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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Feb 7

I've recently completed a 6 year research project on hospital doctor retention/emigration and have made a video summary. Key message = hospital doctors should not have to sacrifice their well-being and work-life balance to work in the Irish health system #DrRetention youtu.be/fyEX7N5zy8s

Video (3 min) sharing research findings from the HDRM project

YouTube video by doctorretention

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 4d

Thoughtful essay

“we are in danger of forgetting the greatest untapped resource on any college campus — the professors. We are surrounded by human experts, yet we are being encouraged to take our questions to robots”

AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit

I don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell...

www.michigandaily.com

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 16d

Over 14,000 physicians currently practicing in the United States, concentrated in underserved Midwestern+Southern states, are currently working on H-1B visas.

This is the high-skill visa program, lifeblood for critical sectors, that the US Administration is sledgehammering.

doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 20d

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

arstechnica.com

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Sep 10

Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025 www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Two-thirds of public hospitals have unsafe bed-occupancy levels in first half of 2025

Occupancy at 95.9% nationally in the first six months of the year, where 85% considered the limit, new figures show

www.irishtimes.com

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Sep 1

With misinformation nearly everywhere, one professor tested a simple fix of 150 minutes of fact-checking homework – and it worked, boosting the students’ ability to spot misinformation by nearly 20%.

tcnv.link/rmHCvyJ

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Aug 28

While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 26

'The 12 months to April 2025 saw 13,500 people leave Ireland to go to Australia . . .This represented the highest level of emigration from Ireland to Australia since 2013, when an estimated 14,100 made the move'. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 8

Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Cost of hiring agency staff in hospitals hit €380m last year

HSE says high spend was despite intensive recruitment efforts, but David Cullinane criticises figures as ‘completely unacceptable’

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Aug 7

‘If we leave, it’s not because we don’t love this country.
It’s because this country stopped loving us back.

If you lose your nurses, your doctors, your care workers — don’t ask ‘why.’

You already know why’ 2irelands2gether.com/2025/08/06/t...

‘The hate is starting to feel like a storm’ – when they start beating Indian immigrants, I am ashamed to be Irish

For the past fortnight I have been ashamed to be Irish. The savage beating and humiliation of an Indian IT worker – only three weeks in this country – by a teenage gang in Tallaght prov…

2irelands2gether.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 12

Portiuncula hospital is not safe for women giving birth

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Dr Peter Boylan: Portiuncula hospital is not safe for women giving birth

What the Portiuncula situation tells us is that smaller maternity units are no longer able to deliver appropriate and safe levels of maternity and neonatal care

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 9

Portiuncula review: How can the same issues occur at the same hospital again?

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Portiuncula review: How can the same issues occur at the same hospital again?

How safe are the Republic’s maternity services? Latest analysis raises troubling questions

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 8

www.thejournal.ie/investigates...

'It's breaking me': Our readers share the impact of cancer scan delays

We asked our readers to share their experience of delays to cancer diagnosis and treatment. Here’s what we heard back.

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 4

HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

HSE paid one firm €54m over 27 months for services to tackle waiting lists in public hospitals

Three firms involved in insourcing received more than €70m in total, new HSE report shows

www.irishtimes.com

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Amy Edmondson @amycedmondson.bsky.social · Jul 1

2nd place can feel disastrous, but the sting of “almost” is less a verdict on your potential than an invitation to hone it

My new article in @fastcompany.com, written w/ Dr Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, is all about how near misses can teach us more than successes:

www.fastcompany.com/91345595/the...

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 30

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

GP black spots: Parts of Clare, Mayo among areas ‘at risk’ of losing doctor

Report identifies 132 GPs ‘at risk of retirement with no viable replacement’, which would represent tens of thousands of patients

www.irishtimes.com

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Professor Judith Smith @profjudithsmith.bsky.social · Jun 23

Newly published @bmj.com paper from @suziebailey.bsky.social @chrisham.bsky.social & me, arguing that it’s time to regulate NHS management, but this will not suffice. Significant investment in training, development & support, & wider professionalisation, are needed. #healthpolicy #healthmanagement

NHS management reform: regulation is just the beginning

Regulation of managers now seems inevitable, but must be accompanied by wider changes focused on professionalising and supporting NHS leaders Calls to regulate NHS managers have been made for over 25...

www.bmj.com

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Stop Hurt at Work @stophurtatwork.bsky.social · Jun 22

So true @rogerkline.bsky.social You can have as many different channels for reporting as you like, but it's what actually happens when someone speaks up that makes the real difference. Or not.
The canary in the mine and “the whiff of Mid Staffs”
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The canary in the mine and “the whiff of Mid Staffs”

Every time there is a scandal in the NHS – whether about clinical concerns or staff behaviours - those whose office doors say they are “leaders” deplore the fact that staff failed to raise concerns in...

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 16

CHI review: '45 individuals . . . interviewed, with most describing a culture within their department where change was slow, lacked governance and robust processes, and was influenced by strong and challenging personalities.' www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Negative staff culture at Dublin children’s hospital could ‘put patients at risk’ - CHI review

Interviewees for Children’s Health Ireland report described environment where change was slow, lacked governance and robust processes

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 11

Second hospital has waitlist initiative funding suspended over ‘potential financial irregularities’

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Second hospital has waitlist initiative funding suspended over ‘potential financial irregularities’

Second hospital

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 9

Priscilla Lynch: Children’s health crisis will roll on until there is transparency about how public money is spent www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Priscilla Lynch: Children’s health crisis will roll on until there is transparency about how public money is spent

There was a significant drop in the average number of patients seen per consultant last year, with ramifications for our long waiting lists

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great to see our research findings covered in @medindonews.bsky.social It's critical that Ireland gets better at #DrRetention to ensure an adequately staffed future medical workforce t.co/dUSXfdl4vs

https://ow.ly/US8n50W3Vs0

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 2

Report reveals ‘toxic culture’ among consultants at CHI hospital

www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Report reveals ‘toxic culture’ among consultants at CHI hospital

Internal report also reveals possible misuse of National Treatment Purchase Fund

www.irishtimes.com

Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · May 28

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/cart...

Martyn Turner

May 28th, 2025

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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · May 26

Priscilla Lynch: Hip surgery audit - How many more times will we be told ‘this can never happen again’?

Once more there are serious questions to be asked about clinical governance failures

www.irishtimes.com

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Niamh Humphries @niamhhumphries.bsky.social · May 23

'Almost 500 children who underwent hip operations in two hospitals should be recalled, as close to 70 per cent of surgeries were not necessary, an independent audit has found'
www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Hip surgery audit: Almost 70% of operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’

Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023