Nikhil Premchand

ID physician & CCIO, passionate about reducing antibiotic (ab)use and using technology to make healthcare better. Views expressed are mine, retweets are not.

[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

Inaugural BAJIS conference <— UKPJI Early Bird rate ends 1st May ! Get registered for this fantastic event organised by @timpetheram and @mikereednhs
@baskonline @OTrauma @BAJIR_UK @limbreconuk @BritOrthopaedic @LimbRecon @NottsHipKnee @BritishHip

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[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

Join us for FREE BAJIS Webinar Series!

https://t.co/tdz79IvExb

🦴 Session 2: Fracture Related Infections (FRI)
🗓️ 23rd April | 🕕 6 PM GMT | 🌐 Zoom Webinar

[Tim @timpetheram]

Sign up for this webinar with an excellent faculty it’s one not to miss!
#FRI #OrthopaedicInfection @bota_uk @BritOrthopaedic

[Tony Breu @tony_breu]

1/16
How does diabetes mellitus (DM) lead to an increased risk of infection?

I'll often hear this referenced on rounds or in morning report, but I don't recall having heard the mechanism.

As you might guess, there are many potential explanations; let's look at one of them...

[Ayesha Rahim @AyeshaRahimCCIO]

Following appalling racist and misogynist comments from #FrankHester, please add your signature to the open letter below and make a positive commitment to act against bigotry. Talk is cheap, time for action. Will you sign? Please RT widely

[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

Join us in Newcastle on Thursday 13th and Friday 14th June for THE one-stop-shop for multidisciplinary teams treating musculoskeletal infections.

[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

Whether you’re in arthroplasty, trauma, infectious diseases, microbiology, nursing, or pharmacy !

#BAJIS2024 in Newcastle, June 13-14, is the conference for you.

Join a diverse community of experts and advance the field together.

Book now! 🌐 https://t.co/tdz79IvExb

[Brad Spellberg @BradSpellberg]

Amazing that after years of searching and collating, people (usually @absteward!) still find Shorter Is Better studies we didn't know about! 2 more Lyme disease studies added to table thanks to Dr. Ghanem. One from 1983! Who knew!?
References at https://t.co/1oaAT6Cybb

[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

🚨 Only 1 week left to join the BAJIS Webinar on Prosthetic Joint Infections!

Register now: https://t.co/eQjC68h1hQ…

Don’t miss this chance !!!
🔹 Mr Jason Webb
🔹 Dr Elizabeth Darley
🔹 Prof Lee Jeys
🔹 Dr Christof Berberich

📅 24 Jan | ⏰ 6 PM GMT | 💻 Zoom

#orthotwitter

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

BREAKING NEWS: @BMA_Consultants get offer from government to go to members 👇

Only YOU can decide if its enough 👇

Some details below, more in link
https://t.co/qWU1qumJes

[Indiana University Infectious Diseases Fellowship @IUIDfellowship]

#idboardreview 50 M from 🇬🇧 recent mountain biking trip to 🇩🇪 🇪🇸 presents w/ fever, sore throat, cervical lymphadenopathy, myalgia, plt100, AST300, ALT200, prickly rash face then arms, now on trunk. Spares palms/soles. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

1/ NEW & IMPORTANT: OK on the eve of junior/consultant strikes, we need to talk about these charts (NEW data just in!) 👇

We need to look at them to fix waiting lists & its increasingly clear next GE will be won or lost on the NHS

Please read the whole 🧵 & share widely / RT

[Joseph Cosgrove @JosephCosgrove7]

Just in case you thought that it was industrial action by nurses & doctors that created waiting lists for hospital treatments, here's something from @FinancialTimes

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

EVERY SINGLE DOCTOR on my timeline is shouting out one word in response to the NHS workforce plan:

🚩 RETENTION
🚩 RETENTION
🚩 RETENTION

For goodness sake @RishiSunak, stop burying your head in the sand & LISTEN TO US!!

[MADE in HEENE @MADEinHEENE]

Great start to the #NEdigitalhealthsymposium23 with @dmelliott20 sharing his own journey in digital innovation! @docpremchand @DrJustinGreen1 @RoryHouston34 @namita_1

[BAJIS @BAJIS_UK]

Let’s talk about INFECTION 🦠🦴
Great talk from @rhidianmj about Chemical Debridement in Treatment and Prevention of #PJI #FRI

[MADE in HEENE @MADEinHEENE]

Only 7 days left to apply for our NHSE Education funded Leadership, Digital Health & Medical Education qualifications! For further information and guidance on how to apply, please follow the link. Closing 21/06/23 https://t.co/1bPyNZrOWc @alywilliamson67 @namita_1 @docpremchand

[Nehemiah Edwards @N_J_Edwards]

FPT in CI is now expanded to all in HST in the North East. Happy to discuss my experience via DMs. Lots of pros! Give it serious consideration. See link below for more info.

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: With well over 120 THOUSAND vacancies in the NHS, waiting lists just hit its HIGHEST ever level at >7.33 MILLION

Current (& future potential) government need to FIX PAY to fix recruitment & #RETENTION

RT if you want Rishi to fix this mess #payrestoration