GPs have won a major protection for patients in their negotiations with NHSE & Govt
Guarantee of referral, no target for rejections, clear documentation of Advice and Guidance with Consultant name & GMC number
Patient safety is always the priority
Govt needs to listen to GPs
"Sometimes they're very strong but cry and sometimes they need just hugs."
President Zelenskyy on how meeting the families of fallen soldiers is one of the hardest parts of his job.
GP referrals will now be ‘assessed’ by a ‘Consultant led’ Single point of access
1 in 4 is the target to reject
GPs & patients must insist on Jess’s Rule in referrals
Any rejected referral must have a Consultant name & GMC number for accountability
This is the only way to ensure patient choice
"A rational and independent examination of the facts tells us that, with alternatives available—even UK ones—the case to terminate the Palantir contract is resounding," writes @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Choice
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
For context this is an article from 12 September 2025
“Concerns Mandelson did not pass MI6 vetting for US ambassador role – but Starmer appointed him anyway”
“Sources have told The Independent that MI6 failed to clear the Labour peer largely because of concerns over his business links to China”
It's rare to have 3 years of longitudinal qualitative data spanning the transition from medical student to doctor.
TLDR: the challenge isn't knowledge (or lack of it). The challenge is the necessary professional, personal and social adaptation.
#MedEd
#MedSky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
As MPs debate #Palantir this afternoon, led by @martinwrigley.bsky.social
I will be discussing Federated Data Platform & Palantir on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social at 525pm this afternoon for @thedauk.bsky.social I’m sure this exclusive in @bmj.com will come up 🤦♂️👇👀
www.bmj.com/content/393/...
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.
Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars
The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.
Why aren't we doing this?
Picard management tip: Know your audience. Display strength to Klingons, logic to Vulcans, and opportunity to Ferengi.
I think this is the most likely explanation for what unfolded after the fact. #DonaldJChrist
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
(I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)
Data used to justify the expansion of controversial software in the NHS is flawed, experts say, and the pilot trust’s innovation adviser worked directly for Palantir
https://bit.ly/4stVolW
That's £1.6bn profit that went to investors and hedge funds, not to training more nurses and doctors, or investing in crumbling infrastructure, or sorting out corridor care.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Wondering what to do with my £10 this year that Wes doesn’t want to give to Resident Doctors
(It was theirs originally)
But apparently the country can’t afford for us to give it back to them!
Palantir now have access to all NHS emails of staff, no permission from staff needed. This will ramp up calls to end the £330m contract with Palantir and its Foundry asap
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
😳😳😳
If you’re just waking up, here’s a summary. No, the geopolitical situation is not OK.
Comparing Easter messages
this is a timely and interesting article
And i see that the hardest skills for AI to replace are empathy, creativity, emotional intelligence, ethical/situational judgement, manual dexterity
And that senior, fully trained professionals harder to replace than junior
But....
This really projects strength and victory.
A post from 2 days ago with text- 'We got a bit out of sync with supply and demand.' 'Racism is a factor." NHS England CEO Sir, Jim Mackey explains some reasons behind the record number of doctors from overseas leaving the UK.
Post with text- Today we publish an interview with NHS England CEO Jim Mackey in which he tells us: `'We'll reduce our reliance on resident doctors in response to strikes'
Getting whiplash from watching NHS CEO Jim Mackey
1. aim to decrease number of resident/LED/SAS doctors leaving the UK
2. say the NHS is 'too reliant' on them anyway. 😵💫
Australia is loving this. Today's residents are tomorrow's consultants- and minus most of the cost of training too.
Today, we've written to the Secretary of State and other UK health ministers about the lack of progress on implementing the Leng Review into Physician Assistants and Anaesthesia Assistants.
GPs are Local
The Local elections need to be focused on Local issues
31million people consult GP practices every month, half the population
#TeamGP time to get the message out
Can’t see a GP blame MPs
General Practice: here today, gone tomorrow?
It’s time for a simpler, well-resourced GP contract that will genuinely ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
The current one is 255 pages – & not fit for purpose.
And it will cost a little bit more: just £1/week each
lowdownnhs.info/topics/gp-su...
As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep
Govt banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe medications
Influence is being bought
Patients should influence not the healthy & wealthy - ban it now
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
