I feel very sorry for the patient and the poor family - sounds rubbish. My first thought (whatever the nuances of treating the prolapse) we treat confused patients in hospital all the time. I’m wondering what has been so difficult in this case?

Happy "let's circle back in the New Year" season to all who celebrate.

Newcastle University Experts Leading The Way In Dementia with Lewy Bodies Research YouTube video by Newcastle University

The research team I am part of at Newcastle University has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Higher and Further Education

Recognizing over 30 years of pioneering research into Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)

#Dementia #Neuroscience #Research #NewcastleUni

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWjX...

Google her. It is truly tragic to see what damage she has already done

Dementia diagnosis could be revolutionised by blood tests Researchers say early diagnosis is key to supporting patients with the memory loss condition.

🌟Prof @lizcoulthard.bsky.social 🌟discussing blood tests for dementia

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm old enough to remember when feeding the poor, housing the homeless and caring for the vulnerable was considered a good thing.

Grade A science communication

Have another tick and a smiley face, @glaucomflecken.bsky.social !

Large Language Models: A Paradigm Shift for Dementia Diagnosis and Care | British Journal of Hospital Medicine Dementia poses major challenges to healthcare worldwide. Traditional diagnostics rely on lengthy assessments, and access to specialist clinicians is limited. Large language models (LLMs), like Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) present new avenues for enhancing dementia diagnosis and care through advanced language processing. Whilst research into their applications is in its infancy, LLMs can harness vast datasets and powerful algorithms, with significant potential to enhance diagnostic accuracy in dementia, monitor symptom progression, and provide personalised care recommendations. While dementia serves as the primary example, the ethical and practical considerations discussed are applicable to the wider use of LLMs across different areas of medicine. This review explores the prospect of LLMs transforming dementia management and addresses the ethical and practical considerations involved.

Just out in Br J Hosp Med
🧠 “Large Language Models: A Paradigm Shift for Dementia Diagnosis and Care”
Exploring how #AI + #LLMs could transform dementia diagnosis, monitoring & personalised care, and ethics & regulation needed
👉 doi.org/10.12968/hme...
#DementiaResearch #DigitalHealth

Delighted to work with Simon & @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social, & my fab PPIE contributor Lyn, to raise awareness of mobility change in dementia.

Mobility is our ability to move safely & freely & is fundamental to wellbeing and independence. We need to bring more attention to this issue for dementia.

😞

Honoured to write about Dr David Enoch for @bmj.com — reformer, teacher, author of Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes.
Sadness in his passing, pride in his legacy. #MentalHealth
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Yes please send me a DM with your email address and I will send you the PDF

Honoured to write about Dr David Enoch for @bmj.com — reformer, teacher, author of Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes.
Sadness in his passing, pride in his legacy. #MentalHealth
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

🧪🧠Great to see your research in print, Jude! 🤩

David Enoch obituary Other lives: Psychiatrist who helped to switch mental health care away from hospitals and into the community

Not my usual kind of publication.
I had the honour of writing the Guardian obituary for Dr David Enoch (1926–2025): psychiatrist, reformer, campaigner for humane care.
Sadness in his passing, pride in his legacy.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@rcpsych.bsky.social

David Enoch obituary Other lives: Psychiatrist who helped to switch mental health care away from hospitals and into the community

Not my usual kind of publication.
I had the honour of writing the Guardian obituary for Dr David Enoch (1926–2025): psychiatrist, reformer, campaigner for humane care.
Sadness in his passing, pride in his legacy.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
@rcpsych.bsky.social

A spatial covariance 123I-5IA-85380 SPECT study of α4β2 nicotinic receptors in dementia with Lewy bodies Journal of Neurology - Cholinergic dysfunction, particularly involving nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), contributes to cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies...

🧠 New paper out in Journal of Neurology: spatial covariance mapping of α4β2 nicotinic receptors in dementia with Lewy bodies.
Findings show network-level cholinergic changes linked to cognition, distinct from perfusion patterns.
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Dementia #NeuroSkyence

Excited to chair the Online Dementias UK Workshop today

Looking forward to sharing an update on Lewy Body Dementia at the upcoming 2-day conference in London this February.

Join us for valuable insights/discussions: dementiasonlineworkshop.com/live/en/page...

#DementiaAwareness #LewyBodyDementia

Many NHS Trusts 🏥 are experimenting with Microsoft Copilot to help stretched staff

We need to establish safe and effective use cases…

A colleague sent this #HealthcareAI #LLM

People say "autism never used to exist" and then you go to the Natural History Museum and the exhibit has a caption like "Born in 1762, The Revd [name] was famously irascible, steadfast in his routine, and dedicated his life to collecting 25,000 rare beetle specimens".

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I’m excited to be contributing to the GlobalMinds Exclusive Webinar on Mon 29 Sept (11–12 BST).

GlobalMinds will unite 50,000 people’s lived experience, NHS data & genetics to transform mental health research.

Join us: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/10862b...
#GlobalMinds #MentalHealthResearch

Pharmacological strategies for managing dementia with Lewy bodies: an expert review of symptom-targeted care Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is the second most common cause of neurodegenerative dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, characterized by a complex combination of cognitive, neuropsychiatric, motor...

Managing complex symptoms of #dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)?

I'm please to share our new open-access review in Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology

A key message: treatment must be individualised, and more DLB-specific trials are urgently needed.
Read here: doi.org/10.1080/1751...

A brief guide for all healthcare professionals giving evidence at an inquest or supporting colleagues, going through this process #inquest

If you found this guide useful, please consider leaving a short review on Amazon - it helps other clinicians find this resource.

I’m so sorry Kasia. That must sting

In London, hate will never win.

Yuto Satake returns to Japan today after a productive year at UCL. My son commissioned his artist friend to produce this to commemorate his visit and secret support for Layla to sit on forbidden sofas.

It was a pleasure to meet Yuto whilst he was here. What a brilliant picture!

Blog – What does it mean to be Perfect - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER Dr Lindsey Sinclair - Dr Lindsey Sinclair questions whether aiming for perfection in research harms progress and wellbeing, suggesting excellence might be a healthier goal.

Perfection is overrated. Excellence is enough. 🧠✍️

Dr Lindsey Sinclair shares why chasing perfection in research might be the real Mission Impossible.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-what-do...