@drceit

Remote & Rural Uist GP. Unreformed socialist. Dr Granny. Tweets in a personal capacity include QI, rural GP, knitting hats, realistic medicine and gardening.

 North Uist
realisticmedicine.blog
Joined November 2009
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I completely agree HOWEVER the vast majority of excellent palliative care is provided not in hospices/ specialist services but in homes by amazing DISTRICT NURSES, the unsung sheros here. yet their numbers have been decimated and working arrangements trashed. RESTORE THE DNs.
Gordon Brown@GordonBrownMar 18
Replying to @GordonBrown
We owe it as a moral duty to all those people who fear they may experience avoidable pain in the last days of their lives. 4/4
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PS@rheumipainmaskFeb 7
Maybe before writing a “GP to Kindly ….” Letter, every hospital doctor should look at this data & consider whether there is a better alternative to dumping unpaid work on GPs @Parody_RCGP
Dr Steve Taylor@DrSteveTaylor16 Jan 2025
These stats are frankly bonkers. If anybody is complaining about why they are waiting to see a GP. They need to ask why successive governments have not supported the same growth in GP numbers as it has hospital medic numbers ⁦⁦@wesstreeting⁩ fix it or fail
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David Blane@dnblaneJan 23
theferret.scot/why-cant-i-ge…

Why can’t I get an appointment with my GP?

The pressing need to address difficulties the Scottish public reports in getting an appointment with their GP was raised in last week’s budget. So will new funding and proposals for walk-in surgeries...

theferret.scot
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I wrote the patient paradox >10y ago. Bottom line: market led healthcare overtreats the well and under treats the sick. Everyone loses. It’s only getting worse.
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Conflicts of interest and cardiac devices; this story exposes how and why our systems just now are simply ineffective and contribute to harm. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjw…;

Hospitals knew a heart device led to more patients' deaths - but they kept using it

Almost half of patients given a heart pump, after the NHS had raised concerns about it, died soon after.

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am beyond thrilled: the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare, University of St Andrews. critical appraisal, risk, ethical innovation, governance, leadership, bioethics, conflicts of interest....first event 31st October. Please join us! medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/ce…
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David Blane@dnblane28 Jul 2025
Exciting PhD opportunity for any aspiring academic GP…
UofG MVLS@UofGMVLS16 Jul 2025
Recruitment for our 5th Cohort of Fellows has launched 🚀 Join us at @UofGlasgow @EdinburghUni @dundeeuni and @univofstandrews Job advert - jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/multimorb…
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Every time I see the link to the kidney disease app, I have a tiny moment of thinking that AI has caught up with me and knows what erratic behaviour is coming up next... – at Balivanich, Scotland
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if looking for a podcast that delivers informed discussion of EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE: #insidehealth on @BBCRadio4 has been getting on with it for YEARS and COI I often feature BUT i have no supplements/health tech/private clinic services to sell! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Inside Health

Health & Fitness Podcast · Every two months · Series that demystifies health issues, separating fact from fiction and bringing clarity to conflicting health advice.

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As appears usual in my family, I find out that a sibling has written a book fortuitously... 😉
Gerry McCartney@gerrymccartney128 Nov 2024
1/12 Our book, ‘Social Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UK’, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Here’s a brief summary:
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This week, we launched a new report with 10 recommendations to support GPs in tackling Scotland's socioeconomic health inequalities. Read the full report ➡️rcgp.org.uk/getmedia/263e368…
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Very proud of our fantastic colleague Andrea! 🙌
The Doctor Magazine@TheDrMagazine22 Oct 2024
‘I grew up wanting to find out about the world – I had that curiosity and a detective-work side to my character. And I’ve always had a strong sense of social justice. Those two things coalesce in medicine for me.’ thedoctor.bma.org.uk/article…
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#RGPAS24 HOT TOPIC: Dispensing Concerned about dispensing and what this means for GPs in remote and rural practices? If you’d like to know more, Dr Alida MacGregor will be facilitating a session at our annual conference on 16th November. eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgpas-ann…
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'Dr Finlay, I presume' the exhibition, comes to RGPAS conference on 15-17 November in Inverness. #RGPAS24 - RuralGP.scot Some tickets are still available: eventbrite.co.uk/e/rgpas-ann…
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Lageraemia@Lageraemia4 Oct 2024
Replying to @DrHFRyan @wesstreeting @TheBMA @rcgp
Collective Action is just decliningextra contractual work so that we can concentrate on do out job better. The fact that the #NHS has relied on GPs doing other peoples' jobs for them for so long is the real scandal that harms patients. #RCGPAC24 #RCGPAC
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CA@ChrisAskewCE4 Oct 2024
‘Two things can be true at the same time’; Wes Streeting reflects on the vital & historic contribution to health and social care from immigration over decades; and we have at the same time become too reliant recently on overseas recruitment of HCPs #RCGPAC24
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Heather Ryan@DrHFRyan4 Oct 2024
Well done @KamilaRCGP, for telling @wesstreeting that industrial action is the remit of @TheBMA, not @rcgp, and that if he wants collective action to end he needs to speak to the BMA and work something out 👏👏👏 #RCGPAC24 #RCGPAC – at Liverpool, England
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Heather Ryan@DrHFRyan4 Oct 2024
#rcgpac #rcgpac24 Here's what I wanted to say to @wesstreeting, had he not been too cowardly to hear the anger and disdain in my voice as I said it: – at Liverpool, England
Heather Ryan@DrHFRyan4 Oct 2024
#rcgpac #rcgpac24 The microphones have been removed from the auditorium & all questions have to be submitted through the conference app. @wesstreeting tells us "I always welcome challenge", but is apparently too afraid to hear the anger and upset in GPs' voices as we question him
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Heather Ryan@DrHFRyan4 Oct 2024
#rcgpac #rcgpac24 The microphones have been removed from the auditorium & all questions have to be submitted through the conference app. @wesstreeting tells us "I always welcome challenge", but is apparently too afraid to hear the anger and upset in GPs' voices as we question him – at Liverpool, England
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