Ben Beska
@Beska
heart enthusiast (advanced heart failure and transplant) @TheBJCA @BSHeartFailure
🐟 So today I found a goldfish just on the grass in my back garden. It was alive, I think, and have absolutely no idea where it came from. There’s no ponds anywhere near. So I took it inside….
Oh this is awkward
Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff. He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure. #PMQs
Lots more NHS sites in England asking to join our @PROFID_EU randomised clinical trial testing primary prevention ICD with GDMT vs GDMT alone in severe LVSD #heartfailure after #heartattack. Join us!
Has a website ever been down for such frequent maintenance as the NHS ESR portal
🚨@REVIVED_BCIS2 scar analysis🫀 ➡️Scar volume & pattern highly associated with death and arrhythmia ➡️Scar assessment should be routine, particularly in those at borderline risk Out now @JACCJournals CVI🔗 jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.… 📺Watch our summary👇 youtu.be/-eMrPRPToM0
Our new paper "Reasons for and perceived barriers to applying for cardiology training: the 2024 British Junior Cardiologists’ Association starter survey" in @PMJ_FPM 🫀 doi.org/10.1093/postmj… @BJCAstarter @Lucy0Lawson @Dr_JJHBray @OllyBrown @DrMikeDrozd @DrSamStraw @hollymorgs
UK cardiology friends, I’ve unfortunately had funding fall through for a PhD, please forward me any projects you think are relevant please! Thank you
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Wildlife photographer Sha Lu captures the perfect moment a small animal looks at the camera while being caught by a predator.
If only there were a national society for cardiologists that might take the lead … no, wait …
Is it time to consider the “British College of Cardiology” or something similar to lead our specialty in the UK for education? And time for @TheBMA to give us on online Consultant CPD diary. Delighted for u to have my RCP subs if you do….
🚨 Calling all medical students! 🚨 Interested in cardiology but not sure where to start? Join our Cardiology for Undergraduates course — a two hour deep dive into the exciting world of heart medicine 🫀 ✅ Explore all major sub-specialties ✅ Hear from Consultant Cardiologists…
Disaster coming for patients with cardiovascular disease if we don't put this right. I want someone who at least feels confident doing my angioplasty/PPM/TAVI/AF ablation when I need one: 12+ months of the acute medical take doesn't give me that.
We continue to see the harmful effects of mandated GIM dual accreditation on Cardiology speciality training. RDs are spending a disproportionate length of time doing GIM (beyond the stipulated 12 months). Which has led to a marked reduction in procedural + imaging volume
This is an episode not to be missed! Advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and transplant 🫀with @DrWaqasAkhtar - consultant in Cardiology, Intensive Care and GIM! Sign up via the link below 👇
The next instalment of “Tell me about your subspecialty” is coming up! ‼️🚨 “Advanced heart failure, MCS and transplant” with Dr Waqas Akhtar! 🫀 Monday 21st July @ 19:30pm Don’t miss out on this exciting episode! Sign up here: shorturl.at/ZoQAm
🚨 🚨We have just released the 2025 Annual Region Reports for UK Cardiology training! 🚨🚨 ➡️ bjca.tv/bjca-annual-re… How does your region perform? ⬇️⬇️⬇️
I can explain the divide. Since Doctors trained & became Consultants or GPs in the 20th century - the “deal” has progressively got worse. • Medical students stopped getting maintenance grants. • Then they had to pay tuition fees - which have risen sharply over 20 years. •…
TV doctor and IVF pioneer quits BMA over strikes bbc.in/4lwMdhZ