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Editing @lrb (again), after years as Guardian non-fic editor. Writing book on sandals, sunbaths, 'bearded fruit-juice drinkers'...
Joined June 2009
‘We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death
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RT @meropemills: "It’s about a shift in the balance of power away from passive deference to doctors and towards patients" Thanks to @Keir_S…
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Warwickshire Flex Learning student overcomes adversity to win young writers' prize
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“It felt like the CQC were there to protect the trust and its reputation.”
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@alisonleary1 @fionacozens1 @PSCommissioner @denis_campbell But who has ever suggested it was a solution rather than a contribution?
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@alisonleary1 @fionacozens1 @PSCommissioner @denis_campbell Alison, perhaps set out your case against Martha’s Rule to Henrietta Hughes. It would be good to have the debate.
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@alisonleary1 @PSCommissioner @denis_campbell One of the goals of Martha's Rule is to give patients more power, to give nurses and resident doctors more power vs an over-mighty consultant, to redress imbalances on the ward, to allow *everyone* a say in their care, to improve culture.
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@alisonleary1 @PSCommissioner @denis_campbell From UK Doctors Reddit yesterday: “we did have a child’s mother ring the line resulting in a life saving procedure from a specialist that would almost certainly not have happened in time otherwise. I was quite cynical about it all, but in this case it worked exactly as intended.”
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@scserendipity1 @wesstreeting @meropemills @MishalHusain From UK Doctors Reddit today: “we did have a child’s mother ring the line resulting in a life saving procedure from a specialist that would almost certainly not have happened in time otherwise. I was quite cynical about it all, but in this case it worked exactly as intended.”
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RT @shattenstone: 'This early data highlights how essential the Martha’s rule escalation process will be for patients, families & staff,…
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RT @WhitHealth: From today, we're introducing "Martha's Rule" across a number of our inpatient wards. Patients or their loved ones can requ…
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Remarkable detective work, superb scholarship. A Man of Parts and Learning
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RT @meropemills: Keri-Sue contacted me because we have the very worst thing in common. One doctor even said her anxiety was making him wors…
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RT @henrymance: This is ridiculous. A judge has sentenced an activist who threw tomato soup in the National Gallery to two years in jail.…
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“Powerful institutions and powerful individuals protecting each other. There was a conspiracy of silence.”
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RT @doctor_oxford: “This is exactly the kind of vapid doublespeak that rots the NHS from the inside out.” My piece on the anonymous NHS ‘s…
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