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Lorna Murphy

@lornam.bsky.social
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Charge Nurse in ICU/Critical Care UHM 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Interested in Palliative and EOLC 💙Leading QI Work on EOLC in our ICU. All my own opinions #nursesky #palliativecare #ICUsky

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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great review, well worth a read
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Centre for Open Thanatology @openthanatology.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Still time to register for our upcoming conference that is online on Oct 21. Theme is Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss. More info and registration via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-centre... #ThanatologyThursday
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The Centre for Open Thanatology Conference-online
Join us for the 'The Centre for Open Thanatology Conference: Dialogue and Engagement with Death and Loss' online event
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This, a million times over
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: TWO Australian Scientists, Stacey Edwards & Juliet French, Have Discovered Cancer-Fighting RNA Molecules That Could Lead to a New Generation of Breast Cancer Treatments
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️ US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Marie Curie UK @mariecurieuk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
People living with an illness that won’t get better deserve financial security until the very end. Repost if you agree. 💛
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?
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conks31.bsky.social @conks31.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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The College of Intensive Care Medicine @thecollegeoficm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The Faculty is aware that a draft Principles for scope of practice for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners has been circulated beyond the initial consultation group. ficm.ac.uk/draft-advanc...
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Draft Advanced Critical Care Practitioners principles for scope of practice leak
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 10/06/2026
Among critically ill adults with acute respiratory failure, neither carbocisteine nor hypertonic saline reduced the duration of mechanical ventilation, and each strategy was associated with harm. Full phase 3 MARCH trial results: nej.md/3PUyHdA #CCR26 | @criticalcarereviews.com
Kaplan-Meier curves comparing duration of mechanical ventilation. Chart A compares carbocisteine (CS) versus no CS, while Chart B compares hypertonic saline (HTS) versus no HTS.
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Amazing 😍 This is what we should be aiming to achieve in our New UHM Hospital ICU
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'I forgot what it's like to be outside': Intensive care ward opens on rooftop
The outdoor ward, at King's College Hospital in London, will monitor how much it boosts the recovery of seriously ill patients.
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Charles Apple @charlesapple.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Perhaps this will help, Trish. I built this 13 years ago for the Orange County Register.
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 27/05/2026
Hundreds of thousands of nursing staff across the UK pay for the NMC to regulate the profession, but they are losing trust in an organisation which continually lets them down. Rebuilding that trust must be a priority. Read the RCN's full response ➡️ bit.ly/4wS6F2N
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 12/05/2026
Nursing staff don’t step back. They step in. In homes, hospitals, borders. Any time. Any place. Nursing never stops. Join us today to recognise and celebrate the contribution of nursing staff worldwide. 🌏 Today, we say thank you. bit.ly/488Kvik #InternationalNursesDay #NursesDay
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 07/05/2026
Every vote counts. Don't leave our future up to chance. Together we can build a fairer, greener, kinder Scotland. 🕙Polls are open until 10pm 🗳️Everyone in Scotland can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper ✉️If you have a postal vote you can hand it in 🪪You DON'T need photo ID in Scotland
Vote Scottish Greens anywhere in Scotland. We're standing in every region in the country. Use your peach ballot paper to vote Scottish Greens.
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NMCWatch.org.uk @nmcwatch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Well, if the NMC keeps ignoring feedback and thinking money is the only problem, they'll never know what "effective" looks like. It's like trying to improve a sinking ship with more buckets instead of fixing the holes.
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WHO @who.int · 07/04/2026
More than 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974. That is health and science in action. This #WorldHealthDay, Together for Health #StandWithScience 💙
Over 150 million lives. Saved by vaccines. Since 1974.

Together for health. Stand with science.

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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 04/04/2026
No one should start and end their career on the same band. New commitments and additions to Agenda for Change strengthen your access and rights to a job evaluation. Read our explainer, find out the details and get involved. ➡️ bit.ly/3OqVr3N
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
@atls.city !set GB-SCT
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
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Nursing in Critical Care Journal @niccjournal.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Sunday Highlight Read 📚 What does ICU delirium actually feel like for patients? Meta-synthesis of 9 qualitative studies exploring ICU patients’ memories, perceptions and coping during delirium. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... #ICUdelirium @baccnuk.bsky.social
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Nursing in Critical Care Journal @niccjournal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Can a tracheostomy care bundle improve ICU nursing practice? 🫁 Tracheostomy care is common in ICU and complications remain a key patient safety concern. This Quasi-experimental study evaluate’s a tracheostomy nursing care bundle. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... #CriticalCare @baccnuk.bsky.social
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 08/03/2026
Constant threats and backlash undermine women's rights around the globe, but women still continue to fight against repression. This International Women's Day, we honor the courage of those working to improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. #IWD26 #InternationalWomensDay
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EPCIN @epcinetwork.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🔔Our next webinar🔔   Drs Sarah White and Hannah Richards have developed resources for their local department on supporting children facing bereavement in the adult ICU.   Join us to hear about this wonderful work with space for discussion. Link will be in our free member’s area www.epcin.uk.
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Clare Fuller @clarefuller.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🚨New podcast alert CPR: when does it save a life & when does it spoil a death? Listen in to hear Dani & I share commonly held myths & misconceptions & share valuable resource. 🎧https://speakforme.co.uk/podcast-episode-153 @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social #DNACPR #AdvanceCarePlanning #PEoLC #EoLC
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Fantastic news
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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 28/11/2025
This might be the most incredible road safety video you'll ever see.
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Scottish Intensive Care Society @scottishics.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Every critical care area is different, so it’s important that patients and their loved ones understand each step of the process. Visit the SICS website for information on how to help offer support throughout ➡️ www.scottishintensiv... #IntensiveCare #IntensiveCareSociety
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Royal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 20/11/2025
We will never forget how nursing staff and their patients were failed by those at the highest levels of government during the pandemic. This report must mark a turning point in how health emergencies are responded to and how the voice of nursing must never be ignored again. #CovidInquiry
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Boris Johnson’s lack of leadership over the seriousness of Covid led to the first lockdown being introduced too late, which contributed to the loss of 23,000 lives, the official inquiry into his handling of the pandemic has concluded inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Boris Johnson's lack of leadership blamed for 23,000 Covid deaths
A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
COME ON SCOTLAND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️ Scotland is in the World Cup for the first time since 1998 after a historic 4-2 win against Denmark 🏆
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Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief @goodlifedeathgrief.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
This year's To Absent Friends (1-7 November) activities include beach bonfires, remembrance cafes, live music, and more. Find out what's happening near you and online by checking our #toabsentfriends listings: www.toabsentfriends.org.uk/blogs/festiv...
A flyer advertising the To Absent Friends 2025 event listings. The To Absent Friends logo with a tree is at the top left corner, and the background photo is of an open diary showing a calendar grid.
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Resuscitation Council UK @resus.org.uk · 28/10/2025
The 2025 Resuscitation Guidelines emphasise the importance of correct defibrillator pad placement - a simple step that gives someone in cardiac arrest the best chance of survival. 🎥 Watch the video to learn more 🔗 Read the full Guidelines at resus.org.uk/2025-guidelines
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WHO @who.int · 03/10/2025
Symptoms of #BreastCancer can include: A breast lump or thickening, often without pain Change in size, shape or appearance of the breast Dimpling, redness, pitting or other changes in the skin Change in nipple appearance Abnormal or bloody fluid from the nipple
Breast cancer symptoms, early diagnosis of cancer generally increases the chances of successful treatment. 
Nipple changes, bloody discharge, lump in the breast, change in breast colour, pitting of the breast skin, breast or nipple pain.
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
100% agree with this
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
breastcancernow.org October is breast cancer awareness month 🩷 If you don’t already check your breasts then now is a really good time to start
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We're Breast Cancer Now
We’re here to change the lives of people affected by breast cancer. How? By combining the power of research and support.
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 01/10/2025
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals. Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’. What, Michelle? 🧵
Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting
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WHO @who.int · 01/10/2025
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month #BreastCancer is the most common cancer among women globally and represents approximately a quarter of all cancers that occur in women every year.
Let’s make breast cancer history (breast cancer is striked out in the creative)
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Lesley @lasslesley1.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Let's get this to 2 million! Do not introduce Digital ID cards - Petitions share.google/yrbJu69IDd3s...
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Tomorrow's front page 📰 Empty room for Netanyahu
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NHS Forth Valley @nhsforthvalley.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Have you made your organ and tissue donation decision known? Don’t leave your loved ones in doubt. Find out more at www.organdonation.scot #LeaveNoDoubt
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ICUsteps Edinburgh @icustepsedinburgh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Were you in ICU, or are you a relative of someone who was? If so, the Intensive Care Society wants to hear from you, the patients and families, about your experiences of ICU, in order to identify their top research priorities. Take part here: bit.ly/JLAPSP-ICU
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Lorna Murphy @lornam.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Me today…
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Linda Norgrove Foundation @lindafoundation.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"I hope there comes a day in Afghanistan when women can do whatever they want." It's a year since we helped bring 19 female Afghan medical students to Scotland to continue their studies. Omulbanin Sultani reflects on her life before and since then: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'In Scotland I can pursue medicine dreams the Taliban took away'
Omulbanin Sultani was among a group of Afghan medical students able to continue their studies in Scotland after the Taliban seized control of the country.
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Nursing in Critical Care Journal @niccjournal.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
🛌 Preventing ICU-Acquired Weakness This umbrella review of seven systematic reviews found that starting rehabilitation within 1–3 days of ICU admission was associated with a 13% lower risk of ICU-acquired weakness. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... @baccnuk.bsky.social
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Intensive Care Society @ics-updates.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are pleased to share new guidance on “The Decision Making and Transfer of Critically Ill Adults to Their Preferred Place of Death” – providing a framework to help healthcare teams navigate one of the most sensitive and important decisions in end-of-life care.
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Nursing in Critical Care Journal @niccjournal.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Can the swimmer position for the upper limbs during prone ventilation lead to brachial plexus injury in ICU patients with ARDS? 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc... #NICCJournal #CriticalCareNursing #ProneVentilation #ARDS #BrachialPlexusInjury #SwimmerPosition #ICUResearch @baccnuk.bsky.social
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Nursing in Critical Care Journal @niccjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
If a nurse wrote down your story while you were unconscious in the ICU... would you want to read it? Explore how nurse-written diaries are changing lives, one entry at a time. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/nicc.7… #SundayReflections #ICUDiaries #PatientRecovery @baccnuk.bsky.social
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 05/07/2025
There is no justification on earth for blocking deliveries of baby formula to starving babies and mothers. What Israel is inflicting on Gaza is monstrous, genocidal. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula
Doctors say Israel is blocking deliveries of formula urgently needed as mothers are either dead or too malnourished to feed their babies
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