Phil Weir

@anotherdocwith1 @ciaranmmooney There's already a great resource @BukuHaematology

@ciaranmmooney @PH11LWR

NEW: a common response to reports of hospitals struggling this winter is "it’s no different to a bad flu season!" I’ve tracked down historical data on flu ICU admissions, including winter 2017-18, a record high. Here’s how England’s Covid winter compares to a bad flu season 📹

UK to date: Covid CASES: 2,840,000 Covid DEATHS: 77,346 Covid VACCINES: 1,300,000 Vaccine related DEATHS: 0 Getting a vaccine is a PRIVILEGE Please take yours when you’re offered one!

There are several reasons to think that the new UK #SARSCoV2 variant is an important one as it might be more contagious than other variants, but there are also some uncertainties. So much misinformation is being circulated, so this thread brings key data together. 🧵

Great progress for potential MSM blood donors twice in one year! 🏳️‍🌈🩸🅾️+ @RobinSwannMoH @GiveBloodNI Its great to see an extension of individual donor risk assessments guided by science being implemented in NI rather than ongoing unnecessary blanket bans bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

@Jkbmedic In NI teams of vaccinators will go to the homes...I assume it will be the same elsewhere in the UK "the vaccination model will include Trust mobile and roving teams who will focus on those groups for whom travel to a vaccination centre would be challenging"

Can anyone explain to me what the plan is to vaccinate our most vulnerable patients in residential/ nursing homes as it would appear the only over 80s to benefit at present are ambulatory patients well enough to travel to hospital?

@_DeanLS Thanks

@PH11LWR Well done!! 🎉

After COVID cancellations earlier in the year and an insane amount of studying I'm so pleased to have finally passed the FRCPath part 1 (Haem)

@nick6886 Thanks! Long overdue lol

@PH11LWR Great news. Congratulations!

Today is #WorldMarrowDonorDay! There are over 37 million potential lifesavers on stem cell registers worldwide ready and waiting to help. If you’re one of them, you’re part of a global lifesaving mission, and for that we really want to say thank you. #WMDD2020

How did hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (BMT) develop? A procedure that is so widely used now and have led to the cure of many hematologic disorders has evolved over the last 70 years. This 🧵 is a short historical overview of #BMT

@Medic_Russell And an opioid system. Following her logic does that mean she thinks heroin/opium is good for you?

No but it does have a serotonin reuptake system and prostaglandins so...

@DrBenLovell I assume the hospital will keep the heating on?

Unacceptable

@MichaelJAllcock Does it upset anybody else that the blurb says argue instead of argues in the last paragraph? Perhaps suggests it was fired out rapidly with no time for proofreading?

Tentatively ventured back to the gym for the first time today. Very few people. No queues. Everybody kept their distance, cleaned everything after use AND EVEN RETURNED THE WEIGHTS! I loved it! 😀💪🏋️‍♂️

@JuniorDoctorNI I should add...I did actually get 6 weeks notice 😀

@JuniorDoctorNI My experience has been the opposite with the Trusts saying they can't send rotas as they haven't had it confirmed who all are coming

@JuniorDoctorNI Is the problem actually at the Trust end or with NIMDTA?

@juniordrblog @mikegalsworthy £7.19 per mask??? 😮😡 I wonder if were they even FFP3 or just basic disposable surgical masks. Is price gouging allowed?

I feel sick. The government awarded £250m to a ”family” accountancy firm to buy PPE. At the same time we were begging them to buy 30m masks a week from an actual supplier in China, and fund a £20m vaccine in Britain. Both were denied. This is an appalling scandal.

By popular demand.... Airwolf