So much for 10,000 steps/d (which was never validated). All-cause mortality in > 16,000 women, mean age 72, associated with significant benefit at 4,400 and leveling at 7,500 steps/d JAMA Internal Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

‘Many people go to their GP not principally because they want to change what is happening to them but because they want to understand it’ (Peter Toon) Note for policy makers: the work of GPs is rarely simple and transactional.

BREAKING NEWS: The Court of Appeal has today overturned a number of rulings in @BMA_JuniorDocs The BMA's favour in the case of Hallett vs. Derby

Further evacuations are taking place downstream of ToddBrook Reservoir in #WhaleyBridge, including areas within #FurnessVale and #NewMills where officers are contacting those affected. Work continues to ensure the structural integrity of the reservoir wall.

We will be launching our and #CovWP report #HomeOfHerOwn in Coventry on Friday 27th September. The report shows that there is no region in England where the average home to rent is affordable for a woman on median earnings. wbg.org.uk/events/coventr…

Great to see these "Access to Healthcare - GP Registration Cards" - well done to Katie Hawkins @NHS_ScotPHN and others for work on this healthliteracyplace.org.uk/tools-and-tech…

In Chile, more than 1 MILLION people took to the streets yesterday to protest the brutal neoliberal capitalist policies of rightwing billionaire oligarch President Piñera Many people are calling it the largest protest in Chile's history It's a massive rejection of neoliberalism

The scrapping of the nursing bursary was one of the Tories' meanest, most short-sighted decisions This new £5,000 grant for student nurses doesn’t restore the bursary as it doesn’t cover tuition It’s the Tories taking with 2 hands & giving back with one news.sky.com/story/first-vi…

Charities call for inquiry into deaths linked to benefits cuts theguardian.com/society/2020/m…

Italy 2 weeks ago (4 March): 3,089 confirmed cases 107 deaths Italy today: 41,035 confirmed cases 3,405 #COVID19 deaths UK today: 3,269 cases 144 deaths Uk in two weeks: ? #LockdownLondon NOW There is no time to waste.

How to wash hands like a pro. 🦠🤛

BREAKING: Major London hospital declares 'critical incident' after running out of ICU beds due to surge in Covid-19 cases One senior director in the capital just told me - 'this is f**king petrifying' Free to view hsj.co.uk/news/hospitals…

North West region has had more deaths than Italy at the same stage of its outbreak, even with yesterday's dip. This and more in a North x North West edition coming this afternoon

We have to keep physically distant, but we can still stay socially close. Let's do something together. #togetherisbetter #simonsinek

This is rhetoric steeped in racism. I realize that Jerome Adams is black, but the fact is that he gives cover here to people like this president, who have worked consciously to exacerbate the very factors that give black, Latino, and indigenous people worse health outcomes.

#COVID19 modelling produces estimates that "are poorly reported, at high risk of bias, and probably optimistic." #BMJResearch Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 infection: systematic review and critical appraisal ow.ly/iH8r50zaMvI

UK government urged to investigate coronavirus deaths of BAME doctors theguardian.com/society/2020/a…

The whole country needs to stop right now and listen to Killer Mike. He’s verbalizing what a lot of us don’t know how to express

MPs have just voted 213 - 47 to support Rupa Huq MP's cross-party bill to put a stop to protests outside abortion clinics. Just the first step for the bill - but great to see such support for women being able to access healthcare without fear of harassment or intimidation. #BackOff