Prof Scarlett McNally

Great article, thank you for sharing! A professor shared these findings with me sometime ago so I don’t have the specifics. I understand they’re publicly available though.

Scarlett McNally: Prioritising the health of our children by reducing road traffic deaths Last year, 27 450 people were killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads.1 If these deaths or serious injury from road traffic crashes were a cancer, they’d represent the fifth leading new cancer ...

Hello @andy-cox.bsky.social. Please could you give me the reference for that paper on road danger from phone distraction? I might use it for a future @bmj.com article. Here's a 2022 article I wrote www.bmj.com/content/379/... about road injuries and deaths being a major (and fixable) health issue.

Microplastics and nanoplastics in urban air originate mainly from tire abrasion, research reveals Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germa...

Study finds 2/3 of microplastics in urban air is caused by car tires phys.org/news/2026-03...

Letter to the editor: Fantasy in the Eastbourne Local Plan Now is the time to comment on the new Eastbourne Local Plan 2022-2042. The question you might ask is should councils set ‘ambitious’ targets without a reasonable path to achieve them? In terms of tr...

Excellent letter, @bespokeeb.bsky.social
From SussexWorld #Eastbourne #EastSussex
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Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Professor Scarlett McNally in a red swirly dress with a fascinator and red shoes in the grounds of Windsor Castle, wearing an OBE medal and looking absolutely delighted.

Fabulous day! At Windsor Castle for the investiture of my OBE. With amazing people. Thanks everyone who's supported me. #NHS

I hope you feel better soon! The @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social has a FREE will writing service. Click through. A solicitor checks it and you print and get 2 witnesses to sign it. Everyone should have a will. www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/advice-suppo... It's so much nicer for family and friends.

Thanks @johnspicer3.bsky.social ! There are lots of references in my @bmj.com article about how to get started. @cpoc.bsky.social

Scarlett McNally: Shared decision making requires striking the right balance Surgeons have a reputation for saving lives in emergencies, but 80% of surgery is planned.1 The public thinks of health conditions as following a passive linear progression from symptoms, scans, and d...

Really important article from @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social on #shareddecisionmaking
Better if given time, and has a team element too
Kinda obvs but needs saying !
www.bmj.com/content/392/...

We welcome the new National Cancer Plan for England, which for the first time embeds prehabilitation and rehabilitation as core parts of cancer care.

Preparing for treatment matters, reducing postoperative complications and helping cancer pathways run on time.

Full response 👉 shorturl.at/j9mSb

4AT - Rapid Clinical Test for Delirium Detection 4AT: rapid assessment test for delirium detection. Designed by Alasdair MacLullich (University of Edinburgh), Tracy Ryan and Helen Cash (NHS Lothian). Used in clinical care by doctors, nurses, occupational therapists and other healthcare professional

Made the 4AT #delirium assessment tool with 2 colleagues in 2011 to help improve the rates of detection in my hospital at the time. Also made a website - www.the4AT.com - to help with dissemination.

Pleased to say it has now been widely adopted & has a large evidence base.

Great to see CPOC partner @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social President Tim Mitchell speaking to Healthcare Today on the future of surgery, including turning waiting lists into preparation lists.

Preparation for surgery can reduce complications risk by up to 50%.

Top 7 interventions: shorturl.at/w0yxJ

I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body BBC health correspondent James Gallagher gets his blood analysed to understand how air pollution is killing us.

In UK, poor air quality kills 30,000 people a year harming babies in the womb and conditions from asthma to dementia. Most of the air pollution from traffic out of exhaust pipes & wear and tear of tyres and brakes. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Reducing cars on Park Street would make it safer for everyone' Zoe Banks Gross says Bristol needs bold change to its transport policy

I’ve written an opinion piece about the proposed changes to Park st, I mention @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social Bristol Declaration @ianwalker.bsky.social, considering health and options for everyone to use the space and have the choice to travel sustainably www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

Thanks @canseengland.bsky.social!

Healthy transport needs to be easily available. Brilliant declaration led by @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social.
Transport is a public health concern.
@cyclinguk.bsky.social
#ActiveTravel
#Cycling

Our new report ‘View on digital and AI’ reveals that while many doctors support widespread implementation of #AI in the #NHS, 68% believe the NHS lacks the digital infrastructure to introduce AI that will make a difference for patients.

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Great to see CPOC Board Partner @rcphysicians.bsky.social set out a clear view on digital & AI.

Digital infrastructure must be clinically led, starting with patient need, safety and outcomes, not driven by what technology alone can do.

Please share! @20splenty.bsky.social @transportaction.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social @england.nhs.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social

Bristol Declaration on healthy transport The Faculty of Public Health, the Royal Society of Public Health and partners are supporting the Bristol Declaration - calling for the transformation of the UK to a place where healthy transport optio...

I led this! Please read news on "The Bristol Declaration" = massive transport + health impact. www.fph.org.uk/news/bristol...
Thanks @fphuk.bsky.social @rsph.bsky.social @transporthealth.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social Please share! @livingstreets.bsky.social

This "The Bristol Declaration" is the link between transport and health (good and bad).
www.fph.org.uk/media/tr2bnu...
Thanks @fphuk.bsky.social @rsph.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social

Thanks so much, everyone!

Thank you @drmumsjt.bsky.social!

Excellent article by #Eastbourne consultant orthopaedic surgeon @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social.
She's the person on the cycle below.
She highlights contradictions on transport at national and local level.
The #NHS and @eastsussexcc.bsky.social need to do better!
#ActiveTravel
@cyclinguk.bsky.social

We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors. ...

The NHS itself is responsible for 4% of the traffic on UK roads. As an anchor institution, it should be leading the change. Yet all anyone’s trying to do there “is convert the fleets to electric when in fact what we should be doing is supporting the staff to commute by active travel or by bus.”

We must get fitter if we’re to afford the future, says McNally McNally in traffic outside Eastbourne hospital. Cycling on the pavement is forbidden. Plans for a bus and cycle route running three miles from Polegate to the hospital were stopped by councillors. ...

Great article with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social about encouraging less driving and more active travel to save the #NHS
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'Inspiring' deaf runner, 85, breaks parkrun records in Sheffield Barbara Groves says she started running three months ago after watching her son at a parkrun.

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Local #parkrun good news!

Well done Barbara Groves of Manor Fields #loveparkrun

In the 1st year of implementing a national 20mph urban/village default limit in Wales there were 630 fewer casualties. None may have been your son or daughter, but they all belonged to someone whose life has not now been devastated. #20splenty where people are. www.20splenty.org/wales_casual...

Hear from CPOC Deputy Director @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social on how the culture within perioperative teams impact patient care.

Earlier this year we published a suite of resources to help improve behaviours including an infographic and poster.

Find out more👉https://shorturl.at/dngb9

Scarlett McNally: A simple but radical approach is needed to challenge bad behaviour in the NHS As I get older, I’m glad to see changing attitudes to inappropriate behaviours. Yet bad behaviours persist, including sexual harassment. A recent BMA report highlighted that, of 968 survey respondents...

Read, re-post and bookmark my @bmj.com article. Change #NHS behaviours staff/students/patients NOW. Download the posters. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Thanks @afpp.bsky.social @cpoc.bsky.social @britorthopaedic.bsky.social @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social @rcsed.bsky.social