News Editor at The BMJ

London
Joined September 2011
Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Replying to @bmj_latest @Voa1234
Tnk u @bmj_latest @zosiamk for invitng me 2 write for Head2Head. Am I convinced that the past 5 yrs have seen hugely encouraging +ve change? Yes. Do I think credit goes entirely to frontline clinicians, resident docs, students? Absolutely yes! Do I tnk them n say keep going? Yes!
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
I’m very grateful to the BMJ Group @bmj_company for publishing a profile of my academic work including the contribution I have made to primary medical care and public health globally. Working with the BMJ for the past 30 years has been a privilege. bmjgroup.com/driving-global-…
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
This is Abdel Wahab Daadoush of Kafranbel. Thirteen years ago, he was a 20 year old medical student headed to Hama to take an exam. He was disappeared by the regime. Yesterday, he was released from Saydnaya Prison, having lost his memory and not being able to identify himself.
هذا الذي رأيناه خرج من #صيدنايا فاقدًا للعقلِ والذاكرة هو ابن بلدة كفرنبل اسمه عبد الوهاب دعدوش تمّ التعرف عليه الآن. حتى أهله ما قدروا يتعرفوا عليه بالبداية من شدة التغيّر💔 كان طالب طب بشري خرج في سن العشرين منذ ١٣ عام لتقديم الامتحان في #حماة ولم يعد والدته أصيبت بالعمى حزناً عليه ظنًّا به أنّه متوفي كان وحيدًا لها. وولده الذي لم يراه أصبح الآن عمره ١٣ سنة لا يعرف أباه! أي ظلم هذا وأي جرم قد ارتكبه؟! #سجن_صيدنايا #دمشق #بشار_الأسد #سوريا_تتحرر #سوريا_الجديده #سوريا_حرة #سوريا
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
"It's two years since I, along with my co-author, published a review into the GMC's handling of a GP who was suspended over a claim she'd been promised a laptop." Iqbal Singh looks at where there's been progress & where there's still room for improvement bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q269…
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
The consultation to regulate NHS managers has opened. You can respond directly here: gov.uk/government/consultati…
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Dear Wes, please don't tell us ( terminally ill patients) that we can't make an informed choice. Many of us can ( and have) and want the option of AD, whatever the state of play with palliative care services.
I have terminal cancer and fully support and campaign for AD. However good palliative care is, 17 people still die everyday in unimaginable pain because their pain relief doesn’t touch the sides. Many like myself are also allergic to opioids. End of life palliative care should absolutely be fully funded and improved. But there are far too many whose pain can’t be controlled, and they should have the right to choose not to suffer at the end. These are terminally ill people with 6 months left to live, who are already dying. The Assisted Dying Bill is for them. The current blanket ban is cruel and currently far more dangerous. We deserve the right to live what’s left of our lives, with the comfort of knowing we won’t potentially suffer an agonising death. Please read the testimonies from so many of the brave and courageous bereaved families on the @dignityindying website who are tirelessly campaigning to prevent people like myself going through the same trauma. The proven safe #AssistedDying law we are campaigning for is also on there @doctor_oxford @wesstreeting
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Over 10 million people in the UK, or around half the workforce, don’t have access to essential health support through their work, such as routine health checks or influenza vaccinations, the Royal Society for Public Health @R_S_P_H has found bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q231…
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
A UK university is helping to train Chinese GPs. This is why buff.ly/4eTO4tQ @wanderingsal
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Would anyone be interested/amused by a short article on whether its okay to turn scrubs into a Halloween costumes?
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
what is use of CNO for England (big salary, big status, bit late career opportunities) publicly condemning scrapping of nursing bursaries after retirement rather than when still in post (and maybe resigning over it?) Far too many senior NHS execs do stuff like this Too late!
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Giving a human factors talk next month at a critical care conference Hmm... BMJ study found ICU trainees urine was x2 as concentrated as their patients Even a 1-2Kg loss of body water can reduce analysis/decision making by 15-20% Drinking regularly helps maintain performance
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
Our letter in ⁦@thetimes⁩ today highlighting the importance of evidence base in psychiatry when treating mental illness Glad to see ⁦@mirandarwolpert⁩ also responded. ⁦@Tamsin_J_Ford⁩ ⁦@wendyburn⁩
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Zosia Kmietowicz also on BlueSky retweeted
"I would rather have a seemingly direct and cold doctor who gets the job done well; anything above this is a welcome bonus." Interesting response to our piece on trust. What do you think? bmj.com/content/386/bmj.q144…
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