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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Oh Trisha! That would have been lovely. Golly the arts crowd are fantastic! Xxx

Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

The only way you know when AI Is giving wrong advice is because you know it’s wrong advice. That’s what experience gives you. And if you use AI to replace all the years of gaining experience, you’ve lost everything

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

…confident following our advice. This applies just as much to life prolonging treatment as to perhaps less momentous decisions eg about going on the OCP or having a knee replacement. The value of experience is incalculable. As an aside AI is a serious threat because…

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

We’re not taught enough about this, and as our own understanding is poor it’s no surprise we struggle to convey information accurately to patients…there is also the balance of wanting to present genuinely ‘expert’ opinion (we do have expertise) in a way that leaves our patient…

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

@jomorrison.medsky.social it was such a good question and I think you rightly point to a much wider issue regarding how medics feel about treatment. We know that Drs since the time of Hippocrates have overestimate benefits of treatment often by a dramatic factor eg 20-fold- and underestimated harm…

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thank you Jo! And hello Kate 🙂

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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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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 · 30/01/2026

Couldn’t agree more - it’s now a routine part of my outpatient assessment as well as inpatient. Patients understand it’s an evolving document and their wishes can change. We do it together and put it on Somerset’s fab electronic TEP there and then. Much relief.

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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 · 10/01/2026

I think I got a bit fierce about the so called ‘frailty index’ as created in various poor iterations for use in cardiovascular trials. Not the FI as a geriatrician knows it.. I didn’t say fraud but others have 😬

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Haven’t watched the tv version yet. Recovering from the brilliant book! Love the look of this one, thanks Emma. Have you read black river? I loved it

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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 · 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 sad thing isn’t really the difference in perceived and real loneliness - it’s that so many people are actually lonely

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

A Dylon pod in the washing machine and they look like new (apart from the holes… )

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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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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Oh that’s lovely many congrats!

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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

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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

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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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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The non clinician has a very key role in all this! Much appreciated Simon

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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

Lovely article ❤️🙂I’m glad your dear Ma had a peaceful ending - it can be done well and @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social is helping lots of us understand death and prepare better. Check out @drpoco.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social for her fab talk on ordinary dying today #bgsconf

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Good question. I’d base this on family/carer report. If they feel dementia drugs aren’t giving a meaningful improvement, best stop. They can worsen incontinence agitation unsteadiness. Agree re domino ad but this was average result. Some wd be better on Rx, others no difference. Is that sensible?

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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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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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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

😂 thanks Jen -I don’t think you’re that tricky..yet…Hmmm, published in Canada, China and South Korea inter alia but the US seems a hard nut!

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Lucy Pollock @lucypgeridoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks Emma! Yes he’s had a pretty tough time - even with the insights Barry has as a psychologist it’s hard not to fall into patterns that don’t help. Carers and families need all the help they can get 🙂

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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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