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Waqas Akhtar

@waqasakhtar.bsky.social
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Consultant in Intensive Care & Cardiology @gstt-nhs.bsky.social @rbandh.bsky.social | Treasurer, Critical Care @roysocmed.bsky.social | Past RDC Chair AoMRC & FICM | 🫀 See www.mls.training

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Segun Olusanya (He/Him) @drfreeze.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
In other random news It looks like POCUS is going to end up on the U.K. ICM syllabus after all Thanks to efforts by the @ficm.bsky.social residents committee (including @waqasakhtar.bsky.social) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #emimcc
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British Transplant Physician Trainee Society @btptsocial.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We hope you enjoyed our last seminar - it was an amazing turnout and discussion! We're back again on 18th March 2026, 7.30-8.30pm GMT as Prof Sian Griffin guides us through desensitisation strategies in #KidneyTransplanation. Sign up now! tinyurl.com/kidneydesens...
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British Journal of Hospital Medicine @bjhmoffice.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
📣Review Sharing: 🧾Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Reviewing the Evidence and Exploring Its Equitable Implementation in the UK National Health Service 👩‍🔬@waqasakhtar.bsky.social , Nicholas A Barrett 💡Full Text: magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.... #ECPR #ECMO #resuscitation #medsky
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Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Reviewing the Evidence and Exploring Its Equitable Implementation in the UK National Health Service | British Journal of Hospital Medicine
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation offers a potentially revolutionary improvement in the historically poor outcomes for refractory cardiac arrest. Current evidence has only demonstrated effi...
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Waqas Akhtar @waqasakhtar.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
British societies guideline on management of emergencies in patients on ECMO 🫀Recognition of cardiac arrest 🏥 Team structure 🕵️ Early troubleshooting @bcs.com @ics-updates.bsky.social @ficm.bsky.social @baccnuk.bsky.social @resuscounciluk.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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Intensive Care Society @ics-updates.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
New safety checklists now published by the Society and FICM focusing on procedures commonly performed in ICUs. Find them in the Journal of the Intensive Care Society or download editable PDFs below. bit.ly/checklists25
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Waqas Akhtar @waqasakhtar.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
There is no plan 📝 Resident doctors: return of the lost tribe Must be a comprehensive workforce plan in 10 year NHS plan, LTWP & PG review Hold our national institutions to account - we cannot stand idly by as generation of doctors are failed by a broken system bmjleader.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Resident doctors: return of the lost tribe
There is no plan. The resident doctor workforce faces a crisis without a clear vision for its future. Tackling this issue requires a challenging and fundamental reassessment of the future of doctors i...
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Waqas Akhtar @waqasakhtar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Is this the time for @ficm.bsky.social and @ics-updates.bsky.social to unify as professional organisations for intensive care medicine? A single unified louder voice, enhancing collaboration & reducing duplication/cost for a stronger College of ICM in the UK journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 06/03/2025
There are now more female than male doctors in the UK, a significant milestone for the profession and for patients. Our RB chair @latifapatel.bsky.social is quoted in the Guardian today alongside other medical leaders. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Female doctors outnumber male peers in UK for first time
GMC figures also show there are more ethnic minority doctors than white ones, first reported in November
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British Transplant Physician Trainee Society @btptsocial.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
BTPT are excited to be in Manchester with The Herrick Society to kick off our first joint in-person education event on the "Fundamentals of Transplantation" 🚀 Huge thanks to our star organisers Khin & @mrgeorgenita.bsky.social 🌟 & BTS for support More posts to come.....
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Waqas Akhtar @waqasakhtar.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
New start on blue sky, Scottish Highlands winter adventure, what next?
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