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Nicola Cooper

@profnicolacooper.bsky.social

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Professor of #MedEd at the University of Nottingham, Physician (Acute Internal Medicine), and Chair of the UK Clinical Reasoning in Medical Education group @ukcreme.bsky.social

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Nicola Cooper @profnicolacooper.bsky.social · Jul 3

Diagnostic error is the most costly, most common, and most dangerous of medical mistakes. Which is why teaching clinical reasoning is so important. Check out www.creme.org.uk and 👇

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Paul Belcher FRCP MFPH Hon 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 1d

#Xodus: Royal College of Physicians leaves X

“we cannot overlook the normalisation of unacceptable online behaviour. Council members agreed that we should stop posting on X with immediate effect.”

@rcphysicians.bsky.social

www.rcplondon.ac.uk/news-and-med....

RCP to stop X activity following Council review

www.rcplondon.ac.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 2d

This is absolutely shocking. Something has to be done about this appalling situation in which so many now find themselves. The government needs to act

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World Medical Association @medwma.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 WMA Raises Alarm on Violence Against Health Personnel in Iran

We call for the immediate release of detained doctors and an end to violence against health personnel.

🔗 https://ow.ly/uZv550Y4LkC
#ProtectHealthWorkers #MedicalEthics #HumanRights

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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 3d

Good to see BMJ highlight this @thedauk.bsky.social been highlighting risks of #Palantir for over 4 years….why on earth did NHS England fork out £330M on a company with such a track record?🤷‍♂️👇👇👇 youtu.be/0erZPoOPcm4?...

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 8d

This year we will launch a BMJ commission on the future of the doctor.

We seek your support and your ideas for an inquiry built on the premise that if society seeks the best for patients it must also seek the best for its future doctors.

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Doctors

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8d

🚨BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures!

The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.

Let’s keep going!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d

Almost a third of children who started reception last year were not able to use books correctly, sometimes even trying to swipe or tap them like a smartphone, a survey has found

news.sky.com/story/nearly...

Nearly a third of kids can't use books when starting school - and try to swipe them like phones

Staff also report around 28% of children started school unable to eat and drink independently, and 25% had difficulty with basic life skills.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 9d

Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.

inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 9d

Well worth a listen from Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos summit.

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 10d

We don't want to see this in our hospitals, but sadly it’s an all too common scene. We need more doctors and more training places to make sure people like Marcus’s mum are seen to quickly and not left in corridors for hours. #corridorcare

Man's 'shock' at A&E where 30 to 40 trolleys are crammed into corridors

A man has described his shock at seeing 30 to 40 trolleys and wheelchairs crammed into the corridors of A&E at the Royal Sussex County Hospital…

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David Proudfoot @djpthurso.bsky.social · 11d

More aurora tonight at Loch Calder, far north of Scotland

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 11d

Picard management tip: Don't assume anything is possible or impossible until you've asked the people who will be doing the work.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11d

9 days later and here is how it is going

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Anaesthetists United @anaesunited.bsky.social · 12d

Parliamentary Health Committee is to question the GMC on Wednesday over their implementation of regulation of PA/AAs.

You can attend as an observer or watch on ParliamentTV

committees.parliament.uk/event/26225/...

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Dr Linda Dykes @drlindadykes.bsky.social · 12d

Organisational toxicity in healthcare: three years ago I asked #MedTwitter to share their red flags. We got hundreds of replies - the thread oozed pain. Three people offered to help write it up… our paper was published last week.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please share it 🙏🏼 #MedSky

“It's not bullying if I do it to everyone”: What are the red flags of a toxic healthcare workplace culture? #MedTwitter responses from UK NHS healthcare professionals – A qualitative study

The study aimed to understand NHS healthcare workers’ perceptions of toxic organisational cultures and behaviours, by undertaking an analysis of tweet…

www.sciencedirect.com

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David Didau @didau.bsky.social · 14d

We’re teaching children to see struggle as signs of mental ill health. In doing so, schools risk becoming traumagenic. What if suffering is a sane response to adversity, not a condition to be treated? open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...

From teaching to treatment

What teachers need to know about restoring students' confidence, meaning and agency

open.substack.com

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 14d

"For science and medicine to prosper and deliver on their potential, medical leaders must not become creatures of the state."

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in our latest Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Boot

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 15d

There over 6200 Neighbourhood Centres in England

Invest and you will ‘Bring back the family Doctor’

GPs need a new GP contract with funding to provide the care that patients need

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16d

Prioritising UK graduates over international medical graduates, without tackling the oversupply perpetuated by the GMC, is not the solution to the medical workforce crisis
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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Evidence Based Education @handle.invalid · 19d

"Over a decade ago, Rob Coe and other researchers at the Sutton Trust authored What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research (2014).

In this influential review, the authors identified several ‘poor proxies’ for learning..."

Blog by Kate Jones

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Poor Proxies for Effective Feedback - Evidence Based Education

Over a decade ago, Rob Coe and other researchers at the Sutton Trust authored What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research (2014). In this influential review, the authors identified…

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23d

Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.

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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 23d

Anyone posting on X now that it is documented as being a site for serious image based abuse, including CSAM risks being seen as complicit in that abuse. Everyone should be off the platform as a matter of urgency

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 23d

NEW: Commons women & equalities committee says it will stop using X. Chair Sarah Owen says given preventing violence against women and girls is among its key areas, “X is not an appropriate platform to be using for our communications”. Ministers next?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row

Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children

www.theguardian.com

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 24d

Physicians in the Trump administration are aligning themselves with anti-public health interests and policies.

High profile physicians should be resisting Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, @gavinyamey.bsky.social @jonshaffer.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 25d

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

www.theguardian.com

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 27d

Zelensky on Venezuela:

“About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you”

Omg I love it.

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Cllr Dr David Nicholl @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social · 27d

In other news…a month ago…

www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Trump officially pardons ex-Honduran president of drug trafficking conviction

The president has framed the case as yet another example of overreach from the administration of Joe Biden.

www.politico.com

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 27d

Your GP, here for you: support our campaign to bring back the family doctor

dauk.org/news-your-gp...

Your GP, here for you: our campaign to restore general practice

DAUK is encouraging patients to back its Your GP, here for you campaign to restore general practice to the heart of the NHS.

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MedEdPORTAL @mededportal.bsky.social · 28d

About 1 in 7 individuals in the US has hearing loss, yet many #medstudents have limited exposure to Deaf culture, accessibility practices, & health disparities faced by these patients. This educational session with simulated scenarios fills the gap.
www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766...

A doctor communicates with a patient in an exam room using American Sign Language.

Reposted by Kimberly A. Prather, Nicola J. Cooper, Ruairidh Milne

Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Dec 31

STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Huge rise in number of people in England’s A&Es for coughs or hiccups

Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked noses

www.theguardian.com

Nicola Cooper @profnicolacooper.bsky.social · Dec 29

mededpublish.org/articles/15-...
The impact of physician assistants on resident training: rapid mixed methods review 👇

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