Cathy Cooke

Still here (what am I doing?!) Tip - learn from the past (and data), or repeat your mistakes | Retired pharmacist FRPharmS, HonFFFLM

[Cathy Cooke @Cleverestcookie]

@HJMKent @TheSnoozeDoctor They have access to summary care record, which lists meds. If there’s any risk they’ll respond accordingly

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@Jennife10651535 Ah, not surprised, everybody seems to be an expert about everything these days 😏

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@DrSdeG I don’t come here often now, but occasionally I like to catch up with the lovely people like you xx

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@sib313 @prospectivetACP @SallyMi83941850 IME the NHS isn’t particularly efficient. That’s where the money’s going

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@theveindoc That’s a very small fire in a very large grate!

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@DrSdeG Seems sensible

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@Burnt2020 @RobSetters @InvCoriolis @Molly2323232323 @TheSnoozeDoctor Health professionals have overlapping skill sets but none are identical. The question to ask when replacing with a different profession is "what skills are missing, how critical, and what's the risk level?"

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

When I post reservations on #AssistedDying, the response from its supporters is always the same: choice.

As if nothing more needs to be said. I’ve heard the same from Parliamentarians.

It’s a good argument, individual choice matters, but does it outweigh everything else?

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@Matt_Pinner Eva

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@DocEmUK @wesstreeting Yes, overdue for DECADES

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@DrSdeG Yippee!

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Professor Alastair Denniston: The future regulation of AI in healthcare https://t.co/jA8V5WpLat

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@jamie_wallis Everyone thinks they're an expert on everything these days, Jamie, I empathise with your frustration

[Cathy Cooke @Cleverestcookie]

@Molly2323232323 @parthaskar Exactly. Doctors won't understand in depth the particular spectrum of knowledge and skills of other professions. All professional individuals are accountable to the standards of their own profession.
Supervision of non-professionals would be a task involving significant resource

[Sally Lewis @RslewisSally]

I have retired from seeing patients now but most days I think about it
I think about what I got wrong.
Usually in the diagnosis
Diagnosis is difficult. Algorithms pick up common presentations. Rarely is this real life.
This is why training, experience and supervision are vital

[Cathy Cooke @Cleverestcookie]

Highlighting the importance of careless words

[Graham Brack @GrahamBrack]

During the week I sat for an hour with a man who has terminal cancer. He can no longer swallow and he knows he doesn't have long, but his brain is fine. He was full of praise for his palliative care team. He has very little pain, can breathe well, doesn't have any nausea now. 1/4

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@CarlBovisNature It is Somerset

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Mind your own business @elonmusk , leave Britain alone

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@wonkyalison Ooh, take care!