#ntsummit
Baroness Casey mentioning the ageist way that Dementia/Frailty gets labelled in effect as social problems not clinical diagnoses/medical problems and so get marginalised in funding/service priorities
Am I the only person concerned about this absolute waste of GMC registrants money on silencing a legitimate critic of Israeli action at the apparent behest of "UK lawyers for Israel"?
Come on GMC you can do better than this.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Trying to book a GP appointment?
Get a hospital result from your GP?
Organise a blood test at your GP that your hospital said was urgent?
Request a prescription?
Facts 11% fewer GPs than 15years ago with funding cut by 20%
Meanwhile 👇🏻
researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...
New ‘imposed’ GP contract
This represents very little indeed £1.50/patient/year at best after taking inflation out,
£1.50 to improve access, GP appointments, referrals, continuity, weight loss, prevention, chronic illness
And get back to you within 24 hrs with no cap on numbers
Wes is crazy
“Cognitive psychology has shown that students grow intellectually through doing the work of drafting, revising, failing, trying again, grappling with confusion, and revising weak arguments. This is the work of learning how to learn”
phys.org/news/2026-02...
In 2024 NHS staff reported working unpaid overtime equivalent to at least 49 000 full time employees.
A BMJ data analysis finds this discretionary effort, which has long underpinned NHS service delivery, is declining. What does this mean for workforce planning?
https://bit.ly/4cBRFOU
'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"The goodwill of staff, which translates into assumptions about people working unpaid hours, must not be normalised by workforce planners."
In this Editor's Choice @kamranabbasi.bsky.social asks: how long can the NHS run on unpaid overtime?
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
What the study emphatically did *not* show (as reported) is nurses can deliver medical care with the same outcomes as doctors. It showed what we already experience in clinical practice: *specialist* nurses are a valuable part of the multi-disciplinary team. 6/6
The study's bottom line: when specialist nurses substitute for doctors in specific and appropriate areas, outcomes appear to be comparable. But we need to consider the impact on an already depleted nursing workforce ... 5/6
The study found no difference in mortality or quality of life for care delivered by specialist nurses or doctors in these specific settings, and that there 'may be' no difference in patient safety events ('low certainty evidence'). Costs were sometimes less, sometimes more ... 4/6
14 studies looked at task substitution, e.g. screening colonoscopy. ~8 looked at minor injuries/ED care, 8 at protocol-led inpatient care, and 1 daytime neonatal ICU care. In most cases (as you'd expect) there was consultant oversight, protocols, and team-based care ... 3/6
The researchers looked at 82 empirical studies that compared 'medical' care provided by specialist nurses with care provided by doctors. Most studies (~50) were nurse-led clinics for already diagnosed patients, follow-up clinics, and protocolised care (e.g. diabetes, Parkinson's, asthma) ... 2/6
This study has received a lot of press: www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
But - since most journalists are not trained in scientific research - it hasn't been reported very well ... here's what it actually found ... 1/6
"One conclusion is clear, and it is this: a population’s health is primarily in the hands of the government, and it is a responsibility that politicians must embrace fully."
@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
https://bit.ly/40cMzRJ
Wow! This is some top-notch investigative journalism. The report claims the 3 million Epstein files released are only 2% of the total.
The massive scale of what’s still missing is hard to comprehend.
You may have read
the headlines & assumed someone had done due diligence & checked the facts before publishing
You’d be wrong
You may still need Doctors in the future, although Nurses ARE amazing at their jobs &
couldn’t do without them
www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
Our research quoted in the New York Times (article behind paywall so it’s reproduced here): breakingone.com/partners/nyt...
What an idiot (Farage)
I'm no political strategist but has anyone in Labour considered *not* alienating any huge chunk of their base? I just feel like they tried alienating the left and the centre left and the public sector workers and the academics, and none of those things worked great, so maybe give my idea a whirl?
We have referred the GMC to the Professional Standards Authority over its failure to meet their regulatory standards.
anaesthetistsunited.com/we-have-writ...
Yes, quite. It's the biggest scandal of this administration, so far, probably. It's an average Tuesday under Johnson.
Palantir. Agents for the IDF and for ICE. Now we know how they got huge NHS contracts. Time they were removed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good to see HSJ inspirihg private eye
Yep, a crucial element. There was no problem too solve. They had a pro in place. But they had to play Westminster silly buggers.
I have spent several decades doing acute medical take and working in AMU and ED
Today was as grim as i can remember for a long time because no beds to admit to (wards closed with various outbreaks) and people in corridors/chairs/waiting room. Horrible for them. No fun for staff
In the print version, the headline is "I Shot the Serif"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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