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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Jul 1

📣New Publication!📣

The findings from the ACORN study (funded by @mariecurieuk.bsky.social ) have now been published!

Thank you everyone who worked on this, supported us, and took the time to speak to us!

Read our findings here:
doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#KidneyDiseaseResearch

A qualitative exploration of cAregiver experienCes Of conseRvatively maNaged kidney failure: the ACORN study - BMC Nephrology

Introduction Patients with kidney failure who are older, frail and have multiple conditions can choose not to receive dialysis and instead receive conservative management, which focuses on symptom man...

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Apr 29

Traditional first birthday present from Auntie Claire - a kidney 🫘

#NephSky

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · Apr 1

URGENT - there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨

EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir

Urgent Action Needed: Tell Keir Starmer to Keep the NHS Out of US Trade Deals

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢 New publication from the DIAMONDS programme 📢

The protocol for the definitive trial looking at the effectiveness of a self management intervention for people with type 2 #diabetes and severe #mentalillness is now publsihed in BMJ Open.
#healthresearch #trials

bmjopen.bmj.com/lookup/doi/1...

DIAMONDS—a diabetes self-management intervention for people with severe mental illness: protocol for an individually randomised controlled multicentre trial

Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is two to three times more common in people with severe mental illness (SMI) than in the general population. Supporting self-management in diabetes is fund...

bmjopen.bmj.com

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Mar 14

Staying cosy 🥰🐍

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Mar 13

It's #WorldKidneyDay - So here are my polycystic kidney disease illustrations from the past few years.

Look after your beans!

Coloured pencil illustration of a polycystic kidney

Photograph of a woman with glasses holding a framed coloured pencil illustration of polycystic kidneys

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Royal College of Nursing Library and Museum @rcnlibraries.bsky.social · Mar 13

#AreYourKidneysOK? Today is World Kidney Day! We've put together a search of our resources to help you find the most up-to-date information on Kidney health, which you can view here: buff.ly/AccFfzJ

Promotional image for World Kidney Day 2025 featuring a close-up of a person holding a transparent illustration of a kidney against their lower back.

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Nephgirlsketches @nephgirlsketch.bsky.social · Mar 13

Happy World Kidney Day!

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Feb 13

📢New publication!📢
1st journal article from my NIHR Advanced Fellowship: protocol for a systematic review on the prevalence of #kidneydisease among people with severe #mentalillness

Read it @plosone.org :

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The prevalence of chronic kidney disease in people with severe mental illness: A systematic review protocol

Background People with severe mental illness (SMI) are more likely to develop long-term physical health conditions, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, compared to people without SMI...

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Jan 29

📢New Editorial📢 - 'The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect' @becky-n.bsky.social and I wrote a brief overview of the issue for Kidney News - you can read it here:
doi.org/10.62716/kn....

The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect

"The Overlooked Inequality: How Severe Mental Illness and Chronic Kidney Disease Intersect" published on 08 Jan 2025 by American Society of Nephrology.

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Brian Mulholland @staybeautifulb.bsky.social · Jan 21

Delighted to announce submissions are now open for #Film #Devour #short #film #festival #36 #belfast #ni #northernireland

The rules: (1) Need to be 15 minutes or under (2) Have a connection to NI (3) Made in last 18 months

Link for submission form below

forms.gle/55zhrqnvxRxm...

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Jan 2

I am yearning for a rewatch already. 🧛🏻‍♂️

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Jan 2

Mostly they’re on A2 paper - More room for the details! Would probably want to go bigger if I had the space…

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Jan 1

Between nibblings, best man duties, and starting a fellowship, I didn’t get a lot of time to draw in 2024 and only finished three illustrations.

Would love to draw more in 2025, but we’ll see what happens!

Coloured pencil Illustration of a fasciotomy following snakebite envenomation

Ink illustration of a large haemangioma on a man’s face

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Dec 27

Was commissioning ‘skeleton’ drawings from his auntie and everything!

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Dec 27

I introduced my two-year-old nephew to The Nightmare Before Christmas yesterday, and already we’ve watched it three times 🙌🏻👏🏻👻

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Dec 26

Not too bad a view up here in #Scotland

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Dec 25

Merry Christmas, and yippe-ki-yay, to all 🎄🎅🏼

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Anne Finucane @annefinucane.bsky.social · Dec 16

Invitation: If you are a UK-based researcher, or clinician conducting palliative care research, please complete our brief survey to help funders understand what is needed to sustain and grow palliative care research in the UK. Now open until 12.1.25:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/edinburgh/...

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Dr Claire Carswell @clairecarswell.bsky.social · Dec 15

Large #haemangioma illustration, #ink on paper.

Reference photo from the account Soviet_maxillofacial on IG.

#medicalhistory #medicalart #medicalillustration

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