Kit Byatt
@kitb.bsky.social
Retired geriatrician, now working in human rights medicine & med ed; EBM; patient-centred care; equity & justice; polycurious & usually optimistic.
Refugee from Twitter (@Laconic_doc)!
Refugee from Twitter (@Laconic_doc)!
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Kit Byatt
@kitb.bsky.social
· Sep 25
I've devised a model for analysis of unplanned hospital bed use.
I am looking for some NHS clinical/managerial decision-makers to interview about your thoughts on this.
Get in touch!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A Compartmental Model to Describe Acute Medical In-Patient Flow Through a Hospital
Health care is becoming increasingly complex, especially in secondary care. Hospital bed numbers per capita in the United Kingdom (UK) are lower than many Europ
papers.ssrn.com
We have now moved onto the next phase of using som real-world data to test the model.
Watch this space!
Watch this space!
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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Just seen an article on BBC Sport suggesting that Trump's FIFA peace prize award may have been in someway corrupt. And I am shocked to my core.
December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Just seen an article on BBC Sport suggesting that Trump's FIFA peace prize award may have been in someway corrupt. And I am shocked to my core.
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Latest numbers on flu admissions 56% higher than the equivalent numbers for the same week in 2024 & well above levels seen in both 2023 & 2022.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/supe...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/supe...
Hospitals declare critical incidents as schools shut and No 10 encourages face masks amid 'super-flu tidal wave' | LBC
Downing Street has said people should 'consider' wearing masks
www.lbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Latest numbers on flu admissions 56% higher than the equivalent numbers for the same week in 2024 & well above levels seen in both 2023 & 2022.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/supe...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/supe...
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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The wind whistles over the ridges but I like it like that.
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The wind whistles over the ridges but I like it like that.
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Prisoner 951 is a must watch on BBC iplayer. The story of Nazanin Zaghari and Richard Ratcliffe by their own accounts. Narges Rashidi’s acting is superb.
December 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Prisoner 951 is a must watch on BBC iplayer. The story of Nazanin Zaghari and Richard Ratcliffe by their own accounts. Narges Rashidi’s acting is superb.
This thread is worth a read...
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This thread is worth a read...
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WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.
It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.
That’s it.
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But still doesn’t beat the fact that Cleopatra is closer to us in time than she was to the building of the Great Pyramid.
😱 "For example, the release of The Beatles’ first UK number one, Love Me Do, is closer to the reign of Queen Victoria than it is to the present day." @jackkessler.bsky.social
Time catches up with us all
When your memories become someone else’s history
www.linestotake.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
But still doesn’t beat the fact that Cleopatra is closer to us in time than she was to the building of the Great Pyramid.
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Here is a picture that I took last August, starting the trail towards the "Pico Sagrado Corazón".
Picos de Europa National Park
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #landscapes #naturephotography
Picos de Europa National Park
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #landscapes #naturephotography
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Here is a picture that I took last August, starting the trail towards the "Pico Sagrado Corazón".
Picos de Europa National Park
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #landscapes #naturephotography
Picos de Europa National Park
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #landscapes #naturephotography
This is a really important tip!
Good morning and reminder of the day ☀️:
Instead of assume, have the courage to ask.
A little bit of knowledge is always better than a whole load of assumptions.
Instead of assume, have the courage to ask.
A little bit of knowledge is always better than a whole load of assumptions.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is a really important tip!
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Do not miss it!
"Shared Wonder" by Mary Schrader.
"As the butterfly circled the gorilla, it seemed to embody the delicate balance and fragile interconnectedness of our natural world."
#SciComm #NaturePhotography
1- www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
2- naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-edi...
"Shared Wonder" by Mary Schrader.
"As the butterfly circled the gorilla, it seemed to embody the delicate balance and fragile interconnectedness of our natural world."
#SciComm #NaturePhotography
1- www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
2- naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-edi...
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Do not miss it!
"Shared Wonder" by Mary Schrader.
"As the butterfly circled the gorilla, it seemed to embody the delicate balance and fragile interconnectedness of our natural world."
#SciComm #NaturePhotography
1- www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
2- naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-edi...
"Shared Wonder" by Mary Schrader.
"As the butterfly circled the gorilla, it seemed to embody the delicate balance and fragile interconnectedness of our natural world."
#SciComm #NaturePhotography
1- www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
2- naturephotographeroftheyear.com/previous-edi...
Doublespeak, anyone...?
Does anyone think of the Trump administration and use any of these words?
Another modern political oddity, never has it been easier to find out what other countries think, but discourse has become ever more stubbornly national. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Another modern political oddity, never has it been easier to find out what other countries think, but discourse has become ever more stubbornly national. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Doublespeak, anyone...?
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Colorful layers of sandstone.
Big Horn Canyon.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert #naturephotography
Big Horn Canyon.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert #naturephotography
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Colorful layers of sandstone.
Big Horn Canyon.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert #naturephotography
Big Horn Canyon.
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert #naturephotography
A magic December morning light through the mist.
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A magic December morning light through the mist.
Fascinating!
Just mucking around with some stats on the internet and found the stability of UK labour force participation remarkable given all the discussions / panics over many years www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Fascinating!
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A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
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Read about the cat diaspora out of Africa: an interesting story of domestication.
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Read about the cat diaspora out of Africa: an interesting story of domestication.
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How can this be justified?
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
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I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
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Kafka wants a word.
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How can this be justified?
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
[/irony]
I've been watching Prisoner 951 on BBC iPlayer, and this sounds just like all of the Revolutionary Guard trials, tbh.
Thank goodness there are plans to leave the ECHR, or we might be called to account!
[/irony]
DVLA Form FEP1
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
DVLA Form FEP1
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
Bluesky hive mind, solve this!
• Last sleep seizure
14 Jan 24
• Last 2 awake seizures
21 Sep 23 & 5 Mar
Answer Q14:
'If both awake & sleep seizures, please tell us the date of the first sleep seizure after the last awake seizure:'
(A friend asked, and I couldn't!)
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I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I received the reader reports back for my book manuscript. Thank you (you know who you are) for the most generous, supportive, & helpful comments!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
I guess this book thing is happening! Look for Doctoring the West: Women Physicians and the Politics and Practice of Medicine sometime next year!
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No shit Sherlock! It’s what we knew from infectious disease experts but hey ho, who needs experts? 🤷🏻 Published the same evidence myself only to be insulted on social media for doing proper science.
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
No shit Sherlock! It’s what we knew from infectious disease experts but hey ho, who needs experts? 🤷🏻 Published the same evidence myself only to be insulted on social media for doing proper science.
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The politically and commercially manufactured ‘problem’ of immigration is boring and repetitive across the centuries. The question is why do many people still fall for it? The real effort is not in seeding the propaganda but in keeping the public opinion ground receptive and fertile to it.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The politically and commercially manufactured ‘problem’ of immigration is boring and repetitive across the centuries. The question is why do many people still fall for it? The real effort is not in seeding the propaganda but in keeping the public opinion ground receptive and fertile to it.
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Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
Impressive observational findings:
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Impressive observational findings:
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!
vaxed pts cf unvaxed survival (months)
• stage 3+ Ca lung: 37.3 cf 20.6
• metastatic melanoma: 26.7 cf ≤ 40
• biggest benefits in pts expected to resist immunotherapy
• no such benefit from other (eg flu/pneumonia) vax types
WATCH THIS SPACE!!