🌟Registrations now open🌟 Women in NHS conference Friday 2nd May Marriott Hotel, Leicester 9-5pm Open to medical students, nurses, resident doctors, SAS, GPs, Consultants and managers Thank you to Leicester Hospital team for their support @BAPIOUK

“I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…

I lost my beloved daughter Grace O’Malley-Kumar in the Nottingham attacks. She was a 19 year old medical student. She fought a marauding man almost twice her age armed with a dagger. She tried to protect a friend and paid the ultimate price. She placed, ‘friendship before fear’ #graceomalleykumarfoundation #graceomalleykumarcup

When no age is the right age for women to lead, we can support each other. Recommend the younger woman for a panel. Amplify the voice of a colleague. Write a LinkedIn recommendation. Make an intro. "When one of us rises, it clears the path for the rest."katiecouric.com/lifestyle/wo…

You are looking at one of the most detailed 3D reconstructions of a humancell (eukaryotic cell) ever made. Every molecule. Every structure. Mapped in extreme precision. This isn't just a pretty picture. It's a microscopic universe finally brought into focus.

Some of you are shocked that there exists racism amongst medical staff. Some of us actually highlighted this many years ago. With data and all sorts. MWRES- innit. The colour of your skin dictates many things in the NHS You can be blind to it- or you can be honest about it.

To those who still have your Moms? If you have a relationship with them- and able to do so...pick up that phone. Just make that call. Or go see her. You will miss it when you can't any more. #HappyMothersDay

Twitter doctor friends don't forget to vote me into BMA Council please!

If you are interested in what the legal system did (or more importantly didn't do) about all that destroyed evidence click below Dr Chris Day EAT Judgment "Troubling... but not quite troubling enough. Appeal dismissed. linkedin.com/pulse/dr-chris-…

Getting to zero: what will it take to end violence against women? More and better data are needed—but enough evidence already exists to invest in bold action at scale. Read more in our latest issue: spkl.io/6014Axj2p

She ate lunch alone for 730 days straight. What this 16-year-old built from that pain now protects millions of kids worldwide. Seventh grade. Natalie Hampton carried her tray through a packed cafeteria and felt it — that specific, suffocating dread of not knowing where to go. She'd already learned what happened when you approached the wrong table. The silence. The turned backs. The whispered laughter that followed you all the way to the empty table by the wall. The one everyone could see. The one that said: nobody wants her. For two full years — 730 consecutive lunches — that table was hers. Alone. The bullying went further than whispers. She was shoved into lockers. Four physical attacks in two weeks. She came home with scratches and bruises. When she finally reported it, school administrators sent her to counseling — to find out what she was doing wrong. The isolation grew so heavy she was hospitalized for anxiety. Then ninth grade came. A new school. And almost overnight — everything changed. Students welcomed her. She made friends within weeks. She finally knew what safe felt like. But she couldn't stop thinking about the kids still sitting at the wall table. Right now. Today. She remembered what she'd needed most during all those lunches. Not a teacher. Not a pamphlet. Just one person saying: "You can sit with us." So at 16 — with zero coding experience and "a lot of enthusiasm," as she put it — Natalie built exactly that. She called it Sit With Us. The idea was simple and genius: students sign up as "ambassadors," keeping their table open. Other kids privately browse available tables on their phones before ever walking into the cafeteria — and show up knowing they're already welcome. No public rejection. No moment of judgment. Just a guaranteed seat. Within 7 days of launching: 10,000 downloads. Then the world found her. NPR. The Washington Post. CBS News. Messages from Morocco, Australia, the Philippines, France — kids who'd been eating alone for years, finally finding a place to belong. Sit With Us now operates in 30 countries. "Even if it helps one person," Natalie said quietly, "it was worth building." She turned 730 lunches of loneliness into a lifeline for millions. That's not just survival. That's transformation.

Did not expect a question that starts out 'Do you think before you speak?' to go so well. A question from Charlotte Harpur A response from Eileen Gu.

Evergreen 😊 #ThursdayTweet

I was once asked whether I would have any issues about standing against @TheBMA philosophy if it ever came to it The answer is the same today as it always was “Without any hesitation if it’s against my principles” In my opinion? An amendment is needed. You may disagree but some of us have to at least try to make the case The silence of @RCPhysicians @gmcuk is what it is - driven by politics. Doesn’t mean an IMG with privilege doesn’t try for those caught up in politics & a workforce planning crisis done by others Zero issues - whoever the organisation is. Principles come first Relations after that.

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve_news. We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Going to take a moment to say Thank you to @DHSCgovuk @NHSEmployers @gmcuk for engaging and discussing views around the Bill and issue of IMGs It may come to nothing - yet? Appreciate the engagement No response or acknowledgement from @RCPhysicians @rcgp Which to be honest isn't surprising given that they don't have much say anymore about workforce by all accounts. And why their capitulation on PA issues - whether accepting them and then abandoning them- have left them where they are. To Colleges? IMGs are mostly -it appears to be-now opportunities of revenue And I say so as the author of the IMG work done by @RCPhysicians

I am reading the @RCPhysicians response to the 'Medical Prioritisation'. Not a single word asking what happens to all the IMGs stuck if not on ILR Nothing about careers & lives on hold-apart from some words about 'colleagues & friends' Quick to visit other countries- lobby for others to become Fellows, earn off the exams- yet nothing about the IMGs At least the @rcgp raises the issue around GP posts Frankly? That's very poor for a College with so many International Fellows & Members. IMGs- as ever- exploited by organisations @Mumtaz_Patel_1 @OGMustafa @BDChadwick rcp.ac.uk/news-and-media/new…

Great quote from David Attenborough! 🙌 🎨 @teamveganfta

1/ Shock isn’t “give fluids, then pressors, then inotropes.” That recipe misses the physiology. Here’s how to manage shock properly: 🧵 #MedX #haemodynamics

The gold standard of medical education, like clinical practice, is evidence based, but what other teaching styles are there? From anecdote based approaches (“One time, in my residency...”) to “Let’s talk about my latest research paper” #BMJChristmas bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r255…

Painrelief for a #coil insertion or #hysterscopy is vital. You should have: - parcetamol 1g & Ibuprofen 400mg (if tolerated) with a little snack, 1hr before the procedure - 10% Lidocaine spray - Cervical block using local anaesthetic - gas & air (if available) We should not be accepting or doing painful procedures