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Sethina Watson

@sethina.bsky.social
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Tea drinking Consultant #Anaesthetist & mum. Interests: EDI, regional anaesthesia, obstetrics, PHEM, cakes. Former writer & publicist & founder MomMD & Medica Media. #CysticFibrosis parent. #Medsky #AnSky @morefluids on X 🇬🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸

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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well that wasn’t relaxing. Trying to sleep after Bugonia. Disturbing movie.
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British Journal of Anaesthesia @bjajournals.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Call for applications! The BJA is seeking to appoint a new editor with a special interest in regional anaesthesia. Deadline for applications: 11 October 2026 More info: www.bjanaesthesia.org/news-do/call-…
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Just in the train going past the remnants of Reading Festival. The rubbish left behind is shocking. Surely something should be done to prevent this level of waste and utter disregard for the environment & sustainability.
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Royal College of Anaesthetists @rcoanews.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mark Dips Day with a special 15% discount on selected items from our shop. Whether you're a new trainee, member or Fellow, explore our range of branded RCoA merchandise, including clothing, accessories & gifts. Browse the range today 👉 ow.ly/GXEF50ZGx54 Use code RCoADips15 at checkout 🙌
Get 15% off with code: RCoADips15 at the RCoA Shop
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Georgina Wright (on leave) @georginaewright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s Bayeux Tapestry day so I’m breaking my hiatus with a public service announcement: it’s pronounced BAH-ee-eu not Bay-eu. You’re welcome.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I am not enjoying all the AI generated same looking posters flooding us now. Canva is great! Try that and your poster will look even better!
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Let me just say The Traitors Canada is the best! The host Karine - outstanding. Watch on iplayer
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The death of Jason Arday is absolutely tragic. He was hounded beyond comprehension. Extremely sad indeed. RIP
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Just 2 Black heritage females doing the #IBTPHEM induction course. With my buddy Hannah. We worked on the access & opportunities to PHEM careers survey & presented loads of data on gender/ethnicity Survey said - ‘I’ve never seen a Black female doctor in HEMS’ Here we are. #representationmatters
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Traitors Canada. Love it. Karine and her outfits. She is brilliant
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Equity in anaesthetic procedural training: a UK survey Female respondents were 32% more likely than male counterparts to report being in a lower category for total number of procedures performed associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Equity in anaesthetic procedural training: a <fc>UK</fc> survey
Differential attainment by protected characteristics is described in the setting of medical education, but its relevance to UK anaesthetic training is not well established. This study examined whethe...
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When you are half English and half Ghanaian - which team do you support? #worldcup2026 #ghana #blackstars #england #mixedrace
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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
📢 We welcome the MHRA’s findings that significant reform is needed to ensure the safe and effective use of AI in healthcare. Read our full statement 👇 anaesthetists.org/News-and-adv... #AnSky #MedSky
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Safe and effective use of AI in healthcare | Association of Anaesthetists
The Association of Anaesthetists (Great Britain & Ireland) welcomes the MHRA’s findings that significant reform is needed to ensure the safe and effective use of AI in healthcare.
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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
📈 We are delighted to announce the latest Impact Factors, released today! 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 has achieved an Impact Factor of 7.4, while 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 is 1.1. We would like to thank our Editors, authors, and reviewers for their expertise, dedication and hard work! @anaesjournal.bsky.social
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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🎉👀 Did you hear the good news at RDC? Following our highly popular Success in stage 1 training in anaesthesia handbook: all you need to know, we're delighted to launch two new handbooks on stage 2 and 3! 🔓️ Available exclusively to members buff.ly/JnnYpoZ #AnSky
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
CABO VERDE THE WHOLE WORLD IS CHEERING YOU
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Cape Verde wins, 0-0.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
⚽🇨🇻 Football is life!!!!!!! #TubarõesAzuis
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The Cape Verde goalkeeper is something else!! #WorldCup2026
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Such a fun & informative conference. Great to connect with friends old and new. Great to see my previous educational supervisor win the Unsung Hero award, Kath Jenkins taught me RA! She is an expert blocker @ra-uk.org #RAUK2026
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
A while ago, I led a national survey on access to PHEM careers. One quote really stayed with me “I’ve never seen a Black female doctor in UK PHEM” I’ve recently started working @gwaac.bsky.social in a breaking barriers post CCT training role #representationmatters instagram.com/p/DUur0pPiAOj/…
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Royal College of Anaesthetists @rcoanews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Today, we released our Wellbeing, Burnout and Retention report. It shows urgent action is needed to train, support, and retain anaesthetic staff across the NHS. Read the report in full 👉 ow.ly/Qt9v50YIOky #Ansky #Medsky
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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 and 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 Editorial Fellowship - applications open! 🔔 This exciting opportunity will be awarded to two Resident Doctors, offering a unique chance to gain hands-on experience in medical publishing while working with a leading international journal. shorturl.at/3FyM9
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Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia Reports Editorial Fellowship: January 2027-2028
This exciting fellowship programme aims to provide all this and much more for up to two exceptional doctors in training.
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The Association of Anaesthetists @assocanaes.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New guidance on sterile gown use during spinal anaesthesia aims to reduce unnecessary waste while maintaining high standards of patient safety Guidelines published in @anaesjournal.bsky.social buff.ly/rvtALwy With CAI, @ra-uk.org, @oaa-anaes.bsky.social, @rcoanews.bsky.social, @anzca.bsky.social
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Anthony Jones @hipecsurvivor.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
MRI providers keep eye on rising helium prices amid war in Iran #Radiology www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/mri-...
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MRI providers keep eye on rising helium prices amid war in Iran
Helium is essential to running an MRI machine. | Qatar’s exports of natural gas and helium—the latter essential for MRI scans—were effectively halted after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz and attacke...
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So much has happened in 13 years. It’s worth remembering the journey. These CFTR modulators are changing lives. Our daughter is one. Big news at the end of the video. Posted with her permission. #cysticfibrosisawareness #cysticfibrosis #cfaware #kaftrio #alyftrek www.instagram.com/reel/DWPP5pm...
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@rcoanews.bsky.social - do you have a TikTok account? I’ve had patients coming through who’ve done all their research about what to expect from anaesthesia on TikTok!
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Ten years ago today. This picture is a very painful memory. She was desperately ill & we waited for a bed. She knew the significance of it & put on her best party dress. Strong like her lion, we said. Now thanks to Kaftrio she is living an essentially normal ish life #cysticfibrosis #kaftrio
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
OMG that’s my son and I interviewing on the red carpet at the BAFTAs www.instagram.com/reel/DVjcaGn...
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EE on Instagram: "We’re still not over the stars, the vibes, and all that tech magic on the #EEBAFTAs Red Carpet ✨😮‍💨"
6 likes, 0 comments - ee on March 6, 2026: "We’re still not over the stars, the vibes, and all that tech magic on the #EEBAFTAs Red Carpet ✨😮‍💨".
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Just heard the expression: “Some people pull up the ladder, some people send down the elevator.”
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
July 2024 I was a locum consultant. I decided to write down what I really wanted. A combination of two jobs. I said on social media I would let you know if my manifest would happen. It has! Took a while. Got the RUH job that July. Start HEMS induction tomorrow. Write your aspirations down & see.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Bristol is awesome. The Light Festival was stunning
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Sometimes I get to do cool things! With my son interviewing at the BAFTAs as a hologram!
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Finished Lord of the Flies and then watched Hamnet (wow). My emotions can’t take much more. But wow. What acting. Add to that Sinners. He’s done Marty Supreme & One Battle After Another too. Crammed in as many BAFTA nominations as possible ready for tomorrow’s special event with my son!!! 🤫🤩⭐️🏆
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Look. Aliens. #DistractionTechniques
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/02/2026
‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Keely Hodgkinson broke the indoor 800m world record last night - set on the day she was born 24 years ago. She becomes only the second Brit to hold a WR along with Jonathan Edwards' triple jump mark.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Me at 3am when my TSH is low.I might just get up now & take the pond cover off as the frogs will get trapped. We need chick peas. I wonder if I should renew the passports 10 months in advance. I could look up intersectionality in an actual book index. No - just go back to sleep. My toes are cold.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Waiting on more news. Accountability. Justice.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 19/02/2026
BBC reporting that Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. There is no precedent for a senior member of the royal family being placed under arrest in modern British history. A seismic moment for the monarchy.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I will forever be delighted by the day I was the anaesthetist for a stroke thrombectomy. The interventional radiologist was one digit below me on the GMC register and the stroke physician one digit above on the GMC register!! Med school buddies all doing the same case! It will never happen again.
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alina @ramshackle78.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
It's even worse because there's plenty of use of the feedback section in evaluations for airing grievances, beefs, etc that they didn't the courage or the decency to say to people in person. Yes, you can also get surprises the other way
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
This will be very insightful.
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Words written anonymously in MSFs, MTRs and other feedback mechanisms especially to resident doctors can cause months, sometimes years of harm. I've provided pastoral support to many literally wounded by harsh negative words without comeback. Resident doctors (and others) are humans with feelings...
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
When ministers defended Starmer over Mandelson’s links to Epstein this week, they rushed to X - a platform that lets users strip photos of women and girls. Is it surely time for the government to log off X? And is social media too toxic for all of us? My col: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Given the toxicity of social media, a moral question now faces all of us: is it still ethical to use it? | Frances Ryan
With so many platforms rife with racism, misogyny and far-right rhetoric, there must be a point where decent people walk away, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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Lars Svarthaug @svarthaug.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
On your way to a pharma meeting about #LookAlikeDrugs in #anesthesia, you find a magic lamp. 🧞 Genie grants you three wishes. Non-technological solutions only. What would you wish for to improve medication safety? 👇 #ansky #medsky #patientsafety #medicationsafety
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Sethina Watson @sethina.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This emergency call made by the absolutely outstanding legend and brave 13 year old is quite something. Quite moving to think what he went through. The swim was roughly equivalent to running two marathons for him www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Emergency call released of boy who swam for hours to save family
Austin Appelbee, 13, swam to get help for his mother and siblings after they were swept out to sea.
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