Enrique Castro
@castrocloud.bsky.social
Infection Control specialist, UKHSA. Lecturer in #planetaryhealth, UOC. #AntimicrobialStewardship. #HealthDiplomacy. #enfermera. #FNFScholar #NIHR70at70. Migrant (or ‘citizen of nowhere’). Cat butler. Sailor, soon. He/él. My views only, not employer’s.
Why antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) nursing needs an economic story…
AMS nurses are doing some of the most safety-critical work in the hospital… yet many posts are temporary, seconded, or funded year-to-year.
AMS nurses are doing some of the most safety-critical work in the hospital… yet many posts are temporary, seconded, or funded year-to-year.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Why antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) nursing needs an economic story…
AMS nurses are doing some of the most safety-critical work in the hospital… yet many posts are temporary, seconded, or funded year-to-year.
AMS nurses are doing some of the most safety-critical work in the hospital… yet many posts are temporary, seconded, or funded year-to-year.
There’s a particular kind of melancholy that comes with being admired but not quite trusted.
Often, colleagues from other professions say that nurses are essential. The evidence agrees.
Often, colleagues from other professions say that nurses are essential. The evidence agrees.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There’s a particular kind of melancholy that comes with being admired but not quite trusted.
Often, colleagues from other professions say that nurses are essential. The evidence agrees.
Often, colleagues from other professions say that nurses are essential. The evidence agrees.
Our new Nursing Open editorial is out: “The Stigmatisation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Spread of Mpox: Are we repeating the mistakes of HIV?"
doi.org/10.1002/nop2...
#Nursing #PublicHealth #Equity #Mpox
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#Nursing #PublicHealth #Equity #Mpox
The Stigmatisation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Spread of Mpox: Are We Repeating the Mistakes of HIV?
The 2022 mpox outbreak disproportionately affected men who have sex with men (MSM), leading to targeted public health interventions. While data supported prioritising MSM, this focus risks reviving s...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Our new Nursing Open editorial is out: “The Stigmatisation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Spread of Mpox: Are we repeating the mistakes of HIV?"
doi.org/10.1002/nop2...
#Nursing #PublicHealth #Equity #Mpox
doi.org/10.1002/nop2...
#Nursing #PublicHealth #Equity #Mpox
The ICU is the crucible of care — where every decision can save a life … or feed resistance.
October 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The ICU is the crucible of care — where every decision can save a life … or feed resistance.
Thrilled to share our new paper in BMJ Global Health:
“Involvement of community health workers in antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a scoping review.”
Community health workers (CHWs) are central to tackling #AMR globally.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
“Involvement of community health workers in antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a scoping review.”
Community health workers (CHWs) are central to tackling #AMR globally.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
Involvement of community health workers in antimicrobial stewardship interventions and programmes: a scoping review
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global health threat, especially in low-income and middle-income countries. Community health workers (CHWs) are key actors in infection management a...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thrilled to share our new paper in BMJ Global Health:
“Involvement of community health workers in antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a scoping review.”
Community health workers (CHWs) are central to tackling #AMR globally.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
“Involvement of community health workers in antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a scoping review.”
Community health workers (CHWs) are central to tackling #AMR globally.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmjg...
We’ve learned to teach stewardship, now we need to learn to lead it.
My new The AMS Nurse post reflects on AMS nursing education, leadership, and diplomacy, and why it might be time for a Nursing AMS Policy & Diplomacy Summit.
Read it: open.substack.com/pub/theamsnu...
#Nursing #AMS #Diplomacy
My new The AMS Nurse post reflects on AMS nursing education, leadership, and diplomacy, and why it might be time for a Nursing AMS Policy & Diplomacy Summit.
Read it: open.substack.com/pub/theamsnu...
#Nursing #AMS #Diplomacy
Rewriting the Future of Nursing Leadership in Antimicrobial Stewardship
Reflections on education, conferences, and diplomacy in action
open.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We’ve learned to teach stewardship, now we need to learn to lead it.
My new The AMS Nurse post reflects on AMS nursing education, leadership, and diplomacy, and why it might be time for a Nursing AMS Policy & Diplomacy Summit.
Read it: open.substack.com/pub/theamsnu...
#Nursing #AMS #Diplomacy
My new The AMS Nurse post reflects on AMS nursing education, leadership, and diplomacy, and why it might be time for a Nursing AMS Policy & Diplomacy Summit.
Read it: open.substack.com/pub/theamsnu...
#Nursing #AMS #Diplomacy
On the edge
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On the edge
My week in the NHS
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October 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
On the edge
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‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Love it, organisms do what organisms do…
Microbial Resuscitation & Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Microbial Resuscitation & Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Microbial Resuscitation and Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From the Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska
Microbial growth is extremely slow within the first 30 days of thaw. Temperature may drive which taxa are active, but not growth rates Subsurface microbes preferentially produce glycolipids over ...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Love it, organisms do what organisms do…
Microbial Resuscitation & Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Microbial Resuscitation & Growth Rates in Deep Permafrost: Lipid Stable Isotope Probing Results From Permafrost Research Tunnel in Fox, Alaska - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Honoured to present at #LIVES2025 @esicm.bsky.social in Munich! I’ll be teaching at the pre-congress expert course 'Developing expert practice in Sepsis, Severe Infections & Stewardship'.
25–29 October 2025
Don’t miss it!
www.esicm.org/events/38th-...
#ESICM #ESICMCongress #IntensiveCare
25–29 October 2025
Don’t miss it!
www.esicm.org/events/38th-...
#ESICM #ESICMCongress #IntensiveCare
38th Annual Congress - Munich - ESICM
The 38th Annual Congress, "LIVES," will take place in Munich from October 25-29, 2025, at the International Congress Centre Munich (ICM).
www.esicm.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Honoured to present at #LIVES2025 @esicm.bsky.social in Munich! I’ll be teaching at the pre-congress expert course 'Developing expert practice in Sepsis, Severe Infections & Stewardship'.
25–29 October 2025
Don’t miss it!
www.esicm.org/events/38th-...
#ESICM #ESICMCongress #IntensiveCare
25–29 October 2025
Don’t miss it!
www.esicm.org/events/38th-...
#ESICM #ESICMCongress #IntensiveCare
New from my Substack newsletter The AMS Nurse: 'Why Nursing Homes Matter for AMS'.
Care home nurses make complex antibiotic decisions daily, often without training or support. Let’s recognise their role, not marginalise it.
theamsnurse.substack.com/p/the-missin...
#AMS #AMRNurse #longtermcare
Care home nurses make complex antibiotic decisions daily, often without training or support. Let’s recognise their role, not marginalise it.
theamsnurse.substack.com/p/the-missin...
#AMS #AMRNurse #longtermcare
The Missing Piece?: Why Nursing Homes Matter for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Hospital AMS systems are maturing. Yet in nursing homes, the terrain remains fragile...
theamsnurse.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 AM
New from my Substack newsletter The AMS Nurse: 'Why Nursing Homes Matter for AMS'.
Care home nurses make complex antibiotic decisions daily, often without training or support. Let’s recognise their role, not marginalise it.
theamsnurse.substack.com/p/the-missin...
#AMS #AMRNurse #longtermcare
Care home nurses make complex antibiotic decisions daily, often without training or support. Let’s recognise their role, not marginalise it.
theamsnurse.substack.com/p/the-missin...
#AMS #AMRNurse #longtermcare
“Steve Heapy, chief executive of mass market holiday operator Jet2, read the runes: “They want less tourists, but they want them to be richer. I don’t think it’s very fair. Why should holidays be only available to a certain subset of the population?” 🤦🏻
‘It gets a bit dirty after 2am’: overtourism debate centre stage as Abta meets in Mallorca
Home to Magaluf, a major draw for boozed-up Britain, the island has become emblematic of the most heated debate in travel
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“Steve Heapy, chief executive of mass market holiday operator Jet2, read the runes: “They want less tourists, but they want them to be richer. I don’t think it’s very fair. Why should holidays be only available to a certain subset of the population?” 🤦🏻
Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study
After nearly 2 years of war and severe restrictions in humanitarian aid, tens of thousands
of preschool-aged children in the Gaza Strip are suffering from preventable acute
malnutrition and facing an ...
www.thelancet.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Assessment of malnutrition in preschool-aged children by mid-upper arm circumference in the Gaza Strip (January, 2024–August, 2025): a longitudinal, cross-sectional, surveillance study - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Enrique Castro
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Investing in Primary Care: The #Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now
Investing in Primary Care: The Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now | Milbank Memorial Fund
Decades of research confirms the safety, quality, and effectiveness of care provided by NPs, including care for complex patients, and their acceptance and approval by patients. Yet challenges remain i...
www.milbank.org
October 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Investing in Primary Care: The #Nurse Practitioner Will See You Now
Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy—Study Author Explains the Data
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Study Author on Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy
This Medical News article is an interview with epidemiologist Brian Lee, PhD, about his study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy and children’s risk of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders...
jamanetwork.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy—Study Author Explains the Data
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war cpj.org?p=321571
October 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war cpj.org?p=321571
Enhorabuena a la ex-enfermera británica Sarah Mullaly por su designación como Arzobispa de Canterbury
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Enhorabuena a la ex-enfermera británica Sarah Mullaly por su designación como Arzobispa de Canterbury
Reposted by Enrique Castro
Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health. #BMJ
Open Access
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Open Access
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September 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Weapons, wealth, and health: the arms industry as a commercial determinant of health. #BMJ
Open Access
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Open Access
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🚨 New paper out! We explored what drives adolescent food insecurity worldwide.
Spoiler: it’s not just about money or family—it’s shaped by environments, communities, policies, and even the planet.
📄 Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Spoiler: it’s not just about money or family—it’s shaped by environments, communities, policies, and even the planet.
📄 Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Redirecting
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September 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🚨 New paper out! We explored what drives adolescent food insecurity worldwide.
Spoiler: it’s not just about money or family—it’s shaped by environments, communities, policies, and even the planet.
📄 Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Spoiler: it’s not just about money or family—it’s shaped by environments, communities, policies, and even the planet.
📄 Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Reposted by Enrique Castro
The increasingly hostile rhetoric shown towards migrants is deeply concerning.
We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.
Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.
We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.
Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The increasingly hostile rhetoric shown towards migrants is deeply concerning.
We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.
Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.
We urge all UK political parties to end this race to the bottom and instead celebrate the contribution of those from overseas.
Without brilliant migrant nursing staff, our health & care services would cease to function.
Reposted by Enrique Castro
Spain just had an extremely hot summer: warmest on record, 2.1°C above the already warmed 1991-2020 average, with long heatwaves and temperatures up to 45.8°C. A preview of things to come.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
September 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Spain just had an extremely hot summer: warmest on record, 2.1°C above the already warmed 1991-2020 average, with long heatwaves and temperatures up to 45.8°C. A preview of things to come.
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
www.aemet.es/es/noticias/...
