The postcode lottery isn’t improving.
We audited all 42 English ICBs on breast reconstruction access post-cancer.
29% are still restrict procedures - up from 20% of CCGs in 2018 contradicting @BAPRASvoice/@ABSGBI
guidance.
🔗https://t.co/zijbPryHYs
@BreastCancerNow
SVF is a regenerative cell isolate from FAT tissue 🍰
Using a novel #biomaterial, we (@UoM_BMLabs) delivered #SVF into an injured #nerve💉
📰 The cells incorporate into the nerve and improve recovery.
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https://t.co/UUUGBZ4teN
Funders @UKRMP_Smart@BAPRASvoice@BSSHand
Happy to share our latest publication on J Mater Chem B. Here, we developed a gentle method to disassemble self-assembling peptide hydrogels, allowing high-yield recovery of encapsulated cells for further cell manipulation. @Mata_Lab@AOCMF_BOOST@NottmBRC https://t.co/ZJcHYD3jL4
For your Sunday R&R, a review of the latest advances in nerve repair, reconstruction and nerve transfer. Link below 👇👇 @JHSEur@PierluigiTos@UoM_BMLabs
https://t.co/fJClZ6mTmW
NEW: analysis of millions of books published over the centuries suggests western society is shifting away from a culture of progress, and towards one of caution, worry and risk-aversion.
I think this is one of the most important challenges facing us today.
On 17 December, Israeli forces took control of Al Awda hospital, after besieging it for 12 days. Males over 16 years old were taken out of the hospital, stripped, bound and interrogated – six MSF staff were among them...
We condemn this strike in the strongest terms, and call yet again for the respect and protection of medical facilities, staff and patients. We reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza.
We mourn the loss of our colleagues.
Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila.
Dr Ahmad Al Sahar.
Dr Ziad Al-Tatari.
We are devastated by the killing of these three doctors - including our Dr Abu Nujaila and Dr Al Sahar - following a strike on Al-Awda hospital in #Gaza today.
https://t.co/TXyZNl5X78
An MSF team of 15 international and national staff entered Gaza from Egypt via the Rafah Crossing point. They will aim to support medical and surgical capacity in the Strip, where the healthcare infrastructure has collapsed, and medics are utterly exhausted.
With warmest thanks to all consultant colleagues who took Action in the last two days. Here’s a reminder of why we did what we did. With thanks to Sajay and @drtimmeek
For some groups in particular, the numbers are eye-watering.
Specialty registrars — junior doctors about 5-10 years into their professional career — would be earning *£20,000* more per year today if pay had kept up with inflation.
The first is that international flows of staff are imbalanced.
Most staff recruited from overseas return to work in their origin countries (or leave for a third country), and a significant portion of UK-trained staff leave.
Outflows exceed inflows: it’s a leaky pipe.
NEW: we need to talk about NHS staff retention.
At a time when Britain’s healthcare system is acutely short of workers, *1 in 7* UK-trained doctors are practising overseas. No other developed country is like this, which immediately tells you there’s a problem.
Let’s dig deeper:
🧵 NEW: Should junior doctors get a 35% pay rise??
Most unions are timid about broaching double figure pay rise demands: not the BMA.
But the fact is, the NHS doesn’t have the pull it once did - and doctors can double their salary overseas @thetimes
https://t.co/DLeqB5Pq4p