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Chris Parker

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Prostate oncologist, cyclist, budding climate activist, croquet player

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

Sad you didn’t get along tonight to our Living with the Planet Late? Check out the rest of the season which includes several events you can watch online
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/seasons/livi...

Living with the planet season

Delve into some of today's most urgent challenges and explore the latest research around biodiversity loss, nature recovery, the future of food and environmental justice. Living with the Planet will e...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Chris Parker @ccparker.bsky.social · 10d

One of the many joys of commuting by bike: stopping to watch the sunrise

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John McGrane @jmcgrane.bsky.social · Aug 28

🚨New Simply Oncology Podcast Out 28.8.25
Calling all #ProstateCancer
We discuss the challenges of managing patients with rising PSA after prostatectomy.
We talk to the excellent
@ccparker.bsky.social
who has led the RADICALS trial.

@royalmarsden.org@prostatecanceruk.bsky.social @icr.ac.uk

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John McGrane @jmcgrane.bsky.social · Aug 10

@simplyoncology.bsky.social August Menu Specials🥗

Starter - Dr Anthony Cunliffe
Language of Oncology

Main Course #ClinicalTrials with Dr Mohini Varughese
Catch of the day -Early phase trials with
@oncocook.bsky.social

🎙️Desert- Post RALP Mx with Prof
@ccparker.bsky.social

A tasty month!!

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Deb Cohen @debscohen.bsky.social · Jul 30

The UK’s flagship health research programme promises breakthroughs, but beneath an NHS branded facade, critics are asking who really benefits from this vast database, heavily backed by industry and government.

@mgtmccartney.bsky.social and I investigate

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

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · Jul 21

My take on the Leng review.
Still some confusion as PAs can't make diagnoses but can see patients after triage - which is not diagnosis
bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Helen Salisbury: Physician assistant roles in general practice after the Leng review

After some delay, Gillian Leng’s report on physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs) in the NHS was published on 16 July.1 Her remit was to look at the safety and effectiveness of th...

bmj.com

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · Jul 4

My @bmj_latest piece this week

Hard to distil 150 pages to 800 words - can never cover it all. So i will do a follow up on implications for medical workforce

David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan www.bmj.com/content/390/...

David Oliver: The NHS 10 year plan—more a set of ambitions than a plan

The government’s 10 year plan for England’s NHS, Fit for the Future , was published on 3 July.1 But can it deliver the goal set in its title? Is it an actual plan or more a set of ambitions, and what ...

www.bmj.com

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · Jul 1

This review discusses the contemporary management of all stages of prostate cancer, enabling holistic individualization of treatment, and describes the promise of future research to further improve outcomes.

Open Access
acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jun 25

NEW STUDY: A new study “confirms what many riders already know—cycling to work makes you healthier, more productive, and even reduces sick days.”

“The most active cyclists chalked up 531 fewer sick days per 100 person-years compared to non-cyclists.”

Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Study Shows Bike Commuting Is Still the Smartest and Healthiest Way to Get to Work

For urban cyclists navigating city streets every day, the benefits of bike commuting often speak for themselves

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · Jun 16

NHS has a major problem - it has a leak - retention crisis

18,000 UK-trained doctors have left to work abroad
That's nearly one in seven UK-trained drs, representing a 50% increase since 2008

Imagine investing £𝟮𝟯𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗿 dr, only for it to benefit another country

That’s UK workforce planning

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Deep Chakrabarti @deeponco.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy to share our review on hypo- and ultra-hypofractionation for prostate cancer radiotherapy, just published in Seminars in Radiation Oncology

@alison-tree.bsky.social @harshanigreen.bsky.social

Full-text link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lFrI3lXQo...

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Chris Parker @ccparker.bsky.social · Apr 19

“a switch to electric vehicles, electric stoves and heat pumps will make us happier and healthier”

David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · Apr 19

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There’s only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers’ self-interest | Martha Gill

If green policy is going to survive the culture wars, it needs a new pitch – cleaner air, cheaper bills and healthier cities

www.theguardian.com

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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · Apr 19

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There’s only one way to fight the climate greenlash: appeal to the naysayers’ self-interest | Martha Gill

If green policy is going to survive the culture wars, it needs a new pitch – cleaner air, cheaper bills and healthier cities

www.theguardian.com

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · Apr 15

GPs really would appreciate easy and efficient routes to ask advice from consultant colleagues - but getting a complicated list of instructions isn't appreciated, and nor is having our referrals rejected with the offer of 'guidance' instead.
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Helen Salisbury: New incentives to ask for advice and guidance

The waiting list for NHS hospital appointments currently sits at 7.4 million, with three million patients waiting more than 18 weeks.1 Reducing unnecessary hospital visits is clearly one way of helpin...

doi.org

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John McGrane @jmcgrane.bsky.social · Apr 2

Good luck to all clinical oncology SpRs sitting their FRCR part 2 exams
Some tips in
@simplyoncology.bsky.social
episodes 9&10 from FRCR examiners👇
@rcradiologists.bsky.social

www.buzzsprout.com/2342317/epis...

Episode 9: In the Clinic - Demystifying the FRCR part 2 exam with the examiners! - Simply Oncology

Calling all oncology SpRs and their trainers!!The FRCR part 2 exam is a rite of passage every clinical oncology trainee in the UK has to complete to become a consultant.We talk to Dr Paul Hatfield (le...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Mar 27

Amazing! My free Talking Climate newsletter -- that shares good news, not so good news, and something you can do about climate change every week -- has almost at 20,000 subscribers from 151 countries around the world!

(Plus 109k on LI, 5k on IG/Threads and 15k on email)

Join: www.talkingclimate.ca

A global map showing the locations of Talking Climate subscribers on Substack, 63% of whom come from the US, 10% from Canada, and the rest from 149 other countries around the world.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · Mar 14

Will we miss NHS England?
Possibly not but reorganisations take time and energy and 'reform' often just means cuts.
doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

Helen Salisbury: Goodbye to NHS England

After a flurry of resignations by NHS England’s (NHSE) top brass in the past few weeks—and while commentators and staff were still busy digesting the announcement of a 50% reduction in head count at t...

doi.org

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National Prostate Cancer Audit @npca-natcan.bsky.social · Feb 28

More details about the NPCA can be found here buff.ly/4kiLhxy and reports buff.ly/4klANxy and publications buff.ly/4kn1HF1. Enquiries can be made to [email protected]. Closing date 31st March 2025.

Please share widely @alison-tree.bsky.social @natcan-news.bsky.social @prostateukprofs.bsky.social

National Prostate Cancer Audit

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National Prostate Cancer Audit @npca-natcan.bsky.social · Feb 28

If the answer to these questions is yes, look no further! The National Prostate Cancer Audit (NPCA) is recruiting a Clinical Fellow to work with our large and detailed outcome-linked dataset to undertake research for patient benefit. Apply here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMB374/c...

Clinical Fellow for the National Prostate Cancer Audit at The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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National Prostate Cancer Audit @npca-natcan.bsky.social · Feb 28

Do you want to help strengthen NHS cancer services & reduce variation in prostate cancer care? Are you a clinical oncological or urological trainee looking to pursue an MD or PhD with an expert clinical/audit team at the National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN) buff.ly/4hW4zHz?

Picture saying that the National Prostate Cancer Audit is hiring a Clinical fellow with details on the NPCA email address and website.

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UK Health Alliance on Climate Change @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social · Feb 19

"How do you think health professionals as a group might best respond to the climate and nature crisis, which is becoming rapidly worse" Part 2 of our interview with Pat Hart, a GP sent to prison for a year for climate activism ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/pa... @richardswsmith.bsky.social

Part 2: An interview with Pat Hart, a GP sent to prison for a year for climate activism - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change

The first part of this interview has already been published (link below). We went ahead and published the first part of the interview because of the delay and limitations in getting responses by email...

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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · Feb 8

Dr Sarah Benn, retired GP, gets a mention in this week’s @bmj.com.

A prison sentence and suspension from the Medical Register, are the consequences for her climate activism.

#ClimateCrisis
#MedSky

Pic of Dr Sarah Benn, plus text:

Climate crisis
Sarah Benn loses suspension appeal
The retired GP and climate activist Sarah Benn (below) lost her High Court appeal against a misconduct finding and suspension by a medical practitioners' tribunal over her protest actions. Benn was suspended from the medical register for five months after defying an injunction three times during protests and was sentenced to 32 days in prison. She argued that the climate situation was so desperate that lawful means were

insufficient to achieve change.
But the court held that she was not entitled to rely on being a member of the medical profession while repeatedly defying a court order, which resulted in imprisonment.

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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · Jan 21

I am taking the flight free challenge!
Could you join me? #FlightFree2025
@flightfreeuk.bsky.social
www.flightfree.co.uk

Flight Free UK

Fight climate change: make the pledge to be flight free in 2025

www.flightfree.co.uk

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Ananya Choudhury @achoud72.bsky.social · Jan 20

#PEACE3 confirmed efficacy of combo of #Enzalutamide & #Ra223. For any treatment, safety & toxicity equally important. Read our recommendations on use of bone protection @eortc.bsky.social @mcrcnews.bsky.social @ccparker.bsky.social
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Decrease in Fracture Rate with Mandatory Bone-protecting Agents in the EORTC 1333/PEACE-3 Trial Comparing Radium-223 Combined with Enzalutamide Versus Enzalutamide Alone: A Safety Analysis

Bone health is central to the management of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). International guidelines recommend …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Chris Parker @ccparker.bsky.social · Jan 17

Has any bisphosphonate clinical trial ever shown a benefit for higher or more frequent dosing, compared with lower or less frequent? Not to my knowledge #medsky

Chris Parker @ccparker.bsky.social · Jan 17

Interesting to see how effective a single zoledronate infusion is in preventing fragility fractures for years afterwards

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · Jan 17

Editorial: Infrequent Zoledronate — Small Individual Gain, Larger Population Gain nej.md/4hgR1Wh

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · Jan 15

Death rates fell for all age groups between 2023 and 2024, but trends are very different for different age groups.

Death rates for younger adults remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic. Meanwhile older groups have seen significant mortality improvement.
www.actuaries.org.uk/system/files...

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Stuart McDonald @actuarybyday.bsky.social · Jan 15

The CMI has released its quarterly analysis of death rates in England and Wales, covering Q4 2024.

Based on death registrations, death rates in 2024 were are a record low, slightly better than the previous best year on record, 2019.

Death rates were 4% lower than 2023, a significant improvement.

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Tatiana Prowell, MD @tmprowell.bsky.social · Jan 15

#Medsky #OncSky

Did you know that for sedentary people 1-2 min bursts of activity (VILPA, vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity) like running for the bus or racing up a couple flights of stairs for a forgotten item is assoc w/ reduced risk of cancer & mortality? go.nature.com/4fVAh5P

Even a small dose of physical activity can be good medicine

Nature Medicine - Studies from wearables show that even small doses of physical activity provide health benefits; guidelines should be updated to reflect this.

go.nature.com

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