Posts by Karen Protopapa
Important read relating to BMI, hip revision surgery and patients’ health-related quality of life from Ramani Moonesinghe and colleagues urging for policy reconsideration.
boneandjoint.org.uk/article/10.1...
#BMI #revision #hip #surgery #policy
NCEPOD reports are based on #data collected from #HCPs throughout the UK. I’m happy to have contributed to supplementary data/tools below. Freely available to help improve #patient care. I found five baubles on the @ncepod.bsky.social Christmas tree, as below.
Bauble 1- Joint Care? Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (released 13/02/2025)
A review of the quality of care provided to children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
www.ncepod.org.uk/2025jia.html
Bauble 2- Recovery Beyond Survival: Rehabilitation following critical illness (12/06/2025)
A review of the quality of rehabilitation care provided to patients following an admission to an intensive care unit.
www.ncepod.org.uk/2025icur.html
Bauble 3- A Balanced Solution: Blood sodium (9/10/2025)
A review of the quality of care provided to adults in hospital identified as having hyponatraemia (low blood sodium levels) or hypernatraemia (high blood sodium levels).
www.ncepod.org.uk/2025bs.html
Bauble 4- Risking Life and Limb: Acute limb ischaemia (13/11/2025)
A review of the quality of care provided to adults with acute limb ischaemia (ALI).
www.ncepod.org.uk/2025ali.html
Bauble 5- Right Place, Right Time, Right Team (11/12/2025)
A review of good practice and remediable factors in the delivery of care provided to children and young people under 18 years old undergoing emergency (non-elective) surgery under anaesthetic or sedation. www.ncepod.org.uk/2025eps.html
Delighted that our Chair Dr Suzy Lishman CBE @ilovepathology has been made a Dame in the New Year Honours - so very well deserved! www.gov.uk/government/p...
A beautiful night garden of #reflection
Dedicate a rose in memory of a loved one
The Royal Marsden #Cancer #Charity
Open until 16/12/2025
Near the Saatchi Gallery in London
Or #donate online
www.royalmarsden.org
New report out! A review of emergency surgery in children and young people: ncepod.org.uk/2025eps.html @HQIP @NHSGIRFT
There is still time to register for our webinar this lunchtime, to hear the highlights of the report out today on emergency surgery in children and young people: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a6aa2e...
Winter greetings from @uniofsurrey.bsky.social ! My last teaching day for the year. Starting to wish students an enjoyable time over the forthcoming holidays. May I extend the same to my friends on here as well. #WinterVibes #holidayseason
📝NEW: @ncepod.bsky.social @hqip.bsky.social & NHS England report on Acute Limb Ischaemia found delays occurred due to this condition not being recognised as well as the underuse of #vascular networks.
Read more👉: www.hqip.org.uk/resource/619...
@rcem.ac.uk @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social
Join our webinar with the @VSGBI and @NHSGIRFT vascular surgery to discuss the NCEPOD report 'Risking Life and Limb' a review of acute limb ischaemia - 4th Dec 12.30 -1.30 - its FREE!
Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8b7ede07…
I invite you on a weekend #wellness journey. Day One - SOMA breathwork session. Highly recommended! Discuss any pre-existing medical conditions with your practitioner. Day Two - 2 hr #forest walk/jog to clear my mind. Wishing you well as you re-charge your batteries for the week ahead #wellbeing
Take a look at our map of vascular networks
public.tableau.com/app/profile/...
Professor Crick Lund receiving the Gold Medal from ASSAf President, Professor Thokozani Majozi.
Prof Crick Lund has been awarded an Academy of Science of South Africa Science-for-Society Gold Medal!
The award recognises his outstanding contribution to public mental health in low- & middle-income countries over nearly 3 decades.
🔗 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/profess...
@cgmh.bsky.social
New report out - a review of the care provided to patients with acute limb ischaemia #ALI
www.ncepod.org.uk/2025ali.html
@HQIP @VSGBI @BSIR_News @RCollEM @RCRadiologists @ilovepathology @RCSnews @vasgbi @acutemedicine @theRCN @rcgp @AACE_org
@rcoanews.bsky.social please note today's new report relevant to many anaesthetic and intensive care colleagues 🤗
Part 3/3 For the free SORT app (we created a tool to provide an estimate of mortality risk within 30 days of inpatient surgery - to be used in conjunction with clinical judgement)
www.ncepod.org.uk/sort.html
Part 2/3 The Surgical Outcome Risk Tool: Where Are We 10 Years on?
www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10....
Part 1/3 Thrilled to say I’ve published again as first & corresponding author. The Surgical Outcome Risk Tool: Where Are We 10 Years on? Huge thanks to Professor Ramani Moonesinghe + Dr Jo Simpson + my wonderful team at @ncepod.bsky.social Thank you for accompanying me on this +10 year journey!