'My worst day was losing eight patients in one shift. I cried for two days' Heart-breaking testimony from NHS staff at the Covid Inquiry.

2023 in cartoons (a chronological thread)...

Rick Astley Rickrolling the opening moments of 2024 without a postmodernism in the world.

#Sgtpepper2023 v3

We want to hear from young people themselves what aspects of their school life can contribute to their low mood, depression, burnout or non-school attendance and what things can help them have their best school life.

The People’s Archive® is our crowdsourced archive documenting your snapshots of everyday life in 20th Century Britain. The archive now contains over ten thousand images, with a number of the collections being displayed online at BCA. You can find out more and submit your photographs

A few hours ago, 03.06 GMT/04.06 CET, we marked the #SpringEquinox in the northern hemisphere. This image was taken at 07.00 GMT/08.00 CET (pic: EUMETSAT) An equinox is when the Sun is directly in line with the equator, which means both the northern and southern hemispheres

GP Practices are closing, financially unviable, younger GPs leaving some unemployed Yet NHS England Victoria Atkins Andrea Leadsom are failing to fund GP Practices with a cut of 2% this year 20% £/patient real terms cut in funding since 2016 This is not News it needs repeating

I've found a way to fund 11,346 full-time equivalent (FTE) GPs 😄 41% above current levels 5346 more than the government where voted in to achieve How? For one, I would need to go back 5 years 🧵 1/12 bbc.co.uk/news/health-50…

Well said

The final paragraph of an article by @HelenRSalisbury piqued my interest. I had to follow the reference. What did I uncover? Doctors Vs. Non-Doctors (Nurses and Physician Assistants) in a Hattiesburg Primary Care Clinic, Mississippi, USA x.com/HelenRSalisbur… 1/10

Andrew Hesselden The Government are only funding Additional Roles (ARRS) & telephones Whilst cutting GP funding by 20% £/patient in real terms since 2016 The result is fewer GPs, GP leaving or unemployed Remember the Govt promised 6000 more GPs in 2019 manifesto - instead we have 2000 fewer

My Labour government will end the 8am scramble for GP appointments.

The perfect Eric Rose question.

Here’s my view of what happened in Pennsylvania last night. Just my impressions as one reporter at one point in time. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just wanted to share quickly how lovely yesterday felt in Southport; a total contrast to the night before. 🧵 The mosque and people’s garden walls were rebuilt by builders and bricklayers volunteering their time and labour:

Thank you to the thousands who have now joined me on Bluesky🙏 It’s very similar in format to X, a kinder platform, you can DM & can now upload video (although at present just 60 seconds). Give it a try. You can find me on this link bsky.app/profile/peters…

We can choose NHS on the cheap but the loss to the economy is huge, £150bn estimated to have been lost due to failure to invest in healthcare NHS effectively functions with an arm tied behind its back in certain areas Treatments being cut all the time & often to huge complaints

I spoke to Times Radio this morning If Wes Streeting wants quick productivity results he should fund community care & GPs There are potentially 3000 GPs (WTE) available now to work if the funding was made available Plus Nurses & other community teams DAUK GP Committee

Apparently I am on blue sky bsky.app/profile/herrin…. I don’t know if I can be arsed to start from scratch so if all of you could follow me there that would be a help.