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In November The Royal Free Hospital hosted an innovative programme, themed around Respiratory and Rheumatological overlap conditions. Many thanks to Dr James Goldring, Dr Richard Stratton and everyone at the Royal Free for co-ordinating and contributing to the day. Many thanks to Dr Catherine Rang for sharing notes from the day. Interstitial lung disease classification and management Dr Elizabeth Renzoni, started … Continue reading
Breaking news Welcome to the new ST3s! We look forward to seeing you at the Bronchoscopy Training Day on Wed 23rd November. Nearing CCT or know someone who is? See below for a great Consultant job opportunity at Newham. If anyone has recently either successfully claimed, or had problems claiming, excess travel or relocation costs please … Continue reading
Updated in Dec 2020 Queens Hospital is the flagship hospital of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and replaced both Harold Wood Hospital and Oldchurch Hospital when it opened in December 2006. It has a standard bed capacity of 939, with an additional 60 available when required (which is often). Bluebell is the Respiratory … Continue reading
Interested in lung cancer care, now and in the future? Why not join the RSM Cardiothoracic section for a TED-style meeting to address the cutting-edge solutions and technologies needed to cure lung cancer on Friday Nov 11th? “In a series of TED-style talks, this meeting will take us on the journey for the lung cancer … Continue reading
Breaking news New whistleblowing policy: what does the extended whistleblowing protection mean for HEE’s postgraduate medical and dental trainees? There is a new legal route with some technical aspects, but a short summary from HEE aims to give you the main points. Many thanks to Angshu for the updates on how to smoothly pass through ARCP. Don’t forget that … Continue reading
The London Advanced TB Course is taking place Nov 10-11th. It is organised by Public Health England with the Centre for Respiratory Infection (CRI), National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London. “This intensive course will offer a comprehensive update to participants on the clinical management of TB cases and incidents, evaluate new diagnostic techniques … Continue reading
An enthusiastic group of trainees met at Homerton Hospital in July, keen for interaction and participation! Many thanks to Dr Angshu Bhowmik for co-ordinating the day, and for speakers who travelled from other hospitals to give talks. Intro Dr Angshu Bhowmik, started the day with a welcome refresher on the indications, contraindications and basic mechanics of NIV. He encouraged … Continue reading
You could be forgiven for missing the message on the latest BTS news email, but elections are now open for BTS Council. And who is standing? Our very own Training Programme Director, Dr Angshu Bhowmik*! The BTS Council has a significant role in the society, acting as an advisory body for Society policies and a guide … Continue reading
Congratulations to Dr Jess Potter, who is not only conducting research into TB here in London as part of her MRC fellowship, but is also doing amazing work to grab the public’s attention and get TB in the news. She recently wrote for the Guardian following a visit to Cambodia. Whilst in Cambodia Jess saw the impact of … Continue reading
Immunology is an area of the curriculum which is relevant to a growing number of areas of day to day practice in Respiratory medicine, but does not often receive explicit attention in the training programme. In view of this, Dr David Jackson has put together a one day workshop on ‘Immunology for chest physicians’. The aim … Continue reading
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