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Lucy Pollock

@lucypgeridoc.bsky.social
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Geriatrician who gets to write stories. Celebrating longevity, tackling delicate questions. She/her. linktr.ee/lucypollock #TheGoldenRule #TheBookAboutGettingOlder Proud patron @AgeUKSomerset

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Matteo Cesari @macesari.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Geriatric medicine is: - Refusal of easy solutions and predefined algorithms, - To look at the entire puzzle, not at one single piece of it, - Giving back to who gave us, - My hope when I will be old. #Geriatrics #Aging #Ageing #Care #Health #Medicine #MedSky
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bathnewseum.bsky.social @bathnewseum.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Let’s talk about death? I am all for cafe culture and, with my addiction to caffeine, I have been a frequent visitor to Rosarios to put the world to right over a cup of black Italian coffee. There are many things to talk about in conversation with friends and family, but the end of your life isn't…
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Let’s talk about death?
I am all for cafe culture and, with my addiction to caffeine, I have been a frequent visitor to Rosarios to put the world to right over a cup of black Italian coffee. There are many things to talk about in conversation with friends and family, but the end of your life isn't usually one of them! That's when I heard about the Death Cafe - an idea born in Switzerland but quickly spreading to London and around the world. We are not talking about a counselling session but a group get-together for the purpose of talking about the subject over food and drink.
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Penny T @pennyt.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Ready for the @ukhahsoc.bsky.social Conference tomorrow @rcpedin.bsky.social great chance to learn, discuss and network. #HospitalAtHome #HaHConf2026 @shelaghor.bsky.social @emmavardy2.bsky.social @charrisphysio.bsky.social @sophiemcglen.bsky.social @danlasserson.bsky.social
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Fab study @sonyabushell.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏👏
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BJGP @bjgp.org · 15/01/2026
This study suggests that #AdvanceCarePlanning may be well-received and could be discussed earlier with adults living with long-term conditions, before onset of advanced illness or severe frailty doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... @sonyabushell.bsky.social @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social #PrimaryCare
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
wordsinwatchet.com Fab new small but growing festival in Watchet - poetry nature fantasy games and more, and I’ll be talking interesting sad funny important stuff about #GettingOlder on Sat 21st Feb please share and come along, bring BF mum grandad son or neighbour!
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Words in Watchet
Somerset Literary Festival
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Sarah M @sarah-owl.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Flu kills healthy kids. And many other people. If you haven’t got vaccinated yet this year there is still time
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Jeepers what did I say? 😝😝- I had a great time and learned lots thanks @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Two brilliant books
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
The level of #Frailty in #Cardiovascular trial participants isn’t always assessed w due care, so applicability to a wider popn isn’t as straightforward as some triallists would claim academic.oup.com/ageing/article… - editorial to accompany great study by Bousetta et al @emmavardy2.bsky.social
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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
This is a good list. Its actually an excellent list.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 07/12/2025
I should have expected it, but it still shocks me how little news orgs care about the fact that corruption has destroyed nearly all consumer/labor/environmental/public safety protection and corporate oversight during Trump's second term media ownership supports this outcome
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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Three teenagers riding side by side, chatting and sharing gum because protected cycle tracks make this kind of freedom safe, normal and enables social life.
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
🎄🎄🎄The most uplifting event of the season! It’s free, no ticket needed, donstions welcomed and a warm glow guaranteed www.ageuk.org.uk/somerset/act... 11am this Wednesday
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Age UK Somerset Christmas Carol Service Wednesday 10th December 2025
Our Christmas Carol Service at Wells Cathedral will be on Wednesday 10th December 2025. Everyone will receive a warm welcome!
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 20/11/2025
A new #BMJInvestigation finds that thousands of locally employed doctors are trapped in insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career progression, or national safeguards. Experts warn that the NHS is effectively “behaving like a gig economy employer” www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 13/11/2025
‘Why children's books matter’ – the keynote speech at the Booker Prize 2025 ceremony was given by Penelope Lively, the only author to have won both the Booker Prize and the Carnegie Medal for children's writing. youtu.be/a8SdOg94uiQ
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Penelope Lively on why children's books matter | The Booker Prize
YouTube video by The Booker Prizes
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Neil Chadborn @neilchadborn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Liz Orton introduces FLEXI study about implementation of FAME - physical activity programme for #olderpeople @gerisoc #bgsconf @arc-em
Woman presenting a slide depicting people doing exercise class
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
1. Placing these two graphs side by side shows why we have a prisons crisis. They can also be seen as a kind of Authoritarianism Index, showing the trend in state attitudes. On the left is the Crime Survey for England and Wales. On the right is the UK prison population. 🧵1/8
Crime survey for England Wales, showing strong decline since 1996. Source: Office for National Statistics. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2025
UK prison population, showing major rise in England and Wales during the period in which crime has fallen. Source: House of Commons Library https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04334/
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UK Hospital At Home Society @ukhahsoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
📢 Calling all UK Hospital at Home Society members! 📨 Our National Benchmarking Survey has just been launched – please check your inbox and respond to help us deliver the most comprehensive look yet at Hospital at Home services across the UK. #HospitalAtHome
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Drum roll!! This is a very special document and will CHANGE PRACTICE www.bgs.org.uk/PragmaticPre...
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
all the posters from @gerisoc #bgsconf www.bgs.org.uk/posters
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Posters | British Geriatrics Society
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
@emmavardy2.bsky.social your name mentioned! We all need a shared care record like that used in Greater Manchester!
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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
@graceinvaders.bsky.social @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social @clairedow1.bsky.social
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Whoohoo! Calling #Bristol and surrounding areas 🥳🥳 I’ll be @cliftonlitfest at 10.30 on Sunday 16th Nov talking useful happy sad important things worth knowing about #GettingOlder - pleased come, bring mum, grandad, best friend, son ❤️❤️🐘🐘❤️❤️
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Very exciting! I’m interviewing Prof @MasudHusain TOMORROW evening Monday 30th October @wellslitfest about his terrific book Our Brains Our Selves. Please come along! It’s a fascinating read ❤️📖🧠
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Hello bluesky!! Whoop whoop I love this! #TheGoldenRule published in China as #EnlightenOurTwilight with a beautiful foreword by geriatrician Dr Xinyu Chen. Beyond global politics more still unites us than divides us. Thank you @PenguinUKBooks @MichaelJBooks @Taffyagent 🥳🥳🥳
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Loved every minute of this. Super turn out and great questions - pills, AI, looking after someone at the end, loving life - and kisses! Really special thank you for inviting me xx
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Royal College of Physicians @rcphysicians.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Applications for the Emerging Women Leaders Programme close on Tuesday 1 July. Don’t miss this chance to enhance your leadership skills. Apply today: ow.ly/mp9K50WaFjz
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 18/06/2025
This man is a cryptid and I both love him and am about a decade off from becoming him.
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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The responses to this are an utter joy and a suitably British mix of the serious, the mildly sarky and the just plain bizarre (prog rock??). All is definitely not lost.
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Alix Mortimer @alixmortimer.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Toilets became free (and are still clean) in a lot of major railway stations a few years ago Police remain relatively untooled up after a lot of pushback a couple of decades ago (though other problems remain) Pharmacists are low key heroes in my experience
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Tim F @culturalsnow.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Allotments. Public parks. Car boot sales. Thousands of small, local charities.
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Hugely looking forward to tomorrow Tuesday evening in Chorleywood (#BestBookshopEver) chilternbookshops.co.uk/events/categ... where we’ll talk happy sad funny helpful stuff 🥳❤️
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Events from 16 June, 2025 – 17 September, 2019 › Author Events › – Chiltern Bookshops
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
We had such a happy time recording this. And wow @juliasamuelmbe.blueskysocial is a wise and funny woman and I wish I’d listened more and talked less! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Expert Episode: How to Age Well with Dr. Lucy Pollock
Podcast Episode · Therapy Works · 04/06/2025 · 1h 2m
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Anna Baverstock @annabav.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Up early but I have tea and the best of company. Looking forward to spending the next few days with @lucygobag.bsky.social this feels like a very timely book - @doctoroxford.com @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social
Come what may book with cup of tea. Matching PJ trousers underneath orange / blue entirely coincidental.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Reform UK’s plans to obstruct green energy projects in Lincolnshire put at risk almost £1bn in local investment and more than 12,000 jobs, How many people analysed policies before voting for Reform, the party that also voted against worker rights.
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Reform’s green energy assault in Lincolnshire ‘puts 12,200 jobs at risk’
Party intends to block projects despite net zero industries contributing nearly £1bn to local economy, analysis shows
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Megan Tjasink @megantj.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Two interesting and inspiring inaugural lectures @qmul-wiph.bsky.social yesterday and an absolute tonic to catch up with research colleagues @qmulresilience.bsky.social
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QMUL Centre for Psychiatry & Mental Health @qmulpsychiatry.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A great moment for the Centre as we enjoy the inaugural lectures of both Prof Jennifer Lau and Prof Claudia Cooper, illustrating a range from youth mental health to dementia @qmul-wiph.bsky.social
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
One very cheery geriatrician!! Paperback coming soon and it has fab reviews. I’m so happy! www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Rule-...
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Sean @keepstone.uk · 01/05/2025
Fantastic workshop on #Ageing Education hosted by @graceinvaders.bsky.social with guest speaker @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social readings about #GettingOlder and #Geriatric medicine. Excited for further innovation & collaboration via @stmonicatrust.bsky.social & @impactalliance.bsky.social !
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
One of the best bookshops ever. I’m honoured to be invited!
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Claire Dow @clairedow1.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
And launched tonight we have @acha020.bsky.social too! (COI on my way home from the celebration event!)
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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
@gerisoc.bsky.social @age-and-ageing.bsky.social have bagged handles but no posts as yet.
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I’m very excited about this - next Friday 9th at 10 am in Stratford upon avon - and I have 2 free tickets so please DM if you’d like them 🥳🥳https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/dr-lucy-pollock
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Stratford Literary Festival
Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is an exciting mixture of debate, ideas, celebrity author events, workshops and humour. We run in Spring and Autumn.
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
doi.org/10.1136/ejhp... Super article - drug errors cause so much harm but this is an optimistic article identifying ways to help - systems, tech, support for fallible humans 👏👏👏👏
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Tackling medication errors: how a systems approach improves patient safety
Objectives Medication errors are a leading source of preventable harm in healthcare, affecting approximately 1 in 30 patients, with a substantial proportion resulting in severe outcomes. In response, ...
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
And 🥳 I’m very excited about this one - we’ll be looking at happy sad important stuff about #GettingOlder and what we can change right now. Plan A: stay young forever Plan B: come along to this one! www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/events/dr-lu...
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Stratford Literary Festival
Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is an exciting mixture of debate, ideas, celebrity author events, workshops and humour. We run in Spring and Autumn.
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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is very exciting! We’re going to have a happy afternoon thinking about funny sad or important stuff - sometimes all 3 at once - about #GettingOlder and hearing from people who know what it’s all about 🥳❤️🐘❤️
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Emma Vardy @emmavardy2.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Recognising the problem and calling it delirium is key. Helps GP triage. Stockport implementation of community pathway reduced transfer to ED. From 100% transferred to ED to 88% safely cared for at home. Utilising existing community teams.
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