Nephrologist & Deputy CCIO @GSTTnhs. Medical ethics, transplantation, education, digital health, social justice, and really into architecture too 🏳️🌈 He/him
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🌍 How do social and cultural factors shape adherence in transplant patients?
🎧 Tune in to the second episode of our podcast series: 🔗 qrco.de/bgTyhL with Prof Michael Marmot, @AdnanSharif1979 & @refikg.
They explore socioeconomic and ethnic disparities, and discuss how clinicians can help overcome structural barriers.
#HealthEquity #TransplantCare #Adherence
IE-TR-2500121 | November 2025
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🧵Today we published our analysis, commissioned by @jrf_uk, which reveals that people living in poverty find it harder to live healthy lives, harder to access #NHS services, live with greater illness and die earlier than the rest of the population. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and…
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Ugly, expensive and loathed: the Slab will stand as London’s monument to government in the 2020s | Simon Jenkins theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Registration is open for this special one-day event at the RSM exploring Young Adult Kidney Care rsm.ac.uk/events/nephrology/… @arvnagra @tinachrysochou @Allysonegan1 @LondonKidney @BAPNnephrology @UKKidney @RoySocMed @ReadySteadyGo3 @kidneycareuk @YAKidneyGroup
Day 11 of our #Epic go-live across @GSTTnhs, @KingsCollegeNHS and @Synnovis. I’m so proud to be part of a team that has achieved so much already - and still lots to do!
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A common question: what can we, in health care, do about the social determinants of health. The answer in this report: a great deal. Health care organisations can be active partners to act on social determinants to prevent illness and reduce inequalities.
A report I wrote with @DrDominiqueAllw & @Mimi_Malhotra for @UCLPartners is out today - showing that hospitals have an important role tackling the social determinants of health.
Four inspiring case studies show us not only why this is important, but how it can be done...
And we’re off! The largest single Epic go-live ever :) – at Camden Town, London
Lift off 🚀
We’re delighted to announce that Epic, our new electronic health record system, has launched today across Guy’s and St Thomas’ and @KingsCollegeNHS.
Find out more: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/epic
#TeamGSTT #EpicLaunch (1/2)
ALT An astronaut in space. The text read reads 'Epic is live! Our news electronic health record system has launched.' Their is the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust logo in the top right corner.
Just hours to go until the launch of our new #Epic EHR across @GSTTnhs, @KingsCollegeNHS & @Synnovis. Years of work coming to a head - and the true transformation is yet to come!@cormbreen @OHSELCCIO – at London, England
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There's just 4⃣0⃣ days to go until Epic, our new electronic health record system, launches on 5 October. 🚀
Epic will transform the way we deliver care and empower our patients to get more involved in decisions about their health.
#ReadyForEpic #TeamGSTT
ALT Picture shows a graphic containing the words '40 days to go. Epic is coming! Our new electronic health record system is launching soon. The countdown to go live has begun'. There is a cartoon of an astronaut looking through a telescope at some stars. The Guy's and St Thomas' NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.
Over 18 years since I was last the Renal SHO on nights at Guy’s. Happy to be supporting the #juniordoctorsstrike @GSTTnhs
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With doctors striking in desperation the NHS becomes an emergency-only service. Sadly this is exactly what the government wants. The evidence is clear that tax-funded universal health care is the best way of providing health care in a civilised society. Draw your own conclusion.
Such important work on the long-term consequences of kidney failure in childhood from @angelacwebster and colleagues. Crucial for nephrologists involved in transition & young adult care too – at Paddington, London
Of the consequences of kidney failure in childhood, those rated as most important are its effects on long-term survival. This study shows that children with kidney failure lose a substantial number of their potential life years bit.ly/JASN0118
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ALT Estimated probability of being in clinical states since kidney failure diagnosis, including transplant (first or ≥2nd), dialysis (never transplanted or return after transplant failure), or death (during dialysis, first or ≥2nd transplant).
Lovely weekend to be on call @GSTTnhs - but with 6 transplants over the week and a 7th in theatre now with @rhz59 and @TransplantMaple (pancreas-kidney) it’s been a great reminder of what it’s all about! – at London, England
Important to understand this properly: social determinants of health (food security, healthcare access etc) can help explain racial health inequalities, rather than biological effects of race. And disparities in SDoH often the result of structural racism thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…
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NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members in the United States and United Kingdom discuss the use of behavioral nudges to influence patient and clinician behavior: nej.md/3VSrlWx @refikg @GSTTnhs
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Interviews from NEJM Catalyst Insights Council members on how their organizations apply behavioral nudges: nej.md/3VSrlWx
Thanks to Nikolaus Kashey @OurLegacyHealth @refikg @GSTTnhs and Cynthia Deculus @CedarsSinai for your thoughts!
I really enjoyed speaking with @nejmcatalyst about behavioural nudges - particularly in relation to our Epic EHR implementation programme @GSTTnhs & @KingsCollegeNHS. How can we encourage clinicians to get the most out of an EHR without even noticing? #digitalhealth
"Behavioral Nudges Are Under the Radar but Omnipresent" nej.md/3VSrlWx with Nikolaus Kashey @OurLegacyHealth @refikg @GSTTnhs Cynthia Deculus @CedarsSinai
As ever, a great summary of the dual problems of pay erosion and workplace culture
