@SyncopeJohn

Proud dad. Geriatrician. Interests - Falls prevention, complex dizziness, syncope, medical education, supervisor support. Cyclist. NZ 🇳🇿 ex-NHS 🇬🇧

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Liz Orton introduces the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme to #BGSconf further reading: Factors influencing fall prevention programmes across three regions of the UK: the challenge of implementing and spreading FaME in a complex landscape buff.ly/KV1w6Ip
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Helen Hawley-Hague presenting next at #BGSconf Evaluation of the Cambridge falls pathway. Author of Mediators implementation and delivery: the falls management exercise programme (FaME) buff.ly/kwqwRiV
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A powerful synopsis to describe the challenges and pitfalls of taking shortcuts in training and provision of medicine. Thank you @AndrewElder @RCPEdin bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q216…

Medicine is difficult—there are no shortcuts

Delivering high quality, patient centred care requires medical training that is long enough, broad enough, and deep enough, writes Andrew Elder A senior medical leader recently gave me a piece of...

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Great programme @DavidHerdmanPT around a frequently encountered diagnosis - wishing you every success with the day
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We are delighted to announce BGS President @adamgordon1978 has been awarded an MBE in #KingsBirthdayHonours for his services to Older People's Healthcare. Adam is a leading expert in #GeriatricMedicine recognised for his @Age_and_Ageing research. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/…

Professor Adam Gordon awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours

We are delighted to announce that Professor Adam Gordon, President of the British Geriatrics Society, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in King Charles III’s...

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I’m simply horrified to see @NHSEngland now literally breaking the law in how it misrepresents physician associates & other allied health professional - who are NOT doctors - to the public. These posters are from the Bradford District & Craven Health & Care Partnership. 1/n
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Delighted that BGS President @adamgordon1978, #BGSBlueprint Lead Author @AnneIFICScot and President Elect @ukHaHsoc @Clairesteel79 will be speaking at #rcpeOlder2024. Looking forward to @RCPEdin President @AndrewElder's talk 'Examining the older patient' @YoungGeris @EuGMSSociety
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@RCPEdin26 Apr 2024
At our Course in Medicine of the Older Adult talks include: ➡️Care home medicine - Professor Adam Gordon ➡️Hospital at home - Dr Claire Steel ➡️ Intermediate care and rehabilitation - Prof Anne Hendry More info here: tinyurl.com/yrr6wve3 #rcpeOlder2024
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A very warm welcome to delegates attending our Course in Medicine of the Older Adult that begins this morning. Don't forget to use the hashtag #rcpeOlder2024 to join the conversation online. View our exciting line up of speakers here: : tinyurl.com/yrr6wve3 #rcpeOlder2024
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'Over the last 25 years I’ve been in the NHS? It’s been fascinating to watch how, in a drive to create a “level playing field” or hubris of 'why are doctors special'.. We’ve managed to level down the whole system, rather than level up'.. Via @bmj_latest bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q892
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From the College that stands up for patients & for doctors in training.
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@RCPEdin19 Apr 2024
We have published a new statement, which updates our position on medical associate professions and the expansion of the physician associate workforce: rcpe.ac.uk/college/college-p…
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@CoachDanGo13 Apr 2024
This is Richard Morgan. He's a 93-year-old four time world rowing champion who has the fitness levels of a 40 year old. Scientists studied him to find out his secrets to delaying the aging process. Here's what they found:
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#RCPEGM My thoughts on the issues surrounding this bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q665

David Oliver: Senior medical leaders have mishandled doctors’ concerns over physician and anaesth...

On 13 March the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) held an extraordinary general meeting of fellows to discuss the role of physician associates (PAs) in the NHS.1 Such meetings have been rare events...

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I know that I ‘go on about it’ but this is a terrific course. Attend for a day, a couple of days or the whole week. Loads of learning for anyone involved in the care of older people @RCPEdinTrainees @EuGMSSociety @GeriSoc @AbdnGeriatrics @YoungGeris @RCPEdin – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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@RCPEdin6 Mar 2024
Registration is open for our popular Course in Medicine of the Older Adult in May! More info here: events.rcpe.ac.uk/edinburgh-… #rcpeOlder2024
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laramitchell@laramitchdr7 Feb 2024
Brilliant interplay of the complexity of pacing in #syncope . We go for rhythm correlation and symptoms but it’s more tricky than this . @rcpsglasgow Syncope everyone’s problem
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laramitchell@laramitchdr7 Feb 2024
So delighted to be F2F at @rcpsglasgow for ‘syncope everyone’s problem’ Honoured to have @RoseAnnekenny1 delivering the guest lecture on syncope in the older adult So many gems 💎 of new knowledge.
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Among those working Christmas Day will be doctors who have seen their salary cut by a third in a decade. @RishiSunak & @VictoriaAtkins are currently on a 3-week holiday. Re-Tweet if you want them to cut their holiday short, offer pay restoration to doctors & stop the strikes.
Amanda Pritchard@AmandaPritchard23 Dec 2023
On Christmas Day, NHS staff will dispatch around 20,000 ambulances, serve 100,000 Christmas dinners in hospitals, and deliver 1,500 babies, as they do every year. Thank you to the incredible NHS staff working really hard over the Christmas and New Year period.
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National/Act/NZF coalition agreement scraps smokefree environments amendment act. That legislation has the potential to be the single most important step against cancer in our lifetime. Huge blow for cancer prevention.
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In our relentless pursuit of slowing down the ageing process, it's crucial to pause and consider a pretty profound question: Are we at risk of missing the beauty of the human experience?
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📢New BGS publication! We have today published a new resource aimed at supporting healthcare professionals who want to offer a front door frailty service to older people presenting at emergency departments. #FrontDoorFrailty bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/…
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NICE TLoC guidelines updated 2023 ⭐️ #syncope I am intrigued that postural BP if clinically indicated ?? I teach that as cornerstone assessment Will pick this up community.rcpsg.ac.uk/event/… nice.org.uk/guidance/cg109/c…
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