🚭 WHO #WorldNoTobaccoDay event: Exposing lies, protecting lives: Unmask the appeal of tobacco and nicotine products “the marketing tricks, design features and strategies that make #nicotine and #tobacco products appealing, including flavours” With @drtedros.who.int www.who.int/news-room/ev...

World No Tobacco Day event: Exposing lies, protecting lives: Unmask the appeal of tobacco and nicotine products

Ahead of World No Tobacco Day, WHO will host an online event exploring the marketing tricks, design features and strategies that make nicotine and tobacco products appealing, including flavours, which...

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Reflecting on the @rcphysicians.bsky.social Council results, I’m grateful for the confidence that over 600 Fellows had in me I wish Dr Mumtaz Patel(PRCP), Dr Hilary Williams(Clinical VP), & @copddoc.bsky.social, Drs Sarah Logan,Dilesh Lakhani & Rasha Mukhtar(Council) very well over the next 3 yrs

Dr Mumtaz Patel PRCP is, I think, the fifth woman and also the first South Asian and first Muslim elected President of @rcphysicians.bsky.social Commiserations to the other candidates: I understand this election has had the largest turnout in years

Royal College of Physicians@rcphysicians.bsky.social · last yr.

The votes are in and we’re happy to announce that Dr Mumtaz Patel has been elected as the 123rd president of the Royal College of Physicians👏 Learn more about Dr Patel: ow.ly/kk3050VAmpo An official start date will be determined as soon as possible.

Voting has closed. In less than four hours (1830hrs BST), @rcphysicians.bsky.social will have a new President #RCPTimeForChange

Request from @rcphysicians.bsky.social to all resident doctors: The RCP & its RDC are running a Next Generation campaign: www.rcp.ac.uk/nextgen They want to hear from *all* resident Drs (not limited to MRCPs or future physicians): www.rcpworkforce.com/se/253122AC0... #NextGenPhysicians

Very good news from @nlca-natcan.bsky.social this week: lung cancer median survival was 180 days c.2005; & now it’s 358 days (2023). Better treatment & the introduction of lung cancer screening are making a difference www.hqip.org.uk/resource/nlc... cc @rcphysicians.bsky.social @btog.bsky.social

Dear RCP Fellows, Only 2 days left to vote - the future of your college is in your hands. For integrity, for strong leadership, pls consider voting for: 🩺 Dr Asif Qasim for President 🩺 Dr Louella Vaughan for VP 🩺 Dr Philip Pearson for Council 🩺 Prof Nick Hopkinson for Council #TimeForChange

@drasifqasim.bsky.social · last yr.

One week to go in the RCP election - an opportunity to revitalise the College It really is time for change - Vote Asif Qasim Let's make our College something we can be proud of! Your endorsement sends a powerful message to your FRCP colleagues - please encourage them to vote before 14th April.

In one week, we’ll have a new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President & other elections will close. Please vote for: PRCP: @drasifqasim.bsky.social Clinical VP: @drlkvaughan.bsky.social Council: @copddoc.bsky.social, @respirologist.bsky.social (me!), Dr Barry Monk, Dr Dilesh Lakhani #RCPTimeForChange

I missed this yesterday, but it’s significant: @RCPhysicians Council has called for PAs to be renamed physician assistants, not associates. I think this will require an amendment to the AA & PA Order 2024; what other changes are required? #RCPTimeForChange

One of the (very many) ways in which the tobacco industry has sought to mislead (and also to market their products) Flavours; filters; celebrity & academic endorsement; ignoring / suppressing the science What else…? @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @ashorg.bsky.social

Nick Hopkinson@copddoc.bsky.social · last yr.

The Great Cigarette Filter Fraud ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @ncsct.bsky.social

Thanks for your support, David; and yes, I agree @drasifqasim.bsky.social for PRCP @drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Clinical VP @copddoc.bsky.social, @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social & @respirologist.bsky.social (me!) for Council #RCPTimeForChange

Cllr Dr David Nicholl@drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · last yr.

Attention FRCPs! Polls open tomorrow for RCP elections These are all excellent candidates who will restore the #VoiceOfPhysicians It’s #TimeForChange Follow & 🗳️ @copddoc.bsky.social @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social @respirologist.bsky.social @drlkvaughan.bsky.social @drasifqasim.bsky.social

Fellows of @rcphysicians.bsky.social will receive voting instructions next week. I believe we need a change in direction to restore the integrity & reputation for excellence lost in the events of the last 18 months For that reason, I will be voting for @drasifqasim.bsky.social for President 1/4

“Our focus is on ensuring that patient safety and high-quality medical training are prioritised...” Ye-es, but that’s only because of the #RCPEGM, opposed by the @rcphysicians.bsky.social senior leaders. We can do better. #RCPTimeForChange

For those wanting an evidence-based review of physician associates, this one by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & @martinmckee.bsky.social is a good, measured paper TL:DR? No evidence that the PA role is safe in practice, & more work needs to be done www.bmj.com/content/388/... #RCPTimeForChange

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus! | Happy St David’s Day! @londonwelsh.bsky.social @dysgucymraeg.bsky.social #DyddGwylDewi #DysguCymraeg

These are the summary candidate statements for @rcphysicians.bsky.social elections: 1. President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... 2. Clinical Vice-President: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... 3. Council: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/e... (No BlueSky links for equity: not all on here) #RCPTimeForChange

RCP elections - president

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Two more roles at @rcphysicians.bsky.social for FRCPs interested in #QI & #PatientSafety: * Clinical Dir for Pt Safety & Clinical Standards: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c... * Clinical Dir for Improvement Programmes: www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c...

Good candidates needed for these three @rcphysicians.bsky.social roles to deepen the College’s international reach & reputation: * Global VP * Assoc Global Dir, the Americas * AGD, Middle East & N Africa www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c... www.rcp.ac.uk/membership/c...

There have been a number of papers on #PhysicianAssociates over the last few years, many of poor quality. I think the best three are: 1. McKee M (@martinmckee.bsky.social): The Sovietisation of British Medicine JRSM 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/3

I’ve worked with @copddoc.bsky.social and @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social over the last year, before & since the #RCPEGM; the three of us believe it’s #TimeForChange in @RCPhysicians after the issues we’ve seen play out since March 2024. #RCPTimeForChange

With Prof @parthaskar.bsky.social having withdrawn honourably, there are two candidates for Clinical VP: both can be assets in @rcphysicians.bsky.social , so I recommend voting for @drlkvaughan.bsky.social #TimeForChange #RCPTimeForChange

I’ve had the pleasure of working with @drasifqasim.bsky.social over the last year: he has struck me consistently as a compassionate communicator, with the honesty & integrity required to be a breath of air in @rcphysicians.bsky.social #TimeForChange #RCPTimeForChange

A little late, but one for #DyddMiwsigCymru: open.spotify.com/playlist/7AE... My eclectic selection including Dafydd Iwan’s “Yma O Hyd”; the macaronic raps of Sage Todz; and some of the best modern Welsh music from Adwaith, HMS Morris, Pedair, Yws Gwynedd & others 🎵🎶

Arguably, one of the most important papers on the evidence around physician associates, hot off the press from the irrepressible @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... This ought to be a cornerstone of the #LengReview report

Woooooooo ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Someone’s done it - archived the entire datasets of the US CDC before the orange toddler could destroy them. #episky #medsky #academicsky

Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 2y ago

The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

In case you've missed it, there are some excellent candidates for @rcphysicians.bsky.social president, clinical vice-president and council: rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med... For FRCPs: please consider who has the best analysis or current problems, and plans for the future #TimeForChange

Candidates announced for RCP president, clinical vice president and councillor elections

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Hello, BlueSky: I'm a NHS respiratory consultant & patient safety associate medical director at Northampton General Hospital, learning Cymraeg|Welsh and supporting London Welsh RFC and singing in their choir to relax. Priorities: integrity in the NHS and RCP London; lung cancer care