There is a crisis in clinical academia in the UK. We talk of the need to expand medical schools, embed research into the NHS to improve care, & the importance of a vibrant life sciences sector for the economy of the UK, & yet we seem unable to tackle the underlying issues 1/9

10 of the greatest health-changing research studies, to have taken place in North Thames over ten years of the CRN | NIHR ⁦ICNARC⁩ ⁦Lauran O'Neill⁩ ⁦Paediatric Critical Care Society⁩ ⁦Paul Mouncey⁩ ⁦Doug Gould⁩ ⁦⁦CATS⁩ ⁦ local.nihr.ac.uk/news/10-out-of…

One of the great health achievements of the last 170 years was separating human faeces from water. This Royal Academy of Engineering report shows how we can reduce human faecal organisms in recreational water from storm overflows and sewage works. nepc.raeng.org.uk/testing-the-wa…

Congratulations to Prof John Simpson on being elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences. John has supervised many. I am fortunate to be one of those people and privileged to have John as a mentor. Newcastle University Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences ncl.ac.uk/press/articles…

Amazing progress on SHORTERtrial! Working to optimise #antibiotic use in critically ill patients with #sepsis.

🧵I am pleased to present my retrospective online exhibition celebrating some of the many glorious moments of the brilliant Tory government we have just enjoyed, sorry endured, for almost 5 years. First up, Exhibit 1:

🌟 Get ready for a week of Clinical Trials! 🎉 Next week we will be celebrating all things Clinical Trials! We're gearing up to share thrilling trial updates all week long. Stay tuned so you don't miss out on the latest in cutting-edge research news!🔬 #ClinicalTrials #Research

We're celebrating too - all welcome at our event showcasing all aspects of #ClinicalTrials on Monday 3rd June! More info and registration here: events.portalsite.org/ictd2024newcas…

Another big milestone for IBD-RESPONSE today! Thanks to our amazing team of researchers at 42 UK centres and all the patients taking part! With serial measures over 1 year IBD-RESPONSE is studying gut microbiome, human single cell transcriptome, metabolome, diet and detailed

First session in our ICTD event: Trial Manager Michael White tells us about the first ever trial, and NCTU Clinical Deputy Director Tom Hellyer talks about trials in Critical Care

“How much have you earned from royalties from pharma companies since pandemic began?” Fauci: “Zero” Nicole Malliotakis: “you saying you didn’t receive any of $710 mil in royalties”? Fauci: Only $122 for a monoclonal antibody that I made 25 years ago.

Immunomodulatory drugs and sepsis Therapeutic adjuncts or a threat to patient safety? Jan Hansel Tom Hellyer MathioudakisAG Tim Felton 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

There has been concern that targeting immune pathways in sepsis may be harmful. Jan Hansel Tom Hellyer MathioudakisAG Tim Felton demonstrate that most immunomodulatory drugs appear safe for use in sepsis. 🔗…-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/an…

Delighted to review #BLINGIII examining continuous v intermittent infusion in critically ill patients with sepsis, at #CCR24. While this one sentence JAMA summary is technically correct, the full data and discussion at #CCR24 provides a different perspective. Here is why..1/

#A2Btrial results presentation is now live! Dexmedetomidine vs Clonidine vs Propofol for ICU sedation criticalcarereviews.com #CCR24 Tim Walsh Chris Weir & Ranjit Lall

❌ We NEVER want to see a sign like this ever again. ❌ The next government has the power to make that happen. They can end the need for food banks.

19 sites open and 168 patients have had the opportunity to participate in research! Wow! Incredible work by all the SHORTERtrial sites. Keep up the good work. More sites to open soon. 🎯👏👏👏 National Institute for Health and Care Research Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit Newcastle University Tom Hellyer

Amazing effort by the SHORTERtrial sites and by the Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit team to get off to such a good start. Keep on going!

NHIP Academy was delighted to support eight exceptional researchers throughout their application process to be successfully awarded the new Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award (SCPRA) from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Read the full story here: newcastlehealthinnovation.org/news/research-…

💥💥💥MAIN RESULTS💥💥💥 The PEACH team are delighted to finally share the main results of this study! Enitan Carrol 🇬🇲🇸🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧 Jonathan Sandoe Dr Emma Thomas-Jones Dr Joanne Euden Lucy Brookes-Howell Dr Detelina Grozeva CTRCardiffUni University of Leeds and many others. academic.oup.com/jac/advance-ar…