Absolutely thrilled to publish my first chapbook today. The poetry explores neonatal care including the fascinating historical background and the challenges and joys of modern medicine caring for the most vulnerable patients. Online launch 17 May.

V. Press@vpresslit.bsky.social · 3mo ago

V. Press is v v delighted to share the publication of Hatchery by Elizabeth Osmond @bethosmond.bsky.social – a chapbook of poetry that is very visceral and very vibrant! vpresspoetry.blogspot.com

📢 Calling paediatric residents @rcpch.bsky.social TREES free webinar: 📍 TOMORROW 28/4 1pm 📍 Making your own opportunities in research wherever you are 📍 Dr David Bartle, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician; LNU/SCU rep on the @bapmofficial.bsky.social Exec Committee www.rcpch.ac.uk/form/registe...

Register for the monthly Trainee Research Network Seminars 2025-26 | RCPCH

rcpch.ac.uk

January resolutions, because one step at a time. - No buying food/ coffee at work. - I will not read the news on my phone. - I will put my phone away in the evenings, not in my pocket. Yes I’m aware of the irony of coming back to SoMe shortly before resolving to use my phone less…

Can we all agree that the New Year should start on 2nd January? The 1st should be more of an inset day. Use it to get ready, to do what you need to. I’ll be my perfect self tomorrow…

For new year next year, I would like our Emergency Department EPR to give me an ED Wrapped for the year. “Congratulations, you saw 1221 patients this year!” “203 of them had no abnormality detected.” “You made 1834029274902 senior reviews.” “Your favourite procedure was ketamine sedation!”

THREAD. My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments. I've collected his work here...

Life goals: Smallest Two (2) is sat on the hallways floor reading Smallest One’s (7) comic books. She’s been there for 30 minutes just chatting to herself and flicking through pages.

Reclaiming FND for Rehabilitation Medicine – new open access editorial Neurorehab colleague Phil Milburn-McNulty and I set out why Rehab Medicine is so well-suited to treating FND, why they historically haven’t and what can be done to change things. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I might be a little late to this bandwagon. If you have time, please show your support for the Veterinary education team at Cambridge University. I’ve had the joy of working with some of their amazing faculty & I cannot fathom why anyone wants to stop their exceptional work. savethevetschool.co.uk

Save the Vet School - join 1000s of voices standing with the Vet School

A vital institution. A community in action. A future worth protecting. Stand with us to save the vet school.

savethevetschool.co.uk

Did you see @uhsft.bsky.social's @apsmunro.bsky.social on BBC South with @edwardjsault.bsky.social? 📺 While many people recover quickly, flu can be dangerous for young children. A new trial is exploring whether the flu vaccine can be extended to younger toddlers. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It seems more and more GPs are refusing to take on shared care with specialist teams for #ADHD. This makes sense if you think of a GP practice as a small business needing to maintain profit margins. But most small businesses allow their customers to go elsewhere for a service...

2. Patients are often (still) being given the FND diagnosis when “no disease is found.” This is not how it should be done. FND needs to be diagnosed based on positive signs / clinical features that establish that FND is present. www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-an...

Functional neurological disorder

Information about functional neurological disorder (FND), including the symptoms, causes, and treatments of this condition. For patients in Scotland.

nhsinform.scot

Pleased to share my new post looking at the recent successes and turbulence in the development of therapeutics for infant RSV protection Much progress made - but there’s more to do still! #IDSky #PedsID 🧪

Protecting babies against RSV

The last two years have changed the landscape of RSV disease prevention

open.substack.com

Have you attended a popular resuscitation course? Have you been put forward as IP? Or not despite being interested? Share your experiences in this survey. It is open to all specialities, and all grades of doctors in the UK. Please share with all. forms.gle/HYRNUzkgwMsZ...

I’ve been my letters to patients (or parents) for years and won’t go back. There is a helpful resource from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges for those looking to make the switch. www.aomrc.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Dermot O’Riordan@dermotor.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’ve switched to addressing most but not all my letters to patients, copied to GPs. This powerful blog from @rorycj.bsky.social will get me to switch completely Possibly, more importantly to use what influence I have in designing the defaults in the EPR we are building

I hereby declare war on premature Christmassing. Any shop caught doing this before 1st December must be shut down and turned into affordable housing. Choose sanity. Vote Binface. (Photo dated 9th October 2025)

Great resource from @Radiopaedia A Paediatric x-ray atlas of normal x-rays in children radiopaedia.org/normal-paedi... #FOAMed

Normal Pediatric X-ray Atlas | Radiopaedia Cases | Radiopaedia.org

/* Single-column layout everywhere */ #peds-controls .peds-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr; grid-template-areas: "region" "gender" "slider"; gap: 14px; align-items: end; } .peds-region { grid-area: region; } .peds-gender { grid-area: gender; } .peds-slider { grid-area: slider; } /* Slider: large grab area */ #peds-age-slider { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 100%; height: 28px; background: transparent; } #peds-age-slider:focus { outline: none; } #peds-age-slider::-webkit-slider-runnable-track { height: 10px; background: #e6eaf2; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid #d6d9e0; } #peds-age-slider::-moz-range-track { height: 10px; background: #e6eaf2; border-radius: 999px; border: 1px solid #d6d9e0; } #peds-age-slider::-webkit-slider-thumb { -webkit-appearance: none; width: 22px; height: 22px; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; border: 2px solid #8C52FF; margin-top: -7px; cursor: pointer; } #peds-age-slider::-moz-range-thumb { width: 22px; height: 22px; border-radius: 50%; background: #fff; border: 2px solid #8C52FF; cursor: pointer; } /* Age label + readout: prominent */ .peds-age-label { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:space-between; gap:10px; font-weight:800; margin-bottom:4px; font-size:1.5rem; } .peds-age-readout { font-weight:900; color:#111827; font-size:1.6rem; line-height:1; } /* Gender radios */ .peds-gender-group { display:flex; gap:12px; align-items:center; flex-wrap:wrap; } .peds-gender-group label { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:6px; cursor:pointer; line-height:1.2; } .peds-gender-group input[type="radio"] { margin:0; vertical-align:middle; accent-color:#8C52FF; } /* Output + sections */ .peds-section { scroll-margin-top:80px; } #peds-output { opacity:0; transition:opacity .35s ease; } #peds-output.is-visible { opacity:1; } /* Heading row wraps H4 and (optional) pill; spacing below image */ .peds-heading-row { display:inline-flex; align-items:baseline; gap:10px; width:100%; margin:0 0 14px 0; } .peds-heading-row > h4 { margin:0; } /* Gender pills */ .pill { display:inline-block; padding:3px 10px; border-radius:999px; font-size:.93em; font-weight:400; line-height:1; white-space:nowrap; border:1px solid transparent; position:relative; top:-1px; } .pill-male { background:#eaf3ff; border-color:#cfe4ff; color:#0f3b82; } .pill-female { background:#fff7cc; border-color:#ffe59e; color:#7a5a00; } /* Case credit */ .peds-credit { font-size:0.9em; } /* Consistent gap before credit whether image is in or not */ p.peds-imgblock { margin-bottom: 8px !important; } img.peds-imgblock { display:block; margin-bottom: 8px !important; } /* Optional: style the disabled separator text a bit lighter where supported */ #peds-region option[disabled] { color:#9aa3af; font-style:italic; }

radiopaedia.org

Thanks to @ukhsa.bsky.social we can monitor impact of RSV (the virus which causes bronchiolitis) We started vaccinating pregnant mothers last year but didn't see much of an impact. Let's hope with⬆️immunisation rates things are different this year... www.gov.uk/government/s...

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

Micah@rincewind.run · 11mo ago

Discworld QOTD, from Eric “‘Multiple exclamation marks,’ he went on, shaking his head, ‘are a sure sign of a diseased mind.’”

My wife in hospital: “the tea is awful, I have to put sugar in it to make it bearable.” - Drinks 3+ cups a day. My wife on returning home: “Real tea is amazing!” - forgets to drink the tea and finds a full cold mug 2 hours later.

🎤NEW✍🏽 James Lind Alliance Survey Help pick top 10 research questions for children & young people (upto 25 years old) with gender incongruence/dysphoria 2 versions: Young People/parents app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-... Public & Professionals app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

I’ve thought about this a lot recently. I met some amazing friends through Twitter, and built bits of my career that would never have happened without it. I sometimes feel guilty that I’m not available online in the same ways that others were when I needed them.

Techpriest@techpriest.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I actually feel sorry for the generation that missed out out on the pre-enshittification era of making connections online There's a cohort who got to make IRL friends for life on forums/messaging boards/twitter with people they'd never cross paths with otherwise. That door feels all but closed now

There is an institutional culture in many parts of the NHS of focussing wholly on money, and just not doing credible patient impact assessments when considering any cuts to service. Or worse, having them done and treating it as unimportant for many reasons nothing to do with patient health.

Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Exclusive: New leaked document proves @NHSEngland was warned a decade ago about failures in child hearing test centres across England. Hundreds of children have been harmed, some left with lifelong problems: ▶️ www.thetimes.com/article/294c...

October is #BreastCancer awareness month. Our family is two months into our breast cancer journey. I’m incredibly grateful to my wife for checking regularly & spotting when something wasn’t right. The NHS is amazing & is here for all of us. Check yourself & get checked if it doesn’t feel right.

I called the “cause for concern” (Martha’s Rule) number, as a relative today. I’m incredibly impressed by the response. It is wonderful to see a new system work so well, and as a relative it’s a huge relief to have an accessible system when you have concerns. @nnuh.bsky.social

My wife is currently admitted to the hospital I work in. I’m sat next to her in a bay while she tries to sleep. I have so many thoughts about the things you hear through these curtains. People are fascinating.

“Children are being treated as second-rate citizens in the eyes of NHS funding.” RCPCH President Prof Steve Turner highlights how our joint Emergency Care Standards aim to reshape urgent care for children making safe, timely care a reality for every child. 👇 www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

NHS slammed for treating children who need A&E care as ‘second-rate citizens’

Many emergency departments lack the infrastructure to meet the growing needs of child patients, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said

independent.co.uk

Pleased that "Continuum" the AAN journal asked for this article on the management of functional movement disorder - coauthored with @alancarson15.bsky.social Article paywalled but podcast is free. Some snippets in thread🧵 Article: continuum.aan.com/doi/full/10.... Podcast: x.com/ContinuumAAN....

Thank you all so much.

🔴 A 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 assumes:⁣ "This might harm you."⁣ ⁣ 🔵 A 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 simply says:⁣ "This is what’s coming."⁣ ⁣ One is about protection.⁣ The other is about permission.⁣ ⁣ That difference matters.