What a long way RACSurgeons has come. When I qualified, children were not allowed in the ceremony, cultural dress had to be 'appropriate' (meaning it had to be fairly close to Western businesswear) and our names were so regularly mangled by the announcer it was a running joke.

TIME100 Health - just the tip of the iceberg of health change makers globally - some amazing stories, science and service time.com/collection/tim…

Watch Richard Parker's acceptance speech after he became West Midlands Mayor tonight.

Bank holiday ward round continues!

We have 70+ inpatients to see and Josh, Sesha and Rob are doing a fab job!

These doctors are the future. They work incredibly hard but remain in significant debt. They’re paid less than the person who served you coffee.

We need real change…

Very proud to welcome Mads Israelsen in our faculty. To continue his work on SLD.
Look out for his talk in #EASLCongress 2024 Milan on time sensitivity in SLD diagnosis - how many shift category when and why?

Writing in The BMJ, former RCP academic vice president Prof Cheng-Hock Toh CBE (@CHToh1) and colleagues describe the ‘rewarding and worthwhile career’ that clinical research can offer to doctors:

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

The absolute state of this. Our NHS, degraded & broken by 14 years of underfunding & understaffing. Unforgivable suffering for patients & staff 😔

Catching up with old friends in gastro and making new ones at Haus of Gastroenterology at my_UEG Vienna representing BSG

#selfiewiththepresident my_UEG Matthias Löhr before the start of the National Societies Forum Representing BSG

Huge congratulations to Tom Crabtree for successfully defending his PhD thesis: ‘Individualizing HbA1c target in people with type 2 diabetes’. Thank you to examiners Prof Kamlesh Khunti and Prof Marteen Taal for their critical and thorough examination! Uni of Nottingham School of Medicine #WeAreUoN Emma Wilmot

Looking forward to the #SLD think tank in Barcelona, small group discuss and try to innovate on how to best advance the field.
Co-chair “Prevention” with Shira zelber sagi

👉“ prevention is the best cure”

Policy measures can drive immediate change!
Jeffrey V. Lazarus Jörn Schattenberg

Lovely stuff from one of our local #palliative care super stars 🥰

Today's Times.

The govt's new visa changes have caused an 83% fall in visas granted to health & care workers.

We have:

152k social care vacancies

121k NHS vacancies.

This is catastrophic for our NHS & care sectors.

The govt is putting anti-immigrant populism above care.

Duck runs in a marathon and gets a medal

If you are interested in what an incoming government could to do tackle alcohol harm, join us for the first in our manifesto webinar series, where we will be discussing alcohol marketing:

📅Thurs 9 May, 11am
🖥️Sign up here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-alcohol-…

New The Lancet Reg Health-Europe - major disparities in use of gFOBT, FIT, and colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening across European countries

thelancet.com/journals/lanep…

#CRCSM #OncTwitter #GITwitter OncoAlert

We welcome this piece by Herald Scotland, covering our latest statement on Medical Associate Professions. We’re calling for a pause to the expansion of the physician associate workforce in the UK.

heraldscotland.com/news/24275659.…

Embarrassing to be Danish🙂‍↕️ WHO/Europe report #Denmark again worst among 44 countries in alcohol use among 15 yr olds

Politicians keep age limit 16 yr, refuse to limit marketing, accept low prices - wake up‼️ Alcohol related harm is a real thing!

who.int/europe/publica…

My first visit to the House of Lords & a great spot to see the sunset on a beautiful sunny day in London