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Zoe Wyrko

@geribaby.bsky.social
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Loitering geriatrician, now doing housing rather than health. Would always rather be in my garden.

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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Earlier this week, Ealing Hospital named its boardroom after my dear friend Jenny Vaughan who sadly died last year. I just ❤️it that it’s the Major Incident Room….’got a crisis? ☎️ Jenny!’
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 06/02/2025
Such an important & timely piece of research interrogating the evidence base for the safety of physician associates in the NHS. (TL:DR worryingly thin with widespread & significant gaps.) Thank you, @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social #LengReview www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/workfor...
pulsetoday.co.uk
No evidence that PAs add value in GP settings, finds academic review
There is ‘no evidence’ that physician associates (PAs) add value in GP practices, according to a new academic review.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is shocking. The NHS is to be allowed to hire physician associates (PA’s) from Ghana, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, despite concerns over the quality of their training www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
telegraph.co.uk
NHS to hire physician associates from abroad despite training quality fears
Recruitment plan launched as controversy still rages over role of the profession and its assessment in the UK
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drasifqasim.bsky.social @drasifqasim.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
PAs: What are the patient safety issues? @patientsafetylearning.org CEO Helen Hughes speaks to me about the role of PAs in the NHS. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @martinmckee.bsky.social @doctoroxford.bsky.social @drbarrymonk1.bsky.social Link▶️https://youtube.com/watch?v=zfXLTQbDvYg #patientsafety
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/11/2024
This is Arthur. He seems to have misplaced his legs and needs your help to find them. They are about one inch long and Arthur-colored. 13/10
a brown dachshund is a loaf on a cream-colored sofa. none of his legs or paws are visible. he appears to be biting the corner of his lip, perhaps nervous that he's misplaced all four legs at once.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
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Sally Greenbrook @sallygreenbrook.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
And that's a wrap on @adamgordon1978.bsky.social's presidency at @gerisoc.bsky.social as he hands the chain of office to @jkdhesi.bsky.social. #BGSconf
Professor Adam Gordon places the chain of office over Professor Jugdeep Dhesi's head.
Professor Jugdeep Dhesi speaks at a lectern. She wears a silver chain of office.
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Jugdeep Dhesi @jkdhesi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Thank you!! And we have evidence to support what we can do to prevent these issues and to support people to live better with this level of complexity @gerisoc.bsky.social @adamgordon1978.bsky.social @sallygreenbrook.bsky.social
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Claire Copeland @sparklystar55.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Our now traditional #bgsconf selfie in front of a Xmas tree. Although it's hard to tell, there are in fact 2 trees in this one 🎄🎄❄️☃️🧑🏻‍🎄✨ @geribaby.bsky.social #gerisky
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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I am pretentious enough to post occasional poems I like on FB. I'm minded to do it here too, as you can't go wrong with a good poem. I like this little verse by Betjeman. Poetry Corner:
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The voluntary and community resources are vast, but we don't know this, our community teams do, so use that intelligence to get help for people #BGSConf
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I’d forgotten how lovely the @gerisoc.bsky.social family actually is. A wonderful day at #BGSConf catching up with old friends. Such positivity and support in the room. Genuine joy at a brilliant piece of research presented by a medical student, and real interest in how peoples lives are.
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Rose Penfold @rosespenfold.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
All we need is £1 billion...and we could do a lot with remote monitoring, predictive analysis and LLMs! Thanks @gerisoc.bsky.social, fellow pitchers @emmavardy2.bsky.social Atul Anand and dragons @mancunianmedic.bsky.social @geribaby.bsky.social David Attwood for a fun start to #BGSconf!
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Unheard of! Queues to get into #BGSConf @gerisoc.bsky.social Just to hear @adamgordon1978.bsky.social’s last opening speech. I can hear the screaming fans from here!
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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The UK's oldest Sunday deserves better than this from GMG. www.ft.com/content/635c...
ft.com
Observer staff set to strike over planned Tortoise sale
More than nine in 10 UK-based union members at Guardian Media Group back the case for industrial action
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
.... And The Centre for Ageing Better publish some great stuff ageing-better.org.uk/news/uks-dam...
ageing-better.org.uk
UK’s damaging views on ageing revealed in new report analysing language used across society
Language used across society to describe ageing and older people risks ‘damaging UK’s social fabric’, our new report says.
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Here's another good one (from when I used to be involved in policy) www.bgs.org.uk/resources/fr...
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Frailty: Language and Perceptions | British Geriatrics Society
This report, originally published in June 2015, summarises research commissioned by BGS and Age UK on older people's attitudes and feelings towards language around frailty.
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Found this on the @gerisoc.bsky.social website from earlier this year. www.bgs.org.uk/languageguide
bgs.org.uk
Preferred language when referring to older people in a health context | British Geriatrics Society
This list of preferred and non-preferred terminology has been compiled to help healthcare professionals, academic authors and the general public avoid language that might be deemed unacceptable or ina...
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Are we using #BGSConf for the Autumn Meeting of @gerisoc.bsky.social this coming week? Looking forward to being there, moderating a session and supporting the Griffin Community Trust on their presentation on Friday morning
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Looking forward to #BGSConf tomorrow, and catching up with some old friends. Disappointed though to see how many references to 'the elderly' there are in the posters. Have we really not moved on? Surely @gerisoc.bsky.social is in a position to help stop such 'othering' ageist language?
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Martin and Louella remind us that time is running out on the PA issue in UK. www.bmj.com/content/387/...
bmj.com
Sorting out scope of practice of physician associates in the UK: the clock is ticking
The decision to introduce legislation in the UK to regulate Physicians Associates (PAs) and Anaesthetic Associates (AAs) has been hotly contested. From a historical perspective, this is to be expected...
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
#ThoughtForTheDay
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Trust in health systems is essential: Trust of the public and patients Trust of health workers Trust of politicians We explore these issues, drawing on philosophy, psychology, economics, and sociology in a new European Observatory book eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...
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Trust, the foundation of health systems by McKee
A study looking at trust in health systems, published by the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
look at this absolute unit
The absolute unit sheep; an Exmoor Horn ram
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
we came, we saw, in fact we saw a lot of people actually (thank you for waiting for us!!!), we posted
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 05/09/2024
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. BBC News - Olympic athlete dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Rebecca Cheptegei: Olympic athlete dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend
The 33-year-old Ugandan was doused in petrol after returning home from church.
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Zoe Wyrko @geribaby.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
So pleased to have found where all my friends have gone! I thought my first Bluesky post should be serious, and reflect my work - and couldn't think of anything. So here's a picture I took this week of the Peruvian embassy.
A toy Paddington Bear in the window of the Peruvian Embassy in London, with a sign saying 'I am home'
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