Richard Partington

"Those last four weeks of her life when she was in the hospice, I think it's odd to say, but were some of the happiest of her life." Sir Michael Palin reflects on the care his wife received in a hospice, as he calls for more support for hospices in the budget. #Newsnight

Real-World Data Support Febuxostat’s Cardiovascular Safety medscape.com/viewarticle/re… Thanks to @RheumatologyUK for inviting us to discuss our findings #BSR25

🚨Please share #PhD opportunity🚨 Illness perceptions & outcomes in people with gout. Funded by @HaywoodCharity1 & @KeeleUniversity Closing date 2/04/2025. Full advert & contact details: keele.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

@adamgordon1978 @CarlyWelch_42 Having been brought up in Oldham I can confirm 1) muffin is indeed the correct term, and 2) causes confusion everywhere else when you ask for one 🤣

Our Primary Care Clinicians #PhD programme is open for applications. Applicable to #PrimaryCare #clinicians incl. GPs, nurses, health visitors, dentists, pharmacists & optometrists: bit.ly/SPCR-PHDPCC 🗓️Closing Date: 11.59pm 12 Dec 2024 @NIHRSPCR @wellcometrust @sapcacuk

Thank you all for attending the 2024 Trainees event! Wishing everyone a safe journey home and continued success in your endeavors. #SPCRTrainees

Closing a case on Adastra today and had 13 (thirteen) pop up boxes to click through. Also all symptoms codes have been removed, so now have to code a diagnosis even where non exists. Definitely not at all frustrating #TeamGP

@DrGoblin3 Offer them an appointment! Triaging that safely over the phone would take longer than F2F

GPs: 60M calls OOH with 2d abdo pain and watery diarrhoea. Hot and cold spells. Thinks ate something bad. No vomiting, managing sips of fluid. P/U’ing a bit. Symptoms settling last few hours. Can press own belly w/o pain. PMHx: IHD Drug Hx: 2o prevention IHD stuff

@CizCG @ChorltonFPGP Yep, same up here. In this case they couldn’t afford the pharmacy charge & so rang 111, saw me and got the prescription for free. So can add duplication of work into the mix as well!

but most patients registered at .@ChorltonFPGP could not do this - widening health inequalities.

I saw someone today who was worried they wouldn’t be able to get appt with their GP. So they went online, booked a virtual appt (£50), prescribed meds (£10 processing fee). Went to pharmacy to collect meds (charged £160). NHS list price approx £2.50. Please fund GP properly.

@kidney_bow @jamiekwillows As an OOH GP I fully endorse this message!

The UK has the best hyperkalaemia guidelines in the world, and they’ve just been updated. No one can cover all 171 pages, but here are 3 quick important bits in a thread👇 ukkidney.org/sites/renal.or…

Our paper published in @BMJ summarises of evidence on #osteoarthritis flares for primary care We summarise: ✅How to recognise #OAflare ✅Duration ✅Who is at risk ✅Triggers ✅Management @oaactionalliance @jointactionorg @kneepainfree @versusarthritis @keelemedschool A 🧵

Delighted to see this published - an epic piece of work! Safety of colchicine and NSAID prophylaxis when initiating ULT in #gout. ard.bmj.com/content/annrhe… @KeeleInflamArth @SoM_Research

Around half of blood tests (48.8%) did not lead to a change in patient management or reassurance, and 6.2% of tests led to a new diagnosis or confirmation of diagnosis in this study using @GPPACT data doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2… @drjessicawatson @capcbristol @salmanwaqar #PrimaryCare

@miken231 I work in UTC/OOH and it constantly frustrates that important diagnoses on PCR/SCR are sandwiched between … Pharmacy managed repeat prescription Failed encounter 10 year CVD risk….. etc etc…

ONLINE ACCESS Has anyone been questioned by patients why their record states that they have been diagnosed on their problem page with any of the following EXTREMELY serious medical conditions: - telephone encounter - did not attend - medication coordination - administration

The Primary Care Clinicians PhD programme is now open for applications. 🗓️Closing Date: 12noon, 20 December 2023. For full details visit: bit.ly/SPCR-PHDPCC @NIHRSPCR @wellcometrust @sapcacuk

Our knowledgeable and experienced medical and clinical teams work together to ensure that the right care is given from the right people at the right time. 🧵 1 of 4 #specialtydoctor #hospicecare #jobs #palliativemedicine #lancaster #garstang #southlakes #stjohnshospice

A year ago, I started following how the cost of living crisis was playing out at an Oldham school, checking in with the fantastic @NewmanRC_Head every few weeks. I ended up learning a lot about the British state, and its education system, to boot. on.ft.com/3KYWPWv

Expecting the public to fund the vast majority of hospice services is "unfair", a chief executive says. Sue McGraw, from St John's Hospice in Lancaster, said financial pressures were "challenging"and they will not get an increase in funding this year bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…