@drmk.link is 💯 spot on that: "Dr Eisenhauer’s behaviour was a product of the GMC’s ‘adversarial’ disciplinary model that ‘actively incentivises the “lack of candour” it claims to abhor’.

In Ireland we probably averted about 500 newborn RSV hospitalizations once nirsevimab was introduced last year (~75% risk reduction). Uptake was > 80%, and that's what's threatened by these cynical safety concerns from the antivaxxers in the US government. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Hanlon’s razor aside, it’s not hard to wonder if the NHS specialty doctor recruitment fiasco and mass unemployment of doctors is failure by design. After all, policy direction suggests we don’t need doctors and instead just need “differently trained” advanced workforces.

It appears Trump wants to end a war and label it peace through almost total capitulation. This short-term approach will strengthen Putin’s resolve and increase the risk of future aggression against NATO’s eastern flank. archive.today/2025.11.21-0...

You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What Martin said. Independent SAGE were not cranks, not extremists, not over-reacting. #covidinquiry

1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness

Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense. www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...

I am disgusted by Reform UK's threats to people who have built a life in this country. They are coming for our neighbours. They are coming for our colleagues. They are coming for our friends. We are at a dangerous moment. This hatred cannot be appeased. It must be defeated.

A statement of fact for Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025. There is absolutely no link between Tylenol and Autism; however, there is an absolute link between Trump and Epstein. ✊💙

Front page of @apnews.com calling it like it is. These claims are unfounded. #VaccinesSaveLives #TylenolisSafe #Tylenol #FireRFK #MedSky #Vaccines

Why is Trump so obsessed with Jimmy Kimmel and US late-night TV shows?

In case you thought I was exaggerating, here is the "debate" on Kimmel from Newsnight. David Frum explaining the horrific first-amendment-breaching executive overreach. British right wing hacks: bUt HiS jOkE wAs iNaCCuRaTe!

Is there anything left worth fighting for in Britain? After 14 years of mismanagement and the last 3 months of open xenophobia and racism, it feels bleak. I’m tied here through co-parenting, but I fear for my daughter’s generation.

I was warning about the dangerous nonsense that Malhotra was spreading …over 3y ago. I even warned Nigel Farage in his GBNEWS show bromsgrovestandard.co.uk/news/video-a... Vote Reform get dangerous cranks

This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

Just a reminder this man is still under GMC investigation as they agreed to reconsider their rule 12 refusal previously.

I’ve had time to read the Leng Review in full. While some celebrate minor cosmetic wins, I see the formal entrenchment of a parallel, underqualified medical workforce — built without medical training.

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🗣️| @drmk.link: “There's unease at the direction of travel towards a fragmented, task-based model which implies ‘anyone can do it’. "Medicine can't be reduced to checklists and delegated tasks. It's a complex, deeply responsible profession that demands a medical degree and years of further training."

🗣️ | @drmk.link spoke on #physicianassociates at the @fflm.bsky.social Conference He will be speaking on the topic at our conference this Saturday. Conference details, including how to join us in person and online ➡️ dauk.org/jenny-vaugha... #DAUKConf25

After lunch, we’re diving into two streams— @drmk.link will be leading our Legal Medicine stream with an insightful session on the move from discovery to accountability around the role of the Physician Associate #FFLMConf25

Great to be at the FFLM Conference today. I’ll be speaking later on the move from discovery to accountability around the role of physician associates—looking forward to the discussion. #FFLMConf25 @fflm.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social

DAUK's @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social and @drmk.link discuss why Brexit is making it harder to get life-saving treatments in @theipaper.com

The FFLM has endorsed the National Network of Designated Health Professionals' position statement on the commissioning of child sexual abuse medical assessments. You can read the full statement here: fflm.ac.uk/press-and-po...

Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.

I always knew ChatGPT would show its value someday.

1/ If Trump is kompromat and China is allied with Russia, the PLA may see 2025–26 as the best window to invade Taiwan. Trump’s Congress backs him, and he seems unwilling to spend American dollars defending former allies like Ukraine.

‘There is simply no conception (within NHS England) of how pivotal GPs are to the cost-effective performance of the health service - let alone to holistic patient care’ So says the ever-insightful @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

“The postwar era is over. The global architecture built in 1945 is being burned to the ground by Trump. Europeans need to plan for a future where they have to defend themselves without the US. That future does not loom in the distance. It is already here.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our project working on co-creating ways of increasing uptake of cervical screening in Europe has moved over from the other place. Please do follow if you are interested in co-creation, inequalities, stigma, discrimination, etc. Working in Estonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, France, and Denmark

1/ If you're not looking at the U.S. in existential fear for Western democracy, you’re missing the warning signs. What’s happening now echoes Orbán’s takeover of Hungary—but in the de facto leader of the free world. The consequences will be global.

Earlier this week, Ealing Hospital named its boardroom after my dear friend Jenny Vaughan who sadly died last year. I just ❤️it that it’s the Major Incident Room….’got a crisis? ☎️ Jenny!’

Hello. I am new to this medium, but if you are interested in medicine and in patient safety, please follow me.

Prof Leng giving assurance that her review will be balanced Only v limited published evidence Expertise+experiences of doctors crucial to patient safety - hope they get fair consideration @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social @nickhopkinson.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Thanks, Matt - pleasure to work with you and others at @thedauk.bsky.social - good to see collaboration with @bma.org.uk too

Welcome to BlueSky, @drasifqasim.bsky.social. One to follow if you're into interventional cardiology, patient safety, organisation and delivery of NHS services, case-based learning for doctors, and medical leadership. Let's get him posting more on this platform! #medsky #medtwitter

Completely agree Been hugely impressed by @drasifqasim.bsky.social - his integrity, his deep understanding of UK medicine and his commitment to #patientsafety, #medicaleducation & raising standards. Natural born leader! One to follow and one to watch!

I strongly recommend giving my friend @drasifqasim.bsky.social a follow. An NHS cardiologist with absolute integrity & razor-sharp appreciation of the issues bedevilling the medical workforce & how to fix them. Brilliant on tech, innovation & leadership too. Do follow 💙 asifqasim.co.uk

Having worked closely with @drasifqasim.bsky.social on MAPs issues this year, I’ve seen firsthand his willingness to tackle challenges head-on and engage with difficult questions—something many shy away from. Well worth a follow for those interested in the future of the profession. asifqasim.co.uk

I’ve only got to know @drasifqasim.bsky.social in the last year but I’ve been enormously impressed by his courage and leadership - agree with @copddoc.bsky.social - one to follow - as is Nick!

If it's about state-level destruction of scientific data, a single mirror (e.g., in Canada) isn't enough. A better solution involves a federated, decentralised system hosted globally to mitigate risks like DDoS or targeted erasure.

What a grim reality: pardoning criminals, abandoning the WHO at the cost of global health, fuelling the climate crisis, alienating minorities—all led by a man likely propped up by foreign meddling. Donald Trump is a disgrace, driving unspeakable harm.

I’m worried sick about patient safety as highly trained clinicians are replaced by 2yr-trained associates. Does this make me a “social media rabble”? Or is the “be kind” movement being cynically weaponised? Those monitoring my posts, put this on the agenda for the meeting you’ve asked me to attend.

1/ 🚨 The UK introduced Physician Associates (PAs) as a response to the healthcare workforce crisis. But the journey has been contentious, with lessons for other countries considering similar measures. A 🧵 on the findings from our new paper with Louella Vaughan and Giuliano Russo

Wow. The number of @bsky.app users has now passed 27 million! 👏

Over 15,000 doctors have signed a letter imploring the US Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation for Secretary of HHS. The letter states: “RFK Jr. is not only unqualified to lead this essential agency — he is actively dangerous.” 1/ www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Mark Zuckerberg doesn't just bend the knee to Trump, he throws himself prostrate on the floor in front of the throne. Darkness falls. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/b...