Denise Downs

SNOMED CT Implementation & Education at NHS Digital. All views presented here are my own.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

5 hours in ED with my 93yr old dad who has dementia. No capacity to give him a bottle to wee in so using a pad that’s changed when I ask. No food, nor water as was told he had to lay flat. Just got some water when I asked as he has UTI. Still not seen by doctor. Beyond despair

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

Just to say posted here about issues with my FitBit synch, response from @FitbitSupport was almost immediate and after a few interactions (equally fast) seems to now be fixed. Fantastic service.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@FitbitSupport I keep getting can’t synch without Bluetooth. open settings. As it happily synchs! Bluetooth on, assume this is a bug.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@EmmaUKAdventure I was 32 then 35 for my Second, was one of the oldest mums but wasn’t a problem. It’s how you behave. My kids have all been in their 30’s.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

New case study on effective use of #SNOMED by HDRUK.
https://t.co/ZB9bD99uon

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@fitbit the latest app is awful. The user interface isn’t not good. If I want to see steps I don’t want to wait for this rolling effect to finish. And keeps giving wrong total for today when you first open!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

#Apple please can you change your predictive text algorithm, fed up of well becoming we’ll, ill becoming I’ll …

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@thomasdolphin I heard this described positively by clinicians at a conference; it’s use was to provide fastest route to call location in a large hospital.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@woodycrombie @GLB______ @LucyGoBag No it isn’t, not where I live anyway. If I hadn’t worked for the NHS for over 15years hate to think what state I would be in, got my surgery done by knowing how the system can work.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

It’s now 4 weeks since I had an X-ray on my wrist to discover why it’s so painful. I still don’t have results. It took me 3 weeks to speak to GP, not been seen. The GP route to diagnosis isn’t working!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

Arggg #apple why does your predictive text keep changing well to we’ll in a text - it’s driving me mad!

[Julia Hartley-Brewer @JuliaHB1]

Have you all lost your minds?

Have you all forgotten why Boris Johnson had to go? He locked us in our homes and bankrupted the economy while he and his staff partied away in No10 because they thought laws didn't apply to them. Shameless and shameful.

He must never be PM again.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

I’m appalled. On needs, MP wants Boris back because he’s their best electoral asset, nothing about best for managing the country. Some MPs seem to have lost sight of what their role is!!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@drbrendanobrien Hope you’re not too bad and recover quickly!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@thegradmedic There had been some useful and interesting points raised - thx to those contributors. My main issue was the assumption of being treat like children which I couldn’t understand.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@thedoctorkhan @BAspinallDME @thegradmedic I think if lots looked bored I would change my tact and probably start asking some questions. It’s those visual cues that are helpful.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@thegradmedic I don’t understand why you think it’s treating you like children, as someone who has taught for over 40years, I rely on the visual reactions of those I’m teaching to help steer my session. Even when I taught to a lecture room of 200 I monitored facial responses.

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

She couldn’t get into bed, couldn’t get to the toilet on her own so had to shout my dad in the night to get him up. Recipe for another fall. Lots of calls later we finally got support at 6pm the day after her discharge. Complaint on its way @LeedsHospitals Take age into account!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

Who would discharge a 92yr old with a broken collarbone & fractured hip and deem they need no support when she lives with her 92yr old husband. Despite agreeing with me they need help then cancelled and didn’t tell us. Seems the OT @LeedsHospitals would Mum slept in the chair!

[Denise Downs @DeniseDowns]

@dermotor @Liz_ORiordan @AppleMusic You should see our book recommendations 😂