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Shelagh O’Riordan

@shelaghor

Consultant geriatrician, NHSE clinical lead for virtual ward/hospital at home. President elect UK Hospital at Home Society.

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It’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lottery The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become

I think there is a vg case for the Alternative Vote (pluralist majoritarianism) UK's evolving party system - not least as of balanced use for voters on different sides of political spectrum. It allows sincere voting by every voter + strategic choices by those who care
www.ft.com/content/38d8...

06.03.2026 21:57 👍 277 🔁 82 💬 28 📌 22

Cool claws for clinging on when going down!

24.02.2026 17:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So brave to write along a personal and professional line. But also a really important and valuable thing to do!! Well done Emma.

19.02.2026 20:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hello lovely Asan in the sunshine!

19.01.2026 19:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We desperately need to train staff of the future to be able to work in the NHS if the future! And they seems to really love it!

15.12.2025 09:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We have recently received some fantastic blogs from doctors in training who have worked in a variety of Hospital at Home services:

“GP Specialty Trainee experience with the Lanarkshire H@H Team”: Dr Emmett McLaughlin

www.hospitalathome.org.uk/blog_GP_trai...

#HospitalAtHome

15.12.2025 09:01 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Photo showing a cyclist on the Crab and Winkle Way. Text reads: Route of the week: Crab and Winkle Way. Walk Wheel Cycle Trust

Photo showing a cyclist on the Crab and Winkle Way. Text reads: Route of the week: Crab and Winkle Way. Walk Wheel Cycle Trust

This week we're travelling down to the Kent coast for our Route of the Week. It's the Crab and Winkle Way! 🦀

17.11.2025 09:52 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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#NewWebinar #HospitalAtHome

"NHS England Midlands Regional evaluation of implementation of Hospital at Home service"
Thursday 27 November 2025, at 12:30 (BST)

Open to all 👉 Joining details: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

17.11.2025 16:48 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Membership Sign-up

To become a member of the UK Hospital At Home Society you can find the details here⬇️

www.hospitalathome.org.uk/membership_s...

13.11.2025 06:02 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📢 Calling all UK Hospital at Home Society members!

📨 Our National Benchmarking Survey has just been launched – please check your inbox and respond to help us deliver the most comprehensive look yet at Hospital at Home services across the UK.

#HospitalAtHome

12.11.2025 15:02 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

This is going to be a fantastic conference. Do you wonder what hospital at home really is, what can be done, is it safe etc??? Then join us

02.10.2025 20:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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📢 Save the Date!

Join us for the UK Hospital at Home Society Conference
📅 5–6th March 2026
📍 Edinburgh

Two days of learning, innovation & networking in Hospital at Home care.
More details coming soon!

#HaHConf2026 #HospitalatHome #UKHaHSoc
@ukhahsoc.bsky.social

05.08.2025 22:21 👍 9 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 2

Embarrassed at how NHS treats trainees. Have trainee due to start GP training induction today. My colleague asked one week ago for reference. Funnily enough in July, she’s on leave & not replied. Poor trainee, through no fault of their own, not even allowed to start induction. Pitiful & infuriating

06.08.2025 12:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

This is going to be a fantastic conference!! Are you curious about how HAH works? Do you want to increase your skills?? Are you working in a virtual ward- they’re the same thing!! Join us!!

06.08.2025 09:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I often say it’s like doing an abdominal assessment and coming up with the diagnosis of tummy ache! 😣

16.07.2025 06:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Excellent NHS care, delivered at home.

We're expanding Hospital at Home to 2,000 beds by the end of 2026 - watch this to find out how it will help ease pressure on the NHS and cut waiting lists. 👇

09.07.2025 20:06 👍 92 🔁 48 💬 6 📌 1
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Great to meet the lovely NHS staff at @nhsforthvalley.bsky.social who deliver the Hospital at Home service.

We’re expanding it to 2,000 beds across Scotland by the end of 2026 - meaning more patients treated at home, shorter waiting lists, and more space freed up in hospitals.

09.07.2025 14:31 👍 81 🔁 35 💬 1 📌 0
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Reducing Risks for Older Adults | Best Practices This course, Reducing Risks for Older Adults, provides context and best practices for systematically identifying older adults who are at risk for poor outcomes

Did you know it is estimated that #delirium goes undiagnosed in more than 50% of cases? Take our course 'Reducing Risks for Older Adults' to learn best practices for identifying older adults who are at risk for poor outcomes >> buff.ly/4jdRcDs #hpm #hapc

06.06.2025 00:56 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

We are lucky- we have an ED consultant with us and he just phones people- they seem to have direct phones for SDEC etc which we don’t know about!

05.06.2025 05:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s fantastic! Thank you!!

05.06.2025 05:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I would suggest using the SPOA team instead. We have a team of doctors and ACPs hanging out in ambulance offices pulling patients from the stack and offering alternatives to conveyance. Expert knowledge of community offers and non ED offers including urgent OPD/SDEC essential.

04.06.2025 13:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Amazing photo!!

02.06.2025 21:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think both would be great. This provoked much discussion at work today within my team and also local hospital!

22.05.2025 19:48 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
A stuffed stork with an arrow through its neck – it’s that very stork, now found in the zoological collection at the University of Rostock.

A stuffed stork with an arrow through its neck – it’s that very stork, now found in the zoological collection at the University of Rostock.

202 years ago today, this stork was shot in the village of Klütz in northern Germany. It already had a 30-inch arrow in its neck. The arrow was made of African wood, and this first ‘Pfeilstorch’ (‘arrow stork’) played a pivotal role in the understanding of bird migration.

21.05.2024 14:39 👍 88 🔁 51 💬 11 📌 10

Excellent review. I run a hospital at home service and we talk about this often. Sometimes the staff and patients/carers want to iv because it makes them feel they’re doing their best!

22.05.2025 05:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Many households in Medway are feeling the pressure of the cost of living. Medway Council’s Household Support Fund offers government-backed help with essentials like school uniforms, energy or water bills, and other vital needs. You don’t need to be on benefits to apply. Apply here: buff.ly/xqjW0ZP

13.05.2025 06:26 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Virtual wards and hospital at home Virtual wards aim to provide hospital level healthcare in patients' homes. What are the opportunities and risks for patients, carers and the NHS?

Excellent report on virtual wards and hospital at home just published. Nice to see @ukhahsoc.bsky.social members contributions. Also reference to @arc-gm.bsky.social @gerisoc.bsky.social publications.
post.parliament.uk/research-bri...

29.04.2025 08:50 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Fantastic news for all those in #HospitalAtHome we are proud to support the new ‘The Journal of Advanced Home Medicine’ #JAHM
🔗https://jahm.io

27.03.2025 12:43 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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16.03.2025 20:31 👍 68 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 0