Kate Dawson

Remote & Rural Uist GP. Unreformed socialist. Dr Granny. Tweets in a personal capacity include QI, rural GP, knitting hats, realistic medicine and gardening.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

I completely agree HOWEVER the vast majority of excellent palliative care is provided not in hospices/ specialist services but in homes by amazing DISTRICT NURSES, the unsung sheros here. yet their numbers have been decimated and working arrangements trashed. RESTORE THE DNs.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@mgtmccartney I relax and enjoy the chaos and wait for the best idea and do that. No deadlines.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@mgtmccartney In work.mode I organise my thoughts. In day off mode, the filters are off. All of the crazy ideas and long term goals rise to the top.

[PS @rheumipainmask]

Maybe before writing a “GP to Kindly ….” Letter, every hospital doctor should look at this data & consider whether there is a better alternative to dumping unpaid work on GPs
@Parody_RCGP

[David Blane @dnblane]

https://t.co/9YSRJq0GLk

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

I wrote the patient paradox >10y ago. Bottom line: market led healthcare overtreats the well and under treats the sick. Everyone loses. It’s only getting worse.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

Conflicts of interest and cardiac devices; this story exposes how and why our systems just now are simply ineffective and contribute to harm. https://t.co/iDF80Y6F7E;

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

am beyond thrilled: the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare, University of St Andrews.
critical appraisal, risk, ethical innovation, governance, leadership, bioethics, conflicts of interest....first event 31st October. Please join us!
https://t.co/ghBPAj4J1M

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@anaesthetic_spr Not me, this is the systemic plan that has forgotten that GPs are very cost effective, and only funded a model in which GPs are unaffordable on a day to day basis.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@anaesthetic_spr We cannot afford doctors in̈primary care any more.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@mgtmccartney Also. Some of us do not care. Having good core values and a clean conscience make me feel lovely.

[David Blane @dnblane]

Exciting PhD opportunity for any aspiring academic GP…

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@theAliceRoberts I wanted to be Hiawatha.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@theAliceRoberts I wanted to be Hiawatha

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@DrSdeG I've used AI to draft patient info.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

Every time I see the link to the kidney disease app, I have a tiny moment of thinking that AI has caught up with me and knows what erratic behaviour is coming up next...

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@GLA_Airport thank you to the woman at the Loganair check in dest with the fabulous green nail varnish. I got my flight. She was very helpful and kind.

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@drokane Also, get your own photo on your online accounts. On a teams meeting, I want to he sure who is on the call, nit initials in a back square. Common courtesy.

[Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney]

if looking for a podcast that delivers informed discussion of EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE: #insidehealth on @BBCRadio4 has been getting on with it for YEARS and COI I often feature BUT i have no supplements/health tech/private clinic services to sell! https://t.co/iCdkKIs5jo

[Kate Dawson @drceit]

@DrEilidhMaria The first things for me, to be true to my values. Next, my mental health, which incudes pride in a job well done. If that means I have nothing left for the extras, so be it. Just be your best and do your best.