"..the NHS was held together by the sheer dedication and resilience of its staff"

NHS 'came close to collapse' during Covid and patients were failed, inquiry finds NHS collapse was only “narrowly avoided” due to efforts of staff who put themselves at exceptional risk, the inquiry says.

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A stimulating and clarion call for all UK-based researchers to improve enrolment of cancer patients into clinical trials @btog.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @cruk-mi.bsky.social #BTOG2026

Focussing on UK priorities for improving lung cancer survival outcomes @btog.bsky.social from Robert Rintoul Chair of the UKLCC Steering Group

Great fun conducting my local orchestra this evening!

Good morning!

Happy Birthday Christy Turlington.

One Courageous Correspondent What happened inside “60 Minutes” this weekend

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a man in a superman costume is flying through the air over the water . ALT: a man in a superman costume is flying through the air over the water .

"There is always a way. When the odds are impossible... do the impossible"

Such a wonderful evening of fascinating facts, gloriously presented by the one and only @fryrsquared.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
I wished more young people were there..so inspiring!

Why vaccinate? The ups and downs of the pertussis story in UK

Home-based FENO measurements- may be difficult to justify in clinical practice? #btswinter2025

Aspirational, but still more work needed to address inequalities of access to diagnostics

An autumn visitor #uk #foraging

I am desperately saddened by the news of what happened in Manchester today. Deep down, however, I believe there is more that binds us together than separates us as a society. #love #manchester #uk

30th Hintze Lecture: Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose Professor Janna Levin & Professor Sir Roger Penrose will deliver the 30th Hintze Lecture: Black holes in the cosmos

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I don't understand why there aren't more musicians on Bluesky? Where have they been?

Why read it? The trial provides clear evidence for the benefits of Azithromycin in patients with #asthma on LABA/ICS who continue to exacerbate. There is also a nice forest plot for fans of clear data communication! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #RespEd #pulmsky #medsky #lungsky

Summer's offering (allium sphaerocephalon)

Two days of excellent workshops hosted by AstraZeneca. New insights into treating asthma and COPD. #NRLF25 #asthma #lunghealth

The last of this season's tulips. Such a happy flower

Worth pondering

Biologist whose innovation saved the life of British teenager wins $3m Breakthrough prize Prof David Liu is among the winners of 2025’s ‘Oscars of science’, with honours also going to researchers for landmark work on multiple sclerosis, particle physics and ‘skinny jabs’

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Just amazing

U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

More awful public health news. “The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States’ financial support for Gavi, the organization that has helped purchase critical vaccines for children in developing countries, saving millions of lives over the past quarter century”

5 years ago today, lockdown became legally enforceable in the UK. Today, the nation is still paying the price of not locking down earlier.. #covid #hindsight

We are stronger together

Took me a long time to realise that just being is good enough

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It took seeing adult bullies to understand that my childhood bullies didn’t even really want to hurt me, they just wanted to feel powerful and how I felt about it wasn’t even in the equation.

I can’t imagine someone not outgrowing that, but apparently it happens quite a lot!

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."