Ed Kirby

pragmatism over dogmatism

[Matt @thefizzeo]

So topical right now and definitely worth considering and discussing with patients. Thanks Sharon. @ESHT_MSK @ESHTNHS

[Neil Langridge @neiljlangridge]

New website is live !! https://t.co/jXltlb5loY well done @PhysioMACP team for pulling this together

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@NazikLDN87 @RishiSunak Harmful scans are rarely necessary after a specialist assessment. You can see a physio at the GP practice as soon as you can see a GP and a recent study shows you will get better quicker.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@thecsp Retention certainly hasn’t been helped by the negotiation and recommendation of a below inflation pay deal.

[julia_tabrah @julia_tabrah]

Awesome lecture by Giovanni Ferreira at #BritSpine2023 on diagnostic labels for LBP

1. Take care with language

2. There is no one size fits all explanation - tailor to the individual

3. Let's spread the message to all clinicians including primary care

https://t.co/HQNGvxJQ80

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@DerekGriffin86 Agreed, but it’s Quixotic to think MRI use will do anything but rise.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@RishiSunak @Conservatives Absolute shambles. Don’t engage with unions causing initial strike action. Delayed below inflation offer likely to cause more strike action. Underfund the entire public sector causing widespread strike action. This country is a shambles and it’s on you.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@physiospilz @thecsp I’m not proud. It’s a terrible deal.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@SteveBarclay @Conservatives Can you explain the strength of correlation between NHS pay and inflation. I ask because I seem to remember inflation rising quite dramatically in the last year (not NHS pay related) and when NHS pay has risen I can’t remember it affecting inflation?

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@thecsp ❎ REJECT

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@CSullivanCSP The deal is not nearly good enough, especially when you consider the lump sum will be taxable and not pensionable and not considered in future pay uplifts.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@footballtweet Drinkwater

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@beejjay @andypbennett79 Withholding results adding epidemiological information and providing reassurance has been tried-See Witherow ‘22. IMHO Reassurance is likely to require more than saying what it isn’t.

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@nakedphysio I’ve just booked onto a Phenomenological physical therapy course. I’m Looking forward to practicing this method deeply

[Ed Kirby @edkirbyphysio]

@AdamMeakins It’s like listening to PMQ’s

[Dr Andrew Meyerson @AndrewMeyerson]

🚨This is @EveryDoctorUK's @JujuliaGrace on BBC News. She's a tireless advocate for the NHS and this is an excellent interview. Please watch!

#SOSNHS #ReviveTheNHS

[Alan Plotzker, MD @AlanPlotzker]

The “random dude online” confidence is honestly just surreal sometimes

[FY23 🩺 @EmergencyMedDr]

Harrowing words from a senior emergency medicine doctor showing the despair at not being able to provide the level of care every doctor hopes to for their patients. Every doctor, nurse & HCW can empathise with this right now.

Shared w/ permission. Pls RT to get this out there.