Ruth Burgess
ruthburgess.bsky.social
Ruth Burgess
@ruthburgess.bsky.social
Research Nurse Cardiology. Heart Failure / Palliative Care.
NIHR pre-doctoral fellow.
Proud to present protocol for palliative care needs assessment in chronic heart failure at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Research and Innovation conference.
July 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Let's make sure we support people living with heart failure to access good quality information and support to live well with heart failure. Access Map Stop 6 for more information hfacademy.co.uk/heart-failur...
July 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Kenny Hunter’s incredibly moving sculpture of Covid NHS key workers outside @rcsed.bsky.social looking just beautiful in the sunshine today. A privilege to see this 🩵
June 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I am a bundle of enthusiastic creative energy & don’t know where to put it….

So please appreciate my embroidered #ForestPlots🧵🪡

To present at #EAPC2025 🇫🇮

Part of my #SystematicReview & 1st time presenting my #PhD work #LungPalEquity

#SciArt #DataViz #PalliativeCare #Respiratory #Inequalities 🫁
May 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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#Medsky🧪 #neurosky #publichealth
#Acetaminophen is a widely used pain reliever that was first synthesized & characterized in the latter half of 19th century & well into 21st century, #acetaminophen’s mechanism of action remains a mystery
@cp-cellreports.bsky.social

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Acetaminophen inhibits diacylglycerol lipase synthesis of 2-arachidonoyl glycerol: Implications for nociception
The study by Dvorakova et al. shows that acetaminophen counterintuitively inhibits diacylglycerol lipase α, reducing the production of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoyl glycerol. This suggests a nove...
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May 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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오늘 광주민주화운동 기념일에 는 한국 민주주의를 위해서 싸운 모든 희생자를 추모합니다. 2022년 저는 5.18기념공원을 방문했습니다. Today we remember
those who fell for Korean democracy in Gwangju in 1980. I visited the memorial cemetery soon after arriving in Korea as Ambassador.
May 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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On International Nurses Day 2025, we celebrate the amazing care and support heart failure nurses deliver every day. Thank you #IND2025
May 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Excited today to represent the British Society for Heart Failure, along with members of the board, at the #HouseofCommons to highlight the importance of #screening, #detection and management of #heartfailure in the UK #25in25 #findme #theFword
January 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Heart failure awareness week 2025. #25in25 #detecttheundetected #freedomfromfailure
Prevalence estimated to double by 2040 but we can make a difference with prevention, early detection and treatment ! Think HF - fighting for breath , fatigue , fluid build up -BNP/NTproBNP ❤️
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Hello #NurseSky
Are you interested in nurse related research?
Have you thought about undertaking a #PhD?
We are recruiting to TWO FUNDED PhD studentships - start date Oct 2025.
With a focus on #WomenNurses experiences of #Whistleblowing or #Bullying
Details here:
www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...
April 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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What influences health inequalities?

Our Evidence Hub has been updated and expanded, with the latest insights into the impact of inequalities by deprivation, geography, ethnicity and disability.

Explore the evidence ⬇️

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Health inequalities | The Health Foundation
Improvements in life expectancy have stalled and there are wide inequalities in health within and between local areas
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March 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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🚨NEW: On Tuesday 11th February, I will introduce a Ten Minute Rule Bill seeking to make ‘nurse’ a protected title in UK law.

Pleased to have support from and build on the vital Protect Nurse campaign. #ProtectNurse

Read more: www.dawnbutler.org.uk/ten_minute_r...
February 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Yorkshire asylum seekers fight for the right to work, calling a UK ban unfair, harmful, and a waste of vital skills | Hannah Graham

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Banned from work by an illogical rule, Leeds asylum seekers fight for dignity and hope
Yorkshire asylum seekers fight for the right to work, calling a UK ban unfair, harmful, and a waste of vital skills. #LiftTheBan
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Starmer: "You are very, very welcome here in Downing Street. As you heard from the cheers on the street outside, you have full backing across the United Kingdom. We will stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take."

Proud to be British tonight.

#SlavaUkrainii 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Makaton: Claire highlights the top 3 most useful signs for nursing staff and explains how she's used social media to help make health care more accessible for all.
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Makaton: using sign, speech and symbols in nursing | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
Discovering Makaton as a nursing student inspired Claire to harness the power of social media to help make health care more accessible for all
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December 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Compare and contrast in these two posts.

First the BBC's Nick Triggle approach to the current concerns around the role of Physician Associates and Anaesthesia Associates. Going for a very negative approach and pushing toxicity from doctors.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS physician associates and doctors locked in 'toxic' staffing row
A toxic row has engulfed the NHS, say ministers. So why have doctors turned on physician associates?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Our cutting-edge Death and Dying Public Series is now available to watch on-demand ⬇️ Many thanks to the amazing
Intellectual Forum at @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social

"The last event featuring on the BBC" - How cool to be able to write that

www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/it-...
'It comes to us all': Death and Dying discussion series
A series of six panels and lectures at the Intellectual Forum explored the universal human experience of death and dying from cultural, spiritual, legal, and te
www.jesus.cam.ac.uk
November 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Healthcare Assistants do amazing things across the NHS every single day but rarely get the credit they deserve.

Huge thanks to all of them 💙
November 21, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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There are many ways to give a terrible speech. The chief executive who pulls out a sheaf of densely written text and robotically reads it aloud. The management consultant whose every word competes with a jargon-filled tangle of meaningless diagrams and bullet points.
timharford.com/2024/11/how-...
How to give a good speech
There are many ways to give a terrible speech. The chief executive who pulls out a sheaf of densely written text and robotically reads it aloud. The management
timharford.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:10 PM