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Trisha Elliott

@trishaelliott.bsky.social

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Interested in life in general & people in particular. Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart. Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.

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@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 7:13 PM

If you fancy a fun night out in Edinburgh, check out Ailsa’s Wee Kitchen!

We did this a while ago and now I keep making beetroot curries…

www.theweekitchen.co.uk

@johnlf.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:22 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

Finally given in and switched to an electric vehicle. Don't know what all the fuss is about, it's a cold, windy, uncomfortable ride and the acceleration is rubbish!

An old fashioned electric milk float with open door cabin and the flat bed rear for storing all the crates of milk.
@rhodri.bizOct 11, 2026, 1:19 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

My mum has dug these out, so I am sharing to give a sense of what I looked like in 1977

@paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:01 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

Did Russia interfere in the 2016 EU referendum?

Theresa May: No comment
Boris Johnson: No comment
Liz Truss: No comment
Rishi Sunak: No comment
Keir Starmer: No comment
Andy Burnham: "Clearly."

The first time a PM has confirmed Kremlin meddling in Brexit.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:52 AMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

What does it mean to recover from Long Covid?

Here in the @bmj.com from a few weeks ago, Charlie Dennis, a final year student and @nisreenalwan.bsky.social write about how we’ve still not got a good definition of this, and that is hampering progress.

Link: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

#MedSky

Except from BMJ article: 

Defining recovery is essential for research, clinical care, and patient experience, say Charlie Dennis and Nisreen A Alwan

If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six years of evidence and collective lived experience show us that this is not an easy question to answer. Yet if we do not define recovery, we cannot properly count the number of people living with long covid, and its present and future impact on the population’s wellbeing, economic productivity, and health systems.

Long covid remains a substantial global health problem. A recent report estimated that this condition will cost countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) $11bn (£8.3bn; €9.6bn) a year in healthcare costs over the next decade. The projected economic costs are $135bn a year.Second page of article.
@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:27 PM

Absolutely!

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:12 PM

An excellent idea.

@tessamunt.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:18 AMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

Today, Lifeboat Saturday, I’d like to pay tribute to the many brave men and women who volunteer for the #RNLI, risking their lives to save others in grave danger.

I’m appalled at the abuse and intimidation faced by RNLI crews in recent weeks.

Let’s support and celebrate this incredible charity.

Tessa Munt MP with Marie Goldman MP and Sarah Gibson MP visiting the Brighton Lifeboat Station.
@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

Oh you poor thing. That sounds awful.

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 10:07 AM

Sorry to hear that. My main breast cancer legacies include that it’s difficult to lie on my front because of a lumpy scar where the abscess was, and I think my hormones are still all over the place! Others have had far worse than me though. Agree with your sentiments.

@timlagor.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:33 AMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

I'd take a network of well equipped and staffed gyms free at the point of use. Throw in some playing fields and organised games.

@billkittle.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:53 AMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:05 AM

I can imagine that.

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:59 AM

Exactly this.

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:58 AM

Sadly accurate!

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:52 AM

What does it mean to recover from Long Covid?

Here in the @bmj.com from a few weeks ago, Charlie Dennis, a final year student and @nisreenalwan.bsky.social write about how we’ve still not got a good definition of this, and that is hampering progress.

Link: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

#MedSky

Except from BMJ article: 

Defining recovery is essential for research, clinical care, and patient experience, say Charlie Dennis and Nisreen A Alwan

If you have long covid, how can you tell if you have fully recovered? Six years of evidence and collective lived experience show us that this is not an easy question to answer. Yet if we do not define recovery, we cannot properly count the number of people living with long covid, and its present and future impact on the population’s wellbeing, economic productivity, and health systems.

Long covid remains a substantial global health problem. A recent report estimated that this condition will cost countries in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) $11bn (£8.3bn; €9.6bn) a year in healthcare costs over the next decade. The projected economic costs are $135bn a year.Second page of article.
@nisreenalwan.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:01 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

‘There’s no climate justice without social justice.’ The kids largely agree. I hope the grown ups will too rather than pitching them against each other.

@trishaelliott.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:39 AM

You are absolutely right.

Having worked in the NHS for four decades, we remain spectacularly bad at treating and caring for people with #mecfs and in fact many long term conditions that medical science doesn’t fully understand.

#MedSky

@alcoholfocus.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 3:36 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

Welcome news from Wales today on minimum unit pricing.

The Scottish Government now needs to build on the success of the policy by introducing automatic uprating of #MUP so that it changes with inflation and remains effective.

@shaapalcohol.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 2:02 PMReposted by @trishaelliott.bsky.social

WHO's Health Reality Check podcast asks who *really* keeps us healthy? Dr Margarida Santos, Gundo Weiler & Allison Ekberg discuss prevention, the environments that shape our choices and the Best Buys governments can use. Scotland's minimum unit pricing is one example of that approach in practice.

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