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...

NHS ‘needs more generalist doctors to end patient gridlock’ apple.news/ALjqPX-waTIO... I mean, this is just adult paediatrics, right?

Parkrun is an unwitting British public-health success - The Economist apple.news/Alk4tk1OhQpy...

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We're pleased to welcome Dr David Watkin (@daitweeds.bsky.social) to to our Epidemiology group for a 12-month attachment! 👋 Find out more about David and his journey to Aberdeen at: www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/academi...

My 19-month-old toddler is currently attempting to say “singularity”. What days.

Every child in Scotland to be offered chickenpox vaccine apple.news/Ah96_O9RlQyK... Really pleased to be involved with this. Good news for everyone.

Chris Woakes, man. Chris. Woakes.

On the plus side, no members of the Spanish FA have sexually-assaulted any of the players this time. Progress.

If Diane Abbott was actually trying to get kicked out of the Labour Party, what would she do any differently?

That was the best worst shoot-out I’ve ever seen. Onward! #Lionesses

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

Really loving the People’s Front of Judea energy. apple.news/Anhrke-0rTsm...

Awful news. RIP.

Yes please.

Today we've published a new report into vaccination in the UK. It outlines the barriers families face in getting children vaccinated and sets out how improving access, data systems and public communications can boost vaccination uptake. 👉 www.rcpch.ac.uk/vaccination-uptake

Public health keeps people healthy and protects them from health threats, but the system is in crisis, and the nation is sicker than ever. Our new report sets out the urgent steps UK governments must take so the system can recover. www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/p... THREAD 🧵 (1/4)

This would be huge. Great for dads, great for mums, great for babies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/ju... The current state of the nation in terms of vaccination north of the border. Plenty to celebrate, plenty to improve.

So that all just happened. #Eurovision

Turns out that the local election results tell us exactly what we believed before.

The speed with which the FA (and others) have changed policy to exclude trans women suggests to me that they wanted to do it all along, and were just waiting for cover.

Lengthy, but worth the time. The Supreme Court judgement may well be legally correct, but this is likely to be the start rather than the end, and our elected representatives need to be the people to sort this out.

You learn something new every day.

Happy St George' Day!

There are few questions asked by political journalists that I dislike more than “do you think trans women are women?”. It never enlightens, only inflames. It’s there to see if the politician will say the shibboleth or if they’ll tie themselves in knots to avoid it.

How can we tackle the social determinants of misinformation? www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Anyone who is interested in understanding the judgment the Supreme Court will be delivering today in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers will no doubt find @michaelpforan.bsky.social's excellent overview of the legal issues very useful. knowingius.org/p/sex-in-the...

1/ 🧵 How do health systems shape vaccine uptake and confidence? Our new paper in Vaccine led by @catherinearsenault.bsky.social with @mekruk.bsky.social and colleagues, looks at this in Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States

In light of the Supreme Court's ruling, I'm now baffled as to what a Gender Recognition Certificate actually does. If it doesn't change one's legal sex, then what exactly is it for?

I dunno. Seems like someone’s got an axe to grind.

They’re going to get a roasting

Liz Truss’ social media platform feels much more “Matt Hancock app” than “Truth Social”. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/exclusi...

Pray for Toby Carvery’s PR department.

At a Health Protection training day. “So what software have you used for drawing your epicurve?” Me:

Fascinating read, this. www.bmj.com/content/387/...

@drchristabella.bsky.social hello Lang!

2024? Pretty chill, tbh. Happy Hogmanay all. See you next year.

Can confirm, this hasn’t turned on my creativity. It has made some toast though.

On the early train down to Edinburgh, and the sunrise over the North Sea is hypnotically, devastatingly lovely.

Politics is the art of deciding who to disappoint.

Going to an anaesthetics meeting today and no idea what to wear. Is it still The North Face, or is everyone in Patagonia these days?

Fantastic day at #NHSGrampian Community Appointment Day, developing new ways of delivering our Chronic Pain service.

@kieranholland.bsky.social Kia ora! I lived in Christchurch a few years back. Many happy memories.

Maybe he wasn’t walking round his garden. Maybe he was trying to escape.

Lunchtime winter-walks may be the best thing about working from home.

I hope that the farmers, rather than lionising Jeremy Clarkson, realise that his attempt to dodge the taxman is exactly the reason that some of them may need to now pay a small amount of inheritance tax.

I tend not to block people on social media (unless people are actively abusive). Even people I disagree with, I like to know what they’re saying. I realise this is my privilege, as a middle-class white dude. Everyone should curate their experience into whatever they want it to be.