John Dean

Retired physician, polemicist & passionate about the NHS. The alternative to despair is to fight and find a pleasure in fighting. Views my own.

[John Dean @RealJohnDean]

Working for the #NHS - fighting for the #NHS. @NHAparty @NHSMillion @keepnhspublic @999CallforNHS @butNHS

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@guyshrubsole @WmCollinsBooks @JMLockhart2 @HenryDimbleby @CarolineLucas @AmyJaneBeer @ChrisGPackham @sophiepavs @patrick_barkham @nicolawriting Hi Guy, would you follow me so I can DM you about speaking to the Royal College of Physicians?

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Many congratulations Matt. I am sure you will make a wonderful contribution.

[Matthew Lee 💙🌍 @Mattylee96]

Very excited to be taking up this new role with @RCPhysicians! Tackling climate change must be at the top of every agenda if we are to secure a liveable future and I'm optimistic that momentum is building.
DOI: I will also continue as Sustainability Lead for @TheDA_UK

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@veggieequallife @bmj_latest ...."As an instrument for effective change Datix is the bluntest of tools, but when used with hostile intent it has the keenest edge. It is hard to imagine a better system for undermining morale in the workforce." Seems as if nothing has changed.

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@veggieequallife I am saddened, but not surprised by your experience. In 2019 I wrote an opinion piece "The dark side of Datix" for @bmj_latest which was accepted as part of a bigger piece they were intending to publish, which never materialised. I wrote...

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Signed

[Ray Sullivan @RayASullivan]

@DrEilidhMaria Please consider signing this petition by @docanni to get a debate in the HoC on this subject https://t.co/HNbE7MKHAY

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@mancunianmedic Oh yes David. We definitely need more ex RCP officers as life coaches here in Devon.

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Pacemaker Battery Scandal
I wrote an editorial about this for @bmj_latest in 2016 and to my amazement, a BBC journalist picked up on it recently and did a feature for the radio programme Health Check with Aldo Rinaldi. You can listen to it here https://t.co/bdS8Q0f5q0

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Very unimpressed by the senior officers of @RCPhysicians at last nights EGM. The very first question from @AnnDean35779212 remained unanswered, setting the tone for the rest of the evening. Some seemed out of their depth, others responded with fluent gobbledygook.

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@ACJSissons But this is a cross-sectional study, not longitudinal so a generational effect cannot be ruled out.

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@doctorcaldwell @somersetwyvern @pamkato @GavinLarner Quite right. I wrote this for the BMJ 10 years ago

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@Siggers1000 Can’t imagine a fully retired @siggers1000 . Look forward to seeing you soon.

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Quite please with this result in Mid Devon District Council elections

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@mrjamesob @MelJStride unknown. Total silence which I’m taking as a NO.

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@MelJStride Hi Mel. I wrote to you 2 weeks ago asking if you felt it was acceptable for the PM to be holding parties at Downing Street during COVID lockdown while my colleagues and I were working flat out to care for your constituents at @RDEhospitals. I am still waiting for your response.

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@cpeedell @BBCNews @bbclaurak I don’t agree Clive. Laura’s job is not to demand the PM’s resignation, it is to report those who do (which she has done btw)

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Albrecht Durer’s painting of a man. An ancestor of ⁦@JeremyClarkson⁩ ?

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@gbiondizoccai @ncurzen @mmamas1973 @DrTimKinnaird Since when has ejection fraction been measured in years?

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@harryfdean @laarhoven_stijn @philtozer1 @MohammedDeputy @idrami4 @smdilke @stevehornby79 Why? Is Kim Jong-il?

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I will be speaking about this amazing nurse on Tues 14th December. You are welcome to join me on Zoom...it's free, just email for the link

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@NHM_London @bodgoddard The likeness is spooky