Rachel Reeves is right that the world has changed - so why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Rigid adherence to arbitrary fiscal rules & refusing wealth taxes is a political choice that’s causing huge pain & harm, as well as laying out the welcome mat for the populists at Reform UK

"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board" northeastbylines.co.uk/news/europe-...

Well capping the cost makes financial sense. They are private organisations only there to make profit, they aren’t the NHS. Of course Streeting could instead increase beds and pay doctors and nurses in NHS more and bring the work back into NHS and Rejoin EU and bring in the workers we lost.

Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union Sounds like a plan www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Elbows up, Canada.

You want to see an octopus riding a shark. 🎥: University of Auckland www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/s...

Alan Sugar, "Brexit was a total absolute disaster, and anybody who says it's not is deluded" Amol Rajan, "What do you think it would take to get this country growing again?" Alan Sugar, "Go back into the European Union"

The reason I bang on about the NHS is that I have worked in it for 40 years Over half it’s existence I remember a time, not that long ago when the majority of things worked well Something happened in 2010 that changed that I am fighting for a collective memory & fight for a better future

Honoured to have been part of the inaugural Iftar hosted by @rcgp.bsky.social this evening. Congratulations to the RCGP team for organising a memorable event in collaboration with BIMA and the Muslim Women Network. Celebration of Muslim GPs, their amazing contributions,and the spirit of Ramadan.

A reminder that NHS England was created in 2012 by David Cameron as a tool to help get Private Healthcare control over the NHS. It was never necessary in any way.

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 33 MILLION!!! 👏 LETS DO THIS!!

NEW: Canada’s Liberal Party elects Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau

Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire

Hope Starmer is listening to this. bsky.app/profile/lesl...

Some newly qualified GPs working gig economy jobs like Uber drivers "as a fill in just to pay the bills" In simple terms practices haven't had enough money to employ the new GPs news.sky.com/story/gps-working-as-uber-drivers-because-they-cant-find-jobs-as-medics-warn-of-unprecedented-crisis-13317540

Had a great time at the RCGP Yorkshire Faculty IMG Social connecting with fellow GPs! Lovely to attend with @bushra5.bsky.social DrPeter Davies,Dr Mehwish Mobeen. Thanks to RCGP Yorkshire for organizing a great networking event! 🌟 #RCGP #IMG #GPNetworking #Yorkshire @royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social

Really pleased to have heard that my session proposal for the 2025 RCGP Annual Conference has been accepted. Will be sharing my experiences of being a bereaved parent. I think there is important learning for GPs here. #childloss #grief #childdeath #bereavement @rcgp.bsky.social

Faiza Shaheen, "The UK can't pretend that we're still some imperial power that has that might behind us" "I do think we need to build much better relationships with the EU" "But I also want us to look at how we treat countries in other parts of the world..The double standards in Ukraine-Palestine"

Unregulated expansion of a role without safeguards in place Hopefully the Leng Review will make this clear 2015 there were only 15 PAs in GP & 107 in hospitals Rolled out by NHS leaders without regulation/safety was the problem for all @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Drs are they needed? 5-6yrs just to become one, then another 5-10yrs to specialise, why bother? PAs 2yrs minimal training to work in any specialty But Drs must supervise, make sure all the decisions are safe & take responsibility @gmcuk.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social must take responsibility

UK Gov, "£2 billion boost to growth as UK joins major trade group" Bloomberg, "Brexit is costing the UK £100 billion a year" The shame of celebrating the country being poorer by £98 billion in lost trade

Morning walk reflection. I support 100s of IMG GP trainees through 🇬🇧 GP training. Internationally, our post graduate medical training has great reputation given robust professional standards and nationally based competencies. Professional standards built over decades

Older men with new-onset fatigue are relatively likely to have an undetected cancer, compared to other cohorts. Figure: 1-year disease risk in men bjgp.org/content/earl... #PrimaryCare #Cancer

Not impressed with Starmer chasing racist far right votes saying Labour will bring down immigration when we have workplace shortages and actually need immigrants eg over 100,000 shortages in the NHS #PMQs Labour can never outracist Conservatives/Reform, why do they keep trying? 🤷‍♂️

Government may cap UK political donations to limit foreign influence Proposal comes after Elon Musk reportedly said he would donate £79m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies" www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

Patients should know who is and is not a doctor youtu.be/zgBrrMmx4yg?...