Kate King
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Head of Academic Military General Practice. @RoyalNavy GP, MPH, GP trainer, doctoral student @KCMHR. Mum, wife, owned by cats. (she/her)
Joined October 2018
Turning a GP trainee into a Military GP takes a lot of extra knowledge and new skills. We spend 3 years helping this training and transition on #DefenceGPVTS. Read /watch more here: . @KamilaRCGP.@ClareWaltonRAF @ClareGerada @helenamckeown @docmagsy.
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Dear Mr Fox,.Reflecting today on #IWD2022 I remember that, as my GCSE science teacher, you told me I wasn't good enough to be a Dr. You were very wrong. Regards,. Dr K King MBChB MRCGP MPH PGCertMedEd DCH DGM DRCOG. (Current doctoral research fellow and clinically active GP).
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I've been called a girl by many men at work. Usually those I've sacked or upset. This is what a 'girl' looks like. The Head of UK Military Academic General Practice.#GirlsInMedicine.#ThisIsWhatAGirlLooksLike.@doctorwibble.@RoshanaMN @doctor_katie @DMS_DirMPandT @womenindefence
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Breaking News: All of Cornwall has gone into tier 4 lockdown after hundreds of pirates returned home to Penzance to celebrate Christmas with their families. Apparently the Arrrrr rate has increased dramatically.
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Eeek!.First day with the new rank actually on the shoulders as I learn the ropes from @DefProfGP at @DMS_DefMedAcad teaching on our junior doctor educational supervisors course.
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More than 20 years in the @RoyalNavy and this is the first time I've worn my plait loose and not pinned under with grips!. Feeling rather nervous bizarrely. I still think someone is going to tell me off! .@navy_women
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Oh Army hospitals will be used will they? @Peston Do you mean the tented ones because we haven't had Army hospitals in the UK for maybe 20yrs. Plus our secondary care staff are embedded in the NHS already when they're not deployed.
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Its Friday night in our 5th house in 10 years. This house has been here for at least 500 years, but it's new to us and we celebrated with fish & chips & champagne.
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My neurodiverse child's view of a Shakespearian classic 😆. Blunt and accurate!
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We finally got there; a female Admiral! .And an actual good one, not a token appointing. Wonderful news.
Congratulations to Commodore Jude Terry who today becomes the @RoyalNavy’s Director of Personnel & Training in the rank of Rear Admiral. A great example of all the amazing @navy_women serving today and a role model for all who serve and those who follow.
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Woohoo! .Unconditional offer from @KingsCollegeLon. I'm going to be a doctoral student! .#phdchat
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Can we please remove the word #holibobs from the British lexicon? It makes everyone who utters it sound like a 13 year old pixie with glitter hair riding a pink twinkly unicorn! 🦄🧚♀️.
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Can all the influential #MedTwitter folks stop commenting on the #NoVaxDr and retweet this consultant anaesthetist instead please? .@WelshGasDoc @drphiliplee1 @Parody_RCGP @Medic_Russell @DrSdeG @DrLindaDykes.
"It really isn't too late". Surg Cdr Stuart Dickson has taken some time to explain the ongoing impact of covid on intensive care admissions and the important role of the vaccine in reducing risk of hospitalisation:. Full interview is available at
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So much going on in life at the moment that I missed my 22nd Naval Birthday 🎂 .I signed up for 6 years. I expected to leave after that first short commission. 22 years later, still loving it!. @RoyalNavy @INM_RoyalNavy @SrgCdreMarshall
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3 Defence GPs getting #Fellowship of the @RCGP yesterday accompanied by @DefProfGP. It was a lovely day & thank you to the college for arranging it all. @BabarAkbar @MatthewBoulter @ClareGerada @DMS_MilMed @RichWithnall
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Living the high life on a Saturday night as your friendly Out of Hours GP!. #TeamGP.#OOH .#SaturdayNight
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On this day 20 years ago I joined the @RoyalNavy. I thought I'd do my medical cadetship and the 6 yrs I signed up for. I just kept finding new & enjoyable challenges and 20 yrs later I'm still here with some amazing experiences and good friends. #navalbirthday.#miltwitter.
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A bittersweet night this evening. Staying at Fort Blockhouse which has the most stunning location at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. It was my first Officers' mess. I lived here for a while. My wedding reception was here. It's empty, run down and is being closed in 3 wks.
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@fightingsailor Why thank you very much! . Forget the signal and assignment order, clearly its not official until Twitter finds out! 😆
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@MilitaryBanter Navy GP here. Please call your unit medical centre. They will have an out of hours number. You're not going to get sectioned but you do need to talk to someone who can help you work out the way forward. The Combat Stress helpline is also there for you too.
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@allisonpearson @AlistairHaimes All GP surgeries are open. They have been throughout the pandemic. You may be required to be triaged over the phone or using an online system first, but if you need to be seen then you will be. @rcgp @NikkiKF . Please don't cause panic and upset with tweets like this.
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Me: Suella Braverman is calling homelessness a lifestyle choice. Daughter (14): Yeah, not a choice made by them though!. I think @MichaelMarmot may be next on her reading list.
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#MedTwitter.I've never seen the Green Wing. Is this something that I should fix?.
Green Wing first aired on Channel 4 on this night in 2004. Who's itching for a rewatch?
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"The therapeutic patient relationship is as important to a GP as a scalpel is to a surgeon.". says @MartinRCGP opening the @rcgp Fresh Approach virtual conference. Sums it up really. #rcgpfa.
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Awesome news - husband has been producing face visors for GP practices. He's done about 150 so far. His boss and work's social endeavour department are supporting by buying more printers so he can up production. Thank you @CoventryBS.
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@IndiaWilloughby As an attempt at descriptive prose it reads like a teenage English essay. 3/10 must try harder. As an attempt to be shocked over a non-event 2/10. Get a grip.
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Just got my dissertation results: 77 woohoo! . Masters in Public Health complete.
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Really interesting suggestion in the Social Media session at #RCGPAC. Painting body art using the sensation of painting to avoid self harming.
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For the interested, this is what anyone who may fly in helicopters with the military needs to undertake; including our medical teams ergo may need to help medevac casualties at sea. #dunker Some love it, for others it's hell on earth!.
@UKJFHQ Underwater escape training this morning to keep all staff up to speed with how to react in challenging situations. #AlwaysReady @RNASYeovilton @RoyalNavy @BritishArmy @DefenceHQ
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It doesn't matter what we do, or why, General Practice is forever a punchbag for some journalists. 31m appointments delivered last month alone. Think about that, 31m appointments for a UK population of 67m.
Remember those pre-pandemic days when patients were being urged to do more online. cos that was the future?
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This is Ned. He was a new Medic in my RN sickbay when we met. He told me he would like to be a Dr, so we talked through the options, he left the RN, got the quals for entry at Manchester. Plus, he found an awesome fiancé, rejoined the RN as a Med Officer. Now he's Dr Kelly!.
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@MartinRCGP @rcgp Can we please also highlight that private GPs don't have to have passed any speciality training, including MRCGP exams.
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Morning everyone. I can report that bribing the children to stay in bed til 7am worked. Now for coffee and prophylactic PPI! . Happy Christmas from the first in our forever house!
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Sir William Beatty's medicine chest is for sale and we would love to secure it for the @RoyalNavy Medical Service and donate to the Haslar Heritage Museum. We're 1/3 of the way, but would like your support. Please re-tweet and donate if you can.
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Oh dear. @rcgp @MartinRCGP Do you need to have a quiet word with the RCOG?.
How good would it be to be able to go to one place for your cervical screening, sexual health check, contraception provision and menopause care? The RCOG wants to see one-stop clinics introduced for women as part of our #BetterForWomen plan. Learn more:
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@Army_Leadership @LSW_RMAS @RMASandhurst @RMASTrust @cabs_rmas @AcSgtMaj_RMAS @Army_Engagement @field_army @ArmySgtMajor @HqItg @BritishArmy I'll stick to:.L-Listen.E-Empower.A-Amplify lost voices.D-Display Integrity.E-Empathise.R-Remedy team dynamics.S-Support your team.
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It is ok to be in bed reading a book, drinking coffee and eating miniature heroes at 9.30 on Boxing Day morning isn't it? . #askingforafriend
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There are some amazing people standing for #RCGPCouncil this year. I was going to stand until @TheBAMEGP @SonaliKinra and others highlighted the need for more voices of colour. Thanks to @DrSdeG & @jodieblackadder for the non-used nominations!.
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It took me to the moustache before confirming that this is actually satirical. Depressingly accurate! .
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Wow, so much venom about women serving on the front line. 1. Women have been there for yrs as medics and other specialists. 2. Roles are open if the standard is reached. The standard isn't being changed.
I am absolutely delighted to announce that all roles in the military are now open to women. Our Armed Forces will now be determined by ability alone and not gender. This is a truly defining moment in the history of the Armed Forces.
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Wish me luck #TeamGP. In Cardiff at the British Intrapartum Care Society Conference on behalf of @NHSArmedForces .Talking about supporting military personnel and families through maternity and reducing health inequalities. @DMS_MilMed @DMS_MedDir
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Arriving in Birmingham in a totally different way is quite amazing. Coming up the canals from Spaghetti Junction, Aston locks and Farmers Bridge locks. Spectacular urban canal architecture, but hard work in the heat!.@CanalRiverTrust @aquanarrowboats
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@OrthopodReg Oh no. I get closing the centre for the BH, but not rescheduling until Jan is entirely unacceptable! The day or week after at most.
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I cannot shout out how amazingly proud I am of my friend and amazing advocate for women in the perinatal period. She's been working on this for years behind the scenes and now has got funded postnatal checks for mums (not just baby). This work will save lives.
We’ve done it! Funded maternal checks back in the GP contract. Thank you to those who have worked so hard on it @NCTcharity @NHSEngland . I would never ask GPs to do unfinded work and this will mean women get their physical and mental health takes seriously postnatally.
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Veterans struggling with events in #Afganistan can contact their GPs and / or use the #OpCOURAGE resources here: Don't struggle in silence. @jonathanleach13 @NHSEArmedForces .@combat_boot @MilitaryBanter @ExplorerCoffees.
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@zoeharcombe Codswallop! Husband had 98% sats with one functional lung (collapsed other side). MASKS DO NOT CAUSE HYPOXIA!.
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This is what you get when the doc doesn't get a flight helmet! . Don't laugh! .Private Benjamin maybe? .#BorrowedOldKitFromStores
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Maybe the demand for GP appointments is people "panic buying" in case they can't get one later? .#TeamGP.@Parody_RCGP
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@BirdCalledPriya Publish the DM. People shouldn't hide their nastiness in DMs. It should be shared far and wide so we can all be warned about the person who who is bullying.
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Done! My first national conference presentation is done. Now to enjoy the rest of the #RCGPAC.
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@alisonleary1 Isn't the point of the post that it's being assumed that the doctor will cover for missing phlebs? He's asking why it should be him. Agree, it shouldn't be dumped on nurses either, & phrasing could be better, but we should together ask where the locum plebs are!. 1/2.
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Video consulting isn't just a normal consultation with some tech at the front. We need to understand the effect it has on non-verbal comms & how to overcome it. Our infographic may help. @MartinRCGP @trishgreenhalgh @drgandalf52 @MinalBakhai @NikkiKF.
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Heading to Australia this morning for the @AMMASecretariat conference. Message from daughter on the kitchen cupboard:
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Zoom in. What I found when I went in girl child's room earlier:
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We're quite proud of this bit of research just published! Short report will soon be heading to the single Services and @DMS_DPHC_Comd .Huge thanks to @AntonyWillman.Serving through the perimenopause: Experiences of women in the UK armed forces - Maturitas
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@parthaskar @cahmn @DiabeticDadUK @AdrianLong3 @JaneMCummings @JamieFonzarelli @chrisbrighty1 @Type1Adventures @LisWarren @Kes_t1D_SW @KarenFAddington Sounds like a "good immigrant" statement to me. Probably said with affection, but from a place of privilege that has never been challenged or checked, and a complete lack of insight to that privilege, which both make it so difficult to challenge.
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@AbdoPainHotline You can post memes like this when you discharge every single one of my #refersurgeons patients without doing any investigations and don't have a senior approve your discharge. #NeverGonnaHappen . Oh and do it all in 10 minutes hey?!.
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@SNeurotypicals Can you train daughter's teacher next please?. She comes home yesterday panicking as he'd joked that he'd give a detention to anyone who did their homework at the weekend. They should be out playing at the weekend. ✅ work life balance. ❌ for ASD child who didn't get the joke!.
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Those that know me IRL know that we have had some challenging times. Husband wrote this last year for #WorldMentalHealthDay . I read it again today and think it's too good not to share. #ActuallyAutistic .#DriedFrogPills.#Depression.#BeGoodToYourself
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@RoyalNavy @AdmTonyRadakin Come on. We all know he was in his PJs and slippers like the rest of us on telephone meetings; not Nos 1s!.
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Our GPs need to do what our civilian colleagues do. and a bit more. This gives a little glimpse of our GP trainees in action in a range of our military working environments. #PreHospitalCare.#DefenceGPVTS. @CdreAHofman @DMS_DefMedAcad @HdRAFMS @rcgp.
Every year, the UK's military welcomes between 20-30 trainee doctors 👨⚕️👩⚕️. But, with a different set of challenges to a civilian GP, how do these military medics train?. We spent time with them in Cyprus to find out 👇
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@AutisticGirls_ This. All of this. And can we please stop the detentions for autistic behaviours too?. Although giving my girl child an hour to read after school with parent collecting her so she doesn't have to go on the bus is more of a reward than punishment!.
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Fantastic week in Cyprus with the trainees about to qualify as GPs. Loads of prep for their new roles deploying around the world & in the UK. We've taken them well beyond the @RCGP curriculum with ketamine, prehospital care, HR, meds mgmt, helicopters & med planning! @DMSResearch
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A timely reminder. Firearms incidents are rare in the UK, but if you do experience one #runhidetell. Thoughts to all in #plymouth tonight. No longer home, but still in my heart.
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The occasional benefit of @RCGP membership for me is a coffee and somewhere to work. Thankfully trains to and from home go from Euston!
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I now think that the questions for cognitive decline need to stop using the day and date. Lockdown means the date is totally lost on me. To the point where FB has just told me that it's my wedding anniversary! 🤦🏽♀️😂
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Watching @ross_moy talking about ethics in medicine at the front line of disaster and conflict medicine at @WEMConference . @DefProfEM .@DMS_MilMed @DMS_SurgGen.@ProfNGreenberg @MartinBricknell
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Sadly, there's a huge proportion of twitter that isn't going get this reference.
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Every school should have a set of these! .One of daughter's birthday presents.
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I have a streaming cold, headache, achy and temperature. PCR done last night. I'm supposed to be vaccinating all day. Why do I feel so bad for waiting for my PCR and not going to work? Years of presenteeism and working though illness takes a lot to undo from the psyche!
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Proud parenting moment when my daughter understands the importance of pockets and sends me this!
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This is what is required after several days of a busy house, lots of cooking, eating and socialising. Even with good friends and family. We're all peopled out! . The #ActuallyAutistic husband will now proceed to #LEGOBuildDay for the next 24 hrs!
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Looking forward to the @kcmhr Veterans' Mental Health Conference #vmhc2023 today. Some interesting talks coming up. @HeadRCI @amossimms @JohnnyMercerUK @jonathanleach13
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@davidnnaumann But if you're a tight Yorkshire parent, you buy the cheap generic versions and reuse the syringes so only have a couple!.
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Triple vaccinated for the win! .Negative PCR. No temperature and generally feeling tired, but recovering. Off to go and vaccinate.
I have a streaming cold, headache, achy and temperature. PCR done last night. I'm supposed to be vaccinating all day. Why do I feel so bad for waiting for my PCR and not going to work? Years of presenteeism and working though illness takes a lot to undo from the psyche!
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Arrived in Plymouth today to deliver the final, "operational preparedness" phase of the #defencegpvts over the next 10 days. 3 years since I finished as Principle Medical Officer here and I'd forgotten how beautiful Plymouth is in the sun!
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This was a fabulous reception which I was honoured to attend. So great catching up with colleagues of old and new.
A wonderful celebration of the incredible people that make the RNMS. Thank you to HM The Queen Consort, our Commodore-in-Chief for holding a reception at Buckingham Palace. A truly special occasion. @MedicsNavy @RAdmJudeTerry @RoyalNavy @RoyalFamily
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@similima I think the central council of homeopathy had all the opinion they need offered about 10 years ago by Messrs Mitchell & Webb.
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@9Nylon I doubt the consultant is going to spend the hour or so actually submitting the paper so the junior should just change it back when submitting and claim innocence /naivety. The process for submission does rather mean it is easy for the submitting author to end up as first author.
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Had to stop in a motorway service station. One less anti-vax sticker in the world now. The edge of an NHS smart card is quite useful to help scrape it off!
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Conversation with my mum yesterday about Service personnel mental health. She (retired teacher) told me (the military GP) that we had very high rates of PTSD. I corrected her. 5 mins later. She tells me, authoritatively, what I've just told her! .#mumsplaining.
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@DrJenGunter Visiting ITU in west Africa, half the patients were eclamptic. The Drs said that 1/3 of the cases the mother or baby dies, 1/3 both die, 1/3 both live. That's life threatening in my understanding of a disease.
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@Dr_Ronx @xandvt @DoctorChrisVT My 8 yr old exclaimed that farts were thoughts coming out of your bottom and then had a giggling fit about 'forts' and loosing all of his brain through his bum. you probably had to be there but.#outofthemouthofbabes.
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Sometimes I love my job. Today I've got a meeting at Edinburgh Castle, so I can escape the crowds and get views like this!.#GPTraining.#ADMGP
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Brilliant news. I still haven't quite got used to wearing my plait loose
The RAF has changed their hair policy to offer greater choice. Ponytails, plaits, canerows, cornrows, twists or braids, the new policy reflects our diverse Whole Force whilst continuing to uphold the excellent appearance standards expected of serving personnel. #RAFAstra
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Back with the #DefenceGPVTS after a break for me. Some old faces & some new. A great timetable created by @tobyjholland our TPD. Taking over from @DefProfGP means me doing the intro and welcome for the first time.
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We inherited a large vine when we bought the house and got 17kgs of black grapes off it last year. Finally got round to starting the wine a few weeks ago & first taste while racking off tonight. We appear to have a rather palatable dark rosé with strong cherry flavours!
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Interested in Military Health Research? Come and join the @kcmhr and Academic Department of Military Mental Health team. (We're lovely).
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