Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon

GP in Aboriginal health, policy & education. Find stuff interesting, like complex medicine, environments that keep us well and violas. He/Him. Opinions, eh?

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

OK, dear friends. I have some exciting news.
I've been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to look at providing general practice/primary care to communities that can't afford to pay.
https://t.co/IOZKWlEcNJ
@ChurchillTrust
#churchillfellow

[Andrew Papanikitas @gentlemedic]

Reflections on the realities of general practice ... In summer! https://t.co/hFoJ47Q3k7 via @BJGPjournal with @timsenior fyi @rcgp @RCGPScotland @rcgp_ni @RCGPWales

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I wrote about not being paternalistic as a doctor, for the @BJGPjournal , and wondered if we might be maternalistic instead.
https://t.co/jxNVOQuqZ0

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I've worked in the same clinic for 20 years now. I never thought I'd be in one place for so long. I had a few thoughts on being a GP for a long time in the @BJGPjournal
https://t.co/fWjAoSmqvO

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I feel really lucky to be in a country with compulsory voting and an independent electoral commission.
Get on the website and make sure you are enrolled right now!

[AEC ✏️ @AusElectoralCom]

You need to enrol or update your details for the 2025 federal election before 8pm, Monday 7 April. Go to https://t.co/pv99YKD0X2 #ausvotes

[AEC ✏️ @AusElectoralCom]

You need to enrol or update your details for the 2025 federal election before 8pm, Monday 7 April. Go to https://t.co/pv99YKD0X2 #ausvotes

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

@potcalling @Leel06Lee I think this explains it. Norfolk Island is. nf https://t.co/ihpfqH4EDS

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I'm sure I'm not the only person to post this, but it does seem relevant *right now*.

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Today is National Viola Day (I don't know which country - it should be wherever you are right now!)
This gives me a great excuse to remember the beautiful piece I commissioned during the COVID lockdowns, played amazingly by Katie Yap.
https://t.co/3yzaClr1hq

[Our Health in Our Hands ❤️💛🖤 @NACCHOAustralia]

#ThisDayMyWay is an opportunity to take ownership over a day that can bring up complex emotions for a lot of us. It’s an opportunity to spark important and healthy conversations between mob that help us look after ourselves and each other around the Jan 26.

Scan the QR code!

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Well I can vouch for one of those superb authors!

[Giselle Woodley @dr__gis]

‘[Do] I Have to Get It in Writing or Something?’ What Happens When Sexuality Education Is Conceptualised Through Consent?

Teens discuss permission slips & fear-based messaging of consent education

New article with @MDPIOpenAccess https://t.co/sjPn0aTV1T #mdpiyouth @Youth_MDPI

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

In which I wonder about the importance of patient stories, when everyone is wanting coding and validated scoring tools for @BJGPjournal
https://t.co/WLKEnW67Q9

[Croakey News @CroakeyNews]

As another general practice closes, new report calls for practical action to better support primary healthcare https://t.co/oD4Vfj7pU1
By @timsenior
#auspol #HealthReform #SDOH

[Melissa Sweet @MelissaSweetDr]

As another general practice closes, new report calls for practical action to better support primary healthcare – by @timsenior
https://t.co/8F4sW7fmSp
#AusPol

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Also, you should subscribe (https://t.co/b7ccBBzCvl) or donate (https://t.co/7dMToFObm7) or even buy cool merch (https://t.co/v4g42gdBwu) to support
@CroakeyNews
They are part of the fact based community, which is quite important in health!

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Please feel free to share all the
#ChurchillDeepEnd
articles and my final report (https://t.co/IOZKWlEcNJ) very widely. The more people know about it, the better our health system could be. Especially with an election coming...

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I have to tell you,
@CroakeyNews and
@MelissaSweetDr
have been wonderful at allowing me to write about my Churchill Fellowship visiting Deep End GPs. You can read all the articles here:
https://t.co/veXFZy75Wa
#ChurchillDeepEnd

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

I summarised my Churchill Fellowship findings and recommendations for
@CroakeyNews and you can read that here:
https://t.co/9gQjVI9mUW
Please share widely. You know what Twitter/X and FB are like with links now!

[GooseHerder @goose_herder]

@timsenior @ChurchillTrust Dear Dr Tim, do you think the Deep End model shares several elements with Aboriginal health (esp. ACCHO) approach?

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

@goose_herder @ChurchillTrust Yes, without a doubt. ACCHOs do much of this already (without adequate funding). GPs working in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health are Deep End GPs, I think.

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

OK, dear friends. I have some exciting news.
I've been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to look at providing general practice/primary care to communities that can't afford to pay.
https://t.co/IOZKWlEcNJ
@ChurchillTrust
#churchillfellow

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

Anyway. Please read my report, share widely, enjoy.
I'm happy to come and talk to anyone about it!
https://t.co/IOZKWlDEYb

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

It's here! My Churchill Fellowship report on my visit to Deep End GPs is published!
You can download it from here https://t.co/IOZKWlDEYb
Of course you should read it - it's not dull - but if you want a quick spoiler, here are my recommendations - a brief thread...

[Dr Tim - also say hello on Blue Sky & Mastodon @timsenior]

You'll notice that what I'm arguing for - because *all* evidence points this way - is properly funded primary health care - relationship-based, continuity over time, comprehensive.
ACCHOs do this well, though all of primary care could do so much more with proper funding.