Dr Lucy Pocock (follow me on Blue Sky)

Such important messages about good care at the end of life when someone is sick enough to die, from Dr Lucy Pocock @GeriSoc #bgsconf

Thank you 🙏

Glad to hear Dr Lucy Pocock talk about 'ordinary dying' @GeriSoc Autumn Meeting. Here are our key messages on end of life care bgs.org.uk/sites/default/…

Sharing useful resources on end of life care at the end of great talk from Dr Lucy Pocock. See also @GeriSoc guidance bgs.org.uk/resources/reso…

@drkathrynmannix Thank you 🙏 I referenced you (as always!) 🫶🏻

So encouraging to see #OrdinaryDying being named and discussed. Bravo @drpoco #BGSConference

@dr_shibley Sorry I missed this!

I'm writing a book chapter on my lived experience caring for my Mum in the 'fourth age' - accidentally came across @drpoco's abstract on stories.

Ordinary dying should not be ‘treated like a crisis’ 👏👏⁦@drpoco⁩ @gerisoc #BGSconf

@drpoco describes how to have conversations around ordinary dying and focus on "what matters most". Ask person/relatives how fast they feel things are progressing. Steer away from medical terms like "ceiling of care" #BGSconf @GeriSoc bgs.org.uk/resources/reso…

@lucypgeridoc @GeriSoc Thank you 🙏

It was a terrific talk. Try to watch @drpoco on catch up if you can. Kind careful phrases to talk about #OrdinaryDying @GeriSoc #bgsconf

@SarahMistryBGS @GeriSoc Glad it was helpful!

@Justacarehomeg1 @lucypgeridoc We proved today that were different people by being in the same place at the same time!

@lucypgeridoc @drpoco Apologies to you and @drpoco, obviously equally wonderful minds!

These slides speak volumes ... Recognise ordinary dying 👇👇👇... Thanks @lucypgeridoc

Great to see this initiative, Martin. Perhaps next time it can include wider 'what matters most to you' conversations and the role of advance care planning. @drkathrynmannix @SpeakForMeLPA @MyWishesApp 👏👏👏

There is overwhelming evidence that the policies & funding of NHS England & GMC are set on replacing Drs with PAs When stating PAs have been integral to the NHS for 20yrs they are lying 2015 there were just 15 PAs in General Practice & 109 in hospitals

Nothing to see here, just the Head of Workforce for @NHSEngland using an inaccurate, one-sided & context-free Times piece to double down on the insinuation that the only issue with PAs in the NHS is ‘online toxicity’ from a small number of rogue doctors. You must know, Navina, how disingenuous & inflammatory the framing in your tweet is. Of course bullying in all its forms is wrong. But thousands of doctors, myself included, have politely & professionally expressed grave concerns about the way PAs are deployed. Multiple large scale surveys of doctors back us up. We spoken out without bullying, toxicity or inappropriateness. We are ignored by you & by @gmcuk over & over again. You may believe you can smear, belittle & silence every one of us by these carefully coordinated NHS establishment/media attacks on doctors, but all you are doing is exposing more explicitly your agenda. Our motivation is patient safety. You cannot safely substitute doctors with non-doctors lacking a national scope of practice in on-call doctors rotas, as GPs, in operating theatres, anywhere. You cannot permit patients to be misled into thinking they’ve seen a doctor when they haven’t. You cannot & will not gaslight our profession by dressing up a wilful refusal to listen to our concerns as a form of “kindness”. And if the Leng Report is a whitewash? We will persist and persist and persist. I’m astonished you choose not listen, even now, to doctors speaking out in their thousands on this issue.

And another one… this is beginning to look awfully coordinated… Nothing to see here, just the National Medical Director of @NHSEngland using an inaccurate, one-sided & context-free Times piece to double down on the insinuation that the only issue with PAs in the NHS is ‘online toxicity’ from a small number of rogue doctors. You must know, Prof Powis, how disingenuous & inflammatory the framing in your tweet is. Of course bullying in all its forms is wrong. But thousands of doctors, myself included, have politely & professionally expressed grave concerns about the way PAs are being deployed. Multiple large scale surveys of doctors back us up. We have spoken out without bullying, toxicity or inappropriateness. We have been ignored by @NHSEngland & @gmcuk over & over again. You may believe you can smear, belittle & silence every one of us by these carefully coordinated NHS establishment/media attacks on doctors, but what you are doing is more fully exposing a clear agenda. To repeat (again), our motivation is patient safety. You cannot safely substitute doctors with non-doctors lacking a national scope of practice in on-call doctors rotas, as GPs, in operating theatres, anywhere. You cannot permit patients to be misled into thinking they’ve seen a doctor when they haven’t. You cannot & will not gaslight our profession by dressing up a wilful refusal to listen to our concerns as a form of “kindness”. And if the Leng Report is a whitewash? We will persist and persist and persist. I’m astounded you choose, even now, not to listen to doctors speaking out in their thousands on this issue. It’s arrogant & disrespectful - the NHS at its myopic worst.

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Join us @GoodGriefFest for this session with Robert Neimeyer and Caroline Ng, facilitated by the brilliant @freyabromley. Part of our course When Grief is Complicated - now open for registration for just £25. goodgrieffest.com/events/what-is…

GPs spend considerable time supporting families, gathering information, and making carefully written CAMHS referrals, only to have them rejected. This is frustrating for clinicians and, more importantly, for the children & young people and their families. pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-…