Becky Protopsaltis
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Regional Medical Examiner Officer @NHSEngland | Head of Bereavement and Medical Examiner Services @UHD_NHS | All views my own 🕯☽☾🔮☀️🌿
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@MCSalazarMD
When my dad died staff on ITU told me he was being moved from ITU to a ward “because he no longer needed 1:1 nursing care”. I interpreted that as he was improving. In fact he was on end of life care, just no one had thought to tell me ☹️
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Snack drawer and fridge restocked in the medical examiner office! Writing an MCCD is sometimes the only time the junior doctors get a chance to sit, so I take the opportunity to indulge my inner feeder 🤣
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@DMinghella
I don’t know if I’m just viewing it with rose tinted glasses, but I worked in A&E from 1996-2017 and I remember the Labour government days as a time of calm stability.We used to panic about not meeting the 4 hour target, imagine that now? My heart is broken to see how it is now.
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@CovidJusticeUK
@BorisJohnson
My grandad died from Covid-19 on 15 January 2021 in the ward above my office. I wasn’t able to see him until he was officially dying and on end of life care - by that time he was no longer conscious. He was not just a body to be piled up.
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@SoVeryBritish
All of the above, bar the last statement which is reserved for absolute tragedy.
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Today I have to take my 72 year old mum to a care home. She is no longer safe at home because her
#dementia
has advanced. I know she will be resistant, and I am scared and worried about how to leave her there. Does anyone have any tips on how best to do this?
#Alzheimers
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An update on my mum for those who are interested 😊 After an unsettled first night with lots of wandering (at 72 she is still very mobile), I have been told today that she slept peacefully through the night last night from 10pm, and that she is eating and drinking well 1/2
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@DrJSherrington
Snacks - it’s how I entice doctors into the medical examiner office 🤷♀️you get Haribos in return for completing an MCCD 😀
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@DrEmilyFinch
LOVE this thread! Eelmily, have you discovered the Eel Pit guy on Tik Tok yet though?!
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@samuelcwhart
Thank you for posting this Sam. Am on my own after 35 years having raised my family and sometimes it feels desperately lonely. You’ve given me food for thought and I’m grateful.
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I hugged her and told her I loved her so much. She was calm when I left while I sat and howled in the car. I pray she settles and we get through this time. Thank you all for your kind words and wisdom, it has made a difficult day easier to bear and I am so grateful ❤️
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My 97 year old grandad has been admitted to hospital from his care home this morning as he is now struggling to breath and needs oxygen. I know he will get the best care from my colleagues at Bournemouth
@UHD_NHS
, please do what you can for him ☹️
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Today we lost this beautiful old man at 16 years of age. He gave us 11 years of happiness after we rescued him from a life of horrendous abuse, and he in return gave us absolute and unconditional love. We will miss him desperately. Fly high my Benny boy 💔💔💔💔
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with a healthy appetite. She was sitting in the lounge chatting to other residents this morning 😊 I am reassured and hopeful that she will continue to settle well!
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I am overwhelmed by the responses I’ve received and wanted to thank you all and let you know how it went. She was understandably anxious about being left and I had to tell a few white lies. I asked her to work with me on this as no other option and she agreed to try 1/2
Today I have to take my 72 year old mum to a care home. She is no longer safe at home because her
#dementia
has advanced. I know she will be resistant, and I am scared and worried about how to leave her there. Does anyone have any tips on how best to do this?
#Alzheimers
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@JuliaHB1
@RyanEJourno
But if words don’t make any difference what’s the point in your mask? You may as well wear a plain one. Nobody likes wearing masks, we do it to try to reduce the spread. Nobody cares that you’re wearing it against your will, we all are!
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@martina_davies
@widow_waiting
I used to read this to my two boys every night at bedtime and have never once got through those last lines without choking up...
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@bikerwise
@DrLindaDykes
My mum has early onset Alzheimers. I am heartened to see that you have both made this plan and been able to put it into place before things got too awful. He looks content 😊 wishing you both all the very best x
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@SketchesbyBoze
“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Iwas 9 when I first read Pride & Prejudice and this was my introduction to falling in love, I remember feeling overwhelmed by it!
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@mancunianmedic
Thanks for having the continued patience to try to educate people on here about Covid and death certification David - my patience wore thin months ago!
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Meet Lenny, mending my broken heart after Pablo died one day at a time 🧡
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@jzux
I have no inner voice and am unable to make visual images in my mind. Apparently this is because no one spoke to me from birth until I was two. I do however recognise every face I’ve ever met even once, even years later.
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High Commendation for Performance Recovery Award! Well done
@UHD_NHS
@mmould_pooleNHS
@Jonnywright113
🥰
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I’ve got a feeling this week is going to be PRETTY TOUGH. Let’s support each other to get through it okay? ☹️
@UHD_NHS
@NHSEngland
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Attended and assisted at my first post mortem examination. Was absolutely awed and fascinated by the sheer skill of the APTs and the Pathologist 💛 just amazing.
@AAPTTweets
@RCPath
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@NiallHarbison
My 16 year old boy Benny sends love to Tina - this is him in his prime but he came to us covered in burns and scars 💔 he has had the loveliest 11 years with us though! Tina is a doll ❤️
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@JDaviesPhD
Running. I started out only able to run for around 30 seconds max but quickly realised that it soothed my mind. Within a year I ran a marathon. I don’t think I’ll ever stop now (unless my body makes me).
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@beckyjanemac1
@doctor_oxford
@TomStocks1982
@iDrSunny
@Dr_Done_
@Xeon4f145d96s1
@EmergMedDr
@ollieburtonmed
@TheBMA
What’s with the acrylic nails? They’re almost as long as mine 😱
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@Aja02537920
Obligatory fag in hand, channelling my inner Pretty Woman with much henna after seeing it 6 times at the cinema 😂
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Such a fantastic opportunity for me to further my knowledge and skills to include the investigation of unnatural deaths with this new masters degree from
@CoronialLaw
- I can’t wait to get started in January!
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@DrNeenaJha
I’m going to work. Without being disrespectful there are plenty of other deaths that need managing, and I don’t want families to be kept waiting any longer than is necessary for their paperwork.
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Treated to a visit to
@UHD_NHS
by the National Medical Examiner Dr Alan Fletcher today - he said he wanted to see how our expansion to community was going but I KNOW he only came for the snack drawer 🤣
#medicalexaminer
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I’ve seen people commenting that
@thetimes
should not have published this letter from Dr Hilton. I disagree. Comments like his should be exposed - they show the outdated and disgraceful attitudes that young doctors, and particularly female doctors have to contend with.
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@HelenGoldrick
@NHSMillion
@RCollEM
@doctor_oxford
Agreed Helen. ImLast week I sat with my husband for 4 hours in ED waiting room. No obs done at triage, they finally realised he was septic after 4 hours in waiting room and he was rushed to theatre. Just horrendous ☹️
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I shared this with a friend who is awaiting the imminent death of their loved one today and then it occurred to me that others may find it useful ❤️
#endoflife
#Death
#Grief
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@dys_lizzie
@jadenozzz
I haven’t stopped crying this morning 😢 dreading 2pm. Thank you for replying, it’s so comforting to know other people have been through it as well (although so so sad) ❤️
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@AnnalisaB
If
@drkathrynmannix
has DMed you then I know you’re in caring hands, but I wanted to share this with you that I have found immeasurably helpful over the last few years. I hope it helps you too ❤️
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My 97 year old grandfather has Covid. It has ripped through his entire care home in less than a week infecting all of the residents and staff after nearly a year without them recording a single case. This variant is scarily infectious 😔
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I truly do not know how my clinical colleagues have coped all these weeks on the Covid wards. It’s hot, claustrophobic, and with poor hearing I can’t hear anyone else talking! I take my mask off to you all 💛🙌👍
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Happy first day to all our new
@UHD_NHS
FY1s - looking forward to seeing you all later to give you a brief introduction to the medical examiner service (hint: we supply Coke and snacks 💛) You’ve got this 👊👍
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The stories I’ve read in patients notes today while doing pre-scrutiny for MEs have broken my heart. Multiple family members losing their lives to this virus one after the other - how will they ever get over this?
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VERY excited about this! Thank you for shortlisting us
@HSJ_Awards
- we are honoured 😊
@RCPath
The Dorset Medical Examiner programme, which scrutinises deaths across the county and gives the bereaved a voice to raise any concerns, is also up for ICS of the year. Congrats
@BProtopsaltis
and colleagues! 💙
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No better after Christmas either. Over the four working days this week we scrutinised a staggering 140 deaths in the East Dorset ME service, over a third of which were community deaths. Influenza is appearing more and more as the main cause of death in the frail and elderly.
NHS crisis: Excess deaths before Christmas at highest level for two years, writes
@eleanorhayward
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Nothing like a busman’s holiday - currently an inpatient on C4
@UHD_NHS
and being treated with kindness and respect. Have managed to flummox the surgeons with a spontaneous pneumomediastinum 🤷♀️
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So here's the new masks, wearing with pride, good day good shift smiling under my mask😁
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And here he is 😊 he is loved, missed and remembered - he did not cope well after leaving the Armed Forces and sadly died from alcoholic liver disease at the age of 66, which is why I’m so passionate about veteran care ❤️
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Still speechless after seeing
#TopGunMaverick
and hopelessly in love with Captain Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell all over again ❤️ what an amazing film 👍 I want to go again!
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A rare gathering of all the regional MEOs at San Carlo Birmingham to wish our lovely Debbie Peacock a happy and well earned retirement!
@NHSEngland
#nationalmedicalexaminer
@SanCarlo_Group
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@lisette_k
That’s exactly what I plan to do Lisette, it feels kinder. I find sometimes white lies have a better outcome and are less harsh than the truth ☹️ thank you for replying x
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@ClaaareKirwan
In the medical examiner office
@UHD_NHS
we are basically feeders - come work with us ❤️
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@dr_smithy
Thanks Stu 🙏 the staff have said to me that they will look after her and that if she begins to get distressed I should go to avoid both of us getting too upset. It reminds me of when the kids started school and that was awful too!
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Remembering my dad and his comrades today, and all those that gave their lives so others might have freedom 🖤
#LestWeForget2023
#RemembranceDay2023
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@EmergMedDr
She appears to be suggesting that Dr Brearey lied while giving evidence at the trial. Digging a hole for yourself springs to mind. Why would both Consultants refuse to show her what evidence they had? Surely it would strengthen their case and support their request?
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@DrAseemMalhotra
Isn’t the ‘they’ BioNTech? As in the two companies worked together and it was they who suggested the mRNA technology to Pfizer? That’s how I am interpreting his words.
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This breaks my heart every time Ricky posts it. I want to say thank you to the nursing staff on Ward 4
@UHD_NHS
who have been caring for my mum for the last two weeks while she rampages around the ward - I don’t know how you do what you do, truly, but I am so very grateful.
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SO pleased with this! After not running since last April’s hospital admission I have slowly been getting back to it over the last month or so - today was the first day I really felt I got my Forrest Gump running mojo back 😀
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Have agreed to a last minute place in the
@LondonMarathon
to raise money for
@UHDcharity
, am I utterly mad? 😄 5 weeks to train, starting this morning 🧡
@UHD_NHS
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@clairetrayers
@DrLou83
@CUH_NHS
Don’t tell them about the teaspoons, you’ll never see them again! 😀
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Every time I read these threads it makes me angrier. WHY should women be expected to put up with this level of pain? Some of the stories related here make me feel sick and are incredibly distressing to read. Is barbaric and needs to be addressed.
@HysteroscopyA
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Thank you
@RBCH_NHS
for making antibody testing available to staff - glad to learn my result was positive and that I definitely have antibodies 😊👍
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I lost my beloved Pablo at the age of 4 this weekend to IVDD, a disc disease that disproportionately affects French Bulldogs often due to their breeding. I am heartbroken 💔 Knowing what I know now, I would never have a frenchie again 😢
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So happy to have been offered a place to study for an MA in Death, Religion and Culture at
@_UoW
and can’t wait to get started in September!
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@DrLindaDykes
@Cooper00Nicola
Agreed. Walking through Majors yesterday was like walking through a field hospital. I can’t see it getting any better. Was also told at one point over 900 people were waiting for callbacks from 111. And flu is EVERYWHERE 😫
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@bthomasa
If only my mum had seen this! She has insisted for 49 years that when I was first born she had a lovely baby but the fairies came and swapped her for a changeling child 😀
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@drjenwolkin
I spend a LOT of time adding things to my various watch lists on Netflix, Prime etc. I never watch ANY of them, and if I try I only get halfway through the first episode before losing focus. Entire films are completely beyond me.
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@DrLindaDykes
@Cooper00Nicola
I’ve been told of one ED that has had to treat patients on the floor this week - unable to confirm accuracy though ☹️
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@AAPTTweets
@Imogensjones
@CliveMyrieBBC
@RCPath
@Science_Council
@ibmsceo
@DrLindseyFitz
@ilovepathology
@mortuarygem
@peopleofpath
So touching and heartfelt. It’s relentless at the moment and hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. Sending love to all APTs working their butts off from our Medical Examiner team 💛
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@HelenGoldrick
@NHSMillion
@RCollEM
@doctor_oxford
I spent 21 years working in ED, have never seen it like that before.
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@FooFightersUK
@foofighters
I’m glad. Taylor is irreplaceable, but as a band I think they still have the scope to make amazing music and it would be awful to think that music might never come alive. He will always be a talisman for them though ❤️
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It’s so so hard to remember this at the moment, but it’s important 💛
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@marshall_garden
@TheMontyDon
Have to say they’re not the best gardening partners - my two spend most of the time like this 🤣
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Attended beautiful remembrance service by the lake
@UHD_NHS
today. Said a prayer for my dad who was a Sergeant Major serving nearly 30 years and who died way too young, and all of his wonderful mates 💕
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This will hit us incredibly hard in medical examiner and bereavement services, the busiest time of year. And yet I still support
@BMA_JuniorDocs
right to strike and their request for pay restoration. I pray that a resolution can be found in the run up to Christmas.
📢 STRIKE DATES ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Junior doctors in England to take further
#PayRestoration
industrial action.
The first strike action will take place from 7am on 20 December to 7am on 23 December. The second will take place from 7am on 3 January until 7am on 9 January.
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It has been so interesting watching the BEACH building take shape whilst working over the last year, and I’m beyond proud that both of my sons have played their part in getting it to this point 🖤
#TopOfTheBEACH
Today is a major milestone for
#TeamUHD
as we celebrate 'topping out' the new BEACH Building at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.
Follow our social media throughout the day for all the latest updates, live from the
#TopOfTheBEACH
#TeamUHD
🏗️
@WeAreMcAlpine
@VCUK_Building
@DHSCgovuk
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@UHDcharity
what a day! I finished in 5:55:15 which I was really pleased with 😍 also met a fellow UHD runner, Jane! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to run 🧡
@LondonMarathon
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I’ve had the misfortune to encounter a few Covid deniers over the last few days. I’m wondering what happens when they actually catch Covid? Do they still not believe, or argue it away as something else? Or are they converted?
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