Katherine Macfarland

Day 2 of #Rewired25 and the room is bursting!

We kicked off the #Rewired25 Digital Transformation Stage with three big keynote presentations from @chat2sonia, CTO at @NHSEngland (pictured), Mike Bracken partner at @PublicDigitalHQ, and Umang Patel CCIO of @MicrosoftUK. Look out for the write-up on @digitalhealth2 soon.

Thought provoking stuff at #Rewired25

Digital Academy launches Beyond the Basics AI training Following our basic awareness learning, we are launching our free to access Beyond the Basics AI training, mapped to the AI capability framework and approved by AI in healthcare experts. Found here: #catalogue-details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/Arti…

@doctor_benji @vintagebooks @JonathanCape @CBGBooks Up there with Tara Westover, congrats 🎉

#YouDontHaveToBeMadToWorkHere is #1 🤯

Fantastic integrative work by Iain on the ketogenic diet as an intervention for Bipolar Disorder at the #rcpsychic inspired by its use in epilepsy

@foodmoodcentre @FeliceJacka @hmstaudacher @Tetyana_Rocks Link to buy might be helpful :)

NEW BOOK FOR PSYCHIATRISTS & PSYCHOLOGISTS! @FeliceJacka @hmstaudacher @Tetyana_Rocks have contributed their expertise in a new book for health professionals, “Nutritional Psychiatry – A Primer for Clinicians”. Buy the book in hardcopy or eBook format from all leading bookshops.

The inventor of Karaoke, Shigeichi Negishi, has passed away at the age of 100.

NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian AND now soon-to-be-Penguin-published author @doctor_benji joins us tonight and Friday night! Last tickets for Benji Waterstones - You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here 👉 pleasance.co.uk/event/benji-wa…

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we’d like to introduce you to one of 2024’s most vital memoirs: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here: A Psychiatrist’s Life by @doctor_benji. Find out more here: bit.ly/3ry7Ckf

We're still out on the picket lines today, fighting for #PayRestoration - Join us across the country as day three begins. #JuniorDoctorsStrike #CallUsBarclay

New Strike Anthem just dropped #NoClaps #JuniorDoctorsStrike #BMA #FullPayRestoration @TheBMA @Doctors_Vote @BMA_JuniorDocs

Today it has been reported that during our first round of action in England mortality rate was 11.1% above the 5 year average. What they haven’t reported was that in Wales, where no strike action took place, mortality rate was 14% above the 5 year average. 1/3

The junior doctors operating on your appendix are paid just £66.55 between them. For a potentially life-saving procedure, which lasts about an hour. Is this a fair price to put on high quality healthcare? #PayRestoration #JuniorDoctorsStrike

During the strikes I’m reminded that I, for approx £22 per hour: - Am often the most senior surgeon overnight - Operate to remove your child’s appendix, your gallbladder or fix your hernia - Come in on days off to see how you are after I operated on you. My barber earns more.

Round 2 of doctor strikes. Here's hoping it'll be resolved at the negotiating table soon and it doesn't come to a round 3 🤞 fantastic turnout at the march yesterday!

So many sad stories on this thread. Even sadder: they're not rare. Close friends are treated poorly by the NHS Trusts on a regular basis, emotionally manipulated into exhausting themselves. I hope non-doctors read this and understand why we're considering strikes.

Fantastic set of 3 talks on VR / XR right through from the lab to industry to (future) clinics. Thanks to @xrha__ @panxueni @rcpsychDPSIG