Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 30/10/2025What a waste of money, particularly when we have doctors desperate to get into specialist training www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...dailymail.co.ukNHS spends £674m filling up to 1 in 3 consultant posts with locumsManagers regularly wait over 12 months to secure a candidate, placing a strain on finances and impacting on efforts to cut waiting lists. 111
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Why are German trains so bad? Decidedly off-brand 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The perils of using AI to do your research... From @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...bmj.comWhite House scrambles to correct error strewn MAHA reportThe US government has hastened to correct multiple citations in its first Make Our Children Healthy Again assessment,1 which pointed to non-existent studies or dead internet links. New errors have cre... 021
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 24/02/2025A great opportunity to come and work with us #meded #editing #journalism jobsearch.bmj.com/jobs/job/Lea...jobsearch.bmj.com Lead Clinical Editor | 07 March, 2025 | Jobs and careers with BMJ Group Jobs and careers with BMJ Group - 021
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Heard some dark predictions from @parthaskar.bsky.social last week that there will be a large number of doctors out of work this August due to lack of NHS posts. Why are we in this ridiculous position? 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Looking forward to discussing how to #EmpowerIMGs in Newcastle today 020
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Never thought a living funeral could sound so good www.thetimes.com/article/bf0b...thetimes.comI went to my own ‘funeral’— it was one of the best days of my lifeThe intensive care doctor Matt Morgan, 44, on why he wanted a memorial service while he’s still alive 111
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesDave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Two successive health and care secretaries spent nearly £500,000 dismantling and then rebuilding ministerial offices in their department, HSJ has learned. excl from @henryanderson1.bsky.social www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-... 248
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Getting increasingly irritated by publications without BlueSky as a sharing option, especially if X is there. I'm trying to promote your article on a site that actually allows people to see it. Help me help you man. 572871474
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I think we are going to see much more of this www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comWegovy maker Novo Nordisk sponsored British pharmacies in pursuit of salesDanish drug company gave money for Google ads to promote weight loss services and received data on web traffic and prescriptions 000
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesJAMA @jama.com · 30/12/2024🧵 Pulse oximeters overestimate arterial oxygen saturation and provide more variable readings in people with darker skin pigmentations. Despite guidance from the @fda.gov, the reporting of participant skin tones in pulse oximeter testing has been inconsistent. ja.ma/3DKuKBw 25133
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 14/12/2024BBC News - BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comBBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headlineApple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself. 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 04/12/2024It was a delight to judge this award on behalf of @mja-uk.bsky.social (although annoyingly I had to recuse myself from judging the winner's application!). A worthy winner Thanks to @roysocmed.bsky.social www.rsm.ac.uk/latest-news/...rsm.ac.ukJacklin Kwan wins award for exposing fake healthcare newsJacklin Kwan is the winner of the 2024 Sarah Hughes Trust Prize, awarded annually for new journalism that exposes false or misleading information in health or medicine. 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I don't understand in 2024 why we can't just digitally recreate the Parthenon/Elgin marbles and give the originals back...media.tenor.coma picture of the parthenon in greece with people standing in front of itALT: a picture of the parthenon in greece with people standing in front of it 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Major focus this year was updating all our learning resources for GPs on how to manage pregnancy complications, both immediately and in the longer term new-learning.bmj.com/collection/3... #meded #pregnancy 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 02/12/2024You won't read it in the article, but this is a direct result of the coalition government cancelling the NHS bursary for nursing degrees in 2017. Short-term decisions have long-term consequences. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...dailymail.co.ukNearly 25% of nurses and midwives in the UK are recruited from abroadThe record-high 200,000 foreign-trained members of the workforce now represent 23.8 per cent of the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). 010
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history. 11039161127
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesShaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 29/11/2024🚨 BREAKING: MPs vote for #AssistedDying to become law for terminally ill people. Ayes - 330 Noes 275 78624
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesGraham Stretch @grahamstretch.pharmsky.app · 27/11/2024Finally out. Asthma Guidelines NG245 Move over SABA ➡️ AIR & MART now main treatments www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng245 #PharmSky 13017
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 27/11/2024First joint BTS, NICE, SIGN guideline on asthma published today www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG245nice.org.ukOverview | Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management (BTS, NICE, SIGN) | Guidance | NICE 033
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesStuti Bagri @stutibagri.bsky.social · 26/11/2024#NHSTalkingTherapies, the flagship psychotherapy service offered by the NHS, was heralded as a game changer when it launched in 2008. 16 years on, I’ve done some data digging to inspect its inner workings. @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social 1/7 🧵 2177
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesBJGP @bjgp.org · 26/11/2024Long-term antipsychotic use increased from 2011–2020, while proportion of patients receiving an annual psychiatrist review fell. Researchers warn that 360 000 patients may be ‘trapped’ on antipsychotics doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...doi.orgAntipsychotic management in general practice: serial cross-sectional study (2011–2020) | British Journal of General Practice 043
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesLomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 25/03/2024From Dr Phil Hammond 54616
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 26/11/2024We are working on a whole new set of courses on #palliativecare for BMJ Learning, starting with this one on pain management. If you want to know more, please contact: @journal-kristoffer.bsky.social 272
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Regent Street's Christmas lights in the rain last night 000
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesEmma Wilkinson @emmajourno.bsky.social · 25/11/2024GPs around country reconsidering shared care for ADHD as part of collective action - my story for Pulse with Eliza Parr www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...pulsetoday.co.ukGPs asked to pull out of ADHD shared-care agreements as part of collective actionGPs around the country are withdrawing from shared care arrangements for ADHD as part of collective action, Pulse has learned. 123
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Whatever you think of this bill, it is incredibly heartening to see someone as informed and compassionate as @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social leading on it 000
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 22/11/2024We now have more than 100k followers for our YouTube channel. Whoop whoop! youtu.be/xTzoJdNDl6w?...youtu.beHow to do a spirometry test and interpret the results - new version for 2024YouTube video by BMJ Learning 053
Reposted by Nigel PraitiesErick Turner @eturnermd1.bsky.social · 20/11/2024"The Fragile Promise of Psychedelics in Psychiatry ", out now in the BMJ. Honored to be able to contribute to this piece along with @floriannaudet.bsky.social @ioanaacristea.bsky.social @eikofried.bsky.social and others www.bmj.com/content/387/... 04116
Nigel Praities @nigelpraities.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Hi there. I'm a health journalist and medical editor based in the UK. Keen to connect with anyone in #journalism or #meded 051