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Holly Paris

@bloody--holly.bsky.social
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Frailty Champion in God’s waiting room. Brummie badass. @PierHealthGroup GP @GeriSoc Community Group co-chair; NHS Digital Health Leadership Programme Cohort 7 24/25 #ChooseGeriatrics ambassador on steroids

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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sarah Combes @sarahcombs.bsky.social presents advance care planning challenges in the words of patients. Key takeaways: FAMILY- most older people know what they want but don’t tell their family START with living well now and work the conversation backwards. #BGSconf @GeriSoc #frailty
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
How do we bridge the workforce gaps in delivering future care for an ageing population, closer to home? @gerisoc.bsky.social Rising star for Research @abijhall.bsky.social tells #BGSconf how #AHPs and support workers are key to delivering this— AHP community #Research 🔑🔑
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@phanlon.bsky.social is a 2025 @gerisoc.bsky.social Research Rising Star 🌟 Peter tells how disease specific guidelines rarely reflect the complexities of managing older people with #frailty and #complexcomorbidities Peter is an Academic #GP in Glasgow #BGSConf and a Super⭐️
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Do you care deeply about how Older People’s Care is influenced so it serves those “on the shop floor “ @jkdhesi.bsky.social ? Then contribute your views to the next @gerisoc.bsky.social strategic plan 26/29 through the member survey 👇🏻 #BGSconf #Frailty
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
BGS Spring Meeting kicks off in beautiful Belfast with @jkdhesi.bsky.social Presidential Address reminding all those interested in #Geriatrics to implore others to #ChooseGeriatrics too @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSconf
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute @ebibristol.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Huge thank you to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social for her thought-provoking lecture last night on digital inequalities. Fantastic turn out at City Hall in Bristol, with a light show to welcome everyone! We will be sharing a recording of the talk soon for those unable to make it in person.
City Hall, Bristol lit up in pink and purple.A full house - audience applause at the end of the lecture.l-r: Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Evelyn Welch, Vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol; Pat Kehoe, Director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research.Professor Trish Greenhalgh presenting her lecture on digital inequalities.
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Are Mondays the new Fridays? Cracking evening listening to @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Effects of austerity on our #NHS delivery model: Fragmentation Taskification Complexification Distancification Disembedding Responsibalisation Digital facsimile patients Who said healthcare’s about #people?
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: Peter Hanlon, GP @gerisoc.bsky.social BGS Rising ⭐️ Research “I saw expertly crafted patient centred care in action in two geriatrics placements right at the start of my training and didn’t look back. It totally shaped the way I now see GP “ #ChooseGeriatricsforGP 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: Lyndsey Dunn @lyndseydunn7.bsky.social Chair #Nurse & #AHP Council “For me nursing transcends professional duties; it embodies a heartfelt commitment to uplifting the older adults I serve, enriching their lives while fostering my own growth” @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: Richard Biram @richardbiram.bsky.social Chair England Council “I don’t remember hearing much about geriatric medicine during my training years. My first job as a doctor happened to be on a geriatric medicine ward and I absolutely loved it.” @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: Deb Gompertz Dep Hon Sec @gerisoc.bsky.social “I chose geriatrics because I love hearing people’s stories. One of my favourite poems has always been "Crabbit Old Woman" By: Phyllis McCormack, see the whole person in front of you” #ChooseGeratricsForGeneralists 👉🏻Repost
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 01/12/2024
Guideline directed medical therapy for heart failure for older people with frailty may do more harm than good, say Henry Woodford and colleagues www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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Vicki Goodwin MBE @vickigphysio.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Come and do a Dunhill Medical Trust #PhD with me and @jufrost.bsky.social looking at #CGA for people with #heartfailure and #frailty as part of the @nihr.bsky.social funded CHART trial and #processevaluation www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...
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Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
👇🏻👇🏻10 reasons to #ChooseGeriatrics by @mancunianmedic.bsky.social David Oliver I 😍number 10! #BGSConf @gerisoc.bsky.social #frailty #OlderPeople #MDT #MedSky
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social gives 10 reasons 3. Because it is a team based speciality where every discipline counts #MDT @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Chris Ham @chrisham.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
is anybody else worried about the loss of experienced NHS leaders? Numbers seem to be growing more rapidly than previously www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ic...
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social gives 10 reasons 2. Because it combines adult medicine with primary and community care skills, end of life, old age psychiatry, rehab medicine etc DO= Renaissance man #ChooseGeriatricsforGeneralists @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social gives 10 reasons 1. It requires excellent all round general medical skills meaning you have to be a confident generalist. @CMO_England Chris Whitty strongly agrees #ChooseGeriatricsforGeneralists @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social gives 10 reasons 1. It requires excellent all round general medical skills meaning you have to be a confident generalist. @CMO_England Chris Whitty strongly agrees #ChooseGeriatricsforGeneralists @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: @adamgordon1978.bsky.social Immediate Past President BGS Adam says: “Geriatric medicine means being on a mission to improve care some of our most vulnerable citizens. That feels important to me.” If you are an advocate, geris is for you! @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
@doctoroxford.bsky.social Rachel Clarke- I saw this and thought of your farmer 🚜 and his bull 🐂 @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSConf
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Jane Shanahan @janeshanahan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I'm promoting these great courses from @prescqipp.info Great for #carehome staff & anyone involved in any aspect of meds management Course 1&2 are significantly updated Multiple modules & certs Inhalers,creams,high risk meds, Parkinson's meds,general principles of meds administration 🏡❤️ #PharmSky
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
#ChooseGeriatics Listen… not a big-up for another “niche” Older people’s medicine must become mainstream. Ask @CMO_England We need more #generalists to be older people sensitive, and more specialists to be the same. Bedfellows: #GP #AcuteMed, #PalliativeCare to back us too @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 26/11/2024
In our new report on what needs to improve for social care to better support people with #dementia, we explain how social care is currently organised. Read the report: buff.ly/414hW2P Check out our handy graphic. 👇
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Tom Downes @sheffielddoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
@lucypgeridoc.bsky.social doesn't just say this. Her books are very clear instruction manuals on the art and science of high quality geriatric medicine.
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
#ChooseGeriatrics Profile: @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social Lucy Pollock says: “It’s full of interesting science; you must know your medicine inside and out. Then you work out if what you *could* do is what you *should* do for patients. It’s also a fantastic team sport.” @gerisoc.bsky.social 👉🏻Repost
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
A pleasure to meet the geriatrician’s geriatrician again at #BGSConf Thanks for supporting our #ChooseGeriatrics drive @krockdoc.bsky.social and being a good sport behind the purple frame. Krocknroll! @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
As we reach the end of an amazing 3 days of #BGSConf here's the link for the #ChooseGeriatrics campaign to attract doctors, nurses and AHPs to come and work with older adults. www.bgs.org.uk/choose
Poster of the Choose Geriatrics campaign with the website link about this
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Deb Gompertz @debgompertz.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Last day of the BGS conference. Policy session with lots of great ideas, thoughts and reflections. @gerisoc.bsky.social 3 days of education, networking and fun! Thanks BGS. #choosegeriatrics
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
A change of President at the BGS @gerisoc.bsky.social Thank you Adam and Jugdeep for your leadership, inspiration and perspiration… and that you did #ChooseGeriatrics ! @adamgordon1978.bsky.social @jkdhesi.bsky.social #BGSConf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Geriatrician Claire Morris challenges #BGSConf to think about Advance Care Planning with people living with #Parkinsons early, before cognitive impairment robs the chance for the person to be involved, in those affected #courageousconversations #palliativecare @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Caroline Bartliffe #SALT Problems #Parkinsons brings: 👉🏻 to voice🗣️ Quiet Hoarse Breathy 👉🏻 to speech 💬😶 Mumbling Dysfluency Flattened melody 👉🏻to expression Ideation Sentence length Word finding 🫶🏻What helps? Singing therapy 🎶 Speech Muscle training 🏋️ Lee Silverman voice training 🎤 #BGSConf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Peter Hanlon #GP @uofglasgow.bsky.social presents ☂️umbrella review: multiple long term conditions and adverse outcomes from acute admissions… Can we predict who will come to harm? *YES* Dementia Frailty Social context Illness severity Baseline Function @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#BGSConf Boyd Ghosh teaches how to spot early PSP 🦓zebras amongst #Parkinsons 🐎horses: 😎Eye symptoms - photophobia and gaze palsy (sunglasses indoors) 🏃‍♂️Stride length normal (shorter in Parks) 👣Falls ++++ 😤Cognitive executive dysfunction (bloody mindedness) @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My desert island MDT member for my patients living with #ParkinsonsDisease? An OT #OccupationalTherapy Clare Johnson teaches #BGSConf the value of occupational therapeutic techniques: *Mental rehearsal *Reward-based goals for anxiety *Social anxiety mx *Fatigue and power naps @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#BGSConf Fringe IFS Cloud London Cable Car Stunning views of East London at night crossing the Thames from Docklands to North Greenwich @physiocorinne.bsky.social @lizlawn.bsky.social @bethkate90.bsky.social @debgompertz.bsky.social Alison Lea Mark Luciani-Pedersen Cathy Penman Victoria O’Brien
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
*The* Professor Ken Rockwood #ChooseGeriatrics “Actually, I didn’t #choosegeriatrics, geriatrics chose *me*” What better ambassador for the best career choice in healthcare? #BGSConf @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Richard Biram @richardbiram.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
New profile picture courtesy of Holly Paris. @bloody--holly.bsky.social #BGSconf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
UCL’s Prof Reeves @suzanne-reeves.bsky.social at #BGSConf is making me rethink my dosing of #risperidone in my #carehome patients. *Clinical Gems* @gerisoc.bsky.social
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Amanda Thompsell tells @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSConf how teaching recognition of depression makes an impact on treatment of Older People with a competency framework 👇🏻 learninghub.nhs.uk/catalogue/ol... Select folder: Depression in Older People On my CPD list ✔️
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Salford’s Prof Helen Hurst talks #frailty and CKD @gerisoc.bsky.social #BGSConf 👉🏻GFR is just a number👈🏻 Why improve frailty identification in dialysis population? #QI ⭐️CFS in over 65 ⭐️Try a CGA “clinic” in that specific population ⭐️Monthly pall care MDT > culture change to think “adv care planning”
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
#Geriatrics needs better *branding* Many don’t understand what #geriatricians do! @jkdhesi.bsky.social Skilled in: - risk holding - communication - pragmatism Many parallels here with #GeneralPractice #GP #Generalism #ChooseGeriatrics #ChooseGeriatricsForGeneralists #BGSConf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#BGSFringe Community team dinner @gerisoc.bsky.social China Palace Why do we go to conferences in person? For the people! Great night Super company #BGSConf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Day 2 at @gerisoc.bsky.social Autumn Meeting… New President @jkdhesi.bsky.social tells us about the “satanic trinity” of hospital admission where older people become a list of problems not a person: > Delirium > Deconditioning > AKI #CGA rocks! #BGSConf
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Sally Greenbrook @sallygreenbrook.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I've been hearing about the work at the Jean Bishop Centre in Hull for a long time so it's great to hear about the service from Dr Dan Harman and Dr Anna Folwell. #BGSconf
Dr Dan Harman speaking at a lectern. Dan is a white man wearing a white shirt. Dr Anna Folwell is standing behind him. Anna is a white woman wearing a green dress. There is a blue BGS banner next to Anna. A crowd of people sits in front of them.
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#BGSFringe Community team dinner @gerisoc.bsky.social China Palace Why do we go to conferences in person? For the people! Great night Super company #BGSConf
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Waiting for Godot likened to Proactive Care by @bloody--holly.bsky.social How do we encourage colleagues not to feel frightened by the shift to community care from hospital #BGSConf
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@doctoroxford.bsky.social Dr Rachel Clarke tells the #BGSConf audience at @gerisoc.bsky.social “Does it matter if clinicians are heard?… YES. We are trusted In Virchow’s words: “The physician is the natural attorney of the poor” #BGSConf #healthinequalities
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Holly Paris @bloody--holly.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Jennifer Stone talks pragmatic management of #delirium in the community. It’s not all caused by #infection, and hospital guidelines don’t really apply in a home environment. Case study: hypercalcaemia treatment helped by @sueryder.bsky.social night sitters, fluids and haloperidol in the community
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