Catherine Williams
@cathjw
Emergency/PEM physician in Bolton. ACCS TPD. Difficult woman. Interests include: Paeds EM, Resuscitation, Med Ed, Simulation, & speaking my mind. Views own etc
CRAFFT — the UK-wide RCT for displaced distal radius fractures in children — is wrapping up. Final follow-up complete. Analysis soon begins. A huge collaboration in paediatric trauma research. 🎥 CRAFFTstudy.org @PERUKItweep @BSCOS_UK @NIHRresearch #Fracture #RCT
It almost sounds like Wes gets it. Silly incentives and targets are set when people who fundamentally don’t understand EM (and don’t have the curiosity or humility to speak to those that do) try to ‘fix’ EM. Here’s hoping this marks a change in focus. Time will tell.
#ICYMI: In the morning, RCEM expressed concerns about the unintended risks of incentivising ED waiting time targets, highlighting that it might leave some of the most vulnerable patients waiting the longest. That afternoon, @wesstreeting replied in the House of Commons. Watch…
Thank you @wesstreeting for responding so quickly to our concerns about ED waiting times/incentives. We look forward to working together to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare @RCEMpresident
We’re keeping the focus on the pressures facing our EDs today. Speaking to @NickTriggle, @RCEMpresident expressed The College’s concerns about the unintended risk related to incentivising ED waiting time targets which may lead to some of the most vulnerable patients waiting the…
59.8% of non-trauma patients have midline cervical spine tenderness - such non-specific sign. Seems more likely to mislead than help in trauma secondary survey. emj.bmj.com/content/39/4/3…
But he leaps to the assumption that the solution to long waits (in major A&Es) is keeping people out of hospital. This idea is bad: It isn't the problem in major A&Es and decades of experimentation have shown the NHS doesn't know how to achieve it anyway...
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Hey babe, wake up. New BMA rate card just dropped: Get what you're worth. Strike harder.
Why the NHS is skint in one picture. £8.62 for the ONLY purchasable option for crayons for a children’s waiting room. 🤦🏻♀️. Fortunately staff spend their time cutting them in half to make them go a little further.
This is the official account for the Leng review, an independent review into the role of physician associates and anaesthesia associates. This account will share information and updates on the review, as well as signposting upcoming events and engagement sessions.
The major cause of ER overcrowding is the lack of fully funded & staffed in-patient beds. It always has been. EDs aren't designed to hold patients long-term. It's also less safe for the admitted pt. Walk-ins are easy. It is time to actually spend money on admitted pt areas.
So impressive 🔥🔥 Canadian physician, Dr. Danielle Martin
You cannot make the PA role financially viable unless: 1. Working without Direct supervision and given prescribing rights 2. Working to Scope beyond set by Colleges or parameters of exam In an NHS with: 👉🏾Safety issues galore (Ask Coroners,whistleblowers) 👉🏾Doctors without…
#ICYMI: In the morning, RCEM expressed concerns about the unintended risks of incentivising ED waiting time targets, highlighting that it might leave some of the most vulnerable patients waiting the longest. That afternoon, @wesstreeting replied in the House of Commons. Watch…
Fundamentally, this document encapsulates deep misunderstanding about Medicine. We TEACH medical knowledge in a sliced and diced up way, because the subject is vast and one has to arrange knowledge somehow. The PRACTICE of Medicine is essentially COGNITIVE. How we think 9/
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This is for anyone writing a policy document on UK emergency care. 1. How does it help an older person on a trolley in a corridor at 2am on Sat morning? 2. How does it help a person in MH crisis needing admission on day 2? If it doesn’t, start again.
Children's bones are magical... CRAFFTstudy.org RCT results (750 children randomised) coming in Autumn 2025. @BritOrthopaedic @Oxford_Trauma @PERUKItweep @NIHRresearch @OCTRUctu @Oxford_Trauma @BSCOS_UK @bota_uk
When you start a new job in A&E, you’re not just taking on a role—you become part of a family. Tom was a cherished member of this big family. A brilliant doctor and educator, he always had a smile and a joke ready to lift our spirits. RIP 🤍 justgiving.com/crowdfunding/t…
A morning of bending ears and (sometimes) twisting arms of MPS awaits. It’s Westminster yoga. We’re pushing for better emergency care and an end to corridor care. This problem is fixable if the political will exists #roadmaptorecovery