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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Would you support Student Loan forgiveness for NHS workers including Doctors & Nurses? 30% for 3 years NHS work 70% for 7 years 100% for 10 years Need to break the pay impasse
@jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social
This is currently being ignored by Government as an option
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Top health official held shares in key childrenās home operator Ex-Operose CEO The same Operose that operated General Practice on the cheap unsafely Now in charge at DHSC
www.ft.com/content/710e...
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Top health official held shares in key childrenās home operator
Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests
https://www.ft.com/content/710edf8e-35a5-4efa-afca-89d40d796aea
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Top health official held shares in key childrenās home operator Ex-Operose CEO The same Operose that operated General Practice on the cheap unsafely Now in charge at DHSC
www.ft.com/content/710e...
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Top health official held shares in key childrenās home operator
Samantha Jones, permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, had multiple private-sector interests
https://www.ft.com/content/710edf8e-35a5-4efa-afca-89d40d796aea
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NOT THE NHS AGAIN! Magic or is it? Tony Blair in the news is a reminder that the Blair Govt were responsible for PFI, with hospitals, schools left with huge payments for years. 70% more costly than Govt borrowing! PFI & PPP (Public-Private Partnerships)
youtu.be/VA2_ojbgS-4?...
@weownit.org.uk
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Entrusting the future to AI and in particular Palantir Donāt do it!
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You could be on the other side of the street from another GP surgery and not be able to offer a service, just because youāre in a different ICB Itās a lottery, depending on which part of the country youāre in! It could be you! š¤š¼
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Entrusting the future to AI and in particular Palantir Donāt do it!
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Calling all General Practice & Community Pharmacy colleagues @NPA1921 past Chair Nick Kaye & @DAUK_GP Dr Steve Taylor, discuss āA debate across the divide of practice & pharmacy: are we stronger together, or better alone?ā Watch the debate unfold:
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Debate Across the Divide - General Practice & Community Pharmacy: Stronger Together or Better Apart?
YouTube video by National Pharmacy Association
https://youtu.be/963lS4bzMMI?si=x1E9brS7jCEHanxg
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Keep Our NHS Public
3 days ago
Do you have two minutes to help us end the corridor crisis in the NHS? Corridor care poses huge risks to the health of patients and the safety of NHS staff. Use this tool to write to your MP, urging them to take action on corridor care:
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Calling all General Practice & Community Pharmacy colleagues @NPA1921 past Chair Nick Kaye & @DAUK_GP Dr Steve Taylor, discuss āA debate across the divide of practice & pharmacy: are we stronger together, or better alone?ā Watch the debate unfold:
youtu.be/963lS4bzMMI?...
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Debate Across the Divide - General Practice & Community Pharmacy: Stronger Together or Better Apart?
YouTube video by National Pharmacy Association
https://youtu.be/963lS4bzMMI?si=x1E9brS7jCEHanxg
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NOT THE NHS AGAIN! Magic or is it? Tony Blair in the news is a reminder that the Blair Govt were responsible for PFI, with hospitals, schools left with huge payments for years. 70% more costly than Govt borrowing! PFI & PPP (Public-Private Partnerships)
youtu.be/VA2_ojbgS-4?...
@weownit.org.uk
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The data in GP records was a āaid memoirā of consultations It was & is a sharing of information between the patient & their GP to aid their care The fact that people have decided it was more than that is the problem It is NOT NHS database It is an individualās shared history
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The data in GP records was a āaid memoirā of consultations It was & is a sharing of information between the patient & their GP to aid their care The fact that people have decided it was more than that is the problem It is NOT NHS database It is an individualās shared history
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Doctorsā Association UK
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š£ļø | āIt reflects the complexity of funding streams in general practice. GP practices, the BMA, RCGP have been asking for money to be moved to the core contract [to help practices hire GPs] rather than it being manipulated via ARRS.ā
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Curiously, the people redesigning NHS employment models are rarely redesigning their own terms and conditions. In every NHS reform, insecurity seems to travel downward.
myemail.constantcontact.com/Even-more.ht...
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Curiously, the people redesigning NHS employment models are rarely redesigning their own terms and conditions. In every NHS reform, insecurity seems to travel downward.
myemail.constantcontact.com/Even-more.ht...
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You could be on the other side of the street from another GP surgery and not be able to offer a service, just because youāre in a different ICB Itās a lottery, depending on which part of the country youāre in! It could be you! š¤š¼
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/analysis/spe...
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Cori Crider
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Expect to see a lot more of this kind of sovereignty-preserving market intervention.
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Byline Times
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š From the archive: Nigel Farage Claimed There's 'No Money in Politics' Just Before Running for Ā£91,000+ MP Job ā
@josiahmortimer.bsky.social
š Relevant again: As more questions are raised about Farageās Ā£5m āgiftā
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Nigel Farage Claimed There's 'No Money in Politics' Just Before Running for £91,000+ MP Job
EXCLUSIVE: Unearthed comments show Reform UK leader dismissing MP salary, just weeks before becoming Britain's highest-earning parliamentarian
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/08/11/farage-claimed-theres-no-money-in-politics-just-before-running-for-91000-mp-job
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Palantir - get it out of here!
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The Times & Palantir- a lesson in public relations (Part 2)
I wrote last month about how The Times (and Sunday Times) are repeatedly giving Palantir an easy time. To be fair they did publish my letter on how Palantirās contract was not good value for money for...
https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidnicholl/p/the-times-and-palantir-a-lesson-in-478
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Hardeep Matharu
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"Trump could leave today and this doesn't change ā because it became a community, and then it's people's identities" My fascinating interview with
@noellecook.com
and Liz Smith on their film 'The Conspiracists' ā following why women attracted to MAGA and 'conspirituality' believe what they do š
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āI Hadnāt Anticipated Developing Empathy for Them, But You Can See How the Conspirituality Belief System Also Serves as a Set of Coping Mechanismsā
Byline Timesā Editor in Chief speaks to director Liz Smith and writer Noelle Cook about their journey into the world of āconspiritualityā for a new documentary shedding light on the women attracted to...
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/04/21/i-hadnt-anticipated-developing-empathy-for-them-but-you-can-see-how-the-conspirituality-belief-system-also-serves-as-a-set-of-coping-mechanisms/
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Giles Wilkes
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UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students -
www.ft.com/content/ded7...
I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberal
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UK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students
āVery sharp downturnā in enrolments risks hitting economic innovation and academic pipeline, lobby group says
https://www.ft.com/content/ded7dfbd-de0d-477d-8d0c-b2a6d8acc5c2?shareType=nongift
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Is your personal medical information safe from profit-seeking under the governmentās plans for the NHS? GPs block data sharing to highlight concerns & protect patient data. Get Palantir out of
#NHS
lowdownnhs.info/comment/gps-...
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GPs block data sharing in fight over new contract - The Lowdown
By Steve Taylor, Doctorās Association UK Since last Friday 1 May GP practices across England are being urged by the BMA to take part in collective action. This follows insufficient assurances from the...
https://lowdownnhs.info/comment/gps-block-data-sharing-in-fight-over-new-contract/
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Instead of real hospital & community beds, we have 10,000 āvirtual bedsā (in your own home) which cost Ā£165 per day (the same as the annual cost of a GP services) The unpaid carers subsidise this, as do community services Yet hospital trusts, NHSE & DHSC āclapā themselves for their cost savings
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This might surprise you but when we had more District Nurses and community teams both of these things were possible a mere 10-15 years ago Reinventing the wheel but at 3 -4x the cost When hospital teams run community services the costs are much higher This could be done very differently
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GP practices are patient data protectors The new Health Bill will remove the GP & move the data controller (protector) role to the Secretary of State for Health Your sharing data āopt-outā may not be protected in the same way I have āopted outā but doesnāt stop sharing data
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Trish Greenhalgh
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Thanks James. Non-paywalled version below. Meanwhile Iāll get onto Slate - the original version used to be free
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Instead of real hospital & community beds, we have 10,000 āvirtual bedsā (in your own home) which cost Ā£165 per day (the same as the annual cost of a GP services) The unpaid carers subsidise this, as do community services Yet hospital trusts, NHSE & DHSC āclapā themselves for their cost savings
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Andrew Sissons
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Iām amazed anyone needs reminding of this, but local government spending power per person fell by 18% from 2010 to 2024 (would have been 26% but for increases in council tax). At the same time, social care pressures on local govt have grown a lot. The decay of the public realm is NOT a mystery
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How have English councilsā funding and spending changed? 2010 to 2024 | Institute for Fiscal Studies
Increases in council funding over the last parliament have not reversed big cuts made during the 2010s, with spending on many services still down 40%.
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/how-have-english-councils-funding-and-spending-changed-2010-2024
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There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds 26% fewer care home beds 23% fewer nursing beds Fewer hospital beds Then people wonder why A&E is blocked
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There is only one European nation with fewer hospital beds per capita than the UK Sweden but they have the highest number of care home & nursing home beds 26% fewer care home beds 23% fewer nursing beds Fewer hospital beds Then people wonder why A&E is blocked
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āNOT THE NHS AGAIN!ā latest Streetingās left us his āTen Year Health Planā: no implementation, funding or workforce - just his belief in AI, his private donations & his ambition.
@drstevetaylor.bsky.social
@dauk-gp.bsky.social
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#tenyearplan
youtu.be/UGJmv5U-tDw?siā¦
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NHS Ten Year Plan - Is there one?
YouTube video by Not the NHS Again
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The Doctors Association UK continues to raise its concerns over plans for a new single patient record Alarm among doctors & health experts about the proposals to hand the health secretary sweeping new powers to control patientsā data The plans are in the Health Bill
dauk.org/dauk-continu...
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DAUK continues to raise alarm over single patient record
The Doctors Association UK (DAUK) continues to raise its concerns over plans for a new single patient record. Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK GP co-lead, contributed to BMJ article on the...
https://dauk.org/dauk-continues-to-raise-alarm-over-single-patient-record/
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The Doctors Association UK continues to raise its concerns over plans for a new single patient record Alarm among doctors & health experts about the proposals to hand the health secretary sweeping new powers to control patientsā data The plans are in the Health Bill
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DAUK continues to raise alarm over single patient record
The Doctors Association UK (DAUK) continues to raise its concerns over plans for a new single patient record. Dr Steve Taylor, DAUK GP co-lead, contributed to BMJ article on the...
https://dauk.org/dauk-continues-to-raise-alarm-over-single-patient-record/
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Not the NHS again! This weekās podcast Is there really an NHS Plan? With Tony OāSullivan
keepournhspublic.com
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99-percent.org
youtu.be/UGJmv5U-tDw?...
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NHS Ten Year Plan - Is there one?
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https://youtu.be/UGJmv5U-tDw?si=JajNXzUTbaeSDjhq
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Not the NHS again! This weekās podcast Is there really an NHS Plan? With Tony OāSullivan
keepournhspublic.com
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99-percent.org
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NHS Ten Year Plan - Is there one?
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KILL BILL - The Health BILL
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š£ļø | "Itās trying to do things cheaply without investing in what we really need. "A face-to-face appointment with a GP is an important interaction that makes a massive difference."
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on reports patients are receiving serious diagnoses via the NHS app
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Technology must not replace the āempathy and understandingā of doctors
The NHS app must not be used as a ācheapā substitute for family doctors, DAUKās GP committee has told national radio listeners. Dr Steve Taylor, GP co-lead for the Doctorsā...
https://dauk.org/technology-must-not-replace-the-empathy-and-understanding-of-doctors/
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KILL BILL - The Health BILL
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Wes Streetingās final shot as he ran out the door Your NHS data is not going to be safe You will have NO meaningful OPT OUT of data sharing GPs have seen this coming & will stand with their patients Palantir et al will have access & Government controls
medconfidential.org/2026/wes-str...
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Translation: the Sec of State for Health can, and I have no doubt will, sell your data to the highest bidder in spite of denials. Claims it's for "planning for the future" or research are nonsense. Don't want your data shared with Palantir? Tough, cos that's where it's going. This must be stopped.
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GP practices are patient data protectors The new Health Bill will remove the GP & move the data controller (protector) role to the Secretary of State for Health Your sharing data āopt-outā may not be protected in the same way I have āopted outā but doesnāt stop sharing data
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Doctorsā Association UK
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š£ļø | āThe current fit notes system isnāt working well for patients, GPs or employers. āIt often lacks the nuance to deal with specific situations and reasons people have for not being able to work."
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welcomed a new fit note pilot scheme
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Fit note reform: DAUK welcomes new pilot schemes
The Doctorsā Association UK (DAUK) has welcomed new pilot schemes which aim to help reform the fit note system. DAUK has been working with the Department for Work and Pensions...
https://dauk.org/fit-note-reform-dauk-welcomes-new-pilot-schemes/
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Greater Manchester still says no to
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data platform with Palantir at its heart Public concern has only grown, says ICB, while evidence of benefits remains thin Manchester showing the way England needs to go Wales and Scotland agree No to Palantir
www.theregister.com/public-secto...
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Greater Manchester still says no to NHS data platform with Palantir at its heart
Public concern has only grown, says ICB, while evidence of benefits remains thin
https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/05/13/greater-manchester-still-says-no-to-nhs-data-platform-with-palantir-at-its-heart/5239584
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Mike Chitty
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The NHS App: A digital illusion at the crossroads of trust and power
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/...
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The NHS App: A digital illusion at the crossroads of trust and power
Trusting our gut instincts ā this Palantir-backed digital upgrade would erode core NHS values of human care and inclusion
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/health/the-nhs-app-a-digital-illusion-at-the-crossroads-of-trust-and-power/
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I guess thatās why itās over for Wes
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I guess thatās why itās over for Wes
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Prem Sikka
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Fearing a change in Labour leadership, Thames Water creditors rush a takeover plan. Want regulator to go easy on abuses. Still want dividends. Customers will be fleeced. There can be no market-based solution. No competition Captive customers No substitute goods Must nationalise.
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Thames Water creditors fire warning shot at Labour
As rescue deal is finalised for stricken utility, fears mount that government paralysis could lead to the company slipping into temporary nationalisation
https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/thames-water-debt-rescue-deal-3th8btzgx
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Time for a new direction from a new Heath Secretary Conversation on āNot the NHS Againā Podcast
YouTube.com@NottheNHSAgain
@jamesmurrayldn.bsky.social
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Time for a new direction from a new Heath Secretary Conversation on āNot the NHS Againā Podcast
YouTube.com@NottheNHSAgain
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