Reposted by DrcjarNHS Race & Health Observatory @nhs-rho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Galyna Ntamack is currently undertaking a PhD examining inequalities in care for people with sickle cell disease, and she will be working closely with the Observatory over the next four years to inform our work. ℹ️ Learn more: nhsrho.org/blogs/advanc... 111
Reposted by DrcjarNick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You can set up a direct debit to the RNLI here: rnli.org 011
Reposted by DrcjarSteven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org · 31/08/2026Ah, memories defrag98.comdefrag98.comWindows 98 Disk Defrag SimulatorA free, browser-based simulator of the classic Microsoft Windows 98 Disk Defragmenter. Pick a drive, cue the HDD sounds, and relive the nostalgia of 1998. 761152134
Reposted by DrcjarEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 04/08/2026Here's another meme I rescued from my old X account 051
Reposted by DrcjarEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 03/08/2026There's a lot going on here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 111
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 30/07/2026At the moment, people on Health & Care Worker Visa have no recourse to public funds. Why deny social security if they e.g. injure themselves at work? Treating carers with respect should include looking after them if they fall on hard times. Current rules deeply exploitative @stellacreasy.bsky.social 142
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"excited delirium" in preventing future death reports deathlessons.org/blog/excited... work to be done still cc @inquest-org.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @debcoles13.bsky.social 000
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026first bonus blog on data quality issues (there are other issues not included here), names are hard, naturally I'll also drop the Chief Coroners Office a line to fix deathlessons.org/blog/data-qu...deathlessons.orgWe audited 6,340 coroners' report pages. Here's what the data looks like.URL typos, mismatched references, a mis-attached document — the data-quality issues we found in the published PFD reports, and shared with the Chief Coroner's Office. 000
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 05/07/2026it's a deathlessons.org revamp deathlessons.org/blog/rebuild... :-)deathlessons.orgdeathlessons.org — search Prevention of Future Death reportsFull-text search of every UK coroner's Prevention of Future Death (PFD) report, including OCR'd scans. 000
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This 'cost of living populism' could be much more effective than new nuclear submarines at limiting Putin's power. Moscow would be delighted if Farage were our next PM 153
Reposted by DrcjarEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 27/06/2026My cardiologist stopped my statin and put me on a daily regimen of tearing phone books in half 1213
Reposted by DrcjarNHS Race & Health Observatory @nhs-rho.bsky.social · 25/06/2026In our very first episode of Race and Health Matters, we take you behind the scenes of the NHS Race & Health Observatory, covering who we are, why we exist, and what drives our work to tackle ethnic inequities in health and care. 111
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 20/06/2026youtu.beGuest Lecture 17 June 2026, does the shingles vaccine prevent dementia?YouTube video by Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science 033
Reposted by DrcjarNHS Race & Health Observatory @nhs-rho.bsky.social · 19/06/2026In a new blog on World Sickle Cell Day, Dr Carl Reynolds (@drcjar.bsky.social) our Senior Clinical Advisor, highlights our efforts to ensure that personalised, electronic plans are developed system wide to improve outcomes and patient experience. ℹ️ Read more: nhsrho.org/blogs/buildi... 011
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Exciting new partnership to help deliver on our commitment to improving sickle care during acute painful crisis cc @nhs-rho.bsky.social nhsrho.org/blogs/buildi... #SickleCell #WorldSickleCellDaynhsrho.orgNHS - Race and Health Observatory 010
Reposted by DrcjarMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Excited 1st SNAP result out @thelancet.com PSSA: Fluclox v BenPen thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00761-0/fulltext @nejm.org MSSA: Fluclox v Cefazolin nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2506905 Should change practice globally Privilege to help deliver trial with fantastic teamhelancet.com 1208
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Missed this nice commentary from @gushamilton.bsky.social and @mendelrandom.bsky.social - lots of food for thought for someone thinking of dipping their toe into some infection genetic epi ...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govMendelian Randomization and Infection: Pitfalls and Promises - PubMedMendelian randomization (MR) is an increasingly common study design in infectious diseases (ID). It holds promise for identifying causes and consequences of infections where conventional epidemiology ... 062
Reposted by DrcjarEmily Moin @emilymoin.com · 27/05/2026every day i'm amazed at how someone has found a new way to insert themselves in the middle of the EHR data and analytics ecosystem 1101
Reposted by Drcjarolizilla @oli.zilla.org.uk · 14/05/2026REOPEN THE REPOS! > Keep open by default. Making everything private adds additional delivery and policy costs, and can reduce reuse and scrutiny. Openness should remain the default posture, with closure used sparingly and deliberately. www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-...gov.ukAI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sectorGuidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery. 162
Reposted by DrcjarPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026New collider bias example just dropped 812918
Reposted by DrcjarGabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is really rather cool - macrophages nibbling live cells to maintain immune tolerance. A must for journal club soon... #immunosky 3111
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Pathetic performative cruelty - like with narrowing family reunion eligibility, we are closing down safe and legal options @stellacreasy.bsky.social 011
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 20/03/2026another tragic sickle cell case with too familiar themes including of not being listened to and lack of clinical curiosity from staff www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... clear need for improved accountability and assurance mechanisms www.bmj.com/content/385/...bbc.co.ukGross failings at Frimley Park Hospital led to woman's death, coroner saysA coroner says Irene Dzifa King Arthur death at Frimley Park Hospital had been preventable. 000
Reposted by DrcjarRamin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/03/2026Another day, another stupid Excel chart. 142092458
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 10/03/2026action.greenpeace.org.ukKing Charles: Stop Profiting At Britain’s Expense!Energy bills are soaring, and the King is getting rich at our expense. Sign the petition to demand the Crown Estate lower fees on seabeds and make wind farms more affordable to build. 011
Reposted by DrcjarPeter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This recent RCT of an "AI stethoscope" claims the technology "shows promise" for diagnosing cardiovascular conditions. It does not. It is a textbook example of the risks of conducting unprincipled 'per protocol analyses'. Once again, peer review at a major medical journal has failed. 🧵 1/ 8436186
Reposted by DrcjarNHS Race & Health Observatory @nhs-rho.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Baroness Amos’s interim report is shocking but not surprising. Change is urgent and we now need to see real leadership, accountability and investment to tackle racial inequalities in maternity care. Read our full response from @DrHNaqvi today: nhsrho.org/news/stateme...nhsrho.orgNHS - Race and Health Observatory 021
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Starmer is wrong to use this as an attack line Harms of substance use are - in large part - a result of us taking a criminal justice rather than a public health approach Starmer's son can access heroin now, should he wish, but only in a harmful way (violence, infections, overdoses, incarceration) 131
Reposted by DrcjarAnne Marie Cunningham @amcunningham.bsky.social · 01/02/2026A group of volunteers have been running @nhshackday.com since 2012. In a crazy world, it is all about coming together with common purpose to solve problems in our health service. Please reshare this post about #30 in Cardiff Mar 21/22. We would love to have you join us. ti.to/nhshackday/3... 01417
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Every time people express concerns about the level of immigration, they should be asked what their plan is regards the UK's ageing population If you don't want working age people to move to the UK, do you want higher taxes, lower quality public services, or to be working well into your 70s?ons.gov.ukHow would you support our ageing population? - Office for National StatisticsThere is a growing number of pensioners per person of working age living in the UK. Use our tool to change factors such as net migration and the State Pension age, and see how they affect this balance... 032
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 08/01/2026That and the complete scientific illiteracy of rejecting the idea that saturated fat is bad for you 073
Reposted by DrcjarGeorgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 05/01/2026If you are interested in the past, present, and future of Mendelian Randomisation, join us later this month for a Causal Inference Interest Group seminar on MR with none other than @mendelrandom.bsky.social Zoom registration link: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 0139
Reposted by DrcjarTom Yates @tomayates.bsky.social · 20/12/2025NEW PREPRINT! We systematically reviewed molecular epidemiology studies looking at strain discordance in pairs of people with TB disease and history of household contact We found 30 studies from 18 countries. Excluding 4 studies at high risk of bias, we had data on 1544 household case pairs [1/n]papers.ssrn.comMycobacterium tuberculosis complex Strain Discordance Among People With Tuberculosis and a History of Household Contact, a Systematic Review and Meta-AnalysisBackground: In this systematic review of molecular epidemiology studies, we describe the prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strain discordance amo 22913
Reposted by DrcjarMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Super proud of my student Philippe Ndzomo awarded PhD today at University of Yaounde. His work focused on the emergence of Hameophilus ducreyi as a cause of cutaneous ulcers in Cameroon & Globally pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40338972/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39961439/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38150487/ 072
Reposted by DrcjarStefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Worth taking Zosia 🦮 out into the garden on this cold December night. Saw this beautiful lunar halo (22° halo) caused by moonlight refracting through ice crystals high in the atmosphere 2354
Reposted by DrcjarBen Goldacre @bengoldacre.bsky.social · 26/11/2025I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...ox.ac.ukOpenSAFELY team awarded Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and FurtherOxford’s OpenSAFELY team wins the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for revolutionising secure NHS data research, protecting patient privacy while unlocking life-saving health insights. 919151
Drcjar @drcjar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Homerton Lung Cancer CNS job is out (closes 4/12/25). Don't miss out! Come work with our friendly, patient-focused team delivering high-quality lung cancer care findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1740... cc @homertonhealthcare.bsky.social @NewcombLibrary.bsky.social @drlaurajane.bsky.socialfindajob.dwp.gov.ukLung Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust | Job details | Find a job 010
Reposted by DrcjarNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 21/11/2025“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.” - Stephen Jay Gould, 1979 19970246
Reposted by DrcjarGeorgia Tomova @georgiatomova.bsky.social · 31/08/2025A fantastic teaching example of a predictor being misinterpreted as having a causal effect. #CausalSky #EpiSkybbc.comFirst week 'critical' to avoid children missing school later, parents toldData suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent. 513721
Reposted by DrcjarWolfgang Huber @wkhuber.bsky.social · 12/11/2025The Wikipedia page on Simpson's paradox contains a really nice visualisation of it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson... 0344
Reposted by DrcjarNHS Hack Day @nhshackday.com · 10/10/2025One day to go until @nhshackday.com #29 in Belfast! #nhshd29 We’re incredibly grateful to have partnered with Kainos Software who are hosting us at their Belfast HQ this weekend! We’d also like to thank for RCPCH and Okko Health for their support with this event! 172
Reposted by DrcjarNick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social 013
Reposted by DrcjarMichael Marks @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Whenever I see stories like the below. I am reminded of the excellent paper @felly500.bsky.social shared from @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Showed that mostly expensive new drugs generate less impact than investing the same amount into other areas of health.bbc.co.ukNHS to lose out on new drugs, pharma firm Novartis warnsThe claims from pharmaceutical giant Novartis comes amid a row over drug pricing deals. 271
Reposted by DrcjarRutendo Muzambi @rutendo-rm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Last month I attended the incredible Donald Rodney exhibition @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social and panel discussion. His powerful work, shaped by his lived experience of sickle cell, explored important themes of chronic illness and Britain's colonial past 021
Reposted by DrcjarRutendo Muzambi @rutendo-rm.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Our work examining disparities in investment care for sickle cell compared with cystic fibrosis and haemophilia is highlighted here. 052
Reposted by DrcjarRutendo Muzambi @rutendo-rm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Yesterday we launched our report with the @nhs-rho.bsky.social and @sicklecelluk.bsky.social highlighting disparities in funding and support for sickle cell yesterday in the House of Lords on #WorldSickleCellDay. Read our report and key recommendations here nhsrho.org/research/sic... 041
Reposted by DrcjarRutendo Muzambi @rutendo-rm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Our work highlights the need for greater investment into #sicklecell and better data to increase clinical trials, research publications and drug approvals #sicklecellawarenessmonth @nhs-rho.bsky.social 011
Reposted by DrcjarRutendo Muzambi @rutendo-rm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🔔 Our new article published in @thelancethaem.bsky.social showed that #sicklecell had the lowest research funding per person compared to cystic fibrosis and haemophilia and despite sickle cell being more prevalent it had the lowest proportion of clinical trials and drug approvals bit.ly/4gusj5Hsciencedirect.comIndicators of inequity in research and funding for sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia: a descriptive comparative studySickle cell disease, one of the most common genetic conditions in the UK, is often considered a neglected disorder, but rigorous quantitative evidence… 131