What do patients and their families want from clinical trials?
I will be exploring this with a panel of trial participants at the #2024ARCS conf next week.
But, how would YOU answer this question? Let me know in this quick survey by 12 Jun, 8 am AEST. bit.ly/WhatPtsWantFro…
What medical laboratory tests might be or are useful in diagnosing #LongCovid ?
Suggestions appreciated for an international meeting I'm attending end of next week. (On which I'll be able to share more after the event.)
The MCS-Aware Autumn/Winter 2022 magazine is out! We talk about;
Living with Chronic Illness
Ways to Cut Costs
Brain fog
Electro sensitivity
Join us for more discussion about Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
@MCSAware
🧵1/My sister caught Covid when she visited the UK 8 weeks ago. Since returning to Australia she&the kids have had:
-tonsillitis
-Then another virus
-The kids then got hand,foot&mouth
-Now they all have metapneumovirus. Respiratory centres in oz are doing viral swabs for these…
Wtaf @AustralianLabor. In a meeting on Thurs to elect the Chair of the #NDIS Joint Standing Committee, Labor overlooked the only disabled member in favour of their own party, so Libby Coker was nominated as chair. Okay, politics.
But then THEY SECONDED HOLLIE HUGHES AS CO CHAIR.
Measuring the inequalities experienced by Australians with disability: Today we launch the Baseline Data Report for the Disability & Wellbeing Monitoring Framework #PWD 🎨credit: Alvaro Alvarez @artsprojectaustses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/id/0…
My GP & ED friends are absolutely exhausted.The pandemic has exposed the flaws in the healthcare system but the flaws have been there all along. We are too reliant on the goodwill of HCWs. We need ⬆️beds ⬆️nurses ⬆️drs ⬆️allied health workers and we needed them yesterday
Patients have an exaggerated idea of how much doctors can heal them, while doctors are painfully conscious of their limited powers. Doctors are reluctant to be fully honest about their limitations.
bmj.com/content/377/bm…
Would you like to lead or co-lead your own conversation on health & care improvement topics that matter to you?
💬Apply to lead an Open Conversation!💬
🗓️They will be held on day 2 of The Big Conversation (12 May)
Find out more: thebigconversation.nhs.uk#ImprovingTogether
#COVID19 is becoming endemic. But we can’t buy into the delusion that is a synonym for harmless. If there is one overarching lesson from the pandemic, it is that messaging matters. We need a lot less black-and-white, and a lot more grey. By @picardonhealththeglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
1/ Very proud of sharing our new @CHEMTrust report today
Chemical Cocktails: The neglected threat of toxic mixtures and how to fix it
chemtrust.org/chemicalcockta…
A thread 🧵with the key messages, recommendations and infographics
#cocktaileffect#mixtures
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