NHS GP, parkrun UK Ambassador for Health & Wellbeing, Co-Event Director, Hesketh Park junior parkrun. Passionate about diet, exercise + reversing diabetes #LCHF
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Ever wondered why doctors and people with type 2 diabetes are getting so excited about low carbohydrate diets? 🤔
73 patients at my surgery have now reversed their type 2 diabetes 🙌
#medthread #tweetorial #medtwitter
Here's a tweetorial of how it's done👇
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This looks interesting..
It’s a weekly email newsletter @tomwilliams1974 who’ll be sharing stories from his parkrun journey, lessons he learned along the way, and how those might apply to other organisations looking to scale their impact
Sign up here👇🏼
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“parkrun is like a kind of community adhesive that helps bring and hold people together”
See the full video here 👇🏼
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Simon Tobin retweeted
"Rigid adherence shifts care towards interventions and prescribing, and away from where it should really be — on the patient’s priorities, preferences and values."
Agree. Ditto where access, use of AI, COI of QOF/LES & digital interaction becomes inflexible & bypasses humanity.
“I believe that modern general practice has become so focused on targets and guideline adherence that we risk losing sight of what matters most to patients”
Just published👇🏼
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“I believe that modern general practice has become so focused on targets and guideline adherence that we risk losing sight of what matters most to patients”
Just published👇🏼
bjgplife.com/patients-will-n…
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parkrun UK launches first ever Health and Inclusion Strategy
I’m really impressed with the scope and ambition of this strategy 🤩
Some challenging targets to make @parkrunUK
even more inclusive blog.parkrun.com/uk/2026/06/…
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FAO all GPs. Just out in @BJGPjournal 👇🏼
Impostor syndrome in general practice: a cost of expert generalism
“The danger lies not in feeling like an impostor, but in believing that feeling makes you unfit to be a GP”
bjgplife.com/impostor-syndro…
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Being elected as a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) was much more than simply gaining a title. It revitalised my career. It’s true! When I tell other GPs this, as all good primary care physicians do, they say “tell me more…”
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Ellie and Mel Pinnington bring energy, music, and joy to Southport’s junior parkrun
Volunteering at junior parkrun has given Ellie a safe and structured space to build her confidence and independence
#autism #AwesomeEllie
🙌 search.app/TjN1HzLdQyGDKpye9
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Southport GP says socially prescribing @parkrunUK can help people both physically and mentally
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What’s going on here? 🤨👇🏼
>40% of the followers of our @juniorparkrunUK event appear to be scantily clad women [no joke]
We need to rethink our marketing - obvs🤔
Whilst we do that perhaps some of you/them might consider wearing something a bit warmer and volunteering on a Sunday😉
@tomwilliams1974
ALT Screenshot of the Twitter/X profiles of 4 successive, scantily clad followers of our junior parkrun account
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😂 😂 😂 👇
>40% of the followers of our @juniorparkrunUK event appear to be scantily clad women [no joke]
We need to rethink our marketing - obvs🤔
Whilst we do that perhaps some of you/them might consider wearing something a bit warmer and volunteering on a Sunday😉
@tomwilliams1974
ALT Screenshot of the Twitter/X profiles of 4 successive, scantily clad followers of our junior parkrun account
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Simon Tobin retweeted
Thanks for sharing @DocRunner1 - @StVincentsL12 @Southportpkrun @croxhallparkrun
Make a difference as a VI guide | parkrun UK Blog: blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/11/…
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"Most of us have never thought to ask why there are so few visually impaired parkrunners at parkrun. 340,000 people in the UK are registered blind or partially sighted but an average parkrun weekend across the UK attracts 60 - 80 VI parkrunners"
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blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/11/…
ALT Southport parkrun regulars. Zana in red T-shirt guiding James who is wearing his guide running his vis T-shirt, blue cap and cool shades
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Probably the best thing you'll read today. Good stuff @HeskethParkjpr @DocRunner1!
“If someone asked me “What’s the best way to bring more joy into my life” I’d say: set up a junior parkrun”
Lovely blog from @DocRunner1 on how @juniorparkrunUK has brought his community together
More here👇
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
@chrissiesmiles @katy_cleece @_JamesMThomas
ALT Four children walking out of Hesketh Park holding hands after a junior parkrun. Dappled sunlight coming through the trees
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Starting a junior parkrun event, parkrun UK Blog ‘If you want more joy in your life, go on, give it a go. I guarantee that you won’t regret it and that your community will be healthier and happier as a result’ @DocRunner1 @parkrunUK 👍 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
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Lovely article by @DocRunner1 about @HeskethParkjpr with a gorgeous photo of my 4 grandchildren taken by my talented son! So much joy!! @lowcarbGP
More of this cheerful community healthy stuff please 🙏🏻
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