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Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

Great photo, Anna! 🐝

When your country goes to war without Congressional approval, it says something that the strongest response is “We’ll have a meeting about it in a couple of days”.

If that lift has stopped one floor up, I reckon there has never been a person more desperately hoping that the next stop will be back down.

📹 Here’s a short video to explain our priorities at the Emergency Medicine Journal:

1️⃣ Improve emergency care
2️⃣ Excellent author & reader experience
3️⃣ Social responsibility

With our fantastic team, I think it’s going to be amazing 🚀🤩

youtu.be/kIMfaZcBOJM

In the afternoon, we focused on ambulances.
Phil Jones, Rhiannon Williams & James Corden told us about how we tested over 600 patients in our project. Kevwe Okoro presented our economic analysis: £1.2m cost savings/year projected.
To get sustainable implementation we now need system wide support

Yesterday, we finished our POC high-sensitivity troponin testing event on a high.
In the morning, we focused on ED care with great talks from Kristin Aakre, Ahmed Dakhshi & Paul Collinson, with 7 manufacturers & 12 members of the public.
Key message: success is all about the *pathway*.

Georgina Robertson talks about her experience in Burnley, using POC troponin testing.

Innovating in Cardiac Care in the Emergency Department - welcome sign

Innovating in Cardiac Care welcome slide

Part 1 of our Innovating in Cardiac Care event is complete - a fantastic networking evening bringing together industry, emergency physicians, specialist nurses, ED nurses, cardologists & lab medicine to talk about how we can get real value from point of care high-sensitivity troponin testing.

Billionaire Monaco immigrant, who pays no UK tax, blames immigrants for the UK’s problems. Immigration makes a net economic contribution to the UK.

He thinks emulating his “unpopular” approach at Man Utd (sacking 100s of lower paid staff) will work. He’s lost >£6b in net worth since buying United.

Totally! 😄

One of the best bits of an academic job today - getting to meet in beautiful places. Today we had a lab meeting in the awesome Whitworth Building at the University of Manchester 🏯

Sadly I didn’t get to play the organ.

If a famous footballer posted a horrendously racist video involving monkeys on social media, there would be outrage, and they would be banned.

If Donald Trump does it, he blames a staffer and that’s it. No consequences. No apology.

I can’t emphasize enough how disgustingly wrong this regime is.

A winner is a loser who tried one more time.

February’s quote board!

Cycling to work, I passed a man in a hi vis jacket, who looked at me and said, “English or enemy?”

I looked back at him as I passed slowly, puzzled.

We have come so far with Far Right radicalization that even I (White British) am getting hateful comments.

It needs to stop, this is so dangerous.

Post it note with the following text hand written on it: “Rick! You are awesome!”

Post it note with the following text hand written on it: “Today will be a good day Rick!”

Today I came to use my office post it notes, and I found this.
I have no idea who wrote this, but what an amazing thing to do! Thanks to whoever it was. You’re also *awesome*! 😊

🎥 We’ve produced a short video to highlight the value of partnership between the @nihr.bsky.social Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and industry.

🎬 We believe this is crucial to drive improvements to health and care.

youtu.be/PeIiFLhwCiI?...

Trevor Philips, "What is the implication of the white poppy?"

Zack Polanski, "The white poppy began after WWI, mainly from women's groups, who talked about peace and antifascism"

"So on the same day we remember the fallen, it's also about looking to the future and saying, we want a world of peace"

November's EMJ podcast has dropped, featuring...

🐱Garfield the cat (guest appearance) & @drsarahedwards.bsky.social

🫀 Resuscitation manikins & diversity
🧠 Functional neurology
👶 Serious bacterial infection in infants
🚁 Sedation in HEMS

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If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers

Latest EMJ podcast now out, covering 🥁🥁🥁

🩸 Blood products in paediatric trauma

⌚ Predicting ED waiting times 👀

🔍 Same Day Emergency Care

📲 Digital streaming tools

📖 Plus, 'Whose turn is it?' A SUBLIME poem ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

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October’s quote of the month is from a Langston Hughes poem.

“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly”.

Thanks very much indeed, Michael!

Thanks!

Great suggestion! 🏅
We do want to diversify our team. I’m all ears!

Whiteboard with a quote saying “Thinking is difficult. That’s why most people judge”.

It’s September, so it’s time for another office quote of the month! This time, it’s from Carl Jung

I’m honoured to be starting as Editor in Chief at the Emergency Medicine Journal from January 2026.

😬🤩 I’m both daunted and excited, I’m so grateful to Ellen Weber and all the fantastic people I’ve been working with on this journey & I’m looking forward to building a bright future for the EMJ! 📈🚀

Dr. Jesse Pines stands in an emergency department room.

We are excited to launch our new talk series: Care, Outcomes, and Reform of Emergency Systems (CORE) Talks. Free Zoom seminars on policy-relevant evidence about EDs, telemedicine, and urgent care.

www.coretalks.org

Today at 11a EST, Dr. Jesse Pines, “How AI May Transform Emergency Care.”

Ha! At my next appraisal, my professional development plan should include a ninja course, I think.

Either that or a helmet.

Failing that, send me a consent form!

Thanks a lot, John! Much appreciated. At least it’s mainly a multi-colored eye this time. Concussion was definitely worse!