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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 14d

"We want to be assured that no one will be left behind in this new online hospital"

Our Chair of Council @tomdolphin.bsky.social responds to the Government's announcement www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

New online hospital must pay attention to needs of patients, says BMA - BMA media centre - BMA

Press release from the BMA

www.bma.org.uk

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 15d

The BMA is now 200,000 members strong - and counting.

Commenting, council chair @tomdolphin.bsky.social said: "Together we are all the BMA, and alongside our brilliant staff, the members are what give the BMA its voice and strength."

Read more: www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

An image shows doctors wearing BMA orange at a rally. The text says "We're 200,000 members strong"

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · 14d

Pleasure to do this great panel hosted by @thefabians.bsky.social along w Nicola Rayner (@rcn.org.uk) and @kevinmckenna.co.uk
We covered workforce planning (lacking), AI in healthcare (unready) and how to get from here to the 10 Year Health Plan’s end points (unclear but may be for us to determine)

Sasjkia Otto hosting the panel with the four of us sitting in front of various Fabians/RCN/BMA backdrops. A low table in front of us holds water glasses and various pieces of paper and microphones.

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · 16d

A pleasure to chair @bma.org.uk Resident Doctors Committee meeting today for the elections section. Congratulations to the new officer team, and thank you and well done to the outgoing team, who worked incredibly hard this last year for members. The fight to restore our pay continues!

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 22d

“This announcement will cause a great deal of anxiety and distress to our much-needed and valued international workforce, including international doctors, who are the backbone of the health services in the UK" @tomdolphin.bsky.social

Read our response in full www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

Reform immigration announcement will cause anxiety and distress to much-needed international health workforce, says BMA - BMA media centre - BMA

Press release from the BMA

www.bma.org.uk

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · Sep 14

"A spiralling crisis and a disjointed health service which demands a solution. So a long-term plan for the NHS is not just appealing but is essential.”

@tomdolphin.bsky.social delivers keynote speech at #SRM25, where our members will debate if this plan is the solution to the NHS in crisis.

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · Sep 14

"When you make a big change, it requires investment... We need more detail about how we're going to get from here to there" @tomdolphin.bsky.social spoke to BBC Breakfast this morning ahead of #SRM25, where our members will debate the NHS England 10-Year Health Plan
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/s...

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Sep 13

Tomorrow’s special representative meeting / conference hopes to tease out a bit of the detail but a lot is not yet known

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s moved things further than you might think. The aim is for a radical GMS contract renegotiation to deal with the issues that have built up, but will need investment in GP (which the 10YHP includes, although unclear if shifting money from hospitals and if so, how not to destabilise them)

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Sep 12

GPs in England did so last year; it has been considered elsewhere – different governments are in different places and the BMA tailors its approach to the situation in each nation

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Sep 11

Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements

-Gay people should be stoned to death
-Most people are scared when they see a black pilot flying a plane
-Taylor Swift should reject feminism and submit to her husband
-No one should be allowed to retire
-Leftists should not be allowed to move to red states
-British Colonialism was what "made the world decent"
-The guy who assaulted the Pelosi's should be bailed out
-Religious freedom should be terminated
-Multiple black politicians "stole white people's spots"
-MLK Jr was "an awful person"
-The Great Replacement Theory is reality
-Hydroxychloroquine cures COVID
-Vaccine requirements are "medical apartheid"
-Guns deaths are acceptable in order to have a 2nd amendment
-Women's natural place is under their husband's control
-Parents should prevent their daughters from taking birth control
-George Floyd had it coming, the Jan 6th protestors didn't
-The 1964 Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake"
-Encouraged parents to protest mask mandates
-Mamdani winning in NY is a travesty because Muslims did 9/11
-Muslims only come to America to destabilize Western Civilization
-Palestine "doesn't exist" and those who support it are like the KKK

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · Sep 6

The 'trans lobby' here is trans people and their families who were - shock horror - consulted about trans health care.

David Thompson writes that consulting trans groups is "contradictory to the expert warnings of the Cass Review".

News Letter 6 September 2025 Trans lobby 'co-design' role in clinic criticsed.

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Quick update on a few other things to end the day:
Our NHS colleagues are angry;
Residents in England are making some progress in talks;
GPs in NI are acting collectively;
@bma-ni.bsky.social are in dispute over unpaid uplifts; and
@BMAstudents have a win on student funding.

Have a good weekend!

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Sep 5

Doctors know we need nationally-set scope for PAs and AAs. Local scope will mean local scope creep, without a doubt - we're already seeing it happening. It's not fair on them and it's not fair on patients or the supervising doctors.

So why is no-one taking this responsibility?

The BMA @bma.org.uk · Sep 5

Regrettably the High Court has today ruled that the GMC isn't legally required to set a safe scope of practice for assistants.

The GMC should take no comfort in this. Doctors are clear; without a national scope of practice patient safety is at risk.

We're considering next steps.

Anaesthetists United @anaesunited.bsky.social · Sep 5

Sorry to say our judicial review was dismissed on all grounds.

FULL STATEMENT anaesthetistsunited.com/case-dismiss...

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · Sep 3

To reiterate;

This is how the Guardian describes a tweet that advocates assaulting trans women;

“Posts on transgender issues”

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Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested over posts on transgender issues
Comedy writer intercepted by five armed officers at Heathrow after flying in from Arizona
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The writer of TV's Father Ted has been arrested at Heathrow over three social media posts on transgender issues.

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Aug 31

Oh god yes, not defending ChatGPT; you’d be lucky if it even managed to summarise without inserting a hallucinated extra character in there …

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Aug 29

To be clear, I’m not defending ChatGPT at all; I agree it’s a planet destroying plagiarism machine. I’m just saying, everything - every book on any topic - is to some degree a summary. No book is a complete description of its subject any more than a map can ever be more than an approximation.

Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Aug 29

Is it reasonable to ask someone to devote 4-6 hours to reading an entire book on a subject they have only a passing interest in, to inform a debate with a stranger online they’ll probably never interact with again? Summaries are helpful; everything is a summary, even Gibbons’ Decline and Fall…

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Aug 22

The BMA and many others warned that this was coming, and now it is here. The UK government must act immediately to prevent widespread death in Gaza from hunger. This is entirely man-made and is intolerable.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · Aug 13

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Well, @duolingoverde.bsky.social knows where it’s at ✊

Ensemble nous sommes plus forts; ensemble nous gagnerons!

Duolingo screenshot of a French lesson where you are asked to translate “I wanted to participate in the strike” into French - « J’ai voulu participer à la grève »

Under my correct answer Duo posted a green tick and the words “Good job!”, which by coincidence is what can follow from union membership

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · Jul 27

Doctors take on huge responsibilities from day one, as @tomdolphin.bsky.social set out to Trevor Phillips today.

We’re asking the Government for a credible path to #PayRestoration for resident doctors in England

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Jul 31

Great to speak to the new F1 resident doctors at my Trust today about the role of trade unions in correcting the huge power imbalance between employer and employee, and some of the professional work we are doing as well. Most already @bma.org.uk members, but lots of new signups too! ✊

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Jul 21

Honoured to be at the Barts and The London Rites of Passage ceremony 2025 tonight - St Paul’s provides a magnificent backdrop for this key moment in the careers of these new doctors. 🖤🤍

Graduands wearing their BL hoods going into the north entrance of St Paul’s

St Paul’s cathedral central rotunda with graduands and their families taking their seats

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Tom Dolphin 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @tomdolphin.bsky.social · Jul 18

Resident doctors will be striking in England this time next week. I will be joining them on the picket line in support. The Secretary of State can end the dispute if he has the will to do so. @bma.org.uk remain open to further proposals after yesterday’s constructive talks.

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