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%. Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ

In UK, poor air quality kills 30,000 people a year harming babies in the womb and conditions from asthma to dementia. Most of the air pollution from traffic out of exhaust pipes & wear and tear of tyres and brakes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’ve written an opinion piece about the proposed changes to Park st, I mention @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social Bristol Declaration @ianwalker.bsky.social, considering health and options for everyone to use the space and have the choice to travel sustainably www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

Healthy transport needs to be easily available. Brilliant declaration led by @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social. Transport is a public health concern. @cyclinguk.bsky.social #ActiveTravel #Cycling

Our new report ‘View on digital and AI’ reveals that while many doctors support widespread implementation of #AI in the #NHS, 68% believe the NHS lacks the digital infrastructure to introduce AI that will make a difference for patients. 🔗 ow.ly/nFQy50XX68L

Great to see CPOC Board Partner @rcphysicians.bsky.social set out a clear view on digital & AI. Digital infrastructure must be clinically led, starting with patient need, safety and outcomes, not driven by what technology alone can do.

I led this! Please read news on "The Bristol Declaration" = massive transport + health impact. www.fph.org.uk/news/bristol... Thanks @fphuk.bsky.social @rsph.bsky.social @transporthealth.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social Please share! @livingstreets.bsky.social

This "The Bristol Declaration" is the link between transport and health (good and bad). www.fph.org.uk/media/tr2bnu... Thanks @fphuk.bsky.social @rsph.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social

Thanks so much, everyone!

Excellent article by #Eastbourne consultant orthopaedic surgeon @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social. She's the person on the cycle below. She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level. The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better! #ActiveTravel @cyclinguk.bsky.social

The NHS itself is responsible for 4% of the traffic on UK roads. As an anchor institution, it should be leading the change. Yet all anyone’s trying to do there “is convert the fleets to electric when in fact what we should be doing is supporting the staff to commute by active travel or by bus.”

Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hot-topics/h...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Local #parkrun good news! Well done Barbara Groves of Manor Fields #loveparkrun

In the 1st year of implementing a national 20mph urban/village default limit in Wales there were 630 fewer casualties. None may have been your son or daughter, but they all belonged to someone whose life has not now been devastated. #20splenty where people are. www.20splenty.org/wales_casual...

Hear from CPOC Deputy Director @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social on how the culture within perioperative teams impact patient care. Earlier this year we published a suite of resources to help improve behaviours including an infographic and poster. Find out more👉https://shorturl.at/dngb9

Read, re-post and bookmark my @bmj.com article. Change #NHS behaviours staff/students/patients NOW. Download the posters. www.bmj.com/content/391/... Thanks @afpp.bsky.social @cpoc.bsky.social @britorthopaedic.bsky.social @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social @rcsed.bsky.social

London is fast becoming a cycling city. As each new piece in the network appears—which has more than quadrupled from 90 to 431 km since 2016—so do new cyclists. Its infrastructure now sees a stunning 1.5 million daily users—a 43% spike since 2019—moving nearly half as many people as the Tube below.🧵

Congratulations to our award winners at this year's Winter Symposium. ➡️ Webb Johnson Oration Award lecture - Challenges and Opportunities for Surgeons and Anaesthetists in Global Emergency, Critical and Operative Care, Ms Rachel Hargest, Cardiff, @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social.

We heard from Tom Howson, Head of Innovation and Transformation at the @bevancommission.bsky.social on the future of perioperative care in Wales. The Waiting Well Model aims to use preoperative optimisation to turn waiting lists into preparation lists helping improve outcomes for patients.

The health inequalities shared by @sarahtilsed.bsky.social at the @patients-association.org.uk highlight why perioperative care is so vital. By improving communication, access, and coordinated support, periop and personalised care can help reduce the barriers many patients face across the system.

On today's World Day of Remembrance for Road Victims it is worth noting that in the two years since Wales implemented a national default 20mph (32km/h) there have been 25% fewer casualties on such roads with over 1,000 fewer people killed or injured. youtu.be/efr3uVKpOwY

I think @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social is absolutely right in this piece from the @bmj.com last month. Some bits of healthcare can be simple and transactional, but a lot is much more nuanced, and there’s an important role for senior wise clinicians. Link: www.bmj.com/content/391/... #MedSky

❓Which boroughs have the highest school-run driving rates? 🚗 In London 65% of primary school journeys over 1 mile in length are driven. 👉Find out in our first-of-its-kind data dashboard bit.ly/3JdNXii #solvetheschoolrun #roadsafety

Children are now using e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults. Tom Gatehouse and colleagues argue for an approach to regulation that prioritises children’s rights and protects them www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Thanks, @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social I'm glad your mum's dying was so peaceful, & that our NHS services have made such a difference to your own prognosis. Isn't it amazing that, with a 100% mortality rate, there is so little training for doctors about dying? What a difference the right care makes.

I just wrote an article in @bmj.com about dying. #RIP Ma. Thanks @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social for the education. www.bmj.com/content/391/... @jkdhesi.bsky.social @drrachelclarke.com @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social

In this autumn bulletin article, inaugural Director of Centre for Perioperative Care (CPOC), David Selwyn reflects on the evolution of CPOC from inception to present day. From an idea in 2012, to launching in 2019, 'CPOC represents a fundamental shift in NHS thinking'. 🔗 https://ow.ly/o6eK50XlFcR