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ProfDerekBell
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ProfDerekBell
@ProfDerekBell
Acute physician/clinical academic. Past President RCP Edin NIHR Senior investigator Imperial. Improvement leader,hockey player and father. NHS chairperson
London/Edinburgh Entrou em Kasım 2012
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Something @jim_crawfurd said yesterday in a different context (“Just fix exit block FFS”) made me wonder how often ED folk get to see - for example - data that shows how the fullness/heaviness of inpatient wards affects ED crowding and length of stay.
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Yesterday I drew this graph of ED crowding and ambulance turnaround times. I didn’t have actual ED crowding data, so I used a proxy: the percentage of ED patients staying longer than 12 hours.
@TJCoats @RoyLilley @jim_crawfurd @StuartNuttall1 @RCEMPolicyVP @jmessillett
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@APLAR_org WOMEN'S HEALTH WEBINAR 2026
🤰🏻Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases & Pregnancy
🗓️ Date: 24th January, 2026
🕰️ Time: 16:00 - 17:30 hrs (GMT+8)
Link to register:
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Should we aim for 100% within 12 hours and hope for 80% within four hours? Or should we aim for 80% within four hours and hope for 100% within 12 hours?
(Scatterplot prompted by the plans announced by @EdwardJDavey yesterday.)
@agcolehamilton @fourhourtarget @RCEMPolicyVP
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Calling anyone interested in volunteering with us – we have fantastic opportunities across our sites to make a real difference to the care we give to patients.
Come along to one of our drop-in events to find out more about volunteering with us and to ask any questions.
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A very merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of us at University Hospitals Tees!
#NHS #Christmas #Hospital
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We are reminding our local community to use A&E for life-threatening emergencies only. For non-emergencies, please use NHS 111.
For more information, please visit: nth.nhs.uk/patients/indus…
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Hartlepool Healthwatch CEO Christopher Akers-Belcher talks about importance of communication with local community.
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A critical symposium for trainees, key for IMT also
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh@RCPEdin
Are you a trainee doctor interested in research but unsure where to start? Join us for An Introduction to Clinical Research for Resident Doctors 11–12 March. Learn how to develop a research question, design a study, apply for funding, manage data, and publish your results. Register: rcpe.ac.uk/events/introdu…
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Professor @mumtaz_patel_1 said: ‘No one could fail to be touched by the distressing experiences of the candidates affected, and we sincerely apologise again to the 283 doctors.
‘We have a huge responsibility to ensure the quality and robustness of these high-stakes exams, which dominate early training and are the entry point to higher specialty training in a physician’s career. The report gives us an important opportunity to learn and improve the way we work together as the Federation.’
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MRCPUK Examinations@MRCPUK
Today, the Federation has published the independent review conducted by Professor John McLachlan into the error that occurred after the MRCP(UK) 2023/03 Part 2 written examination, held on 6 September 2023. Read more here > bit.ly/4or49Mp
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💉 Free flu jabs now available!
🗓️ From 1 Sept:
• Pregnant
• Ages 2–3
• School kids (Rec–Y11)
• Ages 6m–18y in risk groups
🗓️ From 1 Oct:
• 65+
• 18–64 in risk groups
• Carers, care home staff/residents
• Close contacts of high-risk
• Health & care workers
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My annual shout out to anyone who notices a physical change & decides to wait. Gonnae no dae that! A lump in 2016 developed into Lymphoma. I got it treated within months and today I got the all clear once again at Ninewells. Tak tent an it’s tint. Deal with it and get rid of it!
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Wrong bed wrong time equals poorer outcome
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To get a better idea of how much “displacement” was experienced by Respiratory Medicine’s patients, I counted how many of them were being accommodated on *non-*Respiratory wards at midday each day. That’s the green line whose scale is measured on the right-hand axis. 2/4
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To get a better idea of how much “displacement” was experienced by Respiratory Medicine’s patients, I counted how many of them were being accommodated on *non-*Respiratory wards at midday each day. That’s the green line whose scale is measured on the right-hand axis.
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🌟 Volunteer Spotlight: Jade Cotton 🌟
We’re proud to nominate Jade for her incredible work with Last Hope, a community group supporting homeless and vulnerable people in Redcar and Cleveland
To read about Jade or how to nominate click here 👉 healthwatchredcarandcleveland.co.uk/node/1936
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🛡️ MMR protects.
Measles, mumps & rubella can cause serious illness – even infertility in boys.
💉 Not sure if you’ve had both doses? Contact your GP. It’s never too late to catch up.
✅ Stay safe. Protect yourself.
#BeWiseImmunise
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Earlier this week, SAS doctors from University Hospitals Tees marked SAS Week by coming together and having a development day in James Cook Hospital.
SAS doctors are a diverse group with a wide range of skills, experience and specialties.
#SASWeek25
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The urgent treatment service at the University Hospital of Hartlepool has thanked its community for its support - with the service now treating around 170 patients a day.
It offers a 24 hours a day service for minor injuries/illness.
@hartstockhealth
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Our chair, Professor Derek Bell OBE, outlines his pride in being awarded an honorary master of science from Teesside University and expresses his support for a new Medical School in Teesside.
Thanks Teesside University for the video.
Read more: southtees.nhs.uk/news/universit…
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Patients being treated for bowel issues are benefitting from the expertise of clinical teams from across the region – thanks to a new joined across University Hospitals Tees.
nth.nhs.uk/news/bowel-pat…
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I've now added 'movement-adjusted heaviness' as a purple scatterplot. It gives a slightly higher r-value (0.664) than the orange one (0.660) but it's even harder to explain in plain English!
Neil Pettinger@kurtstat
I think I might've found a metric that explains ED exit block a bit better than my previous attempts. The orange scatterplot compares - for each day in the year - ED length of stay (measured in minutes, on the vertical axis) with mean AMU 'movement-adjusted' fullness (arrivals into, and departures from, AMU).
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