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gazk.bsky.social
Dad, husband, GP with a special interest in gerontology. Definitely a Hobbit. Loves all things geeky. Rugby fan currently without a club. STP. Hates the Tories , Farage and Trump 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??

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The finger test in prostate cancer diagnosis should be consigned to history say surgeons and @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social as they call for guidance to GPs to be updated: www.thetimes.com/article/35c1...

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The crazy world of patients struggling to get appts when there GPs unemployed or underemployed Spoke to Matthew Wright on @lbc.co.uk this morning More funding needed to solve this @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

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We all know the nazi salute is terrible. The salute launched the Tesla Takedown protests. But since then Musk is responsible for mass murder. That needs to be stressed so that people know what they're facing and can form a meaningful opposition. It isn't mentioned because it's unpalatable.

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POPCORN TIME PEEPS 🍿

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Watching the Tories tear each other apart fills me with something dangerously close to joy. Every knife in each other's backs is one less in ours. I cannot overstate how much I despise these criminals in Savile Row suits. Let them rot from the inside out. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/liz-tr...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Physician associates to be renamed to stop them being mistaken for doctors

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

Stephen King knows horror better than anyone.

submitted 7 days ago • 258 comments

Tony Blair & business leaders miss the point Healthcare is personal, reactive, relies on nuance, often the unsaid things, a look down, a ‘hmm’, a tear, leading a Nurse or Doctor to a diagnosis beyond the presenting symptoms Healthcare is not a product, it’s an art, with artists dealing with people

submitted 7 days ago • 19 comments

I'm not sure what I'm more cross about. The fact my wife bought me this birthday card. Or the fact that "Meat Pie Flavour" crisps don't exist....

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I'm not sure what I'm more cross about. The fact my wife bought me this birthday card. Or the fact that "Meat Pie Flavour" crisps don't exist....

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GP partnership model has been a cornerstone of English primary care since the NHS’s inception. Partners operate independent businesses that are contracted through NHS England, enabling tailored local services and continuity of care, though often through partners’ goodwill and unpaid overtime.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Uncomfortably near the stage for a stand up... #RikMayallComedyFestival

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Uncomfortably near the stage for a stand up... #RikMayallComedyFestival

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

For GPs, focus is always on maintaining patient trust in how their confidential data is handled   We were not aware that GP data, collected for Covid-19 research, was being used to train an AI model, “Foresight”….

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Musk's legacy won't be rockets to Mars – it will be starved children.

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

"Deep down, we know what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and again." The Radical Theology of Mr. Rogers www.lifeisasacredtext.com/the-radical-...

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Reform should never appear on TV without a fact checker. And they should never be able to try & rubbish climate action without someone saying 92% of their external donations came from fossil fuel & climate denying companies. Party for the billionaires. Fact check below from @desmog.com

submitted 12 days ago • 34 comments

Just watched Andor series 2 episode 8. One of the best episodes of a series on 20 years, if not ever. Genuinely great, mature and relevant story telling.

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The author of Nigel Farage's economic plans celebrates another job well done

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments