Will Ricketts 💙 🕊️

I’m again undertaking a #StrideForGaza event to raise funds for @MedicalAidPal covering 98km between October 8-31. I know I have asked you all before, but as the situation in Gaza gets worse the people need aid more than ever. medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/will-ricket…

This is a great listen 🫁

@Flattliner @timricketts_ Sadly had almost the exact opposite of that. I diagnosed my Mum’s tongue cancer, almost literally on her death bed she did a video for the local CCG and said “it was lucky I went to the Dentist with a cracked tooth otherwise I’d never have known” 😂

@timricketts_ If she or other family members start asking for advice, that's when to worry. At which point ALWAYS say, "It sounds like cancer" - they soon stop asking...

You can be a doctor who’s been working for 5 years, hold MRCP and almost be a registrar, but your Mother will still give you advice about minor medical maladies I assume this will continue if I ever become a consultant

A new NHS partnership could see your health data stored in a powerful tech platform built by a US tech firm intelligence contractor, but critics have sent a letter to all hospitals urging them not to use the software. @LauraBundock explains why. trib.al/mD8kYRf

🚨 Check out this new report discussing how can we provide fairer access to cancer treatments in collaboration with @macmillancancer ⬇️ publicpolicyprojects.com/no-patient-lef…

This week's question was written by Prof Paul Pfeffer, who is an Asthma specialist at Bart's Hospital. Answers to come Friday!

Check our publication: Characterizing Risk Factors &Outcomes in Patients With Unresectable, StIII NSCLC Who Do Not Complete or Who Experience Progression During/Within 42 Days of, Concurrent Chemorad: The POSITION Study ⬇️ clinical-lung-cancer.com/article/S1525-…

Doctors, nurses, and medics across Iran are being arrested by regime forces for treating protesters wounded by security shootings. Providing lifesaving care has been turned into a crime, with many facing fabricated charges, prison, and even execution. All to silence witnesses to the regime’s brutality. #IranMassacre

@DrLKVaughan @bmj_latest A great piece, a missed opportunity to emphasise that not all that is learned is taught.

Will the Medical Training Review finally resolve the split between 'training' and 'service'. Spoiler: probably not. Me in the @bmj_latest on the linguistic quagmire created by Calman. bmj.com/content/392/bm…

practice making decisions. Consultant-delivered services erode training. So yes, the service might be marginally less efficient. But a consultant-delivered system won't solve any of the things that ails the NHS.

4/ Its incredibly dissapointing we are once again in this position If the scheme cant provide the figures they are required to provide, then THEY should provide the tools to allow people to estimate the tax year which is due (24/25 due 31st Jan). They should not be sending people to website that do not help them in any way shape or form resolve the mess that the pensions agency have created. It just creates more stress, worry and confusion on top of all the stress, worry and. confusion already caused by not sending people statements.

@KarenWestPhysio @buitengebieden @oncphysio She has some excellent outfits, but not a 🦖

@buitengebieden If Doris doesn't already have one of these, I will knit one @tb_doc @oncphysio

Here’s tortoise in a tiny dinosaur costume to brighten your day..😊

Back from the BMJ Awards and grateful that our study on civilian war injuries in Gaza was awarded Research Paper of the Year AND was the most accessed article of 2025! We hope these findings continue to help inform clinical, humanitarian, and public health responses.

'LULLABY', the Together for Palestine charity single, is competing for UK Christmas Number One, with only just a few hours to go: linktr.ee/T4Plive (1/4)

@KarenWestPhysio @dave_dlt Of course.

@dave_dlt I'm sure that @tb_doc indulges Doris more than this. 🐢

Spoiled tortoise 🐢

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Delighted to be involved in this - looking back at the UKLCC's successful 20th anniversary conference - reflecting what's been achieved and what's ahead for the next decade. #35by35

Yesterday was International Day of Remembrance for Palestinian Physiotherapists 54 of my colleagues and friends killed in 2 years That’s an entire department in a lot of NHS hospitals Yet my profession is silent. I won’t be and will continue to stand In solidarity ❤️

Who could possibly have predicted that Flu+Covid in a warm, wet winter, when vaccinations didn’t start until 2weeks later than usual, and when vaccination eligibility is reduced is going to cause havoc…

Homerton Lung Cancer CNS job is out (closes 4/12/25). Don't miss out! Come work with our friendly, patient-focused team delivering high-quality lung cancer care findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/174088… cc @angshubhowmik @mattburman @ClareMPotter @tb_doc @drlaurajane