Andrew Papanikitas
@gentlemedic.bsky.social
GP with interests in education, ethics, journalism and clinical communication. Deputy editor of BJGP. retweet not endorsement, opinions are own.
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
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There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
You thought the patriarchy was going to stop with trans people? Really? www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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Any GPs on here want to come and chat to me about ADHD referrals under the Right to Choose process. I would very much welcome your insight...
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Any GPs on here want to come and chat to me about ADHD referrals under the Right to Choose process. I would very much welcome your insight...
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🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you"
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🚨"They want to take away your healthcare and sell it back to you"
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
American doctor in the NHS raises alarm about underfunding and privatisation of the NHS.
Share if you support our NHS. vist.ly/4h6vb
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Today House of Commons will debate Railways Bill
Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need
🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains)
🚄 An end to competition + private profit
🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog
🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!
Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need
🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains)
🚄 An end to competition + private profit
🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog
🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Today House of Commons will debate Railways Bill
Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need
🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains)
🚄 An end to competition + private profit
🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog
🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!
Great that franchises are coming into public ownership but we also need
🚄 Publicly owned rolling stock (trains)
🚄 An end to competition + private profit
🚄 Accountable passenger watchdog
🚄 Lower fares, new lines, investment!
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🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
The Green Party has passed 180,000 members!
That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉
All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope.
Be part of it. Join today ⤵️
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK as Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for putting restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
He did not declare that Reform had just received £9 million from one of its biggest investors
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Feel free to share any interesting insights with @bjgp.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Got my abstract accepted (with Roland Bal, Ellen Stewart and Lorelei Jones) for the Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare conference, Oxford, 8-10 April 2026.
Who's coming?
www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
Who's coming?
www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 | Saïd Business School
OBHC 2026 in Oxford
www.sbs.ox.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Feel free to share any interesting insights with @bjgp.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Is good will becoming a cover for exploitation or just not sustainable? @nadakhan.bsky.social unpack the debate @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/maybe-its-ti... fyi @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @joannelreeve.bsky.social
Maybe it’s time to reframe ‘goodwill’ in general practice? – BJGP Life
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December 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Is good will becoming a cover for exploitation or just not sustainable? @nadakhan.bsky.social unpack the debate @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/maybe-its-ti... fyi @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @joannelreeve.bsky.social
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Failures at South East Water owned water treatment centre led to tens of thousands of people in Tunbridge Wells being cut off from the supply.
In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened.
Does any regulator serve the people?
In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened.
Does any regulator serve the people?
Water plant that caused Tunbridge Wells supply failure was given risk notice in 2024
Watchdog investigating South East Water contamination issue had previously warned of potential health danger
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Failures at South East Water owned water treatment centre led to tens of thousands of people in Tunbridge Wells being cut off from the supply.
In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened.
Does any regulator serve the people?
In 2024, regulator warned SEW over bacteria and pesticide contamination risks ... nothing happened.
Does any regulator serve the people?
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And being inspired @oxprimarycare.bsky.social by @louiseyounie.bsky.social on creative enquiry www.creativeenquiry.co.uk/human-flouri...
Human Flourishing — Flourishing
www.creativeenquiry.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
And being inspired @oxprimarycare.bsky.social by @louiseyounie.bsky.social on creative enquiry www.creativeenquiry.co.uk/human-flouri...
At @oxprimarycare.bsky.social educators conference thinking about Ai - here's a thought for the day from @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/the-art-of-a...
The art of AI conversation: Why GPs need systems that embrace uncertainty – BJGP Life
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December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
At @oxprimarycare.bsky.social educators conference thinking about Ai - here's a thought for the day from @bjgp.bsky.social bjgplife.com/the-art-of-a...
So here it is - the December @bjgp.bsky.social with bjgplife.com/yuletide/ fyi @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgpscotland.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery – BJGP Life
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December 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
So here it is - the December @bjgp.bsky.social with bjgplife.com/yuletide/ fyi @rcgp.bsky.social @rcgpscotland.bsky.social @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery bjgplife.com/yuletide/ from @bjgp.bsky.social December edition FYI @euanlawson.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social
A Yuletide mystery – BJGP Life
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November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A Yuletide mystery bjgplife.com/yuletide/ from @bjgp.bsky.social December edition FYI @euanlawson.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @drtomround.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social
Am looking forward to co-leading a workshop on creative writing and medicine tomorrow in Oxford
November 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Am looking forward to co-leading a workshop on creative writing and medicine tomorrow in Oxford
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Any uk taxpayer found an accessible explainer for Making Tax Digital? I actually watched the HMRC webinar which was a superb example of how to bore people stupid without giving them the information they need. Someone surely has cracked this?
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Any uk taxpayer found an accessible explainer for Making Tax Digital? I actually watched the HMRC webinar which was a superb example of how to bore people stupid without giving them the information they need. Someone surely has cracked this?
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Getting big money out of politics.
Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.
Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...
This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.
Schrödinger’s consultation - a thing in general practice! @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social bjgplife.com/schrodingers...
Schrödinger’s consultation – BJGP Life
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November 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Schrödinger’s consultation - a thing in general practice! @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social @sammerriel.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social bjgplife.com/schrodingers...
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As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As the Budget looms, Labour is ignoring the most obvious cause of Britain's economic woes: Brexit. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...