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Protect Our NHS Bath & NE Somerset is a community group campaigning for full funding of the NHS & social care & against healthcare privatisation
(curated by Paula, retired NHS worker, ongoing NHS supporter)
(curated by Paula, retired NHS worker, ongoing NHS supporter)
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It is highly unlikely that the GPs and their teams are doing less, much more likely that you can’t see what they are doing.
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It is highly unlikely that the GPs and their teams are doing less, much more likely that you can’t see what they are doing.
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Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
…evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
…evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
…evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
…evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
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Rachel Reeves needs to save money - how about
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Rachel Reeves needs to save money - how about
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
💰renegotiating wasteful old PFI contracts
💰NOT introducing new ones
Right now
🏥Hospitals are paid for up to 27x over
🏥NHS trusts spend more on PFI debt than on medicines
Sign now, deadline Tuesday 👇👇👇
weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
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🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🤔We asked Dr John Puntis, Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, if using the private sector helped the NHS with its capacity issues. @keepournhspublic.bsky.social.bsky.social
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
🚨Spoilers: it doesn't. #publicownership #NHS #SOSNHS
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
🧵/ How far does the public support net zero?
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 60%
Oppose: 25%
Net support by party
Green: +81
Lib Dem: +67
Lab: +64
Con: +11
Reform: -44
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.
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I’m at ##COP30 with movements from across the world working to end the rule of the fossil fuel corporations. This week we’re focussing on ISDS. We need to end this toxic system.
#COP30 day one - our director @nickdearden.bsky.social reports back from Belém 👇🏽
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I’m at ##COP30 with movements from across the world working to end the rule of the fossil fuel corporations. This week we’re focussing on ISDS. We need to end this toxic system.
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Nick Robinson just couldn't resist getting in a gabbled dig at Alan Rusbridger as being an 'old leftie' (thumbs up from Gibb). Respect to Alan for ignoring such tabloid journalism BBC #r4today
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Nick Robinson just couldn't resist getting in a gabbled dig at Alan Rusbridger as being an 'old leftie' (thumbs up from Gibb). Respect to Alan for ignoring such tabloid journalism BBC #r4today
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NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
NHS frontline staff forced to ‘plug gaps that should be ‘filled by managers’
Skilled clinical professionals are spending hours each week ‘chasing paperwork, managing rotas or navigating broke administrative systems’ says a new report
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
Petition to Democracy Minister
First Past The Post undermines our politics.
It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...
actionnetwork.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
60% of the British public agree: our voting system is not fit for purpose.
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to fix it.
I just signed a @makevotesmatter.bsky.social petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for Proportional Representation. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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A petition signed by thousands has been delivered to the Treasury, urging the Chancellor to fix the broken student nurse finance system, and to governments across the UK.
Student nurses need better financial support and we’re demanding governments take urgent action.
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Student nurses need better financial support and we’re demanding governments take urgent action.
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RCN demands urgent action by governments as future of nursing at risk | News | Royal College of Nursing
A petition signed by thousands has been delivered to the Treasury, urging action to fix the broken finance system for nursing students
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A petition signed by thousands has been delivered to the Treasury, urging the Chancellor to fix the broken student nurse finance system, and to governments across the UK.
Student nurses need better financial support and we’re demanding governments take urgent action.
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Student nurses need better financial support and we’re demanding governments take urgent action.
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Climate campaigners on their 'Voyage to Resist the End of the World' 💚 #COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A meeting of voices’: flotillas head into Belém ahead of Cop30 climate summit
Indigenous leaders, environmental activists and forest defenders are determined to make this a summit like no other
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Climate campaigners on their 'Voyage to Resist the End of the World' 💚 #COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Patients seeking help with their mental health face a ‘one size fits all’ approach provided by a private company. They deserve better"
thebristolcable.org/2025/10/bris...
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@protectournhsbanes.bsky.social
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Bristol needs better access to talking therapies
Patients seeking help with their mental health face a ‘one size fits all’ approach provided by a private company. They deserve better
thebristolcable.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"Patients seeking help with their mental health face a ‘one size fits all’ approach provided by a private company. They deserve better"
thebristolcable.org/2025/10/bris...
Via @thebristolcable.bsky.social
@protectournhsbanes.bsky.social
thebristolcable.org/2025/10/bris...
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@protectournhsbanes.bsky.social
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So many community healthcare services (formerly NHS or not-for-profit CICs) have been been outsourced to private providers since the 2012 Health & Social Care Act. Is the profit motive a factor in the decline in numbers of highly trained district nurses?
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So many community healthcare services (formerly NHS or not-for-profit CICs) have been been outsourced to private providers since the 2012 Health & Social Care Act. Is the profit motive a factor in the decline in numbers of highly trained district nurses?
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Our latest report charts the decline in the number of district nurses, down 43% since 2009 📉
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Our latest report charts the decline in the number of district nurses, down 43% since 2009 📉
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
It also places the decline in the context of government ambitions to shift more care out of hospital and into the community, where district nurses play a key role.
Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ (2/2)
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How Reform UK might threaten our NHS
Reform UK has plans for the NHS that could be the tip of a slippery slope towards the healthcare nightmares suffered by Americans
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform UK has plans for the NHS that could be the tip of a slippery slope towards the healthcare nightmares suffered by Americans
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
How Reform UK might threaten our NHS
Reform UK has plans for the NHS that could be the tip of a slippery slope towards the healthcare nightmares suffered by Americans
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
How Reform UK might threaten our NHS
Reform UK has plans for the NHS that could be the tip of a slippery slope towards the healthcare nightmares suffered by Americans
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Reform UK has plans for the NHS that could be the tip of a slippery slope towards the healthcare nightmares suffered by Americans
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop the cuts at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Cornwall’s NHS needs investment, not cuts. Patient care depends on the staff who keep the system running.
www.megaphone.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust plans to cut 150 admin posts - the people working behind the scenes who keep our hospitals running.
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
Longer waits, missed calls and risks to patient care will follow.
Please sign & share their petition✍️
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...
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The cost of the Covid Inquiry so far amounts to 0.01% of annual Gov spending.
The likes of Nigel Farage and Ian Duncan Smith are now saying this is too expensive, and it should be wound up.
That's 0.01% for an inquiry into the worst public health crisis in a generation.
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The likes of Nigel Farage and Ian Duncan Smith are now saying this is too expensive, and it should be wound up.
That's 0.01% for an inquiry into the worst public health crisis in a generation.
1/4
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The cost of the Covid Inquiry so far amounts to 0.01% of annual Gov spending.
The likes of Nigel Farage and Ian Duncan Smith are now saying this is too expensive, and it should be wound up.
That's 0.01% for an inquiry into the worst public health crisis in a generation.
1/4
The likes of Nigel Farage and Ian Duncan Smith are now saying this is too expensive, and it should be wound up.
That's 0.01% for an inquiry into the worst public health crisis in a generation.
1/4
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If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.
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Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism
October 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Superb piece by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social in this month's @bylinetimes.bsky.social mag: "Britain's Media Has Let Nigel Farage Reshape Political Journalism - Why?" This article alone was worth my annual sub to one of the very few news outlets still doing proper journalism
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If the same money were invested directly into expanding NHS ward space, staff, and theatres - or even more importantly social care capacity to help discharge patients safely - the long-term impact would be far greater.
Instead, we’re paying for short term relief instead of building resilience.
Instead, we’re paying for short term relief instead of building resilience.
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If the same money were invested directly into expanding NHS ward space, staff, and theatres - or even more importantly social care capacity to help discharge patients safely - the long-term impact would be far greater.
Instead, we’re paying for short term relief instead of building resilience.
Instead, we’re paying for short term relief instead of building resilience.
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And while the government described this as “spare capacity,” it’s not free capacity.
It’s paid-for capacity, at a premium, from the same pool of NHS consultants and anaesthetists who already work in overstretched trusts.
We’re not conjuring new staff out of thin air - we’re moving them around.
It’s paid-for capacity, at a premium, from the same pool of NHS consultants and anaesthetists who already work in overstretched trusts.
We’re not conjuring new staff out of thin air - we’re moving them around.
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
And while the government described this as “spare capacity,” it’s not free capacity.
It’s paid-for capacity, at a premium, from the same pool of NHS consultants and anaesthetists who already work in overstretched trusts.
We’re not conjuring new staff out of thin air - we’re moving them around.
It’s paid-for capacity, at a premium, from the same pool of NHS consultants and anaesthetists who already work in overstretched trusts.
We’re not conjuring new staff out of thin air - we’re moving them around.
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It is absolutely good news when patients get seen faster - I won’t dispute that.
BUT - before we celebrate too loudly, it is worth asking what this latest “use of independent sector capacity” actually means for the NHS itself and whether it actual fixes any of the fundamentals.
BUT - before we celebrate too loudly, it is worth asking what this latest “use of independent sector capacity” actually means for the NHS itself and whether it actual fixes any of the fundamentals.
This is something to celebrate.
More NHS patients getting the treatment they need sooner!
6.15m NHS surgeries and outpatient appointments delivered free at the point of use, based on need, by using spare capacity in the private sector.
This is not and never will be privatisation of the NHS.
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More NHS patients getting the treatment they need sooner!
6.15m NHS surgeries and outpatient appointments delivered free at the point of use, based on need, by using spare capacity in the private sector.
This is not and never will be privatisation of the NHS.
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FASTER CARE FOR THOUSANDS THANKS TO NHS USE OF INDEPENDENT SECTOR
Hundreds of thousands of people are receiving faster care thanks to the government’s partnership with the private sector – free at the point of use.
www.gov.uk
October 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It is absolutely good news when patients get seen faster - I won’t dispute that.
BUT - before we celebrate too loudly, it is worth asking what this latest “use of independent sector capacity” actually means for the NHS itself and whether it actual fixes any of the fundamentals.
BUT - before we celebrate too loudly, it is worth asking what this latest “use of independent sector capacity” actually means for the NHS itself and whether it actual fixes any of the fundamentals.