Acute physician/clinical academic. Past President RCP Edin NIHR Senior investigator Imperial. Improvement leader,hockey player and father. NHS chairperson
London/Edinburgh
Joined November 2012
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ProfDerekBell retweeted
Meeting the @RheumJnl team and EiC @ErnestChoy1 at @eular_org. = a wealth of ideas and a plethora of concepts!
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My gorgeous wife @joao_kay and I took the family to the beautiful Oyster Bar in Edinburgh’s Cafe Royale on Tuesday. A special place for us as it was where I took her on our first date in the summer of 1978. I was definitely out to impress her, and it worked! 🇵🇹♥️🏴
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I'm convinced this diagram illustrates a big part of the Patient Flow problem. We're not looking at the right data because there aren't enough meaningful conversations taking place about what data needs to be looked at.
@sib313 @RCEMPolicyVP @ProfDerekBell
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@APLAR_org WOMEN'S HEALTH WEBINAR 2026
🤰🏻Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases & Pregnancy
🗓️ Date: 24th January, 2026
🕰️ Time: 16:00 - 17:30 hrs (GMT+8)
Link to register:
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
ProfDerekBell retweeted
Calling anyone interested in volunteering with us – we have fantastic opportunities across our sites to make a real difference to the care we give to patients.
Come along to one of our drop-in events to find out more about volunteering with us and to ask any questions.
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A very merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of us at University Hospitals Tees!
#NHS #Christmas #Hospital
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We are reminding our local community to use A&E for life-threatening emergencies only. For non-emergencies, please use NHS 111.
For more information, please visit: nth.nhs.uk/patients/industri…
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Hartlepool Healthwatch CEO Christopher Akers-Belcher talks about importance of communication with local community.
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A critical symposium for trainees, key for IMT also – at Jelutong, Johor
Are you a trainee doctor interested in research but unsure where to start? Join us for An Introduction to Clinical Research for Resident Doctors 11–12 March.
Learn how to develop a research question, design a study, apply for funding, manage data, and publish your results.
Register: rcpe.ac.uk/events/introducti…
ProfDerekBell retweeted
Professor @mumtaz_patel_1 said: ‘No one could fail to be touched by the distressing experiences of the candidates affected, and we sincerely apologise again to the 283 doctors.
‘We have a huge responsibility to ensure the quality and robustness of these high-stakes exams, which dominate early training and are the entry point to higher specialty training in a physician’s career. The report gives us an important opportunity to learn and improve the way we work together as the Federation.’
ow.ly/RHEI50XnGSV
Today, the Federation has published the independent review conducted by Professor John McLachlan into the error that occurred after the MRCP(UK) 2023/03 Part 2 written examination, held on 6 September 2023.
Read more here > bit.ly/4or49Mp
ProfDerekBell retweeted
💉 Free flu jabs now available!
🗓️ From 1 Sept:
• Pregnant
• Ages 2–3
• School kids (Rec–Y11)
• Ages 6m–18y in risk groups
🗓️ From 1 Oct:
• 65+
• 18–64 in risk groups
• Carers, care home staff/residents
• Close contacts of high-risk
• Health & care workers
ProfDerekBell retweeted
My annual shout out to anyone who notices a physical change & decides to wait. Gonnae no dae that! A lump in 2016 developed into Lymphoma. I got it treated within months and today I got the all clear once again at Ninewells. Tak tent an it’s tint. Deal with it and get rid of it!
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To get a better idea of how much “displacement” was experienced by Respiratory Medicine’s patients, I counted how many of them were being accommodated on *non-*Respiratory wards at midday each day. That’s the green line whose scale is measured on the right-hand axis.
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🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Jade Cotton 🌟
We’re proud to nominate Jade for her incredible work with Last Hope, a community group supporting homeless and vulnerable people in Redcar and Cleveland
To read about Jade or how to nominate click here 👉 healthwatchredcarandclevelan…
ProfDerekBell retweeted
🛡️ MMR protects.
Measles, mumps & rubella can cause serious illness – even infertility in boys.
💉 Not sure if you’ve had both doses? Contact your GP. It’s never too late to catch up.
✅ Stay safe. Protect yourself.
#BeWiseImmunise
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Earlier this week, SAS doctors from University Hospitals Tees marked SAS Week by coming together and having a development day in James Cook Hospital.
SAS doctors are a diverse group with a wide range of skills, experience and specialties.
#SASWeek25
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The urgent treatment service at the University Hospital of Hartlepool has thanked its community for its support - with the service now treating around 170 patients a day.
It offers a 24 hours a day service for minor injuries/illness.
@hartstockhealth
nth.nhs.uk/news/hospitals-ur…
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Our chair, Professor Derek Bell OBE, outlines his pride in being awarded an honorary master of science from Teesside University and expresses his support for a new Medical School in Teesside.
Thanks Teesside University for the video.
Read more: southtees.nhs.uk/news/univer…
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Patients being treated for bowel issues are benefitting from the expertise of clinical teams from across the region – thanks to a new joined across University Hospitals Tees.
nth.nhs.uk/news/bowel-patien…
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I've now added 'movement-adjusted heaviness' as a purple scatterplot. It gives a slightly higher r-value (0.664) than the orange one (0.660) but it's even harder to explain in plain English!
I think I might've found a metric that explains ED exit block a bit better than my previous attempts. The orange scatterplot compares - for each day in the year - ED length of stay (measured in minutes, on the vertical axis) with mean AMU 'movement-adjusted' fullness (arrivals into, and departures from, AMU).
