Rhian Last RN - Author, Editor and Educator
@rhianlast.bsky.social
Winner 2021 FPM Medical Writing in Social Media Award for Europe Books: Reflective Leadership in Healthcare: a practical guide-Rhian Last & Sue Lillyman 2023 A Nurse’s Survival Guide to General Practice Nursing-Karen Storey & Rhian Last 2021
Our Sept blog highlights the power of public health campaigns to change behaviour and improve population health. It points to the 1980s "Aids - don't die of ignorance" as a template for modern multi-media campaigns. bit.ly/4hmq3y7 @adewilliams.bsky.social @rhianlast.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
Have you planned for #SelfCareWeek? It's 8 weeks away but there's still time to get organised. See our website for tips and resources to help you help people take better care of their own health. bit.ly/37tIQXP @cent1pcn.bsky.social @wellbeingacademy.bsky.social @rhianlast.bsky.social
‘Supporting and nurturing student nurses is not a luxury but an investment for the future’ Sian Rodger on the importance of helping student nurses build confidence through support, guidance and encouragement. #nursing #students #nurses #education #studentnurses www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/su...
'Supporting and nurturing student nurses is not a luxury but an investment for the future'
Sian Rodger on the importance of helping student nurses build confidence through support, guidance and encouragement.
nursingtimes.net
Andy Burnham is set to ban Palantir from the NHS if he becomes Prime Minister 👏 www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Burnham set to ditch Palantir from NHS
Left-wing critics have called for deal to be axed over US tech giant’s work with Israeli Defense Forces and US immigration
telegraph.co.uk
Based on our paper in @bmj.com read our president's insights into why "self-care should be a routine part of primary care" and the gap between HCPs views and those of their patients in Healthcare Leader here bit.ly/4gc8ORk @rhianlast.bsky.social @helendon-rn.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
Our @bmj.com paper is now out, showing that #selfcare confidence is high even though health professionals believe a lack of patient engagement is an obstacle to #selfcare practise. More here: bit.ly/4eFuqTx or read our President's blog on the website. @pifonline.bsky.social @pharmrj.pharmsky.app
Little evidence that Australia’s under-16 social media restrictions have curbed use among adolescents, finds new BMJ Research. Longer term evaluation needed, but current age verification checks are “suboptimal” and being bypassed, warn researchers https://bit.ly/4agUnHL
Assessing early effects of Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age Act on adolescents’ social media use
BMJ Research
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BJGPLife: Making sense together after algorithms bjgplife.com/making-... #GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
This video shows the new born octopus hatching from the egg. They are independent, the size of a pea. To learn more about the entire process go here: octonation.com/how-do-octop...
"Almost a third of the hospitals using Palantir's platform report a decline in the number of operations performed." So much for speeding up the NHS...🙄 https://www.ft.com/content/a3e94197-87a8-4ba5-8a6d-4b7193993af9?syn-25a6b1a6=1
Palantir NHS claims rely on just a few hospitals
Data shows some trusts have delivered fewer operations since adopting the US company’s technology
ft.com
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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"When healthcare systems invest in joy, kindness, compassionate leadership, and asking four simple words 'what matters to you?' patients do better and staff thrive." Healthcare faces a moral emergency but restoring kindness can help https://bit.ly/3PSuA1t
Healthcare's moral emergency: reconnecting healthcare with its mission and purpose
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I am actually lost for words! 😡 Wes Streeting supportive on X - he thinks it’s 🔥 apparently ….. really??? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Gemma Collins features in Department for Education social media teaser video
The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 45, met Bridget Phillipson to discuss education reforms.
independent.co.uk
Have some manta ray chill to start the day. From my marine biologist son Rob in Fiji. He lives on an island called Barefoot Manta, helping to protect these guys. youtu.be/TBWMOIXQCoM?...
Manta highlights
YouTube video by Drawaqa Marine Conservation Trust
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“Once again: Palantir fails the trust test. The government should cut Palantir out of our NHS once and for all.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/11/palantir-access-nhs-england-patient-data
Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say
Decision made to grant US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to data in project to build integrated platform, according to reports
theguardian.com
GPs have won a major protection for patients in their negotiations with NHSE & Govt Guarantee of referral, no target for rejections, clear documentation of Advice and Guidance with Consultant name & GMC number Patient safety is always the priority Govt needs to listen to GPs
It is ‘unacceptable’ that thousands of general practice nurses (GPNs) have been ‘left waiting’ for pay increases in recent years, the president of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said. #RCN #GPNs #Nursing #Nurses
‘Unacceptable’ that thousands of practice nurses are ‘left waiting’ for pay rise
It is ‘unacceptable’ that thousands of general practice nurses have been ‘left waiting’ for pay increases, the president of the RCN has said
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Turning plastic waste into useful medicines? It sounds far fetched but here it is… in the @bmj.com, reported by Jacqui Wise. Link: www.bmj.com/content/392/... #Recycling #PharmacySky #MedSky
The number of GP practices in England fell from 7,686 in 2015 to 6,359 in 2025, while the number of homes rose by around 2m over the same period. As a result, the number of homes served per average GP practice rose from 3,066 in 2015 to 3,976 in 2025. www.gponline.com/one-gp-pract...
One GP practice a week closing under Labour, say Lib Dems
The NHS has lost a GP practice a week since the Labour government took office in summer 2024, the Liberal Democrats have warned - as the party promised to guarantee new housing developments come with ...
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Just seen the ad for the new director of patient experience at DHSC. Interesting JD. And….although there’s *much* the NHS can learn from customer service industries, patients are not customers- they are co-producers of health. A vital distinction imho.
11:39. Just really tired. External services emailing problems across that they could solve themselves because we're the path of least resistance. 629 tasks. 24 staff. 249 minutes. One practice. One Monday morning. This is general practice. This is what we do. Every single day.
By 08:01 - one minute after we opened - we were at 154 tasks. The number that appears in NHS workload reports, the one practices get compared on, is the request count. The difference is the unrecorded workload nobody talks about.
🧵A Monday morning in general practice. One small rural GP surgery in Surrey. Real numbers from a real working day. Here's what happened between 07:30 and noon.
How odd, maybe a Bluesky thing? open.substack.com/pub/davetris... Might be worth pasting into a browser
What you can’t measure
He’s fifteen minutes into a routine appointment and he says it like he’s ordering a coffee.
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….’That’s what continuity is. Not a policy word. Not a contractual metric. Not a slide on a presentation about neighbourhood health. It’s the thing that lets you see the whole cloth when everyone else is looking at individual threads.’ Brilliant writing by @davetriska.bsky.social thank you 🙏🏽
Dr Dave Triska@davetriska.bsky.social · 6mo ago📝 What you can’t measure What happens when a GP sees something others couldn’t reach? What if the instrument wasn’t training - it was years of knowing a community? Who measures what matters? One room. One family. One conversation. 👇👇👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/davetriska…
In 2025, non-medical clinicians made up a quarter of the UK's qualified prescribers. We’ve identified gaps in supervision, training and planning that need to be addressed if the NHS is to make full use of this growing workforce 🧑⚕️ Read this week’s report to learn more: buff.ly/to2szx8
