Peter Hampshire
@peterunner.bsky.social
Runner, music lover & 🐕 owner. Critical Care & Anaesthetic Consultant @ Royal Liverpool Hospital.
DMD for Medicine @ Broadgreen Hospital. He/Him
DMD for Medicine @ Broadgreen Hospital. He/Him
Never get tired of listening to this album. Nearly every track is perfection. Their early stuff was amazing.
November 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Never get tired of listening to this album. Nearly every track is perfection. Their early stuff was amazing.
Those of us working in hospitals knew this delay in lockdown in March 2020 would be catastrophic. Poor leadership cost lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Those of us working in hospitals knew this delay in lockdown in March 2020 would be catastrophic. Poor leadership cost lives.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A good race at the UK athletics cross country challenge in Sefton Park, Liverpool today. Finished the 8km course in 36.15, getting lapped by the leaders! Great muddy course.
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A good race at the UK athletics cross country challenge in Sefton Park, Liverpool today. Finished the 8km course in 36.15, getting lapped by the leaders! Great muddy course.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's 2 months until the start of the Spine Challenger South. I'm stepping up my training this month, with a 7hr trail run followed by a 25km run the next day. There's also a lot of kit to source, so I've managed to buy it all 2nd hand so far (staying on Brand though), & will try to borrow the rest.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's 2 months until the start of the Spine Challenger South. I'm stepping up my training this month, with a 7hr trail run followed by a 25km run the next day. There's also a lot of kit to source, so I've managed to buy it all 2nd hand so far (staying on Brand though), & will try to borrow the rest.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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"It makes us feel really vulnerable."
With far right rallies being held across the UK, a group of medics decided it’s time to speak up. Omnya Ahmed joins our latest podcast to talk about the impact of racism in the NHS
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
With far right rallies being held across the UK, a group of medics decided it’s time to speak up. Omnya Ahmed joins our latest podcast to talk about the impact of racism in the NHS
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"It makes us feel really vulnerable."
With far right rallies being held across the UK, a group of medics decided it’s time to speak up. Omnya Ahmed joins our latest podcast to talk about the impact of racism in the NHS
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
With far right rallies being held across the UK, a group of medics decided it’s time to speak up. Omnya Ahmed joins our latest podcast to talk about the impact of racism in the NHS
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1zS9...
🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Well, I have booked my accomodation for my Bob Graham attempt next May. Seems like I've chosen the same weekend as the Keswick Mountain Festival... which is something my support runners might enjoy?
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Well, I have booked my accomodation for my Bob Graham attempt next May. Seems like I've chosen the same weekend as the Keswick Mountain Festival... which is something my support runners might enjoy?
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🧵 | Today we’ve released data showing a 55% increase in calls to our advice line from members experiencing racism at work since 2022. We now receive on average three calls a day on this topic.
This is beyond unacceptable. (1/2)
This is beyond unacceptable. (1/2)
October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🧵 | Today we’ve released data showing a 55% increase in calls to our advice line from members experiencing racism at work since 2022. We now receive on average three calls a day on this topic.
This is beyond unacceptable. (1/2)
This is beyond unacceptable. (1/2)
Training plan for Spine Race Challenger South:
1. Stay well!
2. A bit more distance in November & December. I'm chunking up the race into 27-mile sections. I'll do 3 slow sessions at that distance or more, with one followed by another longish run the next day.
3. Run with the kit (there is a lot!)
1. Stay well!
2. A bit more distance in November & December. I'm chunking up the race into 27-mile sections. I'll do 3 slow sessions at that distance or more, with one followed by another longish run the next day.
3. Run with the kit (there is a lot!)
October 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Training plan for Spine Race Challenger South:
1. Stay well!
2. A bit more distance in November & December. I'm chunking up the race into 27-mile sections. I'll do 3 slow sessions at that distance or more, with one followed by another longish run the next day.
3. Run with the kit (there is a lot!)
1. Stay well!
2. A bit more distance in November & December. I'm chunking up the race into 27-mile sections. I'll do 3 slow sessions at that distance or more, with one followed by another longish run the next day.
3. Run with the kit (there is a lot!)
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I'd love to say "rubbish", but this is a real study ... still, all depends, right? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Running on empty: why are so many marathon runners so miserable?
One in four endurance runners displays ‘worryingly high’ levels of anxiety and depression, according to a study led by a man who has himself run more than 400 marathons. Isn’t exercise supposed to mak...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I'd love to say "rubbish", but this is a real study ... still, all depends, right? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Staff are being advised to travel in mixed groups and carry panic alarms as incidents of intimidation spread
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
‘Frightened to get out of their cars’: Britain’s toxic race debates threaten overseas care workers
Ok,it's 3 months until I start my first 100 miler "run"/jog/shuffle.
Feel OK having trained for last weekend's 50 miler that was cancelled. So, I just need to push on from here.
The biggest barrier might be being daunted by the distance.
But any tips specific for that distance would be welcome.
Feel OK having trained for last weekend's 50 miler that was cancelled. So, I just need to push on from here.
The biggest barrier might be being daunted by the distance.
But any tips specific for that distance would be welcome.
October 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ok,it's 3 months until I start my first 100 miler "run"/jog/shuffle.
Feel OK having trained for last weekend's 50 miler that was cancelled. So, I just need to push on from here.
The biggest barrier might be being daunted by the distance.
But any tips specific for that distance would be welcome.
Feel OK having trained for last weekend's 50 miler that was cancelled. So, I just need to push on from here.
The biggest barrier might be being daunted by the distance.
But any tips specific for that distance would be welcome.
Well that's a shame.... but understandable and worse for the organisers. 😔
October 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Well that's a shame.... but understandable and worse for the organisers. 😔
Kit all ready for tomorrow's Long Mynd Hike. I've packed plenty of layers and another waterproof top as the weather looks "character building" 😲 🫨 💨💨
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Kit all ready for tomorrow's Long Mynd Hike. I've packed plenty of layers and another waterproof top as the weather looks "character building" 😲 🫨 💨💨
Looks like I'll be on the starting line in Edale in January 2026!
I'm happy having given up my place for the summer version in June. 😊 🏃♂️
I'm happy having given up my place for the summer version in June. 😊 🏃♂️
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Looks like I'll be on the starting line in Edale in January 2026!
I'm happy having given up my place for the summer version in June. 😊 🏃♂️
I'm happy having given up my place for the summer version in June. 😊 🏃♂️
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Absolutely right from Streeting.
But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt
But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Absolutely right from Streeting.
But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt
But then government/Mahmood need to make crystal clear this applies to people who have arrived since 2021 and are working in NHS/care right now -and that government is not going to change the rules and leave them at the mercy of a future Reform/Conservative govt
Very pleased with my training in September: I've done 250km on foot, 200km running and 50km of hiking, with 6500m of climbing in the month.
I'll be taking it easier this week, with the Long Mynd Hike coming on Saturday. Lots of stretching, some Pilates, and some gym work. 🏋️♂️ 💪
I'll be taking it easier this week, with the Long Mynd Hike coming on Saturday. Lots of stretching, some Pilates, and some gym work. 🏋️♂️ 💪
September 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Very pleased with my training in September: I've done 250km on foot, 200km running and 50km of hiking, with 6500m of climbing in the month.
I'll be taking it easier this week, with the Long Mynd Hike coming on Saturday. Lots of stretching, some Pilates, and some gym work. 🏋️♂️ 💪
I'll be taking it easier this week, with the Long Mynd Hike coming on Saturday. Lots of stretching, some Pilates, and some gym work. 🏋️♂️ 💪
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I sat down with the Prime Minister and asked him if he’s been doing enough to counter the shocking rise of the far right in this country.
It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
'This far-right politics will pull apart what we are as a country'
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer vows to tackle the far right and child poverty as he speaks to the ECHO ahead of the Labour party conference
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I sat down with the Prime Minister and asked him if he’s been doing enough to counter the shocking rise of the far right in this country.
It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
It may have taken too long, but it’s good to hear him speaking like this now.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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At the Reform UK party conference, Dr Aseem Malhotra made the incorrect claim that Covid vaccines are unsafe. We emailed, asking him to correct the record. (1/2)
September 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
At the Reform UK party conference, Dr Aseem Malhotra made the incorrect claim that Covid vaccines are unsafe. We emailed, asking him to correct the record. (1/2)
It's nearly 3 years since we moved into the new Royal Liverpool Hospital. We wrote up our experience of moving the Critical Care unit & the lessons we learnt from it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Lessons learnt from moving an intensive care unit into a new hospital - Ned Gilbert-Kawai, Jonathan Walker, Alison Hall, Julie Patrick-Heselton, Peter Hampshire, 2025
In 2022, the Royal Liverpool University Hospital moved premises. As part of the move, the patients from its existing Critical Care Unit (consisting of an indepe...
journals.sagepub.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's nearly 3 years since we moved into the new Royal Liverpool Hospital. We wrote up our experience of moving the Critical Care unit & the lessons we learnt from it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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The vacuum at highest levels in talking about this dark turn in British life over the last few months HAS to end.
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The vacuum at highest levels in talking about this dark turn in British life over the last few months HAS to end.
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Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
Another beautiful day in the Lakes. We did a 10 mile loop round Great Langdale, summiting on Loft Crag, Pike O Stickle, Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark, Thunacor Knott, High Raise, Tarn Crag and Blea Rigg. Had a nice swim in Easedale Tarn as well!
September 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Another beautiful day in the Lakes. We did a 10 mile loop round Great Langdale, summiting on Loft Crag, Pike O Stickle, Harrison Stickle, Pavey Ark, Thunacor Knott, High Raise, Tarn Crag and Blea Rigg. Had a nice swim in Easedale Tarn as well!
Today's hike was a bit longer than planned, but had to take advantage of the great weather. Walked up Rossett Pike, Allen Crag, Great End & Esk Pike, about 12 miles in all. I've been up all but Allen Crag before.
September 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today's hike was a bit longer than planned, but had to take advantage of the great weather. Walked up Rossett Pike, Allen Crag, Great End & Esk Pike, about 12 miles in all. I've been up all but Allen Crag before.