Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky

News Editor at The BMJ

[Mala Rao @RaoMala]

@bmj_latest @Voa1234 Tnk u @bmj_latest @zosiamk for invitng me 2 write for Head2Head. Am I convinced that the past 5 yrs have seen hugely encouraging +ve change? Yes. Do I think credit goes entirely to frontline clinicians, resident docs, students? Absolutely yes! Do I tnk them n say keep going? Yes!

[Professor Azeem Majeed @Azeem_Majeed]

I’m very grateful to the BMJ Group @bmj_company for publishing a profile of my academic work including the contribution I have made to primary medical care and public health globally. Working with the BMJ for the past 30 years has been a privilege. https://t.co/jktT3F0Stx

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

A former UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour tells @bmj_latest that the war on drugs has “completely failed” and that a public health focused approach is needed
https://t.co/AKymCNhDBR

[Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany]

This is Abdel Wahab Daadoush of Kafranbel. Thirteen years ago, he was a 20 year old medical student headed to Hama to take an exam. He was disappeared by the regime.

Yesterday, he was released from Saydnaya Prison, having lost his memory and not being able to identify himself.

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

@haringeycouncil it would be great if your #InsuranceTeam answered messages left on the ansaphone and had the correct details of which company you use

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

"It's two years since I, along with my co-author, published a review into the GMC's handling of a GP who was suspended over a claim she'd been promised a laptop."

Iqbal Singh looks at where there's been progress & where there's still room for improvement
https://t.co/e8uB8DSuHy

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

NEW investigation shows how the marketing of fruity cigarettes—despite promises from Big Tobacco to protect young people—are driving youth smoking in #LatinAmerica
https://t.co/LNyxQwAAyO
@examinationnews @mariajpsl @saludconlupa @MclureJason @Skoknic @robotlabot @munkeatlooi

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

@haringeycouncil getting no response from your insurance team. My 83 year old mother has water leaking into her flat from the flat above and has no heating or electricity in her kitchen. She has dementia and is very anxious. I have been trying for 3 weeks to sort this out.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

The consultation to regulate NHS managers has opened. You can respond directly here: https://t.co/AmKfpof8NL

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

Speciality training - Medical leaders call for more training posts as competition for places increases https://t.co/6lbtIBP11t

[Tessa Richards @tessajlrichards]

Dear Wes, please don't tell us ( terminally ill patients) that we can't make an informed choice. Many of us can ( and have) and want the option of AD, whatever the state of play with palliative care services.

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

How can one agency [@MHRAgovuk approve #donanemab for mild Alzheimer's disease and another one [@NICEComms reject it because of concerns over the “significant health risks associated with the treatment." Doesn't MHRA consider health risks? https://t.co/RfnJiVmRDW

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

There are so many reports on what to do about obesity. This is a really good one https://t.co/Yu054ESvLK

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Over 10 million people in the UK, or around half the workforce, don’t have access to essential health support through their work, such as routine health checks or influenza vaccinations, the Royal Society for Public Health @R_S_P_H has found
https://t.co/Q3kiWoZX6f

[Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi]

A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why https://t.co/vdIKY7rxI7
@wanderingsal

[Abi Rimmer @Abi_Rimmer]

Would anyone be interested/amused by a short article on whether its okay to turn scrubs into a Halloween costumes?

[Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky @zosiamk]

In a vote on 20 September 68% @rcgp council members voted to oppose the role of #physicianassociates working in general practice, with 31% disagreeing and 8% abstaining

https://t.co/1NOe1jwEWy

[David Oliver @mancunianmedic]

what is use of CNO for England (big salary, big status, bit late career opportunities) publicly condemning scrapping of nursing bursaries after retirement rather than when still in post (and maybe resigning over it?)

Far too many senior NHS execs do stuff like this

Too late!

[Peter Brennan @BrennanSurgeon]

Giving a human factors talk next month at a critical care conference

Hmm... BMJ study found ICU trainees urine was x2 as concentrated as their patients

Even a 1-2Kg loss of body water can reduce analysis/decision making by 15-20%

Drinking regularly helps maintain performance

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

Scientists are now working to understand how GLP-1 works in the body, and by association how powerful the GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs could be.

@Marianne_Guenot reports on what we know so far
https://t.co/Z0lBe6UlBx