Del Wijeratne

Yesterday @LeedsHospitals we simulated managing Acute Obstetric Emergencies in COVID positive pts. Here are three things we learned...(thread)

So many girls are disadvantaged by menstrual dysfunction globally @drwij @jogibson @helenallott1

@Raabia_Sattar @LawtonRebecca @DrJTJohnson @BethFylan @birksyvonne Congratulations Dr Sattar! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥳🥳🥳

Very happy to have passed my PhD viva today!! Thanks to my incredible supervisors @LawtonRebecca & @DrJTJohnson for all their help and support and to Del @drwij . Also thanks to my examiners @BethFylan & @birksyvonne

This is a really important piece of research being done by a brilliant team that will help shape & improve the way investigations are carried out...please help if you can or share with colleagues who might be interested 🙏

Looks great...@skmc84 @cjdhel @josiegibmo @LizRT84 maybe of interest?

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Join our team as a Clinical Leadership Fellow next year! For more information on the posts and how to apply, check our website here: improvementacademy.org/about-us/work-… ...Or get in touch with some of our previous fellows tagged in this tweet! Applications close on Friday 13 Nov 2020.

Why this language? Why are we using ‘target’/‘inspections’ and not ‘support’/‘packages’? Just the way to promote an unhealthy culture!

@skmc84 @cjdhel @THETlinks @LSTMnews Thanks guys - this looks like a brilliant opportunity! 🙏🏽

@cjdhel @THETlinks @LSTMnews @drwij Thanks Helen! This looks like it has real potential.... Excited to get planning

PROGRAMME LAUNCH We are pleased to announce the UK Partnerships for Health Systems (UKPHS) programme supporting #partnerships between UK & LMIC health institutions working to strengthen #healthsystems. For more information, head to our website #UKPHS @LSTMnews

My PhD found that providing space & time for staff to be collectively reflexive about daily working practices allowed them autonomy to make meaningful improvement & improved team working behaviours #WorldPatientSafetyDay @drwij @LawtonRebecca @janekohara @Laurainbradford

Come and join our wonderful Maternal Medicine team nhsjobs.com/job/-v2478474 DM for more details. @NewcastleHosps @M0MSuk #maternalmedicine

"NHS frontline doctors and nurses are bound by a professional duty of candour, openness, and transparency. It is about time we saw some of this from our government, its communications teams, and national agencies," says @mancunianmedic ow.ly/49au50AbNOk

Two weeks to go until you can be one of the first in the world to get your hands on our new textbook! Delighted to have worked with you on this @AccretaResearch @OUPMedicine #OxfordSpecialistHandbook #ObstetricMedicine global.oup.com/academic/produ…

I'm sorry but the Daily Mail doing a pros and cons list of slave owners has absolutely ended me

We are interested in speaking to the general public about how they have managed their health and well-being during the #Covid19 pandemic. Please email Abigail.Albutt@bthft.nhs.uk or L.Ramsey@Leeds.ac.uk to find out more about our telephone/video interview study

Sage epidemiologist Professor John Edmunds asked by Marr if he regrets anything in science advice... immediately replies: “yes we should have gone into lockdown earlier...it cost a lot of lives unfortunately”...

The brutality we're seeing in America today began in 1492, and has never stopped.

The pandemic has pushed us to the brink of a massive development reversal - especially preventable child and maternal deaths. Important article @ProSyn by @Atayeshe @DrTedros @KevinAtSave @unicefchief Time to build long-term resilience in health systems project-syndicate.org/commentary/cov…

How to socialize: a few tips from me on the BBC website. We underestimate this virus - it causes strokes, heart problems, kidney failure & terrible deconditioning of the entire body. If you’re having people over please take care and be considerate 🤗bbc.com/news/uk-528487…

Definitely beautiful babies.....@drwij @sherps @ClaireKeegan66 @adgercm @lynne_galvin @TeamCMidO