English NHS Consultants get your BMA Ballot vote in the post asap. If you're not a member and you want to vote you can join and vote up to the 22nd of June. Demand Better Vote Yes youtube.com/shorts/mUQc-...

🚨SAS doctors in England🚨 Sign up to one of our campaign webinars. New dates have been added. You'll find out more about our campaign to improve SAS doctor pay, recognition and career progression - and how you can get involved. bma.org.uk/saspay

Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧

Correct on so many levels www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"We previously had decent progression, and we didn’t have a jobs crisis, and doctors were valued as they were back in 2008. That is not some fantasy standard that has never existed" - BMA RDC chair Jack Fletcher www.thetimes.com/article/0a68...

As in December, the BMA has again agreed a derogation for some obstetrics shifts in Nottingham due to unique, difficult circumstances. We attach the letter to Nottingham obstetrics residents below for more information. Thank you to colleagues who were otherwise preparing to strike for pay and jobs.

Dear America - keep doing the awesome stuff. Get rid of that orange idiot though.

The pay review body’s 3.5% pay ‘uplift’ is hugely disappointing for SAS and Consultants whose value and pay have been eroded for years. Senior doctors are standing together to push this Government to commit to improvements. On the 11 May we will open ballots for Industrial Action in England.

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

“We’ve had more than a decade’s worth of real terms pay cuts. Yes, there has been a good start to reversing that trend since 2024, and we fully recognise that, but it does need to continue on that journey towards restoring pay.” @fletchjack.bsky.social talks to BBC Breakfast this morning 👇

99% have said no. GPs and GP registrars across England have overwhelmingly rejected the Government’s imposed contract changes for 2026/27. These plans would pile unsafe, unfunded workload onto already stretched practices, putting patient care at risk.

BMA resident doctors committee confirms new strike dates after talks fail to make adequate progress

“Austerity left NHS in 'precarious position'” “A collapse of the NHS was only narrowly avoided, the report says, because of the extraordinary efforts of its staff.” And what is happening now? Financial constraints and further freezes on recruitment as well as MARS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr owns this tragedy. Every single one.

Stand for election to @bma.org.uk Council by 4pm Council sets the strategy of the BMA, and has multi-year projects on strategic and governance priorities e.g. 🔸️strike fund 🔹️doctors substitution 🔸️NHS 10 Year Plan 🔹️managing union finances Want to make big long-term change? Stand.

Board of Peace - Season 1

Sky News: Danish PM Mette Freideriksen’s note in the visitors book when she visited UK today

For those of us in the UK this is why the European Convention on Human Rights is important. You don’t know what’s coming next

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

Nobody wants to be striking at any point. It’s a shame Wes and the government have driven residents to this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ah more rationing of care Operations and treatments cut back as NHS orders hospitals to save money www.bbc.com/news/article...

From the @wsj.com chief foreign correspondent

The announcement of new asylum measures by the Home Secretary risks fuelling anti-migrant rhetoric. We reiterate our solidarity with our colleagues, many of whom are being subjected to increasingly hostile treatment as a direct result. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

Thank you @Ruth

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed. THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

Do you know what? It IS working. It hasn't caused tailbacks, quite the opposite actually. More importantly it's saved the lives of at least a dozen kids. Reform are actually campaigning for the return of more deaths and injuries. Absolutely bonkers.

SAS Week kicks off next week! We’re proud to be joining forces across all four nations – alongside @nhsemployers.bsky.social – to shine a spotlight on SAS doctors. From policy wins to career progression, there’s been real progress in every nation. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi... #SASWeek25

The only country to have left the ECHR in this century is Russia... and they were expelled. Is that really the example you want Britain to follow?

For @bma.org.uk consultants out there. It’s the last day to vote in the indicative ballot www.surveymonkey.com/r/Indicative...

The BMA and many others warned that this was coming, and now it is here. The UK government must act immediately to prevent widespread death in Gaza from hunger. This is entirely man-made and is intolerable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...

Any @bma.org.uk Consultants out there? Have you voted in the Consultants indicative ballot? Vote yes. Vote now. Only 11 days left to vote. www.surveymonkey.com/r/Indicative...

⏳There are just two more days to take up our summer offer (ends 15 August) 🩺Join thousands of doctors and help to shape the future of the profession ⬇️

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This has to be right. How many children’s lives are a few minutes worth?

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

I'm sad to say that since leaving Twitter/X my sales for live shows have dropped quite a lot - it turns out that even though it's a dreadful place it was still useful for getting the word out about events. So any shares / RTs of my posts about live shows are hugely appreciated!

EVERYONE has seen their pay fall🤔 Well yes & no! Resident Doctors have had their pay cut the most & even using CPI the recent increase still leaves their pay lagging Some perspective on why they are so angry & frustrated Also the ones with £100k+ student debt growing by RPI Pay the young less!

How to tell if your appointment was cancelled due to a Doctors strike Answer you can’t On a average day in the NHS hospitals cancel 50,000 appts Strikes days affect 40,000 appts, apparently🤔 Blaming the Drs for a broken system is giving Management/Govt the excuse they want

Our paper: since SCOTUS McDonald v. Chicago decision, states w/permissive firearm laws have had thousands of excess pediatric firearm deaths. 📊 6,029 excess deaths in the most permissive states 📈 Especially sharp rise among Black children 🔗 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

1) Residents in England, post your strike ballot back ASAP - and tell your colleagues 2) GPs in N Ireland, find your referendum email and stand up against contract imposition 3) Sign @bma.org.uk's demand for an alternative regulator to the GMC: activism.bma.org.uk/page/172664/... 4) Enjoy the sun! 🌞

Any UK resident doctors out there. Get your strike ballot back and vote yes. Last day for guaranteed post is 30th June (may get there if posted after this date but not guaranteed)

From @redrunswick.bsky.social Motion 15 at #BMAARM25 The BMA is acting to support those who have experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct - from harassment to rape. We will support you on this even if the events predate BMA membership t.co/y2fzzQREPu

UK doctors. Show your support for a new regulator. Time is up for the GMC www.activism.bma.org.uk/page/172664/...

To someone who doesn’t live in the US it’s amazing how absolutely obvious this is

Give this man a TV show and a book contract. Lovely reveal gag at the end as well. (ht @helenebismarck.bsky.social) bsky.app/profile/buck...

I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.

11 children died from whopping cough last year and there were more measles cases than any year back to 2012.

I made this video 2 years ago. I had a lot of people tell me I was being dramatic. Now we know UNH are pushing nursing home to get residents to sign DNRs. I’m so glad people are waking up. youtube.com/shorts/ZZtHN...