🚭 WHO #WorldNoTobaccoDay event: Exposing lies, protecting lives: Unmask the appeal of tobacco and nicotine products “the marketing tricks, design features and strategies that make #nicotine and #tobacco products appealing, including flavours” With @drtedros.who.int www.who.int/news-room/ev...

Reflecting on the @rcphysicians.bsky.social Council results, I’m grateful for the confidence that over 600 Fellows had in me I wish Dr Mumtaz Patel(PRCP), Dr Hilary Williams(Clinical VP), & @copddoc.bsky.social, Drs Sarah Logan,Dilesh Lakhani & Rasha Mukhtar(Council) very well over the next 3 yrs

Dr Mumtaz Patel PRCP is, I think, the fifth woman and also the first South Asian and first Muslim elected President of @rcphysicians.bsky.social Commiserations to the other candidates: I understand this election has had the largest turnout in years

Voting has closed. In less than four hours (1830hrs BST), @rcphysicians.bsky.social will have a new President #RCPTimeForChange

Request from @rcphysicians.bsky.social to all resident doctors: The RCP & its RDC are running a Next Generation campaign: www.rcp.ac.uk/nextgen They want to hear from *all* resident Drs (not limited to MRCPs or future physicians): www.rcpworkforce.com/se/253122AC0... #NextGenPhysicians

Very good news from @nlca-natcan.bsky.social this week: lung cancer median survival was 180 days c.2005; & now it’s 358 days (2023). Better treatment & the introduction of lung cancer screening are making a difference www.hqip.org.uk/resource/nlc... cc @rcphysicians.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social

Dear RCP Fellows, Only 2 days left to vote - the future of your college is in your hands. For integrity, for strong leadership, pls consider voting for: 🩺 Dr Asif Qasim for President 🩺 Dr Louella Vaughan for VP 🩺 Dr Philip Pearson for Council 🩺 Prof Nick Hopkinson for Council #TimeForChange

In one week, we’ll have a new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President & other elections will close. Please vote for: PRCP: @drasifqasim.bsky.social Clinical VP: @drlkvaughan.bsky.social Council: @copddoc.bsky.social, @respirologist.bsky.social (me!), Dr Barry Monk, Dr Dilesh Lakhani #RCPTimeForChange

I missed this yesterday, but it’s significant: @RCPhysicians Council has called for PAs to be renamed physician assistants, not associates. I think this will require an amendment to the AA & PA Order 2024; what other changes are required? #RCPTimeForChange

One of the (very many) ways in which the tobacco industry has sought to mislead (and also to market their products) Flavours; filters; celebrity & academic endorsement; ignoring / suppressing the science What else…? @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @ashorg.bsky.social

Thanks for your support, David; and yes, I agree @drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP @drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Clinical VP @copddoc.bsky.social, @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social & @respirologist.bsky.social (me!) for Council #RCPTimeForChange

Fellows of @rcphysicians.bsky.social will receive voting instructions next week. I believe we need a change in direction to restore the integrity & reputation for excellence lost in the events of the last 18 months For that reason, I will be voting for @drasifqasim.bsky.social for President 1/4

“Our focus is on ensuring that patient safety and high-quality medical training are prioritised...” Ye-es, but that’s only because of the #RCPEGM, opposed by the @rcphysicians.bsky.social senior leaders. We can do better. #RCPTimeForChange

For those wanting an evidence-based review of physician associates, this one by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social is a good, measured paper TL:DR? No evidence that the PA role is safe in practice, & more work needs to be done www.bmj.com/content/388/... #RCPTimeForChange

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! | Happy St David’s Day! @londonwelsh.bsky.social @dysgucymraeg.bsky.social #DyddGwylDewi #DysguCymraeg

These are the summary candidate statements for @rcphysicians.bsky.social elections: 1. President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... 2. Clinical Vice-President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... 3. Council: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... (No BlueSky links for equity: not all on here) #RCPTimeForChange

Two more roles at @rcphysicians.bsky.social for FRCPs interested in #QI & #PatientSafety: * Clinical Dir for Pt Safety & Clinical Standards: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c... * Clinical Dir for Improvement Programmes: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c...

Good candidates needed for these three @rcphysicians.bsky.social roles to deepen the College’s international reach & reputation: * Global VP * Assoc Global Dir, the Americas * AGD, Middle East & N Africa www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c... www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c...

There have been a number of papers on #PhysicianAssociates over the last few years, many of poor quality. I think the best three are: 1. McKee M (@martinmckee.bsky.social): The Sovietisation of British Medicine JRSM 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/3

I’ve worked with @copddoc.bsky.social and @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social over the last year, before & since the #RCPEGM; the three of us believe it’s #TimeForChange in @RCPhysicians after the issues we’ve seen play out since March 2024. #RCPTimeForChange

With Prof @parthaskar.bsky.social having withdrawn honourably, there are two candidates for Clinical VP: both can be assets in @rcphysicians.bsky.social , so I recommend voting for @drlkvaughan.bsky.social #TimeForChange #RCPTimeForChange

I’ve had the pleasure of working with @drasifqasim.bsky.social over the last year: he has struck me consistently as a compassionate communicator, with the honesty & integrity required to be a breath of air in @rcphysicians.bsky.social #TimeForChange #RCPTimeForChange

A little late, but one for #DyddMiwsigCymru: open.spotify.com/playlist/7AE... My eclectic selection including Dafydd Iwan’s “Yma O Hyd”; the macaronic raps of Sage Todz; and some of the best modern Welsh music from Adwaith, HMS Morris, Pedair, Yws Gwynedd & others 🎵🎶

Arguably, one of the most important papers on the evidence around physician associates, hot off the press from the irrepressible @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... This ought to be a cornerstone of the #LengReview report

Woooooooo ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Someone’s done it - archived the entire datasets of the US CDC before the orange toddler could destroy them. #episky #medsky #academicsky

In case you've missed it, there are some excellent candidates for @rcphysicians.bsky.social president, clinical vice-president and council: rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med... For FRCPs: please consider who has the best analysis or current problems, and plans for the future #TimeForChange

Hello, BlueSky: I'm a NHS respiratory consultant & patient safety associate medical director at Northampton General Hospital, learning Cymraeg|Welsh and supporting London Welsh RFC and singing in their choir to relax. Priorities: integrity in the NHS and RCP London; lung cancer care