Julian Osei-Bonsu
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Julian Osei-Bonsu
@oseijulian.bsky.social
Resident doctor in Scotland
Former public health analyst - MRSPH
Italiano 🇮🇹
Narrative Medicine - The Dantean Ward
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A story about a gentleman, patiently waiting...

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Narrative Medicine – The Dantean Ward
An aspect of medicine within the NHS that I struggle to fathom is the medically fit patient waiting in limbo for a package of care – usually an elderly individual. I want to underline that this isn…
joscicomm.wordpress.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It’s a highly contagious, airborne disease. It’s frustrating that we’re still not implementing air filtration in these settings. Gloves, aprons and gel aren’t going to stop particles entering your respiratory tract

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Nurseries in England bring in Covid-style protocols as measles cases rise
Staff deploy infection controls and step up cleaning as cases pass 500 for year to date and after one child dies
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

A major concern (amongst many others) considering the situation with bird flu.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Graph from the health foundation highlighting the awful level of inequality the North East faces.

I imagine healthy life expectancy will follow a similar trend and quite frankly it’s not on. Work is being done to address it but the road will be long!
December 5, 2024 at 5:39 PM