Kimberley Innes

@Medic_Russell Cutsey, heartwarming, funny, queer book - gears for queers. Loved it. amazon.co.uk/GEARS-QUEERS-L…

My new kindle arrived today and I need book recs for holiday. Ideally gripping thrillers and cutesy queer things, but open to anything.

When your profession is both ableist and racist, then it's easy to understand why they refuse to care about genocide and the mass disabling, starvation, and killing of Palestinian people. @AOTAInc @thewfot

@Medic_Russell Or, may your I.t. system be down for the second day sp you will learn paper notes. Welcome to the team!

Happy NHS Doctor new rotation day to all who celebrate! May your logins work, your fire training be delivered by an enthusiastic middle aged ex firefighter, and you finally learn that it’s important to check a lactate in sepsis 👍

@DGlaucomflecken Ageism and ableism. All tangled up together, in the person as internalised feelings, the health system conflating being healthy with value and society which prioritises productiveness. This articles a good starting point ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/when-age…

Maybe it’s because of my cardiac arrest, but I don’t understand why patients get upset when I say their symptoms are due to aging. 95% of what I diagnose is because we get old. I always bring it up as delicately as possible, but like do you know how lucky you are? I see patients in their 80s and think, “man I hope I get there one day.” So many things in this world can kill you. You’ve beaten the odds. Honestly, congratulations, you’re old.

@JMBurns99 @GraphicMedicine The team got me sorted yesterday - thank you!

Conference welcome from Dr. Seán Lyons and our wonderful host @JMBurns99! #GraphMed2024

@Srikesavan I've been told that interviews have to be done the same way for fairness. So if the assumption is in person, and one person requests online for any reason then everyone has to be online. A case of mixing equity (opportunity to interview) and equality (keeping everyone the same)?

£2000... That is what it would approximately cost if a candidate has to fly to the UK to attend an Interview for a B5 or B6 position from India. That is if they can scramble together an application for a visa at short notice and mobilise the funds and get a visitor visa. Many of us in the volunteer space are being approached with increasing number of Internationally trained Physiotherapists @thecsp @cspbame asking why they were shortlisted, but not offered a remote interview option. I can understand if the trust/managers decided that they would only offer in-person interviews. But if someone living in another country is short listed, an email to indicate that its an in-person interview and there is no exception would be very useful. Or at least a timely response to an inquiry regarding this. When meetings that involve significant and life changing events happen online, what's the need for an interview to be in-person is a discussion for another day. Questions volunteers are grappling with are as follows and any insights will be helpful. - Is it a case of strictly following HR policy where everyone who deserves an interview is short listed irrespective of where they are from. Fair enough, but candidates dont want to be a statistic when they have no realistic chance of attending the interview. - Would it look good on WRES data if someone from a Global Majority background is short listed, knowing well that they have very little chance of attending? Please challenge me on this. At a time when the number of Internationally trained Physiotherapists on the HCPC register is going down and the number of those who applied for entry clearance with the home office is also going down, this is another barrier. Other barriers include mentioning previous NHS experience in essential criteria (Some have even mentioned NHS rotation experience). This is excluding an entire cohort of aspirants. A simple mention on the job advert that no sponsorships will be provided and the interview will only be held in-person would save aspirants a whole lot of time and will bring down the number of applicants. This will also save short listers time and effort. Now that would be too much of a simple solution wouldn't it?

If you are a #Physiotherapist wondering how you can help your colleagues in Gaza & help remember those killed consider donating to this ⤵️ You can donate anonymously & any amount helps. The team will keep people updated. Please share🙏🏼 @Physio4Humanity justgiving.com/crowdfunding/I…

@mededdoc @OrthopodReg May I recommend @TheNapMinistry - her book is amazing, very helpful for figuring out why we keep playing the game, who benefits from it, and that we don't have to do it!

As I work through some of that "early 50s, midlife crisis stuff," this quote resonates with how I've been feeling of late: "Before that, I believed what everybody else seems to believe: if you play the game well enough and long enough, eventually you get to stop playing and go do whatever you want. I played the game pretty well for a long time, and now it’s obvious to me that the reward for playing the game is more game. You just keep unlocking levels forever, and the levels don’t even get more interesting (“Ooh, this one is in space!”). It’s just the same thing over and over until you die. You don’t get out by winning; you get out by stopping." -@a_m_mastroianni #MedEd

@DrDMacaskill @LaterLifeTrain

My weekly #podcast shares three examples of why I consider #socialcare is experiencing #trauma across #Scotland and the massive negative affect this is having on #workers, those supported and #carers and the whole health of our nation. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donal…

Me and my existential crisis about working in health and social care can relate. There's never been enough money, but the (inequal) changes that are looming are something new. @thecsp @LothianUnison

Tonight!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 The launch of the 2024 Porty Pride Pale brewed by Cross Borders Brewing 7pm at The Portobello Tap Come down and join us! (14th June) #portypride #portypridepale #pridemonth #lgbtqcommunity #lgbtqpride #queerbeer #LGBTQBeer #Pride #transrights #lgbtqrights

✨️PRIDE ZINE FAIR✨️ Join us TODAY at Kafe Kweer from 12:00-17:00 to browse and buy a whole bunch of fantastic zines and beautiful arty trinkets from our queer artists 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #BeGayBuyZines

*Top tip* If your work place actually bans rainbow lanyards (or badges or socks or whatever), your work place is not a safe place Best not to work there #medtwitter

All right! We’re down to the final day of this nail-biter of a campaign! We need about 25-30 backers to help us over the line… are you one of them? Can you help bring this anthology full of beautiful comics to print? Look in here and find out: kickstarter.com/projects/third… 📦📦📦

I’m running a free workshop this month for people who have noticed a sudden or gradual change in their voice meaning they no longer have the strength and power they once did. Here are the details and link to book: eventbrite.co.uk/e/weak-to-wow-… please RT

There’s just over a week left on the BOXES Vol. 2 campaign and we have about £2000 left to raise. Help us make this exciting comics anthology! kickstarter.com/projects/third… #comics #publishing #anthology

@drphiliplee1 If any of those kids ever work in the nhs, they will either make the worst 'do your dishes' 'junior Dr's only' 'labke your food' signs, or, the best graffiti of said signs!

Is this prison or school?

The networks are doing *all* the heavy lifting keeping my @thecsp membership going, despite the csp's dismal response to the deaths Gaza. The proactive work this network has done is making waves and hopefully made a few think about more equitable healthcare .

Far too often people with migraine are told to just take a paracetamol, sleep it off or drink some water and they will be fine. In reality migraine can be debilitating and the impact on mental health can be significant bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…