Dr Ellen Welch

Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
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🗣️ | "How have we allowed 4.5 million young people to be shouldered with this dreadful system?"
@drstevetaylor.bsky.social spoke to @thetimes.com for the latest in their End the Graduate Rip-Off campaign.
We're backing the campaign to overhaul the student loans system dauk.org/dauk-backs-t...

NHS doctors hit by £100k student debt Doctors paying 51 per cent marginal tax rates, yet still seeing their debts snowball, have little incentive to do the extra shifts needed to clear waiting lists

It’s taken a while to get the mainstream media to speak up.
The past 2w you can’t get away from it

The Times has quoted me and one of the people I’ve been working with

Medical graduates will likely have to pay £200k out of their salaries. It affects all graduates

www.thetimes.com/money/family...

New GP contract falls  short of ‘bringing back the family doctor’ DAUK welcomed a funding increase as part of the 2026/27 contract, but warned it was not the level of investment needed to protect the future of general practice and improve...

🩺| "We welcome any increase in GP funding, but this is not bold enough.
"The new GP contract merely tinkers around the edges of what is needed to genuinely bring back the family doctor."
@drstevetaylor.bsky.social responds to the new GP contract
dauk.org/new-gp-contr...

Why GPs have stopped doing unfunded hospital work — and why it's a patient safety issue Not only is it unsustainable for GPs to take on work generated by secondary care - but it's inherently unsafe

open.substack.com/pub/drellenw... @dauk-gp.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social

GMC paternity leave fees may be ‘indirectly discriminatory’ Were you charged full GMC annual fees while on maternity, parental or adoption leave? If so, DAUK wants to hear from you. DAUK is building an evidence base for a...

Did you pay full GMC fees while on maternity, parental or adoption leave? If so, please get in touch.
dauk.org/gmc-paternit...

"Doctors and patient groups have raised ethical and safety concerns over plans to nationally roll out an AI tool that writes hospital discharge letters...the AI-Assisted Discharge Summary system [will use] the NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP), operated by the US tech giant Palantir."

Updated! open.substack.com/pub/drdavidn...

Support our London marathon runner Gangandeep: 2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/gagandeep...

This Valentine's Day: Focus on fixing the gender health gap when it comes to women's heart health The chances of surviving both an out of hospital cardiac arrest and a myocardial infarction are significantly less if you are a woman

open.substack.com/pub/medicalw... @drellenwelch.bsky.social

Irony….dept of health monitoring my comments on #Palantir as revealed in subject access requests in 2023…

2025, dept of health advising ministers that the #Palantir contract a bit 💩

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‘The climate emergency is fundamentally a health emergency too.’

Our updated Green physician toolkit helps doctors deliver sustainable care, with clear evidence, practical actions, and fresh case studies – now in a new online format.

👉 Explore now: ow.ly/CMkP50XHhAC

Today is the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day, established by @thedauk.bsky.social and @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, calling for better support staff who may be experiencing domestic abuse.

#NHSDAAD

NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day | Doctors' Association UK Join DAUK, the Medical Women's Federation, and partners for the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day on Wednesday 10 December #NHSDAAD

‘It’s vital that healthcare institutions have clear easily accessible information and resources so that individuals know where to turn, and so that colleagues and managers can respond with empathy, compassion and confidentiality.’ Professor Mumtaz Patel.

🔗Learn more: ow.ly/T8nh50XGMSS

#NHSDAAD

We're proud to be one of the orgs supporting the first domestic abuse awareness day of NHS staff.

A vital yearly initiative started @thedauk.bsky.social & @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social

Our door is always open to frontline staff if you need support with this, or any area. Frontline19.com #NHSDAAD

Today is #nhsdaad the first NHS domestic abuse awareness day - please amplify the messages and get involved:

www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/our-work/nhs...

@thedauk.bsky.social @thermbf.bsky.social @cavellcharity.bsky.social @doctorsindistress.bsky.social @nhsprachealth.bsky.social

Home | Frontline19 We are a non-profit mental health support organisation set up originally in response to the Covid pandemic in 2020.

On the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day we would like to lend our support to this great initiative. Shining a light is so important.

To all healthcare workers, please know our door is always open to support you with free and confidential counselling and support. #NHSDAAD

www.frontline19.com

If you are a health or care professional experiencing domestic abuse, you are not alone. This Domestic Abuse Awareness Day, help us raise awareness of the support available, for those who need it. #NHSDAAD

🩺Today is the FIRST #NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day (10 December).🩺

👩‍⚕️This important initiative acknowledges the high rates of DA among healthcare professionals & the support they need.

Research by Sandi Dheensa & colleagues has informed the campaign.

👉 tinyurl.com/2nwu758s

#NHSDAAD #16Days

Honoured to share my research for NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day in a podcast: Understanding Subtle Abuse: A Hidden Epidemic.
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Subtle abuse is hidden, damaging, and too often missed. Survivors deserve better recognition + support. Please share.
#16Days #NHSDAAD #SubtleAbuse

Content Warning: Domestic Abuse
Last year, Dr Seema Haider joined PH's Clinical and Safeguarding Leads, Dr Kath O'Hara and Dr Hannah Minor, to discuss her lived experience of domestic abuse as a doctor.
Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/955492/episo... #16DaysOfActivism #NHSDAAD

Wednesday 10 December 2025 is the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day #NHSDAAD.

And I'm so pleased that our research has been a catalyst for this. It all began with showing that MORE healthcare employees experience domestic abuse than people in the general population @capcbristol.bsky.social

Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse Domestic abuse in NHS workers is a “silent pandemic,” with some research finding that they are three times as likely to experience it. Adele Waters finds that the NHS needs to do more to end a “double...

Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Understanding subtle abuse: A hidden epidemic

We have released a new podcast as part of NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day - Understanding Subtle Abuse: A Hidden Epidemic.

@drseemahaider.bsky.social an i have a conversation with expert in subtle abuse Dr Rosemary Parkinson:

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Promo image for NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day on 10 December with the logos of the supporting organisations.

Tomorrow is the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day. Founded by @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social and DAUK, @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social highlights the urgent need to recognise and respond to domestic abuse affecting NHS staff. It also recognises the unique barriers they can face in seeking help #NHSDAAD

Covid-Vaccination scrapped for NHS Staff: How did we get here? Fever, chills and sniffles, autumn has been one long respiratory illness for one GP who asks 'Why are NHS staff no longer eligible for the covid vaccination?"

✍️ | "Even if most NHS staff have some immunity from past infection or vaccination this doesn’t equate to zero illness. Seasonal respiratory viruses can still knock people out of work."
Co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social on Covid vaccines being scrapped for NHS staff
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Today is #whiteribbonday and the launch of our #16daysofactivism culminating in the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day on 10 Dec

Find out more here: www.medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/our-work/nhs...

#nhsdaad #youarenotalone❤️ #whiteribbonday #16days #16daysofactivismagainstgbv #wespeakup

Over 30 other organisations have co-signed our letter calling on the government to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue

www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/...

I also can’t plug this enough- DAUK is like another job at times that we do for free because we love it and are total geeks at heart(I speak for myself here)

We do need money to function so if you can donate the price of a cuppa to support our work it will go a long way🙏

Demand for weight-loss treatment impacting GPs | Doctors' Association UK DAUK co-chair Dr Ellen Welch provided commentary in the national media on the impact of demand for weight-loss treatment on GPs.

🗣️ | "There is a huge discrepancy between national messaging and what patients are actually being delivered on a local level."
Our co-chair @drellenwelch.bsky.social spoke in the media this week about the rollout of weight-loss treatment.
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