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🚑 The UK’s oldest medical trade union
✊ The home for #progressive doctors
🏥 A powerful voice against privatisation and unsafe workplace conditions
Things need to change. Join a #union
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My message for Wes Streeting let’s ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ in 2026
It’s possible!
Have a great Christmas, hoping for a great New Year!
It’s possible!
Have a great Christmas, hoping for a great New Year!
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My message for Wes Streeting let’s ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’ in 2026
It’s possible!
Have a great Christmas, hoping for a great New Year!
It’s possible!
Have a great Christmas, hoping for a great New Year!
“Like colleagues across the movement, I have in recent weeks been appalled by Wes Streeting’s attacks on resident doctors and their union. It is simply unacceptable for a Labour politician to describe striking workers as ‘morally reprehensible’.”
New leader says Unison will end support for ‘destructive’ Labour right wing
Blunt remarks indicate UK’s largest union may be on collision course with Wes Streeting and Labour more widely
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Like colleagues across the movement, I have in recent weeks been appalled by Wes Streeting’s attacks on resident doctors and their union. It is simply unacceptable for a Labour politician to describe striking workers as ‘morally reprehensible’.”
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Earlier today, the Employment Rights Bill got Royal Assent &became the Employment Rights Act 2025!
Here is the clip of it being announced in the Commons (alongside several other government & private members bills).
Cheering usually isn't allowed in the Commons, but listen to the cheers for this!
Here is the clip of it being announced in the Commons (alongside several other government & private members bills).
Cheering usually isn't allowed in the Commons, but listen to the cheers for this!
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Earlier today, the Employment Rights Bill got Royal Assent &became the Employment Rights Act 2025!
Here is the clip of it being announced in the Commons (alongside several other government & private members bills).
Cheering usually isn't allowed in the Commons, but listen to the cheers for this!
Here is the clip of it being announced in the Commons (alongside several other government & private members bills).
Cheering usually isn't allowed in the Commons, but listen to the cheers for this!
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“Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do”
Sound advice from Tom Baldwin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sound advice from Tom Baldwin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A warning for Keir Starmer: Brexit is falling apart, but if you are not bold on Europe, your Labour rivals will be | Tom Baldwin
Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
“Leave support is falling. That’s an opportunity the PM should seize before pro-Europe challengers for the Labour leadership do”
Sound advice from Tom Baldwin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sound advice from Tom Baldwin
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"The GMC received more applications last year to leave our NHS than in the last decade" Dr Callum Parr tells Sky News.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The GMC received more applications last year to leave our NHS than in the last decade" Dr Callum Parr tells Sky News.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
Some resident doctors are facing unemployment and others are leaving the country entirely. Short-term thinking won’t cut it.
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What does Andrea Egan’s Unison win means for Keir Starmer, Labour’s funding, NEC dynamics, and how far the government will go on the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and Fair Pay Agreement for the care sector? Analysis by @emmaburnell.bsky.social
‘Andrea Egan’s Unison win will reshape Labour’s internal politics – we just don’t yet know how’ – LabourList
Andrea Egan’s victory will have major implications for the Labour Party. Andrea has made little secret of her frustrations with the Labour leadership and her…
labourlist.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What does Andrea Egan’s Unison win means for Keir Starmer, Labour’s funding, NEC dynamics, and how far the government will go on the implementation of the Employment Rights Bill and Fair Pay Agreement for the care sector? Analysis by @emmaburnell.bsky.social
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A government health minister just announced plans to use the private sector to build and maintain neighbourhood health centres.
This is PFI 2.0.
PFI is an unforgivable waste of public money - straight into private profit and at the expense of patient care.
@socialisthealth.bsky.social
This is PFI 2.0.
PFI is an unforgivable waste of public money - straight into private profit and at the expense of patient care.
@socialisthealth.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
A government health minister just announced plans to use the private sector to build and maintain neighbourhood health centres.
This is PFI 2.0.
PFI is an unforgivable waste of public money - straight into private profit and at the expense of patient care.
@socialisthealth.bsky.social
This is PFI 2.0.
PFI is an unforgivable waste of public money - straight into private profit and at the expense of patient care.
@socialisthealth.bsky.social
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My solidarity is with striking @bma.org.uk resident doctors today. Not with a Health Secretary who attacks a union in the media rather than negotiating and working with them to address drs’ serious concerns.
We all need a solution to stop dr attrition and burnout and make patient care safe.
We all need a solution to stop dr attrition and burnout and make patient care safe.
December 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
My solidarity is with striking @bma.org.uk resident doctors today. Not with a Health Secretary who attacks a union in the media rather than negotiating and working with them to address drs’ serious concerns.
We all need a solution to stop dr attrition and burnout and make patient care safe.
We all need a solution to stop dr attrition and burnout and make patient care safe.
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social explains the background to today's Resident Doctor strikes and why we stand with Resident Doctors for a safer NHS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7L...
Wes Streeting is wrong to blame doctors for his own failures
YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social explains the background to today's Resident Doctor strikes and why we stand with Resident Doctors for a safer NHS.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7L...
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Specialist schools require specialist teachers, of which there is a shortage. This doesn't remotely help children with special educational needs. It excludes them from education in a kind of "warehousing" move which treats them as "less than" other children.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Empty churches could be used for pupils with SEND, says Reform
A working group on tackling the SEND crisis is launched by Reform UK, to be led by former DfE minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns
www.tes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Specialist schools require specialist teachers, of which there is a shortage. This doesn't remotely help children with special educational needs. It excludes them from education in a kind of "warehousing" move which treats them as "less than" other children.
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Massively overdue. Very glad to see this happening
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
Comes a week after a Labour MP in Commons cited Democracy for Sale’s cash for access investigation as evidence of how weak Britain’s are
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What message do you want to send Wes Streeting tomorrow?
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
December 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What message do you want to send Wes Streeting tomorrow?
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
Have you got your placard ready?
Join us on the picket line from 7am. Find your nearest one 👉 bma.org.uk/rdpicketlines
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Two-thirds of the population - 40million people had appointments in General practice in October
28,000 GPs (Full-time equivalent) 🏴Population 57million
‘Your GP, here for you’
We all need a new contract to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Read here 👇🏻
dauk.org/our-call-for...
28,000 GPs (Full-time equivalent) 🏴Population 57million
‘Your GP, here for you’
We all need a new contract to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Read here 👇🏻
dauk.org/our-call-for...
December 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Two-thirds of the population - 40million people had appointments in General practice in October
28,000 GPs (Full-time equivalent) 🏴Population 57million
‘Your GP, here for you’
We all need a new contract to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Read here 👇🏻
dauk.org/our-call-for...
28,000 GPs (Full-time equivalent) 🏴Population 57million
‘Your GP, here for you’
We all need a new contract to ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Read here 👇🏻
dauk.org/our-call-for...
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to Vanessa Feltz on @lbc.co.uk about the many reasons for the forthcoming Resident doctor strikes this week.
Spoiler: It's not only about pay.
👀👇👇👇
Spoiler: It's not only about pay.
👀👇👇👇
December 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to Vanessa Feltz on @lbc.co.uk about the many reasons for the forthcoming Resident doctor strikes this week.
Spoiler: It's not only about pay.
👀👇👇👇
Spoiler: It's not only about pay.
👀👇👇👇
"We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus"
Why did doctors reject Wes Streeting’s offer? It still fails to treat us with respect | Jack Fletcher
We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus, chair of the BMA’s UK resident doctors committee
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"We can still call off this week’s strike – if the health secretary meaningfully addresses job shortages, real-terms pay cuts and the ongoing exodus"
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“It's the height of irresponsible behaviour from Health Sec Wes Streeting to go to war with doctors & the BMA amid the flu epidemic. The govt cannot pretend they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre...
“It's the height of irresponsible behaviour from Health Sec Wes Streeting to go to war with doctors & the BMA amid the flu epidemic. The govt cannot pretend they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre...
Streeting warned ‘irresponsible’ public tirades won’t avert plans for doctor strikes
WES STREETING “has far more power to prevent NHS strikes than he gives himself credit for,” said the British Medical Association (BMA) today.The Health Secretary was warned his “irresponsible” public ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
“It's the height of irresponsible behaviour from Health Sec Wes Streeting to go to war with doctors & the BMA amid the flu epidemic. The govt cannot pretend they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre...
“It's the height of irresponsible behaviour from Health Sec Wes Streeting to go to war with doctors & the BMA amid the flu epidemic. The govt cannot pretend they had no warning, that they didn’t see it coming."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre...
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📣 UNION POWER | Victory for Grosvenor workers follows numerous strikes
There is power in a union and @unitetheunion.bsky.social will always back our health members as they fight for a fair day's pay and decent working conditions. 1/2
There is power in a union and @unitetheunion.bsky.social will always back our health members as they fight for a fair day's pay and decent working conditions. 1/2
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
📣 UNION POWER | Victory for Grosvenor workers follows numerous strikes
There is power in a union and @unitetheunion.bsky.social will always back our health members as they fight for a fair day's pay and decent working conditions. 1/2
There is power in a union and @unitetheunion.bsky.social will always back our health members as they fight for a fair day's pay and decent working conditions. 1/2
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@bma.org.uk Residents have rejected Wes Streeting's offer, and will be back on the picket lines from 17 December.
We've worked with the BMA to map all the strikes, including days & times for you to join your nearest picket line: bit.ly/BMADecemberPickets
#StrikeMap #DoctorStrike #NHS
We've worked with the BMA to map all the strikes, including days & times for you to join your nearest picket line: bit.ly/BMADecemberPickets
#StrikeMap #DoctorStrike #NHS
December 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
@bma.org.uk Residents have rejected Wes Streeting's offer, and will be back on the picket lines from 17 December.
We've worked with the BMA to map all the strikes, including days & times for you to join your nearest picket line: bit.ly/BMADecemberPickets
#StrikeMap #DoctorStrike #NHS
We've worked with the BMA to map all the strikes, including days & times for you to join your nearest picket line: bit.ly/BMADecemberPickets
#StrikeMap #DoctorStrike #NHS
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'Utterly irresponsible': BMA accuses Streeting of scaremongering over doctor strike
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Utterly irresponsible': BMA accuses Streeting of scaremongering over doctor strike
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
www.itv.com/news/2025-12...
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We stand Together against the far right.
Please sign up, and get the organisations you are involved with on board too.
Please sign up, and get the organisations you are involved with on board too.
Statement — Together Alliance
Together is an alliance of over 50 civil society organisations united against the far right.
www.togetheralliance.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We stand Together against the far right.
Please sign up, and get the organisations you are involved with on board too.
Please sign up, and get the organisations you are involved with on board too.
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Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse
Domestic abuse in NHS workers is a “silent pandemic,” with some research finding that they are three times as likely to experience it. Adele Waters finds that the NHS needs to do more to end a “double...
www.bmj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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#NHS DAILY WORKLOAD since 2022
111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged
999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k
Hospital
- Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged
- A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k
- A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k
- Treatment - up 8k
- Outpatients - up 50k
General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k
111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged
999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k
Hospital
- Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged
- A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k
- A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k
- Treatment - up 8k
- Outpatients - up 50k
General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#NHS DAILY WORKLOAD since 2022
111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged
999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k
Hospital
- Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged
- A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k
- A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k
- Treatment - up 8k
- Outpatients - up 50k
General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k
111 - 55k calls a day - unchanged
999 - Ambulance 21k - up 1.6k
Hospital
- Urgent Admissions - 13k - unchanged
- A&E - 48k Majors - up 2.5k
- A&E - 28k Minors - up 2.5k
- Treatment - up 8k
- Outpatients - up 50k
General Practice - 1.6m - up 230k
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I wrote this piece for @nhsmillion.bsky.social in 2022, but it's sadly still true.
"The only thing holding the NHS together is its staff who somehow manage to find that inner strength to come in and face the enormous challenges posed day after day after day"
www.nhsmillion.co.uk/blog/2022/1/...
"The only thing holding the NHS together is its staff who somehow manage to find that inner strength to come in and face the enormous challenges posed day after day after day"
www.nhsmillion.co.uk/blog/2022/1/...
Humans, not heroes, are holding our NHS together — NHS Million
Government neglect and underfunding over the last ten years has contributed to a situation that is untenable and the actions of those in power continue to make working in the NHS extremely challenging...
www.nhsmillion.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I wrote this piece for @nhsmillion.bsky.social in 2022, but it's sadly still true.
"The only thing holding the NHS together is its staff who somehow manage to find that inner strength to come in and face the enormous challenges posed day after day after day"
www.nhsmillion.co.uk/blog/2022/1/...
"The only thing holding the NHS together is its staff who somehow manage to find that inner strength to come in and face the enormous challenges posed day after day after day"
www.nhsmillion.co.uk/blog/2022/1/...
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"The BMA is disrupting patient services at a critical time for the NHS in pursuit of a ludicrous 26% pay claim."
It's the disrespect for me.
What he's saying here to doctors working 14+ hrs saving lives in understaffed depts is that they're not worth £22.50ph.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
It's the disrespect for me.
What he's saying here to doctors working 14+ hrs saving lives in understaffed depts is that they're not worth £22.50ph.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'The BMA opposed the creation of the NHS and is now hindering its progress'
Alan Johnson is a writer and former Education, Health and Home Secretary for the Labour party, and his latest book 'Harold Wilson - Twentieth Century Man' is published by Swift Press
www.mirror.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"The BMA is disrupting patient services at a critical time for the NHS in pursuit of a ludicrous 26% pay claim."
It's the disrespect for me.
What he's saying here to doctors working 14+ hrs saving lives in understaffed depts is that they're not worth £22.50ph.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
It's the disrespect for me.
What he's saying here to doctors working 14+ hrs saving lives in understaffed depts is that they're not worth £22.50ph.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...