David Strain

The UK is rapidly losing medical academics and without them the NHS 10 year plan is at risk. The upcoming NHS workforce plan is an opportunity to turn this shortage around according to MASC Co-Chairs David Strain and Jonathan Gibb: bmj.com/content/390/bm…

Can using AI offer a solution to the NHS’ problems? For AI to have a meaningful impact, it must be deployed not just as a technological fix, but as a catalyst for systemic reform, write @DocStrain and colleagues bmj.com/content/390/bm…

@NHSEngland 10 year plan: Can using AI offer a solution to the NHS’ problems? bmj.com/content/390/bm… via @DocStrain et al

In their 10 Year Health Plan for England, the UK Government committed to reversing the decline in the clinical academic workforce. However we have yet to see any action, including on funding the pay awards agreed 18 months ago! 2/

We call upon all the Governments in the UK to start taking meaningful and urgent action to ensure academic medicine remains a viable, rewarding, and sustainable career option before it is too late. 3/

This @ukmedschools report medschools.ac.uk/latest/news/ur… sets off further alarm bells on the state of Britain’s medical academic workforce. The Medical Schools Council data worryingly shows the entire pipeline is at threat - with both early career and senior roles declining. 1/

@AtypicalPolioME @docsimsim @Lu_MaryM Not just doctors, but the health system as a whole has not moved on. It’s time for a change, hopefully, hearing this harrowing story will be the catalyst for that change.

@AtypicalPolioME @docsimsim @Lu_MaryM My generation were taught that ME was a psychological disease. Some of us have kept up with the science and changed our views. Others have not. As a community, we need to work together to remind them that scientists, are happy to admit they were wrong when evidence progresses

@docsimsim @Lu_MaryM Thankyou. This is a horrendous disease. We need to work together as much as possible. Just to be clear, I know I don’t have all (any) of the answers and I do get it wrong. Hopefully less than I get it right, but I am very happy to be pulled up and corrected when I am wrong.

@DocStrain @Lu_MaryM I am going to delete my tweet now as the tweet i was quoting seems to have misquoted you. I don’t like to spread misinformation 🙏🏻

A prominent @UniofExeter professor has been selected as @UKParliament's new research lead for health, bringing impartial expertise, policy knowledge and a network of research connections to a variety of teams in and out of parliament. Read the full story: bit.ly/4bYFuaQ

@docsimsim @Lu_MaryM We have patients that are fed at 10 or 20° one patient that’s being fed completely horizontal. M could not tolerate the NG at any angle. She had capacity, she made her decisions. To overrule this would be to endorse the misconception that ME is a psychiatric disease.

@DocStrain @Lu_MaryM Did M refuse NG feeding because hospital would only do that if patient is able to be half sat up (45°)? M was too weak/unwell 2do that as is the case for many v severe MEs. What can others in that situation do? Starve coz they can only lie flat & any raising is very detrimental?

@Lu_MaryM I have a huge respect for Willie. We have worked together in to provide nutritional support in other cases. They are being fed, and continue to live in a dark room in constant pain unresponsive to any meds. M said no to existing like that. There is no cure for ME.

@Lu_MaryM ME is a physical disease not a psychiatric disease. The only way I could make her be re-admitted would be to section her and force her to be fed against her will, implying that ME is a psychiatric disease.

"No Smoking Day represents an opportunity for the Government’s pledge to move beyond aspiration into action." @Penny_Toff and @DocStrain put into words the significance of the smoke free generation pledge and why it must be allowed to become a reality. bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

As the UK marks National No Smoking Day, @TheBMA board of science and public health medicine committee chairs @DocStrain and @Penny_Toff reiterate calls for the government to fulfil its pledge to create a ‘smokefree generation’. bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

"As healthcare professionals, we can help convey a very simple message. Alcohol, drugs and driving don’t mix." As #RoadSafetyWeek draws to a close, BMA Board of science Chair @DocStrain 's message in our final blog for the week is very clear. bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

Big shoutout to our partners who are making this research possible: @Pen_CTU @UniofExeter @DocStrain @medvla @LindsaySkipper @ruth_ashton1 @DerbyUni We all want the same thing - to improve patient outcomes. The door for conversation/collaboration is always open.

Economic crises lead to poorer health, including an increased risk of suicide. For World Suicide Prevention Day, we've published our recommendations to protect both the mental health of the population and our healthcare workers. #WSPD Read it here: brnw.ch/21wCr6P

“The UK rejoining the Horizon Europe research programme is welcome news. This association will help keep us at the forefront of science and innovation collaboration in Europe, a huge benefit for the advancement of medical practice that'll support doctors and patients.” @DocStrain