@elisabe.bsky.social
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⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
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Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
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December 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
⚠️LAKESIDE: Please DO NOT discriminated against Clinically Vulnerable families, who are trying to shop safely during a wave of "super flu".⚠️
Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
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Would you ban customers in wheelchairs or with hearing aids?
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Disabled people tried to warn you
We pleaded you to see the eugenics of the “let it rip” strategy & the rise of Assisted Dying policies
A death with dignity can’t be provided when there’s no guarantee of life with dignity
In Canada, you can get MAiD in less time than it takes to see a specialist
We pleaded you to see the eugenics of the “let it rip” strategy & the rise of Assisted Dying policies
A death with dignity can’t be provided when there’s no guarantee of life with dignity
In Canada, you can get MAiD in less time than it takes to see a specialist
'God is merciful': Gov. Hochul to sign bill allowing medically assisted death in NY
She says she's requested some changes from state lawmakers before she signs off on the measure.
gothamist.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Disabled people tried to warn you
We pleaded you to see the eugenics of the “let it rip” strategy & the rise of Assisted Dying policies
A death with dignity can’t be provided when there’s no guarantee of life with dignity
In Canada, you can get MAiD in less time than it takes to see a specialist
We pleaded you to see the eugenics of the “let it rip” strategy & the rise of Assisted Dying policies
A death with dignity can’t be provided when there’s no guarantee of life with dignity
In Canada, you can get MAiD in less time than it takes to see a specialist
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How to tell if your appointment was cancelled due to a Doctors strike
Answer you can’t
On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts
Strikes days affect 11,000 appts, apparently🤔
Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving NHS Management/Govt the excuse they want
Answer you can’t
On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts
Strikes days affect 11,000 appts, apparently🤔
Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving NHS Management/Govt the excuse they want
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
How to tell if your appointment was cancelled due to a Doctors strike
Answer you can’t
On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts
Strikes days affect 11,000 appts, apparently🤔
Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving NHS Management/Govt the excuse they want
Answer you can’t
On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts
Strikes days affect 11,000 appts, apparently🤔
Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving NHS Management/Govt the excuse they want
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🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
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While politicians will ask you to blame resident doctors for cancelled surgery, in reality it is a deliberate slowdown to try to balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS orders hospitals to cut back on treating patients
Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
While politicians will ask you to blame resident doctors for cancelled surgery, in reality it is a deliberate slowdown to try to balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#NHS must learn lessons of COVID to overcome winter #flu
In the Guardian experts including @martinmckee.bsky.social say increasing vaccine uptake, boosting support for people to stay home when unwell & increasing ventilation would help protect from flu.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
In the Guardian experts including @martinmckee.bsky.social say increasing vaccine uptake, boosting support for people to stay home when unwell & increasing ventilation would help protect from flu.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS must learn lessons of Covid to overcome winter flu, say experts
If not, academics say people will continue to get sick and die while schools close and hospitals are overwhelmed
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#NHS must learn lessons of COVID to overcome winter #flu
In the Guardian experts including @martinmckee.bsky.social say increasing vaccine uptake, boosting support for people to stay home when unwell & increasing ventilation would help protect from flu.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
In the Guardian experts including @martinmckee.bsky.social say increasing vaccine uptake, boosting support for people to stay home when unwell & increasing ventilation would help protect from flu.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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New peer-reviewed paper by me, @sheencr.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social about effective communication and public engagement around infectious diseases and vaccines.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Public trust and cooperation in infectious disease control rest on three pillars: engagement, vaccine communication, and data presentation. Together, these foundations support resilient and inclusive....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New peer-reviewed paper by me, @sheencr.bsky.social and @martinmckee.bsky.social about effective communication and public engagement around infectious diseases and vaccines.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Despite receiving larger increases, doctors’ pay has still ended up lower in real terms compared to 2010 levels than that for other staff. In June 2025, resident doctors’ and consultants’ earnings were 15.3% and 19.4% lower in real terms respectively
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
Performance Tracker 2025: Hospitals | Institute for Government
Hospital performance is trending gently upwards. But tight finances in hospital trusts will constrain further efforts.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk
December 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Despite receiving larger increases, doctors’ pay has still ended up lower in real terms compared to 2010 levels than that for other staff. In June 2025, resident doctors’ and consultants’ earnings were 15.3% and 19.4% lower in real terms respectively
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Doctors knew what the terms were!
-Didn’t know because they started medical school 6-7y before they entered the workforce (Universities overstate future prospects)
-£100,000 of debt & will pay this as a tax on earnings
-Worst affected by cuts
For the RPI complaining here is CPI
-Didn’t know because they started medical school 6-7y before they entered the workforce (Universities overstate future prospects)
-£100,000 of debt & will pay this as a tax on earnings
-Worst affected by cuts
For the RPI complaining here is CPI
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Doctors knew what the terms were!
-Didn’t know because they started medical school 6-7y before they entered the workforce (Universities overstate future prospects)
-£100,000 of debt & will pay this as a tax on earnings
-Worst affected by cuts
For the RPI complaining here is CPI
-Didn’t know because they started medical school 6-7y before they entered the workforce (Universities overstate future prospects)
-£100,000 of debt & will pay this as a tax on earnings
-Worst affected by cuts
For the RPI complaining here is CPI
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How can areas improve health by encouraging more people to take vaccines?
Our research explores how Gloucestershire have achieved some of the highest uptake rates for vaccines in the country – and how that could apply to other areas: https://bit.ly/48q5Cgx
Our research explores how Gloucestershire have achieved some of the highest uptake rates for vaccines in the country – and how that could apply to other areas: https://bit.ly/48q5Cgx
December 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
How can areas improve health by encouraging more people to take vaccines?
Our research explores how Gloucestershire have achieved some of the highest uptake rates for vaccines in the country – and how that could apply to other areas: https://bit.ly/48q5Cgx
Our research explores how Gloucestershire have achieved some of the highest uptake rates for vaccines in the country – and how that could apply to other areas: https://bit.ly/48q5Cgx
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Generative AI. Eats its young.
Chefs kiss. The volume ‘Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects of Generative Al’ appears to teach you about hallucinations by having various fictitious references including to the non existent ‘Harvard AI Journal’
www.thetimes.com/article/8f7d...
www.thetimes.com/article/8f7d...
Publisher under fire after ‘fake’ citations found in AI ethics guide
A book published by Springer Nature includes dozens of questionable citations, including references to journals that do not exist
www.thetimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Generative AI. Eats its young.
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I do think that if the main public health message from the authorities to the population is get the flu vaccine then the flu vaccine should be free and readily available for all. That’s not the case at the moment.
December 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I do think that if the main public health message from the authorities to the population is get the flu vaccine then the flu vaccine should be free and readily available for all. That’s not the case at the moment.
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Just one dot.
One Resident Doctor per 1000 people
They will spend their days treating 10-30 other people each day depending on their specialty
Together, it is not a fight against each other, it’s a fight for a better future for us all, one that needs us all
Join the dots…….
One Resident Doctor per 1000 people
They will spend their days treating 10-30 other people each day depending on their specialty
Together, it is not a fight against each other, it’s a fight for a better future for us all, one that needs us all
Join the dots…….
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just one dot.
One Resident Doctor per 1000 people
They will spend their days treating 10-30 other people each day depending on their specialty
Together, it is not a fight against each other, it’s a fight for a better future for us all, one that needs us all
Join the dots…….
One Resident Doctor per 1000 people
They will spend their days treating 10-30 other people each day depending on their specialty
Together, it is not a fight against each other, it’s a fight for a better future for us all, one that needs us all
Join the dots…….
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Many thousands of lives were probably lost in the covid-19 pandemic because of political decision making.
The question now is whether the political and scientific classes learn anything from the verdict, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The question now is whether the political and scientific classes learn anything from the verdict, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Many thousands of lives were probably lost in the covid-19 pandemic because of political decision making.
The question now is whether the political and scientific classes learn anything from the verdict, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The question now is whether the political and scientific classes learn anything from the verdict, writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Everyone in Greater Manchester lives within 15mins of a local hospital
But better 5mins of a local GP practice
Wes is opening some Neighbourhood Centres to bring hospital closer to home🤔
Want some services outside hospital?
Why not just invest in GP practices?
But better 5mins of a local GP practice
Wes is opening some Neighbourhood Centres to bring hospital closer to home🤔
Want some services outside hospital?
Why not just invest in GP practices?
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Everyone in Greater Manchester lives within 15mins of a local hospital
But better 5mins of a local GP practice
Wes is opening some Neighbourhood Centres to bring hospital closer to home🤔
Want some services outside hospital?
Why not just invest in GP practices?
But better 5mins of a local GP practice
Wes is opening some Neighbourhood Centres to bring hospital closer to home🤔
Want some services outside hospital?
Why not just invest in GP practices?
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UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Regulator bares teeth as dentists earn £1.2bn
The gross profit figures for private equity-owned My Dentist, PortmanDentex and Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services rose by 20 per cent year-on-year between 2023 and 2024.
www.thisismoney.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Curse of Private Equity.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
Four of UK's biggest dental firms have raked in £1.2bn gross profit over the past two years,
Market controlled by My Dentist, PortmanDentex, Rodericks Dental, and Bupa Dental Services.
Prices 3.5 times more than NHS dentist.
No govt curbs profiteering.
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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Kennedy is more unashamed than ever as he admits he directed the disinformation on the MMR vaccine to be posted on the CDC website. He wants to equate fraudulent studies with over 40 peer reviewed studies showing NO link between Autism and the MMR 🧵 #PublicHealth
Robert F Kennedy Jr instructed CDC to change stance on vaccines and autism
US health secretary said he told agency to update website to claim the fact vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence based
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Kennedy is more unashamed than ever as he admits he directed the disinformation on the MMR vaccine to be posted on the CDC website. He wants to equate fraudulent studies with over 40 peer reviewed studies showing NO link between Autism and the MMR 🧵 #PublicHealth
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GPs up & down the country warned Wes Streeting, Department of Health and Social Care 6w ago that forcing the implementation of online forms without safeguards was a fools errand & raise false expectations
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
GPs up & down the country warned Wes Streeting, Department of Health and Social Care 6w ago that forcing the implementation of online forms without safeguards was a fools errand & raise false expectations
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
Have now decided not to talk to @BMA_GP @doctor_katie @DavidGWrigley
So here we are 🤷🏻♂️
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The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Some people mistake making connections & networking with subservience & authority-pleasing. Wrong. You can be an effective influencer on real life outcomes even with saying non-conforming stuff. This is how we make meaningful change. Don’t believe that agreement is always the route to getting heard.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Some people mistake making connections & networking with subservience & authority-pleasing. Wrong. You can be an effective influencer on real life outcomes even with saying non-conforming stuff. This is how we make meaningful change. Don’t believe that agreement is always the route to getting heard.
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Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has failed to apologise after he misled MPs about his department’s system for pushing sick and disabled people into work.
#DWP #UniversalCredit
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-ref...
#DWP #UniversalCredit
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-ref...
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system
Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has failed to apologise after he misled MPs about his department’s system for pushing sick and disabled people into work. McFadden yesterday (Wednesday) exa…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has failed to apologise after he misled MPs about his department’s system for pushing sick and disabled people into work.
#DWP #UniversalCredit
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-ref...
#DWP #UniversalCredit
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/mcfadden-ref...