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Starmer urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits – UK politics live Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a year

100% with Dianne Abbott…

PM urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

More than 17,000 sick and disabled people die while waiting for welfare benefits, figures show Exclusive: Ministers accused of 'failing people at the most vulnerable point in their lives' after it emerges nine disability claimants die each day while waiting for decisions on disability support

More than 17,000 sick and disabled people die while waiting for welfare benefits, figures show www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

'No convincing evidence' physician associates add value in UK primary care There is 'no convincing evidence' that physician associates add value in UK primary care, researchers have warned.

'No convincing evidence' physician associates add value in UK primary care, study finds www.gponline.com/no-convincin... #GPnews

@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social, queen of evidence, has done a systematic review of what scant research exists on Physician Associates in the UK.
Great work.

'The absence of evidence of safety incidents [..] appears to have been misinterpreted by policymakers to mean that there are no safety concerns with the substitution of doctors with PAs. This is an error of logic which, if not corrected, is likely to cost lives.'
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🩺| ‘Bring back the Family Doctor’
Our GP committee joined general practice leaders from the @the-bma.bsky.social @rcgp.bsky.social @rebuildgp.co.uk @theigpm.bsky.social, as well @pulsetoday.bsky.social at Parliament to highlight the #GPcrisis.
Read more 👉 dauk.org/dauk-highlig...

a man in a plaid shirt has the hashtag #badboys ride or die ALT: a man in a plaid shirt has the hashtag #badboys ride or die

5.6% of NHS budget for treating 1.3million people every weekday
Never getting “bail outs”, waiting times counted in hours/days or weeks rather than months or years

On just 5.6% of NHS budget.
How much more could be done with proper funding and support but Wes looks at GPs & thinks reform 🤦🏽‍♀️

📌NHS patients who have had any issues with PAs - you can now send a comment to Leng.Review@dhsc.gov.uk

This is important as it can affect the future of our care in NHS

We have already seen the GMC, NHSE etc can’t be trusted to not obscure or twist the truth

🎤Let’s get heard

Like thousands of other UK ED staff I’m heading into a shift in a Trust that has declared a critical incident. I’ve got a flask of tea, taken a (prescribed) propranolol, will go in & do my best but also remember I can only do what I can do, and I can’t fix a system that was destroyed by the Tories

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

If I needed advice on any given topic, Elon Musk would be the last person whose opinion I would seek.

The very last, out of 8 billion men, women and children.

He'd be below most animals and plants too.

Suffice to say, I didn't get that job at the BBC.

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation

FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

There is no reason.
There is no meaning.
It's all pure luck.

You're unaware of existence for billions of years, then you're born. If lucky you'll live a long healthy life & die comfortably & quickly. Then you're unaware of existence again forever.

All there is is the bit in the middle called life.

Oops.... I forgot to add a link to Kurt Jackson's website, so you can see more of his fabulous artwork 👇

www.kurtjackson.com

I don’t like being touched by anyone but close family.
I have learnt to expect (& accept) hugs from friends
But kisses by acquaintances- I’d have an internal meltdown

Progress Toward Measles Elimination — Worldwide, 2000–2023 This report describes an update on measles cases and ..

Global cases of measles up 20% as vaccine coverage declines:
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

This is the effect of aggressive anti-vaccine propaganda

I simply don’t understand why or how the anti-vaccine (pro-infection, disability and death) movement has become so powerful

We’ve signed this letter raising awareness of an increase in alcohol harms. We're calling on the Government to do more to address this.

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Our paper on the impact of living with multiple long-term conditions on everyday life: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The 'work' is not only around medications and healthcare use, it is also emotional & financial with lots of learning & adaptation
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A bunch of multicoloured home-grown flowers on a table

Patients who bring home-grown flowers are the best #gpsky

Good morning, a paid of yellow hibiscus to brighten up your timeline, have a wonderful Thursday 😊

What a woman

May her heart reach peace

Tony Blair is wrong – AI will not magically solve our public services Too many people might be left out of its revolution.

'Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.'
My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...

More health lost than gained from NHS spending on new medicines NICE's cost-effectiveness threshold for new drugs is £20,000-£30,000 per extra year of health, higher than the NHS's usual £15,000 spend for the same result.

‘More health lost than gained from NHS spending on new medicines.’

NICE’s cost-effectiveness threshold for new drugs, set between £20,000 and £30,000 per additional year of health, is higher than the NHS’s typical spend of £15,000 for the same outcome. www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

Very conscious that Eng language wasn’t my strongest a GCSE but…

It can’t be ‘unprecedented’ if every winter the often siege state of working in the NHS is worse than last year…

Surely that is a precedent by now?

And it is grinding us and the patients down 😔

If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process.

Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.”

Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.uk

GP CRISIS - People in need of GPs

2300 patients per GP up from 1800
7% fewer GPs in practices
20% cut in funding

GP practices closing, GPs leaving, GPs unemployed

Patients being failed by NHS England / Government

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @vsmacdonald.bsky.social
#GeneralPractice
#Medsky

#NHS JUST ONE DAY

GP has 2300 patients
60 have GP Practice appts
30 with a GP
100 require prescriptions

3 attend A&E
10 attend hospital
1 admitted
1-2 call 111
Every other day 1 calls 999
1 a week goes private

300 are waiting for hospital treatment

Everyone knows someone

Patient safety fears over physician associates regulation | DAUK The GMC risks ‘a patient safety issue developing in real time’ over regulation of physician associates, says our chair Ms Helen Fernandes.

🩺| “The GMC isn't addressing the reality of patient care and is allowing a huge patient safety issue to develop in real time.”
Our response to the GMC's report on its consultation on the regulation of #physicianassociates
dauk.org/patient-safe...