Dr Charlotte Small

📺Our very own @DrCSmall spoke with @dr_amoss on @BBCMorningLive about cannabis-based medication, broadcast earlier today. 🔗 Link to longer segment in bio -  featuring Charlotte and Billy Caldwell, Rik Swaine and Celadon.

Tonight on @BBCCountryfile I’m hearing from apple farmers who are making a loss because supermarkets aren’t paying a price that covers the cost of production. As a result @richardhbudd isn’t replanting his orchards when they come to the end of their productive life. BBC1, 6pm…

@low_helen @The_MRC @bloodcancer_uk @unibirmingham @uhbtrust @CLLSupport @LeukaemiaCareUK Congratulations Helen!

Over the moon and V. grateful to @The_MRC for awarding me a 5 yr Clinician Scientist fellowship looking at improving immunity for patients with blood cancer 🙌Exciting times @bloodcancer_uk! Can’t wait to get started now 👊@unibirmingham @uhbtrust. @CLLSupport @LeukaemiaCareUK

@Fionas_Story @Living_ProofUK That’s fantastic news Fiona…the world of pain management will really benefit from real life, accessible stories that help our patients feel less alone and allow them to see a new vision of what their future might be. @WVT_Pain

I've just sent off a filmed presentation of more ofmy recovery story via email to an organisation of UK medics - it was so difficult to film but the comments coming in having done the @Living_ProofUK film have been so incredible I know it will be worth it

Welcome to Herefordshire Pain Management Service…delivering individualised, compassionate care in hospital and the community. m.youtube.com/watch?v=yfmZ0Z…

@mary_yoxall @mary_yoxall we’re so proud to have you on our team. Your ability to see things from patients’ perspectives and provide individualised care in a way that is relevant and accessible is make a huge difference to so many. You, @helenlovesdisco and @emmadavies21 are quite the force!

@olliehart7 @GASMakin @NICEComms @FlippinPain Yes, absolutely this.

@DrCSmall @GASMakin @NICEComms If we understand chronic pain as an over protective approach by a brain looking to keep you safe….but opiates not effective and likely harmful in long run (hyperalgesia, immune/endocrine suppression, and s/es…) would we consider different conversations/approaches? @FlippinPain

We have a real dilemma. @NICEComms now recommends against opiates for chronic pain. More harm than good. Yet they are still the main tool we reach for. #opiatecrisis. Majority Public and professionals still think pain = analgesia. We are harming people. how to switch tack?

@WVT_Research @GenomiccStudy @WyeValleyNHS Fantastic achievement…and we heard today how vital it’s been in driving knowledge on the best therapies to improve outcomes from critical illness #soa22

Delighted to place in the top 5 recruiting sites across the UK again for @GenomiccStudy Thank you to our ICU team @WyeValleyNHS & the patients & families for supporting this important study increasing understanding of the genetic factors that change outcomes in critical illness🧬

Day 2 at #SOA22, @fihowroyd presenting the ICU-CHAT study - patient-led design and evaluation of an assisted communication device for patients with tracheostomy on the ICU, on behalf of @Davido744 @cesl1975 @UHBCriticalCare @camillacdawson @RuthCapewell and co.

@GASMakin @olliehart7 @NICEComms Absolutely!

@DrCSmall @olliehart7 @NICEComms Agree communication/expectation issue here which can be prevented, similar to ...Go to pain clinic for an “injection”we encourage assessment or optimisation of medication as a goal 🤷‍♂️

@GASMakin @olliehart7 @NICEComms Patients being told they’re being referred to pain clinic for an opiate taper is an issue…optimising medicines doesn’t always mean reducing them and we certainly don’t do it till the patient is ready…but many won’t even step through the door if they’ve been told to expect this.

@olliehart7 @NICEComms Agree Ollie remains a huge problem, many pts on legacy prescriptions for years. Opioids aware’ not yet filtered through & pts reluctant to taper are challenging 🤔worrying trend of some ‘Forced Tapers’ in primary care without consideration of psychological support 😬

Great to be here in Belfast for @ICS_updates #SOA2022 with @DrCSmall not only to be back at face to face events but to proudly share our abstracts on innovative technologies in ICU supported by @NIHRTrauma @UHBCriticalCare @CDP_innovation @UHBTherapy led by @DrCSmall @cesl1975 🌟

@fihowroyd @uhbtrust @cesl1975 @Davido744 @UHBCriticalCare @CDP_innovation @bhca Great to present it at last! Thanks @avkwong @iceman_ex for the friendly questions :)

@DrCSmall presenting DELVES - digitally enganced liberation from ventilation a feasibility study at #SOA2022 great presentation and discussion! @uhbtrust @cesl1975 @Davido744 @UHBCriticalCare @CDP_innovation @bhca 🤩

Westminster Health Forum has invited our @DrCSmall to discuss early clinical experience prescribing medical cannabis for chronic pain today at @wfpevents seminar - Next steps for treatment and management of chronic pain. Tune in!

@flying_project @fallingontheway @PookyH @wct_team @VivGordonCo @dropthedisorder I’ll ask @hayter_hannah and @mary_yoxall…they might know someone. Assume private not NHS?

@fallingontheway @PookyH @wct_team @VivGordonCo @dropthedisorder @DrCSmall can you help?

@flying_project @PookyH @wct_team @VivGordonCo @dropthedisorder & anyone else you can think of, looking for a physiotherapist who would be very trauma informed in their practice of treating physical injury? Midlands/Warwickshire ish & ideally would be working weekends #longshot

@fcjusticesw Thank you so much. There needs to be as much awareness as possible, both in oral health services and across all medical services. You may also be interested in following the progress of #TheSkylarkProject - a coproduction between #TheFlyingChildProject and @WVT_Pain.

We are so proud to be featured in The Guardian this morning! Our very own @DrCSmall talks about our specialist, online pain management services and providing premium care to patients across the country. #Managingpain2022

@flying_project Amazing…though another vote for moving the menu please 🙋‍♀️

Today #TheFlyingChild graduated from the kitchen table and into a real office! Still very much a grassroots organisation and only in the room next door but we have a proper chair. With wheels!!😀 No more jacket potato menu. #ifyouknowyouknow #TheFlyingChildProject

@DrLindaDykes So lovely to finally meet in person…we did pretty well for 90 minutes…horses,houses,aeroplanes,pain management,sedation, ice cream and the Skylark Project! 🍦 ☀️ @flying_project

A work tool (and treat) that Covid has robbed for past two years.… working lunch to de-brief a tricky case, and discuss trauma-informed care, with the fabulous @DrCSmall over lunch (and fantastic ice cream). One of those meetings that needed F2F and definitely not TEAMs.

@mary_yoxall @WVT_Pain And we can’t wait for you to start!!

And that’s a wrap… band 5 physio rotations, completed it ✅🙌🏻🥳 msk as a final rotation has been amazing, loved it! Can’t wait to start my new adventure with the amazing @WVT_Pain next week 🤩