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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh

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Retired Consultant Physician living in Ballachulish

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Nov 15

Healthcare needs a matrix of Quality Indicators not simplistic Targets.

These are my Quality Indicators for Clinical Consultations, which are the fundamental process in illnesscare.

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wibiy...

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 1d

Photo of mine in the Press and Journal. Cloud inversion in Glencoe.

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 3d

We are so fortunate to live in Ballachulish

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 9d

Autumn morning @janerushtonart.bsky.social @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 10d

Autumn in Glencoe @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 12d

Cloud inversion at Glencoe Mluntain Resort today @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 14d

Deer and Cuillin Ridge from Ardnamurchan today @janerushtonart.bsky.social

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 26d

Cormorants at the old West Ballachulish pier

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 27d

Good morning!

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 28d

@janerushtonart.bsky.social Sunday morning, Loch Leven, South Ballachulish @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 29d

I had to make a huge prolonged effort to persuade Consultant colleagues in NHS Highland that patients should receive copies of outpatient correspondence.

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 29d

Half baked? Sounds as if the ingredients have not been gathered, no recipe and the oven has not been switched on ...

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 29d

When I moved to work in NHS Scotland I was shocked the culture was patients don't need information about their diagnoses and treatments and certainly nothing should be available online. Also, all IT had to big slow and clunky. Antediluvian thinking and snail rate progress.

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · 29d

@vidimo.bsky.social NHS Scotland is already decades behind England with IT for patients and is taking 5 years to role out its App 😬😬😬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New health and social care app to be launched next year

MyCare.scot will give patients a digital identity, access to personal information and national services.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 23

The soil that came through the grading is superb! We might even get 2 carrots next year. Oh! And we got 2kg of potatoes during the process!

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 23

@nickholding.bsky.social Toyota style soil grading station! Pebbly soil graded through wire mesh, pebbled into wheelbarrow for making paths, rich soil into raised beds for next year!

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 20

At Kentallen @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 20

Ballachulish @janerushtonart.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 19

www.bbc.com/news/article... Male Doctors getting away with it ..

Doctor sexual misconduct hearings too lenient, says UK review

Sanctions for UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are too lenient in around a quarter of cases, reports suggest.

www.bbc.com

Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 17

Rainbow over Ballachulish Bridge @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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JKMVidimo @vidimo.bsky.social · Sep 16

We know there are better ways, more intelligent & flexible approaches that have been available for a decade.
The reluctance to even explore these real-time, innovative approaches is really quite shocking.

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 13

Trajedy when Doctors Nurses Midwives cannot access NHS Medical Records within and across NHS borders. This highly dangerous problem has been left unattended for ddcades. @vidimo.bsky.social @rcpedin.bsky.social @thekingsfund.bsky.social @trishaelliott.bsky.social

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · Aug 24

Absolutely cannot wait to join Rob Delaney to discuss what the story of a heart transplant tells us about compassion, family, medical innovation & the NHS 🫀💗🩺

Thank you ‪@intelligence2.bsky.social‬ for arranging this dream conversation.

Please join us!

📆 13 Nov
📍 Kiln Theatre, London
⏰ 7pm

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Sep 4

Around Ballachulish today @carolynfahm.bsky.social

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great book on the Science of Bullshit

www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Changin...

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Dr Gordon Caldwell FRCP Edinburgh @doctorcaldwell.bsky.social · Aug 28

In David Sellu's new book he references our work on Ward Rounds Checklists in Worthing pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23834564/ and Oban www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ajgw0...

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