Dr Steve Taylor
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GP who believes in the NHS Doctors Association UK
https://dauk.org
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Letās really āBring back the Family Doctorā Wes Streeting with a real patient focused contract & real funding to make it happen Patients want to see GPs & GPs want to see patients Your GP, here for you - time to make it happen, itās in your hands
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We know that the Tories underfunded all public services for 14 years, but using PAs, instead of qualified Doctors, is not the answer
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Whistleblowers have claimed an investigation into a botched lumbar puncture at Newport's Royal Gwent hospital was marked as "closed" 2 months ago despite serious allegations against PA involved
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Hospital fraught with tension and fear after disastrous operation
One whistleblower told us support staff are afraid to work in the lumbar puncture room
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hospital-fraught-tension-fear-after-33765149
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The number of GP practices in England fell from 7,686 in 2015 to 6,359 in 2025, while the number of homes rose by around 2m over the same period. As a result, the number of homes served per average GP practice rose from 3,066 in 2015 to 3,976 in 2025.
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One GP practice a week closing under Labour, say Lib Dems
The NHS has lost a GP practice a week since the Labour government took office in summer 2024, the Liberal Democrats have warned - as the party promised to guarantee new housing developments come with ...
https://www.gponline.com/one-gp-practice-week-closing-labour-say-lib-dems/article/1954618
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āFew providers that can do thisā
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
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Unbelievable stress
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The number of GP practices in England fell from 7,686 in 2015 to 6,359 in 2025, while the number of homes rose by around 2m over the same period. As a result, the number of homes served per average GP practice rose from 3,066 in 2015 to 3,976 in 2025.
www.gponline.com/one-gp-pract...
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One GP practice a week closing under Labour, say Lib Dems
The NHS has lost a GP practice a week since the Labour government took office in summer 2024, the Liberal Democrats have warned - as the party promised to guarantee new housing developments come with ...
https://www.gponline.com/one-gp-practice-week-closing-labour-say-lib-dems/article/1954618
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Whistleblowers have claimed an investigation into a botched lumbar puncture at Newport's Royal Gwent hospital was marked as "closed" 2 months ago despite serious allegations against PA involved
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Hospital fraught with tension and fear after disastrous operation
One whistleblower told us support staff are afraid to work in the lumbar puncture room
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hospital-fraught-tension-fear-after-33765149
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Nick Mann
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"Data used to justify the expansion of ... in the NHS is flawed, experts say, and the pilot trustās innovation adviser worked directly for Palantir" Palantir: NHS pilotās āsuccessā is questioned as second figure at major trust is linked to the tech giant | The BMJ
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Nick Mann
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"Data used to justify the expansion ... in the NHS is flawed, experts say, and the pilot trustās innovation adviser worked directly for Palantir" Palantir: NHS pilotās āsuccessā is questioned as second figure at major trust is linked to the tech giant | The BMJ
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Wondering what to do with my Ā£10 this year that Wes doesnāt want to give to Resident Doctors (It was theirs originally) But apparently the country canāt afford for us to give it back to them!
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The BMJ
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Data used to justify the expansion of controversial software in the NHS is flawed, experts say, and the pilot trustās innovation adviser worked directly for Palantir
https://bit.ly/4stVolW
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Palantir: NHS pilotās āsuccessā is questioned as second figure at major trust is linked to the tech giant
https://www.bmj.com/content/393/bmj.s680?utm_campaign=Usage&utm_content=1776105481&utm_id=BMJ208&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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āFew providers that can do thisā
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka
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Private firms got Ā£12bn NHS contracts. Private equity, offshore tax haven firms big winners. Donations to Ministers pay dividends. Ā£1.6bn profit in 2 yrs. Enough to pay for 9,178 doctors or 19,428 nurses Health service ātaken for a rideā. Say NO to privatisation. Must expand NHS capacity
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Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are āscandalousā and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/private-companies-nhs-services-profit-chpi-research
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Wondering what to do with my Ā£10 this year that Wes doesnāt want to give to Resident Doctors (It was theirs originally) But apparently the country canāt afford for us to give it back to them!
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The Guardian
2 days ago
Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
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Private firms providing services to NHS made £1.6bn profit in two years, research finds
Exclusive: MPs say profit-making levels in England are āscandalousā and call for cap on amount private companies can make from NHS Private firms providing services to the NHS including healthcare and consultancy have made Ā£1.6bn in profits over the last two years, research reveals. The findings ā on the basis of contracts worth Ā£12bn ā have prompted claims of āscandalousā profiteering, concern that the health service is being ātaken for a rideā and calls for ministers to impose a cap on maximum profit levels. Ā£2bn of the Ā£12bn of contracts went to firms with owners based outside the UK. Ā£533m of that Ā£2bn went to companies owned by people living in tax havens such as Jersey and the Cayman Islands. Firms, especially those owned by private equity outfits, used Ā£353m of their Ā£12bn NHS income to pay interest on debts. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/13/private-companies-nhs-services-profit-chpi-research?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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āNOT THE NHS AGAIN!ā We debunk Palantir in the
#NHS
Email your MP to ask them to come to the April 16 debate on Palantir & the FDP šš»
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/pa...
Full episode here
youtu.be/Uosu3R4Q5gY?...
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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...
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Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts
Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech companyās engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/08/alarm-health-service-palantir-staff-nhs-email-accounts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The average Resident Dr remains Ā£10,000/year worse off than their predecessors, it was more in 2022 In theory thatās Ā£10/year that āweā are all better off as a result But in reality it went on PPE & dodgy deals for MPās mates Better spent on the people who actually save lives
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How to tell if your appointment was cancelled due to a Doctors strike Answer you canāt On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts Strikes days affect 40,000 appts, apparentlyš¤ Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving Management/Govt the excuse they want
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What nobody sees In the old model - the one I trained in, the one they dismantled - these threads would have sat in the same building. The manās script, the sonās behaviour, the wifeās exhaustion Youād have pulled the threads. I donāt have threads. I have encounters A must read
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This is where medicine moves from a mere matter of measurement & data to an art There is nuance, understanding, empathy, knowledge, kindness, compassion, being inquisitive This cannot be replaced & needs to be saved
#TeamGP
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āNot the NHS Again!ā A new podcast series released every Friday. This week āThe GP employment crisisā with GPs Dr Sarah Jacques, Dr Neena Jha and Dr Steve Taylor
youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?...
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The GP employment crisis
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
https://youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?si=sJ10Hl2n0h7eMaZ_
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What nobody sees In the old model - the one I trained in, the one they dismantled - these threads would have sat in the same building. The manās script, the sonās behaviour, the wifeās exhaustion Youād have pulled the threads. I donāt have threads. I have encounters A must read
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They woke up after the pandemic having asked nicely for pay rises to be told that the claps should have been enough The Govt didnāt listen so they went on strike The Tories finally gave them some & when Wes got in, he promised a ājourneyā back to pay restoration But it stopped
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This is where medicine moves from a mere matter of measurement & data to an art There is nuance, understanding, empathy, knowledge, kindness, compassion, being inquisitive This cannot be replaced & needs to be saved
#TeamGP
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Julian Winn
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The pleasure, pain, politics and paperwork of General Practice Listen
#Medsky
#PrimaryCare
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āNot the NHS Again!ā A new podcast series released every Friday. This week āThe GP employment crisisā with GPs Dr Sarah Jacques, Dr Neena Jha & Dr Steve Taylor šš»
youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?...
@sarahjacques.bsky.social
@dauk-gp.bsky.social
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
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The GP employment crisis
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
https://youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?si=HC_gjl3UtNHag5ME
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Streeting Strikes! Operation or out-patient appointment cancelled? On an average working day (without strikes) 50,000 outpatient appointments are cancelled by hospitals 320 operations are also cancelled When the figures come out remember the above
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The average Resident Dr remains Ā£10,000/year worse off than their predecessors, it was more in 2022 In theory thatās Ā£10/year that āweā are all better off as a result But in reality it went on PPE & dodgy deals for MPās mates Better spent on the people who actually save lives
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Keep Our NHS Public
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āNot the NHS Again!ā A new podcast series we have jointly produced with
@thedauk.bsky.social
released every Friday. This week it's āThe GP employment crisisā with GPs Dr Sarah Jacques, Dr Neena Jha &
@drstevetaylor.bsky.social
Listen/watch & subscribe here:
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The GP employment crisis
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
https://youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?si=sJ10Hl2n0h7eMaZ_
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BethU
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I've emailed but not holding out much hope from my Labour MP. Seems to be a great advocate of the Sweeting principle of feed them š š© and keep on screwing the NHS and people's private data.
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Streeting Strikes! Operation or out-patient appointment cancelled? On an average working day (without strikes) 50,000 outpatient appointments are cancelled by hospitals 320 operations are also cancelled When the figures come out remember the above
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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 Canāt see a GP blame MPs Full episode here šš»
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9m...
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The Verdict is in: What next for GeneralPractice?
YouTube video by WilmslowGP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9mWPqdCcQ
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Catriona
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Come on England, kick Palantir out of your NHS
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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 Canāt see a GP blame MPs Full episode here šš»
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9m...
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The Verdict is in: What next for GeneralPractice?
YouTube video by WilmslowGP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9mWPqdCcQ
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āNOT THE NHS AGAIN!ā We debunk Palantir in the
#NHS
Email your MP to ask them to come to the April 16 debate on Palantir & the FDP šš»
www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/pa...
Full episode here
youtu.be/Uosu3R4Q5gY?...
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āNot the NHS Again!ā A new podcast series released every Friday. This week āThe GP employment crisisā with GPs Dr Sarah Jacques, Dr Neena Jha and Dr Steve Taylor
youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?...
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The GP employment crisis
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
https://youtu.be/bT08Zoj7F3A?si=sJ10Hl2n0h7eMaZ_
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Doctors & the public are being betrayed but this is much worse Failure on many levels, the once āIndependent regulator of Doctorsā over the past few years this has changed No longer āindependentā nor just āDoctorsā
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Doctors & the public are being betrayed but this is much worse Failure on many levels, the once āIndependent regulator of Doctorsā over the past few years this has changed No longer āindependentā nor just āDoctorsā
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John Finchšŗšø
7 days ago
A whole civilization (Persian Empire?) did not die tonight. Heather Cox Richardson writes: āIf he had destroyed Iran in our names, unhampered by the Republican Congress members who have vowed to defend the U.S. Constitution, it would also have been an epitaph for the United States of America.ā
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April 7, 2026
At 5:06 this morning, President Donald J.
https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/april-7-2026?r=z0omp&utm_medium=ios
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Prem Sikka
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Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials. 0.1% of households have more wealth than the poorest half of the global population. Govts funded by the super rich, don't shut down tax havens and the tax abuse industry or levy wealth tax. HMRC goes easy on wealthy individuals.
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Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfam
Charity calls for a levy on the very richest and the closing of tax loopholes in its report on offshore wealth
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/global-super-rich-hidden-355trn-from-tax-officials-oxfam
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Resident doctors were the stand out losers in the public sector on pay cuts before 2024 So it stands to reason that they would need to have higher pay awards to return to baseline pay levels Best not look at MP pay
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Resident doctors were the stand out losers in the public sector on pay cuts before 2024 So it stands to reason that they would need to have higher pay awards to return to baseline pay levels Best not look at MP pay
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GP Partners are receiving emails from Operose Inviting them to look at succession planning with Operose taking over their practices Plan: 1. Starve NHS GPs of £ 2. Continuous poor contracts 3. Appoint former CEO in DHSC 4. Use NHSE data base to contact partners 5. Takeover Is this the grand plan?
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Ed Poole
9 days ago
Unlike Streeting, most Doctors have dedicated their lives to serving the NHS. Often, working way longer than their contracted hours, serving communities for generations. To use their predecessors objections to the NHS is obscene from someone swimming in private healthcare donations.
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Julian Winn
10 days ago
goodlawproject.org/health-secre...
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Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?
https://goodlawproject.org/health-secretary-keeps-taking-donations-linked-to-private-health/
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GP Partners are receiving emails from Operose Inviting them to look at succession planning with Operose taking over their practices Plan: 1. Starve NHS GPs of £ 2. Continuous poor contracts 3. Appoint former CEO in DHSC 4. Use NHSE data base to contact partners 5. Takeover Is this the grand plan?
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Advice and Guidance wonāt affect GP referrals š¤ But what about the 25% deflected back (rejected) with advice? Who holds the clinical responsibility? Patients now waiting in the community? Are Consultants aware that they must process within 5 days?
@gmcuk.bsky.social
referrals coming
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Bonus episode of new weekly podcast āNot the NHS Again!ā Out every Friday! Interview with Dr Andy Knox writer of Sick Society Subscribe for content on all things NHS! Full episode here
youtu.be/n6nhNHDtZrI?...
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Dr James Le Fanu was happy with £7500 in his day! His day as a Junior Doctor 1974 - the following year Junior Doctors were in industrial action with Government £7500 would be £72k now if kept with CPI inflation - no wonder he was happy Maybe he should get back on his sofa
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