These days, nothing really happens until it happens on social media. Apart from curmudgeonly old duffers like Dr No, anybody who is anything is busy on twitter. Why, even HRH is on twitter! The NHS, it seems, is all over twitter like pigeons all over Trafalgar Square. Hospital trusts, ambulance control centres, continence control services, you name them, there they are on twitter, tweeting away, like pigeons all over…
In case he is missing something – perhaps he is, since everyone is at it – Dr No decided to observe in real time the emerging tweets of one NHS twitter account over a period of one hour. In the interests of openness and accountability, he presents his observations and, being twitter, it should be read from the bottom of the post upwards. But then, Dr No has never suggested twitter ever made any sense…
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@_dr_no_ — he toast. Wow! How cool is that! #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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@_dr_no_ come out quietly, you are surrounded #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Uniform on scene at @_dr_no_ within 6 minutes of start of call #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Tracie calls budgie lady and advises H&S incinerate budgie in sealed tin immediately #avianflu #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Uniform on their way to @_dr_no_ & Tracie checking with SWOT to check if they are already aware. Cool #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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It can be useful if you leave the phone off the hook after calling us. That way we can listen in to what your saying #gotyournumber #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Piss off @_dr_no_ we know where you live #secretpolice #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Budgie crew abort because budgie has died #piningforthefjords #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Remember, if you’ve had D&V, don’t visit friends or relatives in hospital til you have been symptom free for 48 hrs #bogoff #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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First ambulance already on its way & Tracie checking with Fire Service to check if they are already aware. Cool #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Next call from Police, requesting our attendance at a 3 bike pile up. Very few details at present #doconabike #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Otherwise, how can we come and get you? #secretpolice #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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One of the most important things we need to establish when you call us is your location or address #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Tracie has worked in the control for nine weeks, most experienced leader on the team. Wow. Cool #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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@_dr_no_ We are not giving any identifiable details like addresses, plumages or names. We are always v careful about budgie confidentiality #pissoff #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Last year, we received 3,910 calls where beak-stuck-in-peanut was identified as the main issue at the time of the call. Wow #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Tracie calls the budgie caller back to get more info. The budgie has lots of problems so its important to try to find out what’s wrong #deadparrot #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Straight on to another call – a very anxious lady calling on behalf of her husband who she’s locked in the toilet. Wicked #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Tracie tries to get more info from the caller but she’s so anxious she hangs up #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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As budgie has fallen off its perch, she’s advising the caller not to move it before the crew arrives #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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The whole time Tracie is talking to the caller, an ambulance is already on its way #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Tracie has just taken a call from an anxious elderly lady whose budgie has got its beak stuck in a peanut #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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Sat with senior team leader and emergency care co-ordinator Tracie who started work @6:30am. Cool. #CAMPAmbTweetfest
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