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Mashup Score: 3Dementia prevention is better than cure. Repeat and rinse. - 4 day(s) ago
According to Adam Smith’s Twitter, the Chief Medical Officer, Prof Chris Whitty, presented the following slide at yesterday’s Annual Conference for the Alzheimer’s Society. The issue…
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Mashup Score: 4A personal reflection on my journey learning about dementia - 6 day(s) ago
I have been learning about dementia actively since 1995 probably. As we commence Dementia Action Week this year in 2024, I should like to share some reflections with you. Dementia Action Week is an…
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Mashup Score: 5What might a change in government mean for what action is taken on dementia in the next government? #DementiaActionWeek - 11 day(s) ago
When Boris Johnson became UK Prime Minister, he promised to “fix social care”. Of course, he didn’t. It was another lot of hot air, like his pledge to build loads of hospitals. The funding of socia…
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Mashup Score: 5
The death of my mum is firmly etched in my mind, even though I wasn’t there. Woody Allen often commented that he was not afraid to die, but did not want to be there when it happened. Dying Matters …
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Mashup Score: 3“The Long Goodbye” a new advertising campaign from the Alzheimer’s Society: a personal and professional reflection - 2 month(s) ago
Alzheimer’s Society campaign ad (from YouTube) I think that all art forms about the frailty syndromes including dementia are valuable, even ones I emotionally and cognitively object to. My vi…
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Mashup Score: 6Physician associates: some of the story so far - 2 month(s) ago
Weaponising bullying A physician associate (PA) is not a doctor. He or she trains on a much reduced repertoire of conditions, so according to clinical reasoning theory is likely to make more diagno…
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Mashup Score: 10Why voting for all five motions is the sensible thing to do - 2 month(s) ago
I have avoided commenting on the #RCPEGM publicly because the tensions are so marked and emotions so elevated. It’s an issue which affects me primarily as a patient with long term conditions.…
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Mashup Score: 4The issue whether physician associates are an opportunity or a threat to junior doctors an important one to be resolved - 4 month(s) ago
Since I started blogging on NHS policy and politics around 2012, I have seen various variations on a few themes. One is the increasing ‘demand’ of NHS services, which invariably has bee…
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Mashup Score: 5Christmas is a tough time for many, especially carers - 5 month(s) ago
About twenty years ago, I was a newly qualified house officer working the Christmas period at Addenbrooke’s. Addenbrooke’s Hospital is up Hills Road, in Cambridge. Christmas Day was a v…
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Mashup Score: 2What I want every MP to know about dementia - 6 month(s) ago
The inbox of every MP is full to the rafters. There are probably about a million people living with dementia at the moment in the UK. And there’s an army of unpaid family carers to match. The…
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Dementia prevention is better than cure: Repeat and rinse. https://t.co/Ee3yJdsJ6O via @dr_shibley