I’m at the Data Conference @unibirmingham.bsky.social . Totally geeking out. Meeting wonderful data professionals and data scientists and finding out what is possible to do. Exciting.

Just watched a great abstract presentation by Stephanie Crawford from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social 'Death literacy on the island or Ireland. Sign up for the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social Research into Practice 2025 and watch some great sessions on demand. #palliativecare

Thanks! We (@katewoody.bsky.social and I) address this question, and more, in a podcast to be released on Monday 17 Feb here: www.sad.scot.nhs.uk/podcast/

Do you see any problems with using the term 'loved ones' in relation to you clinical care? Read this fabulous blog by John MacArtney endoflifestudies.academicblogs.co.uk/is-everyone-...

If you are a health or care professional registered for less than five years and you want to do a Masters by Research please take a look at the NIHR INSIGHT scheme that can pay your tuition fees and provide a stipend to allow you to go part-time for your studies. www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/campai...

New podcast alert from @rcn.org.uk Pain and Palliative Care Forum. www.rcn.org.uk/Get-Involved...

The NIHR INSIGHT programme can fund your MRES degree. We also run webinars for undergraduate/pre-registration NMAHPP. To catch up on those you have missed, and to sign up for the next click here. www.keele.ac.uk/iau/insight/

Please help us reach parents who manage their child’s cancer pain at home in the UK. #pain #palliativecare #cancerpain #paediatricpain

The Times and Sunday Times science books of the year list is out! @thetimes.com Featuring: @richarddawkins.bsky.social @sophieyeo.bsky.social Lisa Kaltenagger @charan-neuro.bsky.social Rahul Jandial Matt Parker Venki Ramakrishnan Rob Jackson www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

This is the Canadian #nursing retention toolkit. Am finding governments are starting to really see the value of retention An experienced skilled workforce is essential for productivity as well as safe & effective care www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Please help us reach parents of children with #cancer in the UK. We need their opinion about home based #pain management

The @unibirmingham.bsky.social are running virtual open days for post-graduate programmes next week. Check out what is happening here pg.bham.ac.uk/events/ Also - make sure to come to my session about the Masters in Research: Clinical Health Research on Monday 2 Dec at 10am. It's a fab programme!

Morning

Stormy weather…wet dogs

Calling parents of children with cancer in the UK. We need your opinion.#palliativecare #cancerpain #Paediatricpain

I do not relate to this AT ALL 😂😂🤪 #tarotsky

🆕 Will the Autumn Budget push the #SocialCare sector beyond breaking point? With many organisations concerned about changes to the Employer National Insurance Contributions regime, we assess what the financial impact on the sector will be. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/wi...

Wherever you stand on assisted dying, I’d urge you to read this superb, thoughtful, evidence-based piece from @iandunt.bsky.social. A couple of points to add, from my perspective as an atheist palliative care doctor who opposes legal change at this time 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

In the light of the new government announcement of a national review of Physician Associate roles and scope of practice, I repost our Statement of Concern (March 24) on how the Royal College of Physicians of London had dealt with the matter. At the time we were described as a "social media rabble".

This is a great book, page-turner where the resonance with ‘Wilful blindness’ is tragically laid out. Chilling before our University of Birmingham postgraduate open day tomorrow. Come along to find out about my course, the MRES in Clinical Health Research. #autism #clinicalacademics #MRES

📅 Save the date! Join us for #BPSASM2025 from 3-5 June 2025 at ICC Newport, Wales! Don’t miss the latest in pain management and the chance to connect with peers. More information here bpsasm.org

Did you know? Student & Early Career Membership is now open for applications for only £25! Start your journey today—join us! Read more about the student and early career category and how to apply. #PainManagement #BPSCommunity #EarlyCareer #JoinUs www.britishpainsociety.org/become-a-mem...

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This series was a joy to record, even if I had lost most of my voice. Please tune in tonight to hear a croaky me, Phil Wang in marvellous fettle, and some brilliant guests. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you like games you should follow @thedarkimp.bsky.social

🚀We are delighted to welcome you here the newest social media platform for connecting with fellow members of the BPS. This space is designed to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and meaningful engagement. Let’s make this platform a hub for inspiration, learning, and collaboration!

This is fantastic! When #PatientPartners engage in #PPI #PPIR, they want to do coproduction work, but sometimes their full-time job of being a #patient needs to take all of the space. Be mindful of that, we are doing our best! ❤️ (Thank you @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social for this lovely piece!)

Please share…childhood #cancerpain study to help parents and children

.. We also build OpenPrescribing.net which lets anyone explore exactly what's being prescribed in every GP practice in the country. 20,000 people use it every month, professionals and people like you. Look your practice up! It's fascinating seeing how new treatments, and guidelines get adopted..

.... then I wrote a big review for the Health Secretary on how to get NHS data used, covering the hard technical details as well as the strategic stuff. It's a romp! Govt / NHS listened to about half of it, which I view (seriously) as a very high hit rate... www.gov.uk/government/p...

If you've been wondering where I went: my team in Oxford (60 of us!) build beautiful tools for NHS data. We help researchers work on the whole nation's GP records while protecting - provably - everyone's privacy. It's big potatoes! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRjR...

Designing a project with a #studentnurse to explore the experience of those with #neurodiversity on their education journey. Let me know if you want to join us.

My dad wants to know what to buy me for Christmas. Is this too much?

Please share with future uni students (unless you have a fix). #Chromebook promises the world but students using it cannot use much software we use in our courses. If you have a fix for things like #SPSS #NVIVO let me know.

Lesson of the week for the #qi course participants- no point adding a new process on top of a process that isn’t working. #qualityimprovement

Podcast advice. I work with students and academics to create a podcast that helps health professional students learn about research thru engagement with researchers and their research. Need to find time or funding for editing. advice or support to offer welcome. www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-3z...

I know there are a lot of serious problems at home and abroad, but my crisps are too strong. How is that even a thing? #crispgate #crispsalad

We’ve got some extremely talented student nurses using qualitative research to explore (1) pain education and (2) stress in student nurses. Getting to grips with NVIVO today. Learning by doing is great for research and for the topics they are exploring.

Today is the 1000th day Ukraine has fought its Russian invaders. 1000 days of normal life overthrown for every single Ukrainian. Here's a hospice doctor I met last year, working by candlelight after Putin bombed power stations. Please take a moment to think of Ukraine today. #SlavaUkrainii 🇺🇦

Looking for UK parents of children with cancer to tell us what they need to help them manage pain at home.

You can get almost anything online but don't forget that in the 1800s there were 24 hour leech depots

Read #FernBrady Strong Female Character on an all too rare day off. Very recommendings.

Yep. I’m here.