We need to talk about newborn babies seeing osteopaths.
Posts by Abi Rimmer
The baby has eczema which is upsetting and unsettling sleep so I've been googling it. I now am being bombarded by adverts for non-steroid creams which will all claim they are the answer to making it better. How can they all be the one wonder cream that works?!
The RCP New Consultants Committee is recruiting for a 3-year term across several UK regions – and we’re looking for passionate new consultants ready to shape what comes next.
Don’t wait until it’s too late – submit your application before Tuesday 14 April.
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Help! I'm on maternity leave but I need to look at least minimally competent in a meeting today 😱 What topics/issues would you like the BMJ journalism team cover this year?
Image shows children's picture book called I want to be a doctor
Image shows a doctor in a white coat (which is not worn by doctors in the UK)
You can tell I've been with @bmj.com too long because this annoyed me (UK publication)
The lack of public toilets (let alone accessible ones) in central London is a disgrace
The Government has put forward an offer to our resident doctors' committee.
We are sharing this for consideration by members.
Read more👉 direc.to/ofS9 [1/2]
Why don't we have paediatric GPs? Not asking because I think GPs don't do an excellent job with children but more because wouldn't it lighten the workload and allow those who wanted to specialise more to do so?
The ICPH is calling for Abstract papers to be submitted before 2 Feb 2026
Don’t forget to submit your abstract for ICPH 2026. We’re seeking evidence-based interventions and real-world solutions in physician wellbeing, system change, leadership culture and more. Submit by 2 Feb 2026. Join the global conversation.
👉www.international-conference-physician-health.org
What do we think of telling NHS patients how much it costs to miss an appointment? I think I'm pro but confusingly it doesn't come from the same number that reminded me about my appointment.
Hospital corridor
In @thetimes.com, we’ve warned that the #NHS will continue to lose talented early-career doctors unless urgent action is taken to fix training bottlenecks.
👉Competition ratios, limited training posts & inflexible pathways are driving growing frustration: ow.ly/BCPb50XGk3O
I asked Radiographer if she'd ever had a CT scan. She hasn't so I said it's a shame they don't, to see what it's like. "I don't really want the radiation," she said. Which made me think - at what point does that risk outweigh the benefit for someone like me where you're checking for cancer?
I sit down in waiting room. I see this sign. I get up and walk to reception to check in. "Oh no you don't need to check in, you just wait in the waiting room and they will call you."
‘Once a doctor has been employed in the same specialty by the same trust for more than two years, they should be moved to a nationally negotiated SAS contract.’
👉 Read our rapid response to a @bmj.com investigation revealing thousands of LEDs are trapped in insecure contracts: ow.ly/m9sm50XwQot
Doctor stops on way to flight to help an injured member of the public and is left out of pocket! 'Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others' www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Yes of course! Now I feel very dumb 🤣
Would cotton pouches filled with flaxseed work as an alternative for disposable ice packs (or plastic cold packs) for kids' bumps and bruises? Or nonsense?
Interested in who does this testing and how www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Just waiting for my scan now. Reminding myself that even though it will really feel like I've wet myself, I haven't wet myself. (Although I have just had a baby so maybe I have...😆)
Feeling slightly nauseating deja vu 🤢 waiting for a CT scan while my baby and husband wait in the car park, in the hospital where I used to get my picc line cleaned during my chemo (and my first baby waited in the car park)
I have had long discussions with my previous specialist nurse about it but nothing has changed sadly
Breastfeeding can continue as normal after a CT with contrast. For more information visit www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/factsheet/ct/
Letter about an upcoming CT scan. Would be great if it could include a line about breastfeeding too
The nurse who took my blood told me I couldn't drink for two hours afterwards or the liquid would squirt out through the hole in my arm. I believed her! This is how tired is am 😆
My toddler has an Usbourne first experiences book called 'Going to the Doctor' with illustrations by the wonderful Stephen Cartwright. I literally embodied this new mum in the GP waiting room this morning
Round two maternity leave and I'm reminded of all the things that annoyed me last time (!) like the lack of space for prams on public transport. We don't want to take up space designated for wheelchairs but often there are no other options.
After my #rectalcancer diagnosis I wasn't sure what the future of our family would be. Very happy to say there is (new) life after cancer. Baby girl born last week 💕 #bowelcancer #cancer
Very excited to be starting as Careers Editor @bmj.com today - holding the fort for the wonderful @abirimmer.bsky.social while she's away.
Please get in touch with workforce issues we should be covering, if you have a fun hobby that improves your wellbeing, or a role model nomination