Couldn’t agree more…

Many doctors experience distressing inappropriate behaviour from colleagues, including unwelcome sexual comments and advances.

Tom Moberly hears advice on how to tackle such behaviour
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Planning bill could allow developers to build without replacing local nature Green spaces created to offset removal of others may not have to be in same county, sources at Defra say

It just gets worse and worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Still revelling in the fact that thiS happened yesterday. A beautiful day spent with lots of beautiful people whom I love deeply… #feelingblessed

This International Women's Day 2025, Dr Omolade Allen, Prof Ruth Bromley, Dr Julia Schoonover and Dr Neil Pemberton share their personal experiences and perspectives.

From the ukpolitics community on Reddit: AMA (Ask Me Anything) Thread: Analysts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Friday 7th February, 10:30am - 1:30pm Explore this post and more from the ukpolitics community

Our latest report found over 1 in 5 people in the UK are in poverty.

On Friday we are hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' session on Reddit - you can ask our analysts about the stats, the modelling, policy, and the picture of poverty across the UK.

🙋 Join our session: www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

Having spent this morning teaching our students about the unequivocal evidence for lifelong health impact from poverty & Adverse Childhood Experience, surely reversing this trend has to be an absolute priority…

Text reads: New data shows alarming scale of health inequalities across UK constituencies.

The scale of health inequalities across the UK is alarming. 🚨

For the first time, we commissioned the Office for National Statistics to produce new data on life expectancy at constituency level – showing widespread inequality. ⤵️ healthequals.org.uk/data_insight...

Testing and cancer diagnosis in general practice Healthcare systems worldwide have for decades sought to prioritise prompt diagnosis of cancer as a means to improve outcomes. The gatekeeping role of general practitioners (GPs) that restricts access ...

Testing and cancer diagnosis in gen practice
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Top editorial
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Excellent on the complexities:
Benefit, risk, cost, interpretation in real world settings, limitations of crude interpretation of data on testing variation to make policy

Government urged to work with GPs to reduce waiting lists | Doctors Association UK The Doctors' Association UK is urging the Government to work with GPs to reduce NHS waiting lists and improve patient care

🩺| "Why won’t the Department for Health just fund the employment of 3,500 under and unemployed GPs, who can offer the expert care patients need and are extremely good value for money?"
Read responses from our GP committee members on Government plans to cut waiting lists
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“Let’s focus on general practice. It used to be the jewel in the crown of the NHS and we’ve lost 2,000 GPs in the last 10 years….yet we’ve got GPs at home who can’t find work and that’s because the funding is inadequate.”

Dr David Wrigley speaks to Sky News on what we need to see from Government.

What a difference a day makes…

We’re warming up now. Professor Alex Heazell @mcr-sb-research.bsky.social talking about the impact of the historical absence of women in clinical studies, including a lack of research into maternity care…& Manchester’s response to this #UOM200

What better way to begin than with the history of Mancunian humanitarianism, as told by Professor Tony Redmond OBE #UOM200

‘The opposite of poverty is not wealth…it’s justice…’ Bryan Stevenson

Great to be here celebrating our School of Medical Sciences 200th birthday @officialuom.bsky.social #UOM200 a chance to reflect on what went before & to leave inspired for what will come next…

Well that was rather good…

🎉

Impossible to contain my excitement at seeing Paul McCartney tonight. A joint birthday present for Son 1 & I. Good to know that love for The Fab Four is nurturable, if not genetic…😆

Iceland. Seeing in my fifties 🫣

There’re worse places to be…

Yikes

Likewise x

We’re hoping to be back in action very soon. Still rounding up a few Discoteers…!

I can feel temptation rising…

Did I hear a mention of a disco coming here soon?
Moving home?

🤔🤔 @ruthbromley.bsky.social @mike-thorpe.bsky.social @gillylee.bsky.social @denise123.bsky.social @clairetomkinson.bsky.social @mjrolli.bsky.social

This looks cosy. When does the disco-dancing commence…?