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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 33m

Yes I think broadly that’s my view. I worry a bit that you spend a disproportionate amount of time being dragged onto the terrain of others by even putting out a counter claim.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 41m

Genuine question. How do we best respond to misinformation in a public roll?
Be it antivaxers, politically motivated bad faith reporting on the left or right, or people acting in bad faith on local forums.
Do we give it more power by engaging with it, how do we distinguish the ones to reply to?

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you to everyone who attended my surgery in Elland today. An important part of my job is helping people navigate systems that have failed them. I also work to make sure I take stories from my surgeries and casework to ministers to strengthen our laws and fix our systems.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that Calder Valley is referred to as valve valley. We have 20 companies that make, fix, or sell valves round Brighouse & Elland. But many have struggles around skills. I’ve written for the courier about the wave of apprenticeships industry needs. halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/politics/…

https://halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/politics/…

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · 4d

The Tory party will be consigned to history like the Whigs before them!

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Cancer Research UK Policy @crukpolicy.bsky.social · 10d

Great to see @joshfg.bsky.social at #Lab25 to discuss how we can continue to make progress and improve cancer outcomes. Thanks for visiting our stand!

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Clare Woodford @clarewoodford.bsky.social · 10d

@joshfg.bsky.social thanks so much for visiting @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social stand at #Lab25 and supporting stroke. The UK's 1.4 million stroke survivors need as many parliamentary champions as possible👃

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Shiv Pabary MBE @shivparbary.bsky.social · 11d

Poor oral health is linked to a "lifetime of problems".

Couldn’t agree more with Josh Fenton-Glynn MP’s analysis yesterday morning at a session tackling dentistry and the government’s wider commitment to prevention. @thebda.bsky.social @joshfg.bsky.social

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oh good lord

Key Figure Marjorie Bouvier Simpson KC @jorisbinned.bsky.social · Jul 24

Incredible things are happening in Kemi Badenoch's Conservative Party

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

This week on the health and social care select committee we questioned Wes Streeting on the 10 year plan. Hear I am questioning him about future training routs for doctors and flexibility of medical training.

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Josh Fenton Glynn Questions Wes Streeting on doctors training in the 10 year plan

YouTube video by Joshua Fenton-Glynn

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Drop an email to the address you get when you google me. We do hold surgeries including at weekends

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lord Darzi said that the NHS was in critical condition but the vital signs are good. Medical training is a brilliant example of this. COVID knocked our health services back, but it’s good to see the evidence is getting better.
Disclaimer - before being an MP I worked at the GMC

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

However there are still the specialties where unwanted sexual comments remain too high (surgery why is it always you?)
And a stubbornly high number of doctors don’t feel confident reporting discrimination

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Those at high or moderate risk of burn out remains too high, but the number is thankfully dropping…

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

More doctors are accessing flexible working in their training, with almost 2/3 of newly qualified doctors being women it’s important training reflects a world where people have more complex lives.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Trainers are more likely to say they have time to devote to training - with that number increasing for the last few years and having gone up 4pp this year. Trainers also feel positive about the support they get from their local education team (but numbers are lower in for GPs)

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

The NHS has always been a good place to train but trainee doctors satisfaction in their training dropped during the pandemic and plateaued since. However across all questions on quality satisfaction is improving

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today the @gmcuk.bsky.social launch their national training survey. The surveys of 50,637 doctors in training and 21,289 trainers can be a canary in the coal mine to tell us the state of the NHS. Here is a thread of 6 charts and what they tell us about the state of the health services

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 8

One area that I have been working on since my election is campaigning to end the presumption of contact in family courts which gives abusers access to their children. Too frequently the voices of abusers are heard over the voices of children. I pushed the minister further on this today.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 7

I was a signatory to the amendment that protected benefits for current recipients and gained commitments to coproduction of the new system from the despatch box. If you want MPs to negotiate on the basis of their vote don’t attack them for using that vote to support the improved package they got.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 7

A simple slogan but not true. The point I was making!

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 7

Annoyingly that’s more frequently legal avoidance not none legal evasion. Not to say it can’t be tackled but the above is a good example as to how loopholes get created. We should close loopholes, but my broader point stands - more complex than a slogan.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jul 7

I have had someone stop me in the street and complain that we don’t tax business enough, before complaining about the business tax their cooperative pays. Tax is more complex than slogans.

James Ball @jamesrball.com · Jul 7

A government trusts these numbers at their peril: a wealth tax is popular for so long as people assume it’s *someone else’s* wealth being taxed.

The best wealth tax would be a land value tax. Try introducing that without a *massive* fuss.

Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · Jul 7

With suggestions of a wealth tax back on the agenda, our polling shows from a public opinion perspective wealth taxes are more popular than not on their own terms, and relative to other taxes they’re the most popular way to raise new money.

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · Jun 24

📢 @joshfg.bsky.social calls it an “incredibly painful” decision to break the whip for the first time, but warns loyal MPs have been forced into an "impossible position”.

MPs from across the party on why they are backing the rebel amendment to the welfare bill:

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Welfare reform bill: Rebel Labour MPs on why they back reasoned amendment - LabourList

Here is why some Labour MPs say they are backing an amendment opposing the government's current welfare reform plan.

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Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @joshfg.bsky.social · Jun 24

Today along with over 100 colleagues I’ve singed amendment on proposed changes to PIP. I hope the government will reconsider pushing this to the vote. My statement below commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/957...

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