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Ian Thompson

@ianmthompson.bsky.social
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GP, Clinical Informatician, Scottish Country Dancer, Primary Care Clinical Lead in Digital Health and Care at Scottish Government.

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Primary Healthcare Specialist Group (British Computer Society) @phcsg.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ready to leap forward? 🚀 Join primary care innovators, clinicians and digital leaders at the BCS PHCSG Annual Conference 2026. 📍 Oxford 📅 12-13 November 2026 Explore AI, clinical safety, population health & the future of digital general practice 🎟️BOOKING WILL OPEN SOON! #DigitalHealth #AI #NHS
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Ready for 3days of MIE 2025 focus on AI. Great to be here n Scotland and Glasgow.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Webinar: Catalysing Your Digital Health Career Early career webinar from GPs, the BCS, & HEE representatives to help start your digital health career. 📅 When: 29/04/25 1-2pm 📍 Where: Online 💡 Why: Hear expert guidance, to grow a digital health career! 🔗 Register Here: phc29042025.eventbrite.co.uk
Webinar: Catalysing Your Digital Health Career 
Early career webinar from GPs, the BCS, and Health Education England representatives to help kickstart your digital health career.
When: 29/04/25 1-2pm
Where: Online 
Why: Hear expert guidance, fellowship opportunities and inspiring stories about how to launch, grow and thrive in a digital health career!
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Jamie Coleman talks about how data from practices can help deliver improved capacity and access. At BCS PHCSG Education day #phcsg24
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 10/10/2024
Enjoying the first Keynote at the BCS Faculty of Health and Care @BCSFHC with Sonia Patel talking about professionalisation for the workforce on digital and data to support NHS.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
And they are back again: Dancing Dudes will hit the Fringe by the Sea as part of the Pure Imagination show www.fringebythesea.com/pure-imagina… raising funds for Brain Tumour Research www.justgiving.com/page/jenna-walke… Please give if you are...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 07/04/2024
Pleased to have been able to join this group of Dancing Dudes under guidance of @freedomandform to raise nearly £4000 for @GlennBBC Brain Tumour Research www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mark-… can we make it over...
independent.co.uk
On the beat: Police chiefs show off dance moves to raise ...
Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham and Assistant Chief...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 22/03/2023
Ewan Morrison talks about the people aspect of Digital Prescribing Dispensing Programme.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 28/12/2022
Got this amazing Archetype mug for Christmas ⁦@openEHR⁩. all sorted for #clinicalmodelling caffeination.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 25/05/2022
@KramerGraham speaking at #snug22 on the House of Care approach to Long Term Condition Management and the importance of involving patients in managing their own health.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 09/01/2021
Frozen sands down at Aberlady Bay today
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 03/01/2021
East Lothian Sledging Beautiful Light
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/12/2020
Supping Santas!!
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 07/12/2020
#password change Monday - that day ever 2 months when I am forced to change password on all the systems I need to do my job (current count >9 ) all have different complexity rules. Why can’t NHS adopt NCSC guidance? www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/password…
ncsc.gov.uk
Password policy: updating your approach
Advice for system owners responsible for determining pass...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 23/09/2020
#PRSB2020 NHS Digital iCMO, Jonathan Benger talks about the work of NHS Digital in England in response to COVID-19
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 23/09/2020
#PRSB2020 AGM, CEO Lorraine Foley talks about the data standards developed at pace in early stages of COVID19 Pandemic @ProfRecordSB
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 15/09/2020
Why the NHS needs its own health-tech university – Woland's cat wolandscat.net/2019/04/06/why-the-n…
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Why the NHS needs its own health-tech university
The NHS has around one million employees and serves most ...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 23/07/2020
#DHVSS2020 @pbmthomas talks about how video consulting CAN be used in ophthalmology - amazing progress with strong clinical leadership and dramatic outcomes in terms of avoiding visits
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 20/06/2020
Why I . . . dance | The BMJ www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2247
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 30/05/2020
Did somebody pull the plug out of the Firth of Forth?
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 05/04/2020
Identifying vulnerable patients in Scotland - methodology Health Protection SCOTLAND - COVID-19 - search criteria for highest risk patients for shielding. Huge thanks and credit to all who have been working together on this effort. ...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 03/04/2020
So vital to have these conversations A Difficult Conversation about COVID19 youtu.be/ePSJTZsowBQ @timwarren2020 @JASpiller @PaulBaughan
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 03/03/2020
Great learning from talks at Live at Leadership 2020 | Digital Health #DHRewired20 www.digitalhealth.net/liveatleaders…
digitalhealth.net
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 03/03/2020
Dr Vishal Virani of @Doctorpreneurs talks about clinical input into digital innovation in NHS and in early medical training #DHrewired20
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 18/09/2019
Great piece on recognising out of hospital Cardiac Arrest please share widely ⁦@stuart_strachan⁩ ⁦@DrGregorSmith⁩ “Learning from my mistakes” – Anne Marie Cunningham annemariecunningham.com/learning/le…
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 05/09/2019
⁦@alisonstrath⁩ outlining areas to consider in #prescribingpathways discovery event ⁦@NHSNSS⁩
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 01/08/2019
Evening trip to local East Lothian beach. Love these summer evenings.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 22/05/2019
David cooper kicks off #snugmembersday2019
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 21/04/2019
Continuing our tour of NZ by play park. Our last stop Myers park. Auckland.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 16/04/2019
Craft beer Kiwi style
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 01/02/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 7. Nominate @docpaulmiller
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 31/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 6. Nominate @drjulianc
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 30/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 5. Nominate @lesleyahpd
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 29/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 4. Nominate @JASpiller
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 28/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 3. Nominate @timwarren2020
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 27/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 2. Nominate @amcunningham
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 26/01/2019
Nominated by @DrGregorSmith to post covers of #7BooksILove no review/explanation Day 1. Nominate @stuart_strachan
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 17/01/2019
Great article on differences between terminology and information models. “Does anyone actually understand what terminology is for?“ – Woland's cat wolandscat.net/2014/10/30/does-anyo…
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Does anyone actually understand what terminology is for?
I really wonder sometimes. A few months ago, an internati...
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 28/11/2018
Learning about Catalonian health and social care information sharing. #digicare4scot how can Scotland build on this.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 17/11/2018
I just donated to @Wikipedia. Support free knowledge! #iloveWikipedia donate.wikimedia.org/?utm_medium=So…
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Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 14/11/2018
#clinicalsafety moving to software as a medical device with @NHSDigital colleagues taking forward standards on international level
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 14/11/2018
#clinicalsafety great to see some co-design principles used in rebooting the Clinical Safety for IT in NHS course
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2018
#openplatform is called out as keystone in semantic interoperability by panel at #PRSB2018
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2018
Importance of publishing stories around why standards help great work by ⁦@ProfRecordSB⁩ highlighted by Lorraine Foley #prsb2018
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2018
⁦@ProfRecordSB⁩ #prsb2018 the importance of talking standards into frontline use and challenges that staff face. And supporting cultural change needed to help implementing standards to support Health and Care.
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 19/09/2018
#PRSB2018 ceo Lorraine Foley ⁦@ProfRecordSB⁩ talks about current standards developments. Glad to see NHS Scotland work on ReSPECT there. ⁦@JASpiller⁩ and others
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 16/09/2018
Team East Linton at start of #KiltwalkEdinburgh walking for @RoyalVolService
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 05/09/2018
Maureen Falconer talks about what is and isn’t consent with GDPR along with bases for sharing data #scimpsnug2018
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 04/09/2018
@mike_bainbridgetalks about clinical lead information approach to child health records for Australia matching PRSB in global collaboration #scimpsnug2018
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Ian Thompson @ianmthompson.bsky.social · 04/09/2018
Mike Bainbridge talks about life as a clinical informatician. #scimpsnug2018
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