Horror as terminally ill woman 'forced to sleep on floor' while waiting in A&E - Mirror Online. This is awful, but why does someone with a wholly predictable complication of treatment need to come to an ED? Where’s the acute oncology service?
Ian Higginson
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Ian Higginson
@RCEMpresident
RCEM President. Currently to be found learning to use LinkedIn. And maybe Instagram. But probably not TikTok.
Joined August 2010
- Thank you @RishiSunak , @SteveBarclay @willquince and @Helen_Whately for inviting @RCollEM to this meeting. We are pleased that emergency care is recognised as a priority. This is fixable.
- I am so saddened by the death of our past President Dr Cliff Mann. His passing is a huge loss to EM and the NHS. Our thoughts are with his family and Taunton colleagues. His charm, integrity and way with a simile will be remembered forever. @RCollEM
- Sorry to see another band 7 EM nurse leave. The cake says it all
00:00 - bbc.co.uk/news/health-64… This is not inevitable. We knew flu was coming, we knew we didn't have enough beds, we knew too many people are in hospital awaiting social care and we knew we didn't have enough staff. Go figure 🤷♂️
- Today is the funeral service for Dr Cliff Mann our ex President All our thoughts are with his wife Rhona, daughters Rebecca and Grace along with his other family, friends and colleagues at Musgrove Park Hospital. RCEM and the EM world has lost one of the greats @RCollEM
- Manjeet was the Lead examiner for our Fellowship exam. He put so much into his role and there are so many trainees and now Consultants who benefited from his support. The specialty, his team and RCEM will miss him very much @RCollEM @UHDBTrust @RCEMdean @EmilyBeet1It is with deep sadness that we share the news that we've lost a colleague. Mr Manjeet Singh Riyat was a hugely respected Emergency Consultant at Royal Derby Hospital uhdb.nhs.uk/latest-news/tr…
- Damn. Perils of cycling on gritty roads. Will be out of action for bit. Care has been excellent at @CUH_NHS though none of my colleagues wanted to do the FIB block and debated orthogeriatric referral 😳
- Unprecedented? The NHS crisis in emergency care was entirely predictable | The BMJ
- This will resonate with many emergency physicians, paramedics and nurses across the UK. This is not an isolated problem affecting one rural hospital.It’s a hard watch, but an essential watch. @C4Dispatches now. Our members deserve better. Patients deserve better. @RCEMpresident speaks on the heartbreaking reality of a system in crisis.
- Thank you for all the lovely messages. Very pleased indeed. This is very much Team EM recognition. Thank you to everyone in emergency care who has been working tirelessly over the last year.A huge congratulations to @RCEMpresident, who has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to Emergency Medicine during the pandemic. rcem.ac.uk/RCEM/News/News…
