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    Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

    So @getadrip have opened in Westfield in White City, selling intravenous therapies of things that most people can take very easily by mouth. I confirmed that those numbers are pounds. £75 for a bag of saline with K! Dubious, costly medicalisation of basic nutrition/hydration.pic.twitter.com/cUgrmFg5dv

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      2. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

        For the small proportion of the population whose gut can’t absorb vitamins, this might be useful but is already available on the NHS. For everyone else, few people are actually vitamin-deficient these days and for those who are, dietary improvements are better than iv drips.

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      3. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

        You have a gut precisely for the absorption of nutrients and water. Resorting to using your veins for very short term hydration (most of it will be passed out as urine by the kidneys very soon after the bag finishes anyway) is unnecessary and pointless.

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      4. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

        Most people need to eat more fruit and vegetables anyway. The health benefits of doing that go beyond vitamins alone. You can’t get IV fibre infusions, for example. And as for hydration... this is all just pseudoscientific “wellness” profiteering. Just drink! Eat more healthily!

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      5. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

        I guess people spend their money on pointless things all the time. Endless “stuff” to fill our homes. This is pretty harmless, for most people, and presumably has safety built in for reputational/business/professional reasons. It just seems.. exploitative of people’s ignorance.

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      6. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 30 Jun 2019

        So I have noticed that they get one thing right, which is that their different bags of fluids are *very* well differentiated visually, with clear logos (related to the fluid's name, too), to reduce substitution errors. Maybe the NHS's suppliers have something to learn from them!pic.twitter.com/NWhHEvfFCY

        Row of bags of fluids of different constitutions, each with a different, big logo in the middle - Detox, Party Drip, Sports, Basic Hydration - with a relevant pictogram
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      7. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 1 Jul 2019

        A colleague at Glastonbury sent me this pic. I’ve worked (non-clinically) in a field hospital at a festival and I know how difficult it is to keep things clean. I expect they’re working hard to ensure no infections at the cannula sites for these non-essential interventions.pic.twitter.com/zFWSuQ92ed

        Screenshot of a WhatsApp message with a photo of a big tent at Glastonbury with posters up advertising Get A Drip’s services within.
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      8. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 1 Jul 2019

        Some additional info from their website which addresses some questions people have asked in response to this thread, about qualifications, claimed therapeutic benefits (none!), cancer treatment and athletes. https://www.getadrip.co.uk/faqs pic.twitter.com/NrK3zIEU0y

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      9. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 1 Jul 2019

        Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️ Retweeted Care Quality Commission - gov.uk/coronavirus

        The CQC have responded.https://twitter.com/carequalitycomm/status/1145728942688690178?s=21 …

        Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️ added,

        Care Quality Commission - gov.uk/coronavirusVerified account @CareQualityComm
        Replying to @thomasdolphin @getadrip @RosamundUrwin
        Hi Tom, thanks for this - We're looking at how their activities relate to the relevant legislation. As services evolve, we continue to review and update our approach to ensure robust oversight of the quality and safety of care.
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      10. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 1 Jul 2019

        And @RebeccaCNReid has written this for the Metro:https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/01/recreational-drip-company-accused-exploitation-offering-fertility-treatment-10097580/ …

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      11. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 2 Jul 2019

        Here is the story in the Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jul/02/wellness-firm-criticised-over-250-fertility-drips … - thank you to @mwolferobinson for that thorough examination. :-)

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      12. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 2 Jul 2019

        For those wondering what the facilities look like, this is from the GetADrip instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/p/By1xwgUgoJM/ pic.twitter.com/HMazHp6xoE

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      13. Tom Dolphin  🏳️‍⚧️‏ @thomasdolphin 2 Jul 2019

        The BBC are reporting that GetADrip have removed the Fertility Drip from their offering! The power of journalism. :-) Well done @bpas1968 and thank you @josephlee at the Beebhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48839108 …

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