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Mama, MIL, nana ❤️ | Priest, teacher, NHS chaplain.
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Lyn Hallam retweeted
We're backing @TheBMA's concerns about the draft national clinical protocol for physician assistants (PAs) and are calling for substantial revision before the guidance is finalised.
dauk.org/dauk-backs-bma-conc…
Lyn Hallam retweeted
There is overwhelming evidence that the policies & funding of NHS England & GMC are set on replacing Drs with PAs
When stating PAs have been integral to the NHS for 20yrs they are lying
2015 there were just 15 PAs in General Practice / 109 in hospitals
Lyn Hallam retweeted
I have a very simple solution to this….
**HIRE ACTUAL GPs!!**
Who are qualified to see EVERYTHING- from babies to adults, head to toe, minor to serious
Who do not require supervision & are medico-legally responsible for their own work
Enough with putting patients at risk!!
This is silly, expensive AND dangerous
‘practices employing PAs ‘must run an effective triage system’ that ensures PAs are only allocated pts ‘presenting with minor ailments’.
PAs ‘should not hold sole responsibility for making a final diagnosis’
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinic…
Lyn Hallam retweeted
US based Palantir is after our NHS data
David Davis doesn’t trust them, I don’t trust them
News of every baby having their genome taken this week makes this even more concerning
Corporations are data hungry & it needs to be kept in check
Do you agree?
Lyn Hallam retweeted
For over 20 years I’ve taken my profoundly disabled daughter to theatres, concerts, farms, attractions and events.
We booked. We turned up. We got on with our lives.
Her disability never meant applying to a private company before we could have a day out
#Nimbus 🪡
Lyn Hallam retweeted
US abased Palantir is after our NHS data
David Davis doesn’t trust them, I don’t trust them
Please sign the below and repost
And if you’re not sure read the thread
@TheDA_UK @Foxglovelegal
Lyn Hallam retweeted
NHSE forced into an external review of its "Advice and Guidance" system, which blocks GP referrals, after protests and harm
🙄
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinic…
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Replying to @tom_watson
England’s health service has acknowledged that some of its main claims about the benefits of Palantir’s software are not causationally robust, leading to calls for an independent audit of the tech company’s impact.
ft.com/content/9348bc28-fd7e…
Hi Tom,
NHS consultant here.
The NHS is supported by impressive, innovative and ground breaking technologies provided by a wide range of outstanding multinational corporations.
It is a false dichotomy to suggest to people that if we want good health care, we must align with genocide supporting organisations like Palantir.
Hope that helps.
Niz
Later today protesters will demand ‘No Palantir in our NHS’
While they protest, someone, somewhere will get an operation scheduled earlier, a cancer diagnosis quicker, a loved one home from hospital sooner - thanks to the software that those protesters would switch off.
Here is what you won’t hear. Trusts using the software have recorded:
• 117,000 additional operations
• 14.3 per cent reduction in discharge delays for long stay patients
• 5.6 per cent improvement in the number of people receiving a cancer diagnosis within 28 days
As a more articulate person once said: ‘certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible.’
Lyn Hallam retweeted
The more I’ve read this poster, the more I shake my head in disbelief.
This is literally what we are trained to do at medical students & doctors are experts in this.
If your trust needs a poster to remind other HCPs “think safely” - maybe they shouldn’t be diagnosing patients!
Lyn Hallam retweeted
No they don’t help Doctors & Nurser @tom_watson
The evidence is not there for PALANTIR in the NHS
Read this report on the use of Palantir in the NHS
bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026…
ft.com/content/9348bc28-fd7e…
We help nurses and doctors improve public services. We help our armed forces and police keep us safe. And we are proud of what we do.
theguardian.com/technology/2…
Cc @labourlewis
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Parents, grandparents, carers, keep your eyes peeled for showings in cinemas of a double bill of animations of 'The Tiger who came to Tea' and 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'. Coming soon.
i asked what that one was for. he said, “you always said you couldn't stop watching after one episode, so i figured you'd need a warning.” i hadn't spoken to him in months, but somehow we ended up laughing about the dumbest part of our relationship: we were still arguing over Netflix.
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Unregulated expansion of PA/AA roles has taken place under the direct leadership of NHS England, having done so despite clear warnings from HEE that this would be detrimental to patient care
The new ‘regulation’ by GMC is just a register with no clear scope of practice or clarity
Lyn Hallam retweeted
I have a new diagnosis given without ever seeing a doctor.
I have been prescribed medication that says do not stop taking it without consulting a doctor.
Actually, I’d really like to consult a doctor before I start taking it ‼️
#NHSNoReply
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Every French🇫🇷 passenger train, on an ordinary Tuesday, from first departure to last
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Patients put at risk as nurses and pharmacists are used in place of doctors: Dossier reveals missed heart attacks, botched diagnoses and cancer referral blunders trib.al/P8nVP2s
Lyn Hallam retweeted
If pharmacists and APs are:
🚨Assessing complex, undifferentiated patients
🚨Rejecting referrals
🚨Filling doctor rota slots
Then we need to be honest about what's happening: this is doctor substitution, with serious consequences for patients.
pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinic…
Lyn Hallam retweeted
Doctors manage risk every day but its the patients who are at risk and trust doctors with that responsibility
Increasingly doctors are responsible for the risk to patients of colleagues and systems over which they have no control and for which there is no evidence of safety
@CMO_England was an advocate for PAs and he failed to understand the safety concerns of physicians prior to the RCP EGM
The NHS 10 year plan and the skills escalator in particular loads doctors with responsibility for the risks patients will take for taskification and doctor substitution
Chris Whitty: Doctors must be trained in managing risk in patient care, CMO says.
The BMJ and @acmedsci inaugural joint annual lecture given by Prof. Whitty @CMO_England covered risk, uncertainty, and medical decision-making.
Watch the full lecture now: bit.ly/4AxqLBq