Respiratory and Acute Med Consultant @NHSHomerton, academic @QMUL, adviser @nhs_rho. Cancer, pleural, asthma, OLD, ILD, sickle cell, epidemiology, and more.

Hackney, London
Joined September 2010
It's deathlessons.org ! Coroners' Prevention of Future Deaths reports[1] made searchable. Any/all feedback welcome. 1. judiciary.uk/subject/prevent…
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You said Coroners' Prevention of Future Deaths reports were not easy to search. They are now. deathlessons.org/
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Galyna Ntamack is currently undertaking a PhD examining inequalities in care for people with sickle cell disease, and she will be working closely with the Observatory over the next four years to inform our work. ℹ️ Learn more: nhsrho.org/blogs/advancing-r…
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Why join us? Be part of an independent, evidence-driven organisation dedicated to improving equity in health outcomes and influencing national policy for lasting change. The advert closes on 20 July. Apply via the link to complete the application form: nhsraceandhealth.current-vac…
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We’re hiring: Senior Implementation Programme Manager 📍 Agile, London with regular travel for meetings and events 💼 Full-time (FTC to 31 December 2027) 💰 £63,175 per annum (plus £4,000 London weighting allowance if applicable)
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Carl Reynolds retweeted
""Excited delirium" is a contested label often invoked when someone dies during police restraint. California has barred it. UK police have dropped it. Yet the term — and its successor, "acute behavioural disturbance" — runs through more than 20 coroners' reports."
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In a new blog on World Sickle Cell Day, Dr Carl Reynolds (@drcjar), our Senior Clinical Advisor, highlights our efforts to ensure that personalised, electronic plans are developed system wide to improve outcomes and patient experience. Read more: nhsrho.org/blogs/building-pe…
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Join us this Friday (6 Feb) at 8:00AM GMT for a session with Dr Anant Patel (@veggielungdoc), Consultant Respiratory Physician at Royal Free Hospital. 🎙️Lung Cancer Prevention: Progress and Challenges in Smoking Cessation 🎓 1 CME 🔗Free registration: drericlim.com/brompton-grand…
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another tragic sickle cell case with too familiar themes including of not being listened to and lack of clinical curiosity from staff bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn48… clear need for improved accountability and assurance mechanisms bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q118…
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Homerton Lung Cancer CNS job is out (closes 4/12/25). Don't miss out! Come work with our friendly, patient-focused team delivering high-quality lung cancer care findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/… cc @angshubhowmik @mattburman @ClareMPotter @tb_doc @drlaurajane
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🚨 Today we are announcing an exciting new NHS partnership to ensure better awareness of (and access to) genomic medicine through a dedicated resource hub which will be available to 7 million people in North London, Herts and Essex. 🧵 1/4
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Sickle cell is a year-round programme of work for us at the Observatory. We contribute to academic research, including through our academic reference group, with a new piece in the Lancet Haematology journal this week co-authored by Dr Rutendo Muzambi: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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September is Sickle Cell Month, with a real need to raise awareness about the inequalities caused by the neglect of this condition. Our report provides a roadmap for change, with recommendations that if adopted could improve outcomes and rebuild trust. nhsrho.org/research/sickle-c…
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On 4 Sept, we held a parliamentary meeting with patients & medical professionals to discuss updates in sickle cell care. Thank you to Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP & all who joined. We aim to host these more regularly. #SickleCell #HealthEquity #Parliament
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We’re delighted to be recognised at the 2025 @HSJptsafety Awards for our work on identifying and tackling racial bias in pulse oximetry. Our work led to changes in guidance and to the UK government initiating a broader independent review on equity in medical devices.
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incredible on hold anti-pattern; muzak played while you wait is interrupted periodically with a recorded human voice that thanks you for waiting. you might have got on with something else but the cognitive load of filtering this out is sadly non-negligible. sad times.
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