Doctor for 39 years; Consultant Psychiatrist for 28 years; @TEWV for 25 years.
Teesside, UK
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Lenny Cornwall retweeted
With private GP-use already four times its 2009 level, the leak has started. This sort of performance nonsense will accelerate it, and...
... there’s an inconvenient fact underneath all this.
General practice is actually getting back on its feet.
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Note that Dignity in Dying began in the 1930s as the Voluntary Euthanasia Society. Never understood how this libertarian idea is seen by many as “progressive.”
There are at least two groups of supporters for #assistedsuicide. One is the libertarian unconstrained-individual-choice lobby who ran a manipulative and dishonest campaign. They will already be planning their next move. But there's another group...contd
Final thoughts on the #assisteddyingbill. It failed because the advocates brought back an identical bill to override the Lords, seeing them as spoilers rather than as people with legit concerns.
Stand out speeches in debate on #assisteddyingbill from @AshleyDalton_MP, @EdwardLeighGB, Julie Minns.
Lenny Cornwall retweeted
Every time @pollytoynbee writes about #assisted suicide she illustrates how little she has read around the topic, understood the evidence from other jurisdictions or the concerns raised by every professional body involved.
Here's my question. How many times has @pollytoynbee trotted out the same tired and inaccurate arguments and warned that it's the 'final chance' for #assistedsuicide? Before Edwards, Leadbeater, Meacher (2021), Marris (2015), Joffe (several attempts 2003-2006) and Ashton (1997). Each one was the 'final chance', as I recall. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Strong argument here for continuity of care in GP & maternity services which applies at least much, if not more, in mental health services.
The biggest single thing to improve patient care in the NHS...and why it is a tragedy it is not in the Health Bill
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Guessing @iaindale won’t be too happy to be given a major part in latest @reformparty_uk party political broadcast.
Agree - the debates in the House of Lords really got into the detail of the problems with the bill. The House of Commons debates just did not do this, focusing almost entirely on the desire for some kind of assisted dying provision.
This week we’ll hear a lot that “7 unelected Peers filibustered the assisted dying Bill in the House of Lords”.
Campaigning groups are relying on MPs’ disgruntlement with the House of Lords to get the Bill through.
I watched every day of the HoL debates. Maybe there were some speeches that were a bit long winded, some repetition. But in general I saw Peers grappling with critical aspects of this hugely consequential Bill.
🧵 Key issues discussed in the House of Lords, amendments put forward, and the sponsor’s response.
Important study. My immediate thought - it’s always easier to improve patient experience than patient outcome. thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
Lenny Cornwall retweeted
the machinery of government is organised in almost exactly the wrong way to deal with problems like these.
There are six reasons…
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This post provoked many likes (for me), but also some strong disagreement. When we start to think of healthcare problems through an evolutionary lens, a lot of these debates will change. 1/
Just because problems arise from the body is working as it has been “designed” by evolution, does not mean the problem should not be treated - the obvious example being pain relief. 4/n
I’m looking forward to @RCPsychEPSIG conference to learn more. Here’s the programme.
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