Prof Jackie Cassell

National Lead #socialcare @UKHSA. #Publichealth #sexualhealth doc NED @UHSussex. Swale, Kent in my bones.

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

Metrics for the trade offs between infection impacts and care/daily life impacts is so important. Yes infections have unpredictable, non-linear trajectory. But we know *a lot* about what is good in #socialcare. Time to bring it into #pandemic planning and practice

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@ajlamesa @rwjdingwall @AmmTowers @CMO_England #COVID technical report has a chapter on care homes, notes that information on resident experience, and on trade-offs is lacking. But the tools do exist to understand #socialcare outcomes - but not well known in health, the dominant culture https://t.co/oe2vAMz7di

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MFPH MRSB @DrJMiddleton]

By me in @ConversationUK: 'Scabies outbreak in UK and Europe – what you need to know' (https://t.co/PEVs3WJcHD).

Amidst rising cases & harmful myths, I have written this for a public audience & answer:
* What is scabies & how do people catch it?
* Are scabies cases rising, & if so why?
* Who is most at risk of catching scabies?
* Is scabies caused by poor personal hygiene?
* What are the symptoms?
* How contagious is scabies & how long can mites survive off the body?
* Why does scabies treatment sometimes fail or seem not to work?
* Why was an oral medication recently introduced?
* Is scabies becoming resistant to medicated cream?
* What are the emotional & mental health effects of scabies on patients and families?
* Why do shame and embarrassment make scabies harder to control?
* What should people do if they think they have scabies?

Based on my ongoing @NIHRARCs supported #PublicHealth research at @ARC_KSS + @BSMSMedSchool (a collaboration between @SussexUni, @uniofbrighton, & @UHSussex).

[Dr Jo Middleton FRGS MFPH MRSB @DrJMiddleton]

Interview with me in @MetroUK on the need to @ControlScabies in schools, care homes, & other crowded institutions. Online today, in print edition later this week.

Our @BSMSMedSchool @ARC_KSS research enabled UK licensing of oral #ivermectin treatments, and I continue to support teams managing outbreaks nationwide (and evaluate outcomes).

For practical guidance and disease dynamics see @SpringerNature book chapter by myself, @jackiecassell & Steve Walker:
'Scabies Management in Institutions' https://t.co/jgDQNkc6sI Free to read version:
https://t.co/eG5LxJSNJ0

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@Docstockk It's worth recalling the context of David Steel's original Abortion bill. Not primarily an argument about rights in the public eye. A key driver was the horror of sepsis, infertility and death through backstreet abortion complications after payday. This has almost disappeared

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@MAbsoud @rwjdingwall Absolutely.

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@LucyGoBag We just have to do a gig together, I will get onto it....

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

This, which I learned from Lucy, is something all of us in health and #healthprotectipn should know. Just like viral load and antibody graphs by pathogen. #DisasterRecoveryCurve

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

For my people and my place. You will need this today and in the weeks to come….

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@BoinksJar @jasonryanmd @keithnewton That is true. But sometimes it just happens in public, approach of the senior is of course important but the face plant reflects an important professional instinct, to be acknowledged not necessarily minimised

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@juliaisobela High levels of trust in their senior staff, then... #HabemusPapam

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@bencooper @Docstockk "Blinkered", "bad faith distortion"?? Hopefully a nice cliché will emerge....

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@bencooper @Docstockk I know. However there are (many) people whose lives are constantly blighted by mockery for being stupid or thick. Which is why it's important to make these points in a more precise way.

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@Docstockk @bencooper Fools in the guise of experts, yes I would agree. And so better to be more precise in what we object to, perhaps.

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@bencooper @Docstockk Hmm. Can't read/learning disability = "thick". Voted Brexit = "stupid". The last acceptable generic insult, and I don't think it joints the world in any useful way here. Blinkered, maybe? I *really* dislike stupid as an insult.

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@BendyBrain Wishing you all the best in your recovery

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@LucyGoBag I'd be interested in your thoughts on best practice in naming of exercises (including use of Latin names and words like Cygnus)? Interesting journey we went through on the naming of storms...

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@ShazzBakes Gratin. Slice thinly, few onion slices, layer and sprinkle a little flour, perhaps some sardines or other tinned fish for protein, black pepper and whatever herbs you like, cover (just) with milk, maybe sprinkle grated cheese. Cook 70 mins at 160, you have a meal. Lettuce side

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@DorinaCadar @bethanyalinder @UKHSA @BSMSMedSchool @BSMS_CDS Great team at @UKHSA , and delighted #SingingScabies won poster prize, you can listen to our opera here, https://t.co/yNbSBXQ6yz by Ed Hughes and Pete Cant, more background at https://t.co/0o1VyVLCeP

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@DorinaCadar @bethanyalinder @UKHSA @BSMSMedSchool @BSMS_CDS @bethanyalinder has done a fabulous job, look forward to supporting her into peer reviewed publications and beyond

[Professor Dorina Cadar @DorinaCadar]

A heartfelt thank you to @bethanyalinder for her outstanding contributions to the CovDem project funded by @UKHSA Your dedication and collaborative spirit have been instrumental in shaping this work with @jackiecassell #DementiaResearch #preparedeness @BSMSMedSchool @BSMS_CDS

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@rwjdingwall The link doesn't seem to work

[Prof Jackie Cassell @jackiecassell]

@rwjdingwall Thank you!