Charlotte Bolton

"Three values have animated my work - truth, justice and hope." Michael Marmot.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

👇… Not right time for vote / when done - do properly! ….

Michael Marmot: "Stress associated with poverty will damage children" The health inequalities expert on how rising prices are making us ill.

"the poorest 10 per cent of people would need to spend 74 per cent of their income to eat healthily" www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/he... #StructuralViolence

Farewell, associates. Welcome back assistants On 20 November 2024, Wes Streeting, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, commissioned Gillian Leng to undertake an independent review of physician associates and anaesthesia associa...

“The review… comments that without core knowledge of the pre-clinical subjects (such as pathology), it is not possible to apply mechanistic reasoning to complex health problems”

Agreed

Training to be a doctor is necessarily long because, simply put, medicine is complex

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Quite some headlines on how things need to change after #LengReview. Thank goodness for everyone who stood up for /had to whistleblow for patient safety, resident doctor training and how the public were being mislead. Review could have gone further but …

An old case /statement but at same time, the 7 years in between is ample time for RCP to have developed its own whistle blowing policy.

NHS physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds Government review says PAs sometimes used to fill roles designed for doctors, potentially exposing patients to risk NHS physician associates should be banned from diagnosing patients who have not already been seen by a doctor, a government review has concluded. The review calls for the government to overhaul the role of physician associates (PAs), who it says have been substituted in for doctors to fill staffing gaps despite having significantly less training. Continue reading...

NHS physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds

Physician associates need new job title, says review It also recommends PAs and AAs wear standardised clothing and badges to distinguish them from doctors.

The Leng review …. Physician associates need new job title, says review www.bbc.com/news/article...

Really questions the whole process!!

What a great meeting! The national COPD ‘25 conference was held in Nottingham last week. Great to share research, clinical views and network. Included talks from @nottscopd.bsky.social team - Ayushman Gupta, @amandatatler.bsky.social @drrachclifford.bsky.social and @profbolton.bsky.social

An older woman swimming

"As I get older I want to be seen in terms of doors that might still open for me, not ones that have already closed."

John Launer on why any measurement of a patient's deficits in health should be accompanied by a list of capabilities
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Thank you to @thomassue.bsky.social and her drive …. and all patients and colleagues, working to radically improve COPD care

🚨 1 person is hospitalised every 3 minutes from COPD
🚨1 in 2 patients are readmitted or die within 90 days of a COPD exacerbation
🚨COPD is the 2nd most common cause of emergency admission
🚨In the UK someone has a COPD exacerbation every 20 seconds

It’s time for change

What a privilege to hear from many people w/ lived experience of #COPD & carers, joining politicians, clinicians working for COPD at House of Commons. The need is huge, the voices strong. Now let’s sort it! humbling to hear stories. Thank you to all patients who came. Now let’s ACT! #COPDVoices

Come and sign up for COPD 2025! Now free, due to the sponsorship support. copd-uk.com/home

I've talked to hundreds of Members and Fellows and their views are clear: we need to revitalise the RCP and restore the #VoiceOfPhysicians

Vote Asif Qasim before Monday 14th April

It's time to act: let's make the RCP something we can be proud of

We are excited to advertise for a Band 6 Respiratory Readmissions Nurse to join our friendly COPD Team at NUH - an exciting opportunity to support people living with Chronic Respiratory Disease!! See below for more details 👇....
www.nuh.nhs.uk/jobs#!/job/v... @profbolton.bsky.social

Re elections for @rcphysicians.bsky.social London, I will be voting for @drasifqasim.bsky.social as PRCP and @drlkvaughan.bsky.social as clinical VP. It’s time for a BIG change at the College to repair the damage, restore the workforce, rebuild the standards & re-establish reputation #VoteAsifQasim

Nick would make a wonderful new member of RCP Council. Integrity. Decency. One of the Fellows who called the EGM. A brilliant doctor and colleague. Just what the College needs more of 👏

💥 Voting for the new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President opens on Monday. 💥

Here's why I believe @drasifqasim.bsky.social would be such a superb new president:

Decency.

Integrity.

Courage.

Candour

The deepest commitment to excellence in medicine.

The true #VoiceOfPhysicans.

#VoteAsifQasim

Vital message for doctors!!

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Clinical Assistant Professor (NIHR Clinical Lecturer) (Fixed term) Applications are invited from medically-qualified doctors who seek integrated academic and clinical training for a clinical academic career. One post is available in competition between applications f...

We are recruiting!!

Are you pursuing a respiratory clinical academic career?

Looking for NIHR clinical lecturer post?

A post in resp medicine with focus on multiple long-term conditions. jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#Respsky #Academicsky #lungsky #medsky
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came last night to “research lounge” on COPD & making diagnoses in community. Really helpful to get peoples insight, views & suggestions. we’re looking at doing a daytime one soon. Thanks to the team. #CFINDCOPD @nottscopd.bsky.social @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #NUHResearch

Attention FRCPs Happy #RCPEGM Anniversary😱

Here is why I’m supporting @drlkvaughan.bsky.social to be Clinical Vice President at @rcphysicians.bsky.social

#VoteLouella & polls open Monday 🗳️

🧵/ Today the BMJ lays out in stark terms the crisis faced by the @rcphysicians.bsky.social.

I believe the College has lost the trust of members & ceased to be the credible voice of physicians.

This has to change.

Here's why I back presidential candidate @drasifqasim.bsky.social to do so.

London FRCPs, this is why you should be voting for Louella as Clinical Vice President! She has been TIRELESS in her fight for standards at the RCP.

Superb from @drlkvaughan.bsky.social on medical diagnosis & why this new, PA-written scope document simply fails to grasp the breadth & depth of knowledge & skills needed to be a safe diagnostician.

Incidentally, Louella's thread also showcases why she would make such a superb RCP VP.

#VoteLouella

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Sometimes it just takes a bit of leadership.