southwest frailty advanced practitioners @SW_FrailtyPract
Official account for frailty advanced practitioners in the south west of England to share ideas and solutions to shared issues. Retweet is not endorsement Joined October 2019-
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@PicturesFoIder Panda doing a handstand 😂
Anyone know anyone up for a challenge and fulfilling role.
How many of your members are being affected by the government policy? @RCNOPF @RCNSOTN @RCNMHForum @RCNANPForum @RCNDNForum please share and let’s get our national voice heard. #WhereIsMyNHSPayAward
The non-consolidated part of the NHS pay award is being withheld from 1000’s of hard working NHS employees. I work directly for the NHS providing solely NHS care but my pay award isn’t funded by this gvt as promised. #wheresmynhspayaward @RishiSunak @SteveBarclay @patcullen9
Agenda for Change Bonus Payment for community staff - Sign the Petition! chng.it/QG4kRSLg via @UKChange So apparently community staff aren’t getting all the agreed pay offer despite being in same contract as the rest of the NHS. please show your support here.
Today for #NationalHospitalWeek, check out our Parkinson’s training, courses and educational tools for health professionals, or share them with someone you know! Parkinson.org/resources-supp…
📢💊 Interested in the #safe and #effective use of #medicines by older people with #visual & or #hearing impairment? Check out this new, FREE course which raises awareness of their medicine-related needs. Funded by: @DunhillMedical Development led by @UniStrathclyde @Sipa2Study
Any other sw_frailty practitioners listening to our @Nicole3dwards and @LucyLew79 talking about leadership as part of the @GeriSoc NAHPCOP
Want to find out more about how digital technology can help your work..
Exciting job opportunity Are you passionate about community rehab, are you ready for your next great big challenge? Come and join us @WiltsHC_NHS inpatient services. beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…
Excellent opportunity…
Had a great day restarting the F2F sessions on Cedar ward @WiltsHC_NHS . 10 new @DementiaFriends made and got email saying I’d reach 250..it’s taken a while since I started..can’t think why 🦠@AlzheimersSupp next session coming soon.
Getting excited - HAve you got your tickets yet? Online Event: eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-west-f… Please DM for password. Live event @ruh Bath : eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-west-f…
Local job opportunity for someone with care of the elderly interest.
The Deliveroo-RCN Foundation NHS education fund is now open! This £300,000 fund exists to support the career development of NHS nurses, midwives & health care support workers. Learn more: rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/latest-news/ap…
Have a purfect Christmas everyone..
@GWH_NHS @GWH_ACP @SW_FrailtyPract @RCNOPF @RCNSOTN Come join us for a day of talking #PatientCentredCare #StartingWithThePatientAndWorkingBackwards for either the whole day, selective session what ever you fancy… check out the other tents too for great sessions.
Frailty teams giving great examples of all our USP #AdvPracWeek21 #APConference2021

Sue Wilkins @SueWilkins39
123 Followers 206 Following Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Complex Case Team. All views my own.
Annie Marie @Annie_G1986
111 Followers 340 Following Previous ITU sister at GHNHSFT. On my new journey with the Acute Care Response Team as a trainee ACP
JKB @JKB261747216133
53 Followers 2K Following
Dorset HealthCare Adv... @DorsetHealthACP
17 Followers 74 Following We are ACPs in Dorset HealthCare working across all age community, physical, mental health & learning disability services. Here to network, showcase and learn.
Christine Miller MD @YTdementiadoc
275 Followers 1K Following Northerner. Care of the Elderly doc. Big on dementia, improving care for rural/remote older adults, reframing aging. Views my own.
Sam Spicer @spicer82765
0 Followers 75 Following
Ad-Memoire @AdMemoire
519 Followers 4K Following Advertising based digital reminiscence and activity resource, for organisations and individuals who care for older people. Contact: [email protected]
Chris Mcinnes @chrismcinnes78
165 Followers 872 Following Community Frailty ACP. Registered Paramedic. Special interest in ale and Scunthorpe United.
SWresearchskilledwork... @SWresearchGO
498 Followers 1K Following Inspiring and supporting a research skilled workforce in the South West of England
Fiona Kelly @fionakellyelft
644 Followers 699 Following Director of AHPs. Passionate about the role of AHPs. All views are my own.
JueJue @juliafricker
110 Followers 440 Following
Kayla Lee @KaylaSBK
3 Followers 32 Following
JCUH OPM Advanced Nur... @JcuhOpm
379 Followers 435 Following Older Persons Medicine.Advanced Nurse Practitioners. ward 11 JCUH.
Hannah Lowe @HanJLowe
0 Followers 14 Following
Joanne Passmore @jopassmoreRN
180 Followers 182 Following Nurse Consultant Frailty & HOP (TSDHCT). Always do your best, alway show you care & always do the right thing. Views are my own.
Jugdeep Dhesi @JKDhesi
3K Followers 2K Following President British Geriatrics Society, Geriatrician POPS GSTT,Hon Prof Geriatric Medicine KCL, Deputy Director Centre for Perioperative Care, NHS Elect POPS CL
laura baggott @LauraBaggott
10 Followers 20 Following
South Cotswold Frailt... @FrailtyScfs
35 Followers 56 Following Hello from the South Cotswold Frailty Service.
Paul Jones @PaulJon79529329
27 Followers 170 Following Husband, father. Nurse practitioner, enjoyer of exercise insta @_paul__jones for the exercise stuff
Lorraine Hart @lhart100
202 Followers 501 Following
EMMA JAY HANRAHAN @EMMA_HAN
91 Followers 289 Following
jane haros @haros_jane
32 Followers 51 Following
Dr Linda Dykes has mo... @DrLindaDykes
32K Followers 13K Following Now moved to Bluesky - same username there. UK EM Consultant/GP in the Interface Medicine Zone. Personal views, RT not endorsements.
IPTOP @IPTOPphysio
3K Followers 2K Following International Association of Physiotherapists working with Older People - a World Physiotherapy subgroup. Tweets by individual committee members
Anna @Darlingannaacp
3 Followers 22 Following
Mandy Waldon @homefirstANP
476 Followers 493 Following Consultant Practitioner working in Wiltshire, MSc in Education and Development in Community Nursing Practice. PhD hopeful. ❤️ older people. ❤️ Views are my own.
Nicole Edwards @Nicole3dwards
162 Followers 277 Following Consultant Practitioner (developmental) @WiltsHC_NHS Virtual Ward
Ros Fraser @SltRos
332 Followers 536 Following Home First and Frailty Speech and Language Therapist- acute care at home, frailty and what matters conversations. RCSLT Acute Care At Home CEN Chair
HollyParis ( @bloody�... @Bloody__Holly
549 Followers 730 Following Frailty Champion in God’s Waiting Room making #FrailtyHubWSM happen;@PierHealthGroup;Brummie badass;@Gerisoc CPCG chair; NHS Dig Health Leadership Prog C7 24/5
Abi Wright @Ab1Wright
41 Followers 221 Following
Lisa lyons @Lyons_LM
289 Followers 960 Following Haematology ANP with an interest in how frailty impacts people living with blood cancer
Dr Abigail Barkham Ph... @AbigailBarkham
1K Followers 1K Following Consultant Nurse for Frailty,Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward. Divisional Clinical Lead SHFT, HIOW ICB Clinical Lead, NIHR70@70 alumni. I like cats
Emily Rackley @doctorcrafter
259 Followers 679 Following Crafter. Gamer. Dog mum. Old Age & liaison psych, loves pall care, neuropsych and frailty. Thrives in neurospicy chaos 🌶️ 🎗️
Sian Sykes @siansouthwest
121 Followers 158 Following Advanced Clinical Lead Frailty VW/hospital@home. BSc Physiotherapy. MSC Advanced Clinical Practice with accreditation by HEE. Mummy to two young boys.
Homeward Assessment T... @TeamHomeward
115 Followers 121 Following Hello from the Homeward Assessment Team (HAT) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital an Integration of Frailty and Integrated Assessment Services.Exciting times!
Sarah Lyons @Lyons01Sarah
205 Followers 527 Following Advanced Clinical Practitioner (RN). Palliative and end of life care, long term conditions, frailty, advance care planning.
Sue Bridge @Bridge1Sue
349 Followers 786 Following Frailty ACP, Weymouth and Portland PCN, always a physio.
The Garden Pathway @GardenPathway
32 Followers 67 Following The Garden Pathway offers specialist projects of combined horticultural & psychological therapy to people with differing needs in Gloucestershire. Grow with us!
Integrated Safeguardi... @Integrated_SG
420 Followers 2K Following Welcome to CFT & RCHT Integrated Safeguarding Services Twitter account
Digital Health CNIO N... @DHCNIO
4K Followers 3K Following #1 UK CNIO Network Discussion Forum #Nurses #Midwives #AHP members. Share #Bestpractice #Influence & shape the #digital agenda & #healthinformatics
RJ @rejamesOT
43 Followers 102 Following
nicky macdonald @nicky1mac
543 Followers 1K Following Wife, mum balancing life with being Managing Director North and Mid- Hampshire, proud Learning Disability Nurse
UCR Mid and North Han... @NorthMidHampUCR
259 Followers 391 Following The Offical twitter page for Urgent Community Response in Mid and North Hampshire
Justine Musiime - MSc... @JustineMusiime
4K Followers 4K Following Clinical Fellow AHP UEC @NHSEngland| UCR & Shadow Board @HCTNHS| Former EoE AHP IR Lead| @AGILECSP East Rep| @theCSP EDB committee| President @UDAHP_UK
ACPAN: A multiprofess... @acp4n
766 Followers 494 Following A network for #AdvancedPractitioners. We aim to provide #peersupport, #CPD & #research opportunities Chairs: @StoneyACCP @EsDeeEf @cardiacACCP @fazzini_b
JCUH OPM Advanced Nur... @JcuhOpm
379 Followers 435 Following Older Persons Medicine.Advanced Nurse Practitioners. ward 11 JCUH.
Sian Sykes @siansouthwest
121 Followers 158 Following Advanced Clinical Lead Frailty VW/hospital@home. BSc Physiotherapy. MSC Advanced Clinical Practice with accreditation by HEE. Mummy to two young boys.
Nicole Edwards @Nicole3dwards
162 Followers 277 Following Consultant Practitioner (developmental) @WiltsHC_NHS Virtual Ward
Carol langley johnson @Carollangleyjo1
169 Followers 76 Following Head of Operations Long Term Conditions & MSK. Wiltshire Health and Care MSc Coventry University
Homeward Assessment T... @TeamHomeward
115 Followers 121 Following Hello from the Homeward Assessment Team (HAT) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital an Integration of Frailty and Integrated Assessment Services.Exciting times!
The Garden Pathway @GardenPathway
32 Followers 67 Following The Garden Pathway offers specialist projects of combined horticultural & psychological therapy to people with differing needs in Gloucestershire. Grow with us!
RJ @rejamesOT
43 Followers 102 Following
Sarah Lyons @Lyons01Sarah
205 Followers 527 Following Advanced Clinical Practitioner (RN). Palliative and end of life care, long term conditions, frailty, advance care planning.
PhysioBuddie @Physiobuddie1
576 Followers 3K Following A Physiotherapy / Rehabilitation platform designed to assist with the automation of services for AHP’s and patients.
Nikki Dacosta 💙 @DacostaNikki
226 Followers 662 Following Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Older Persons and Frailty in Emergency Care. Passionate about improving services for older people. All views my own.
Naomi Purdie @Naomipurdie04
368 Followers 353 Following Consultant Nurse for older adults Urgent Community Response, H@H Virtual wards #frailty #mentalhealth #taichi
RUH Frailty Flying Sq... @SquadRuh
188 Followers 24 Following Tweets from the Frailty Flying Squad at the RUH in Bath. A pragmatic MDT aimed at providing gold standard care to frail patients. RT is not an endorsement.
Ann Palmer RGN DN SPQ... @annpalm53200502
365 Followers 990 Following Work hard to enjoy life. Consultant Practitioner for Older People. my views are my own.
Susie Durrell MBE @durrell_susie
426 Followers 230 Following NHS Consultant Physiotherapist @gloshospitals Lead for One Gloucestershire #Advanced Practice Fellow@thecsp @APPN_physio @PhysioMACP Views my own.
Genevieve Robson @genrobson
371 Followers 304 Following geriatrician with a special interest in acute geriatrics and Frailty and parent of 4 small boys.
Consultant Admiral Nu... @kmljjj
2K Followers 2K Following Consultant Admiral Nurse for Frailty and Physical Health. Privileged to be a nurse. Wife to my soulmate and mum to lovely boys. All views expressed are my own.
Dr Aileen Murray-Gane @murray2812
352 Followers 372 Following Consultant Nurse in Older Persons Mental Health
Cheryl Davies @CherylDavies22
1K Followers 2K Following Senior Programme Manager, Innovation and Adoption HIOW Locality, Health Innovation Wessex. Change enthusiast and Mummy to gorgeous twin girls.
Wessex AHSN Healthy A... @WessexAgeing
608 Followers 394 Following Wessex AHSN Healthy Ageing and Nutrition Programme - focussing on the prevention and treatment of malnutrition in older people
Becky Edwards @Bec_SLT
563 Followers 958 Following Advanced Clinical Practicioner, Speech and Language Therapist (Urgent Community Response). All views my own.
Southern Health Quali... @SHFT_transforms
1K Followers 797 Following We are the @Southern_NHSFT Quality Improvement Programme. Working alongside patients, carers, families and staff to improve our services.
Sarah Gowing @sarah_gowing
535 Followers 1K Following Geriatrician with interests in Community Geriatrics & Care Home Medicine. Wessex Medical Education Fellow.Lover of coffee, gin & the great outdoors.Views my own
Eleanor Corbett @EllieCorbett2
445 Followers 459 Following Consultant Practitioner in Frailty @ SHFT. Proud to be an Occupational Therapist.
Brian Dolan OBE, RMN,... @BrianwDolan
22K Followers 21K Following Creator #Last1000days #EndPJparalysis Hon Prof Uni of Salford; Honorary President AGILE network of physios working with older people @briandolan.bsky.social
Alison @alison_smith5
96 Followers 361 Following Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Occupational Therapist. All views my own
Parkinson's Foundatio... @ParkinsonDotOrg
114K Followers 3K Following The Parkinson's Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson's through expert care and research. Free Helpline: 1-800-4PD-INFO (473-4636)
Worcestershire NHS Fr... @WAHT_Frailty
230 Followers 32 Following Welcome to the Twitter page for Worcestershire's NHS Frailty Service. Our countywide service is based at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
Karen Parker @FrailtyPara
123 Followers 88 Following A Trainee ACP in Frailty with New Forest Frailty Support Team. I love music, my campervan, the sea, sewing, spinning, crochet #notallparamedicsweargreen
Nic. Community Frailt... @NicFrailtyNurse
54 Followers 17 Following Supporting integrated and shared working across teams and organisations in BaNES to provide person centred care for people living with frailty
abigailtaylor 💙 @abigailtaylor45
585 Followers 802 Following Lead ACP Frailty @NHS. Mother. Passionate about improving care in frailty. Part time dedicated follower of fashion and music. All views are my own
Dr Sarah Mercer @pd2ot
2K Followers 2K Following PhD. Foundation Consultant Practitioner for Frailty (Occupational Therapist). GIRFT Clinical Lead. Lived exp of #BPD and #TheDarkSideOfOccupation (she/her)
Emma Neal 💙 @EmmaNealRGN
839 Followers 2K Following Consultant Nurse-Frailty. Raising the profile of Community Hospitals/Consultant Nurses 1 tweet at a time. Trust NMP lead
🤹♀️ Rachael... @HosznyakRachael
3K Followers 2K Following @uhbwnhs divisional advanced practice lead for @westonnhs hospital. Frailty AP. Paramedic, PhD In Health Science. Fuelled by coffee. Buddhist, mum of 3 boys
Acute Frailty Network @AcuteFrailty
8K Followers 343 Following
NHS Elect Improvement... @NHSiNet
816 Followers 133 Following Designed by clinicians and patients, to encourage sharing and adoption of best practice to improve patient outcomes and experience (formerly the SCFN account).
Gary Gustar @GaryGustar
339 Followers 741 Following Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paramedic) - Elderly Medicine/Rehabilitation, SWICC (GWH). Former military (RAF) MERT Paramedic. All views are my own
EuGMS - European Geri... @EuGMSSociety
5K Followers 3K Following Check out the upcoming EuGMS Congress - Reykjavik - September 24-26, 2025 - register here https://t.co/2ZsUYa8JXQ
Dr Esther Clift @EstherClift
4K Followers 3K Following Cons AcuteFrailty, IOW, Chair @gerisoc #NAHPCouncil Anna chaplain, trustee @Caraway18, visit lect @_UoW, physio
Digital Discussion Gr... @DigitalDiscuss2
2K Followers 2K Following This group is open to all Nurses and AHP’s working within the Digital World of Healthcare in the UK.
KAFEELAH @Kafganiyu
1K Followers 894 Following Muslim|PhD Student -Patient Safety & Virtual Wards|Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Geriatrics) | Jannah Aspirant|Interested in Health Systems and Policy
Shelley Ripper @RipperShelley
64 Followers 147 Following Wife, Mummy and somewhat exhausted but ever enthusiastic nurse ❤️
Sally Hayes @sallyhayes57
2K Followers 3K Following Director of Nursing and Care - childrens hospice care
Clare Kirkpatrick @ClareNursing
1K Followers 2K Following Lecturer in adult nursing @uniofglos . Proud champion for nursing in social care and nursing older people. Home educator, sewer, knitter.
Meg Langley @meglangleyx
1K Followers 2K Following Divisional Director of AHPs at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Proud Physiotherapist… Views my own
emily richards @emilyri90188561
154 Followers 842 Following mother , nurse , glass half full girl ! long term condition warrior . she/her ♥️MSc student dementia studies . opinions my own .
sharon banks @sharonb82491932
61 Followers 128 Following Advanced Nurse Practitioner, PCN Frailty team lead. Prevention and integration are the holy grail sought by health systems everywhere. @Haydockandnewtonpcn
Amanda HalffmanSmith ... @HalffmanSmith
96 Followers 197 Following Rugby 🏉 & Dance Mum💃 Wife ❤️ NHS - South Cotswold Frailty Service Care Coordinator 🧐 Trying to get fit and have a life! All views are my own 🤓
Charlotte Tucker @TheBerkeleyBird
584 Followers 1K Following Service Director, Coach, Physio at 💖, passion for patient centred QI and enabling others. 'Mum Taxi', aspiring chef, gardener and gin connoisseur.