Hear more about today’s huge GreenED accreditation announcement from Dr Sandy Robertson, our ESIG Chair and Co-Clinical Lead of the @rcemgreened.bsky.social Programme 🏅🎉

Royal College of Emergency Medicine@rcem.ac.uk · last yr.

We are thrilled to announce the EDs that have been awarded an accreditation through RCEM’s GreenED programme 🎉 Across England and Wales, 10 EDs have been recognised for their environmentally sustainable practices. Congratulations!🏅 Read more here: tinyurl.com/t8wx7jcu @rcemgreened.bsky.social

Amazing achievement! Well done team ED Wales!!

Royal College of Emergency Medicine@rcem.ac.uk · last yr.

We are thrilled to announce the EDs that have been awarded an accreditation through RCEM’s GreenED programme 🎉 Across England and Wales, 10 EDs have been recognised for their environmentally sustainable practices. Congratulations!🏅 Read more here: tinyurl.com/t8wx7jcu @rcemgreened.bsky.social

For some this may not appear of any significance… but for anyone from ED it’s a game changer… brand new pillows delivered to ED - is it a sign we are turning the corner for Emergency care in the UK? Or just luck?

Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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This is what a government can actually do… make difficult decisions that are at most an ‘inconvenience’ for some but actually reduce casualties on the roads. But sadly it’s hard to own the success while SM and some gutter politics use the inconvenience for political gain 🤦🏻‍♂️

Lee Waters@waterslee.bsky.social · last yr.

StatsWales have released the finalised data for recent road casualties. These annual blocks from Oct to Sep show the casualty year on year variations. There was a 26% reduction on urban/village roads following the 20mph national urban/default implementation in Sep 23 with 630 fewer casualties.

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A&E waits might be the biggest cause of avoidable death in England

New data from the ONS on their analysis of mortality and A&E waits has enabled new, better calculations on the magnitude of excess deaths ...

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If the Emergency Department is the safety net for all healthcare, Community Emergency Medicine is when we go fishing with that net to ensure everyone who needs our expertise has a fair chance of receiving it. #NationalCEMConference2025

Sunshine means busy days on the Wales @air-ambulance.bsky.social - at one point all 4 helicopters were in the air across Wales yesterday! Quite the mix of rural / urban environments we can cover in one day!

Happy 10th Birthday to EMRTS Wales 🎂 🚁 ! An amazing partnership between the NHS and the Wales @air-ambulance.bsky.social An amazing team, service and views over Wales too!

Surprise! This may have passed me by in the deluge of nhs memos. Summary seems to be make it notifiable then when we have a vaccine programme we can see the effectiveness - good news overall but obvs an admin burden in the meantime 🧐

UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · last yr.

Chickenpox is now a notifiable disease. Treatment and management protocols remain unchanged: ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/11/c...

Shut down the youth clubs. Sell off the playing fields. Put up "no ball games" signs. Make public places hostile to teenagers. Then: "Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."

I feel seen! (Just need to add the glasses and grey hair for full bore EM cons transformation!)

Ken Milne MD@thesgem.bsky.social · last yr.

EM: How it started...how it's going #MedSky

The #BritishSocialAttitudes survey asks the public for their opinion on different aspects of #NHS care. 📊 The 2024 findings on A&E are stark - just 12% said they were satisfied with the length of time it takes to be seen in A&E. Read more: buff.ly/I5vYtWs

🎉Exciting Announcement!🎉 🌟We're pleased to introduce Dr. Ami Jones as the new FPHC Accreditation Lead!🌟 A huge thank you to outgoing lead Dr. Richard Lyon for all their contributions in this role which have been invaluable🙏 Read more here bit.ly/4l90jq4 #FPHC

Well. Here we are: The Atlantic has done something an awful lot like I thought they should. And it’s lead to them publishing the details they initially redacted: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

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James Ball@jamesrball.com · last yr.

To my mind the 'clever' next step for The Atlantic would be to check in with the DoD and White House whether they have any objections to him publishing the whole text chain, since Tulsi Gabbard has said none of it was classified, and publishing that correspondence. (Plus the texts if they say yes).

Urgent action needed to harness tidal power in Severn estuary, say experts

Urgent action needed to harness tidal power in Severn estuary, say experts

Commission launched in 2022 says lagoon project, not full barrage, should be backed by UK and Welsh governments Urgent action is needed to harness the UK’s potential for tidal range energy in the Severn estuary but smaller lagoon models should be pursued…

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Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

This is as bad as you might expect or possibly worse - X isn’t just an echo chamber for the far right crazy, it’s actively silencing the sensible 🤦🏻‍♂️

Will Hayward - Wales Journo@willhaycardiff.bsky.social · last yr.

Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]

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Alan McElligott@amcell.bsky.social · last yr.

Isn’t it about time for all Journals to add a link for Bluesky @bsky.app instead of Toxic X? Please Wake Up & Act! E.g @peerj.bsky.social 🙏

Rapid arrival of Helimed 57 at the Morriston pad to be reunited with the clinical team of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @air-ambulance.bsky.social

As the conditions and responses become ever more complex and nuanced it seems a sensible option to offer a suite of measures for the ambulance response. Hopefully we can do the same for the ED ‘targets’ and have less blunt measures! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ambulances: Welsh government to overhaul response time targets

Targets will focus more on survival rates, over time taken, and prioritising the most urgent calls.

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With this check, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2m in 1866 What happens if they want it back & invade Alaska? Would the US be happy to exchange land for the prospect of peace? Or just like Ukraine would they fight to keep their land? www.archives.gov/milestone-do...

Thank you @london.gov.uk It may be unrelated, but my daughter's asthma has also improved massively in the last year. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dramatic fall in London’s levels of deadly pollutants after Ulez expansion

People in capital breathing much cleaner air, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

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Spring is officially here - a sunny start to a HEMS shift at last! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @air-ambulance.bsky.social

Paddleboard instructor admits manslaughter of four people she took out in floods

Paddleboard instructor admits manslaughter of four people she took out in floods

Nerys Lloyd, 39, pleads guilty to gross negligence manslaughter after deaths in Pembrokeshire in 2021 A company owner and instructor has pleaded guilty to the gross negligence manslaughter of four paddleboarders who died when she took them out during…

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Slightly middle aged birthday gifts suggests the family think that I’m a coffee addict or drug dealer… or both? 😬 ☕️

When your "friend" mocks you and all the sacrifices you've made for them, perhaps they were never really your friend all along.

You can own the billionaires. You can fiddle social media algorithms. You can sit in the President’s chair. You can lie & truth twist as much as you like. But when you’re a bullying criminal coward sat next to a true hero and a statesman - who you really are is obvious.

As a trainee my inspiring boss reassuringly said ‘family comes first’ - I’ve tried to repeat her mantra to my trainees - despite it feeling quite counter cultural in the medical career culture Nice to hear BG echoing the sentiment in this quote open podcast - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Bear Grylls: Building Resilience, My Scariest Moments & Quitting Man vs Wild (E325)

Podcast Episode · The High Performance Podcast · 03/02/2025 · 54m

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Things pediatricians are scared of: Grapes Hot dogs Lawn mowers Unmounted TVs Babies on laps in cars Riders without helmets Ungated pools Crib bumpers Trampolines Hot tubs Guns Things pediatricians are not scared of: Any/all the vaccines