David Buckle
@davidbuckle.bsky.social
Policy and comms person interested in health and SEND. Medical Protection Society Head of Corporate Affairs. Chiltern Wood School Vice Chair. Mainly post about work related stuff but occasionally also film, music and politics. All views my own.
The NHS 10-Year Plan includes a commitment to support SAS doctors in their career development, but meaningful change requires action. As we celebrate #SASWeek25 Dr Karen Ellison explains how the SAS Six framework can help make this commitment a reality www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
Unintended consequences often do the real damage. A proposal by the last government to streamline the GMC’s categories of impairment would weaken their ability to manage cases where a doctor’s health is at stake. So important to protect doctors’ wellbeing when they are at their most vulnerable.
Medical Protection@medicalprotection.bsky.social · 11mo agoOver 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
14 organisations representing patients doctors dentists & legal firms have written to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice urging the government to implement #preactionprotocols in clinical negligence claims. View press release here: medicalprotection.org/ireland/abou...
We urge the GDC to review the assessment and triaging of cases in its fitness to practise processes, following the publication of its 2024 investigations report. Read more here: www.dentalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
AI poses so many exciting opportunities for surgery, but who will be blamed if and when something goes wrong? Prof Gozie Offiah writes about the potential liability challenges in this excellent AI special edition of The Bulletin by @RCSnews publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10....
General registration has now opened for the Medical Protection Society Foundation AI Healthcare symposium, at which I'm excited to be speaking about retaining clinician engagement and the patient voice, and how not to become a "liability sink" for #AI medicalprotection-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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This should be a very interesting and free event for any one interested in exploring AI in medicine and dentistry www.the-dentist.co.uk/content/news...
Symposium set to discuss future of AI in dentistry - The Dentist
A symposium looking at the risks and benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI tools can be safely incorporated into dental and medical practice is set to take place in April 2025.
the-dentist.co.uk
This is a vital piece of research which further highlights the pressure and stigma placed on doctors experiencing mental ill health. We urgently need both a culture change and crucially, sufficient quality mental health support that is both preemptive and thorough.
Medical Protection@medicalprotection.bsky.social · last yr.73% of #doctors in the UK say they have continued to work despite not feeling mentally well enough. Find out more about the factors driving #presenteeism in medicine: www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
These quotes are a tough read but it's why we are continuing to push for cultural change within the health sector. We have to reach a time when it is going to be OK to admit you are struggling with your mental health.
Medical Protection@medicalprotection.bsky.social · last yr.27% of #doctors feel taking time off for #mentalwellbeing issues is not “acceptable” where they work. More needs to be done to enable and support healthcare workers to take time off when they are too unwell to work. www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/... @bpsofficial.bsky.social
The GMC leaving Twitter/X feels like a genuinely big decision and an indicator of how much the platform has changed
We welcome a groundbreaking White Paper published today on the advancement of AI in healthcare www.dentalprotection.org/uk/articles/... Well done to the MPS Foundation, @cfaa.bsky.social and @improvementacademy.bsky.social for producing this insightful paper.
I have set this up as I am keen to follow and be in contact with more dentists and dental care professionals on here. If I have missed any body off then let me know go.bsky.app/UNgtXRa
With the NHS being brought “back into democratic control”, I wonder if this will make MP-focused single issue specific health lobbying more of a thing again?
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last yr.The UK prime minister Keir Starmer has announced the abolition of NHS England in a move he said would slash bureaucracy, save money and bring management of the health system ‘back into democratic control’ www.ft.com/content/b95d...
I worked at the NHS Confederation when NHS England was created and remember how all consuming that was along with all the other associated changes. There is going to be a lot of capacity and energy that now goes into its abolition
Sarah Townley, deputy medical director at Medical Protection Society discusses the common medicolegal risks with cosmetic medicine. healthcaretoday.com/article/cosm... #patientsafety #medicolegal #cosmeticmedicine #healthcare
Cosmetic procedures and managing expectations
Dr Sarah Townley, deputy medical director at Medical Protection discusses the common medicolegal risks with cosmetic medicine.
healthcaretoday.com
Fantastic episode of men talking openly and joking about their experience of cancer. Its been 20 years for me but so much I could remember, relate to and laugh about.
Matt Forde@matt-forde.bsky.social · last yr.Today's episode of The Political Party is a special one in partnership with @cancerresearchuk.org. Me, @herring1967.bsky.social and Mark Steel had a frank, raw, and funny chat about cancer. Plus Dr Sam Godfrey from CRUK tells us why the future is bright. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
This looks like it could be really interesting 👇
The Health Foundation@healthfoundation.bsky.social · 2y agoHow can we make sense of the opportunities and risks of #AI in health care? We’ll be joined by @hetanshah.bsky.social to discuss what AI might mean for our health in our fifth #REALChallenge lecture. https://buff.ly/3CBalP9
Lots to welcome in the new Irish Government's draft programme - including a new of reforms MPS has been campaigning for. Hopefully will be a busy few years helping to try and make these happen
Great article by my colleague Sabira in @medscape.com about how doctors can maintain a balance between their right to freedom of expression and the expectations that can come with being a regulated health professional www.medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/...
Can Doctors Also Be Social Activists?
How can doctors maintain a balance between their right to freedom of expression and patient or employer expectations of how healthcare professionals should behave?
medscape.co.uk
"When my eldest child was nine months old, she had an outpatient appointment at the local hospital. Someone had stuck a note to the front of her medical records. It read ‘Dad is a lawyer, Mum is a doctor’" healthcaretoday.com/article/help...
Help… My patient is a lawyer!
Dr Lucy Hanington offers some advice to when discovering their patient is learned in the ways of the law.
healthcaretoday.com
Not sure if this counts - as its probably more famous than the original - but this is my favourite cover www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWK...
This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren (Official Video)
YouTube video by 4AD
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Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 2y agoslightly random but who wants to share a song cover they really enjoyed - here’s my choice open.spotify.com/track/4blAmR...
I am a governor and trustee for a wonderful special need school and am super proud of the kids and staff that organised this event to raise funds for new adventure play equipment www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/2479363...
School children run virtual Santa Dash to Lapland
Children from a special school have started a virtual 'Santa Dash' to Lapland
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Ethnic minority comms professionals are leaving NHS roles due to poor relationships with managers, lack of career progression and structural racism. Well done @nhsconfed.bsky.social, NHS Providers & the Centre for Health Communications Research for highlighting. www.nhsconfed.org/news/new-res...
New research reveals NHS risks exodus of ethnic minority talent
The survey revealed ethnic minority communicators are now disillusioned and leaving due to negative experiences.
nhsconfed.org
#GE24 NATIONWIDE SHARE OF THE VOTE: Fianna Fáil 21.9% (-0.3% on 2020) Fine Gael 20.8% (-0.1%) Sinn Féin 19.0% (-5.5%) Social Democrats 4.8% (+1.9%) Labour 4.9% (+0.5%) Aontú 3.9% (+2.0%) Ind Irl 3.6% (new) Greens 3.0% (-4.1%) PBP-Solidarity 2.8% (+0.2%) Others 2.3% (+1.0%) Inds 13.2% (+1.0%)
We echo @medicalprotection.bsky.social's viewpoint on the new GMC workforce report. They say: "Medical Protection backs the SAS Collective’s calls to supporting these doctors by providing better access to training opportunities and career progression." Here is how: #SASsix
David Buckle@davidbuckle.bsky.social · 2y agoToday’s workforce report released by the GMC highlights how locally employed doctors are a rapidly growing but often undervalued part of the UK medical workforce. www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
Today’s workforce report released by the GMC highlights how locally employed doctors are a rapidly growing but often undervalued part of the UK medical workforce. www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...
