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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 14h

Fantastic ending. Hope you get the 1970s film reference.

The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 (@Pen_Is_Mighty on Twitter) @thevirologist.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

And here is a great article about the work by @helentbiz.ft.com

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/str...

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Matthew Jee @freedomforall.net · 1d

@wanderinggaia.bsky.social

Gaia Vince making the positive and plain case for the inevitability of clean energy and necessity for migration on BBC Radio 4 'Radical' with Amol Rajan - very refreshing.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Radical with Amol Rajan - Climate Migration: Confronting the Reality of Global Warming (Gaia Vince) - BBC Sounds

Gaia Vince makes the positive case for immigration despite public concern over the issue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

The little red hen was a favourite in our house.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

Could be a whole other book

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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Amar Hujan @amarhujan.bsky.social · 1d

Why do governments continually try to make General Practictioners practice anything but medicine?

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

Guilty as charged.
But I still have patients who would find job coaches another surgery quite threatening

Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts on job advisers in GP surgeries. As you might guess, I'm not a fan.
Will make anxious patients worse. How about incentivising employers instead of telling patients to try harder.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

How about approaching this from the other side- how do we incentivise employers to make the adjustments necessary to help people with disabilities into work. Rather than suggesting that if sick people just tried a bit harder they could not be sick, which is what this looks like

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

The reaction of everyone who actually works in health is 'What a ridiculous idea!'
People come to the GP surgery because they're unwell, many are anxious already and having what are widely perceived as the 'benefits police' on site will make this worse.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

I had this one!

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 1d

I always thought the Rawlsian veil was a good concept - if you're going to design a social system assume you have no idea where or who you will be in that society.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 2d

2/3....the online consultations for urgent matters but despite this in one day we had five emergencies through it. We also have had requests for people who are not registered patients which also shows the system lacks appropriate safeguards.'
From Dr Chloe Barter, a GP in Brighton.

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 2d

A rapid reponse to my article:
'Despite our practice putting in 6 months of work to prepare for the roll out the coverage in the national press has led to overwhelming demand which has pushed us to the limits of safer capacity. Patients have to read and acknowledge a warning about not using..1/2

Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

According to Wes Streeting, GPs are less convenient than hairdressers.
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
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Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 3d

[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

DHSC GP adviser steps down

Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

www.hsj.co.uk

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 3d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 3d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 3d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Elke Hausmann @drelke.bsky.social · 3d

‚This isn’t about money: it’s about how we can provide the best and safest service while struggling with too few doctors and growing demand. No matter how many times we reiterate that tinkering with access doesn’t increase capacity, it seems that no one at NHS England is listening.‘

#GP

Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

According to Wes Streeting, GPs are less convenient than hairdressers.
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

According to Wes Streeting, GPs are less convenient than hairdressers.
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea

The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

bmj.com

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

Busy day in pratice yesterday and it was great. My patients were <9 to >90. Every system covered (respiratory, cardiology, endocrine, gastro, psychiatry, neuro, ENT, gynae....)
I know many parts of the NHS are struggling but yesterday my bit worked.
GPs moan a lot but it can be a very satisfying job

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3d

I attended Reading Meeting throughout my childhood, which has a very lovely cemetery in the same style. My nephew called it the grave garden, a name which has stuck.

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Irene Tsherit @irenetsherit.bsky.social · 3d

Finally!!! The real scandal of the asylum hotels. Why, instead of shining the light on these parasites, months were spent on demonising vulnerable people at their mercy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper

Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

www.bbc.co.uk

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