When I make videos about the US healthcare system, I try to do it in a way that is accessible to everybody. If you do advocacy work, please feel free to use these videos in presentations or send them to your Congress person. Keep advocating. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

🌐 Women shouldn't have to choose between their jobs and breastfeeding their children. Let's support paid maternity leave, breastfeeding breaks, flexible work options and supportive environments for families. Because when breastfeeding works, society works better! #WBW2023

The Scottish Government have also opened new diagnostic centres… The difference is they are part of the NHS, don’t make profit, are focused on early detection of cancer, and are paid for with additional money directly to the NHS. It’s all a choice.

by further de-professionalising medicine, introducing a cheaper, more easily manipulated alternate workforce. Employing a raft of support staff would be both an acknowledgement of our importance & a consolidation of our agency.

My own specialist service is ‘specialist’ because of them. I am however completely against the current & mendacious orchestrated attempt to undermine doctors & disempower them. We need clear leadership to push against it.

This video is, of course, bullshit. I just want to remind everybody that eye glasses are one of the greatest disability accommodation success stories in human history. Wear your glasses.

Another female scientist about to be overlooked, unless we push for the recognition she deserves. Her work paved the way for blockbuster obesity drugs. Now, she’s fighting for recognition | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

This letter was a collaborative effort from all of @Anaes_Trainees, with significant work from James Brooks. We felt very strongly that a voice from today’s trainees was a vital response.

Dear 🇬🇧, The Conservatives inherited the #1 healthcare system in the world, and now you’re emptying your life savings going private to avoid dying on the longest waiting list in NHS history. If you value the health and wealth of your family, never vote Tory again. #SOSNHS

Trump said "Democrats are able to kill the baby after birth." Beyond this being a truly dumb lie, here are facts. My baby was killed after birth because of gun violence. Republicans, by blocking gun violence prevention, apparently support killing babies after birth.

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🧵Read our position statement on physician associates and anaesthesia associates which aims to clarify the confusion over roles, supervision and what patients should expect: [1/2] bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

US prison labor is cruel and pointless legalized slavery. I know first-hand. “Prisons are designed to warehouse, traumatize and exploit people, then send them back home in worse shape than when they entered the system.” My latest for the Guardian news. #EndTheException

The Covid Vaccine made by Moderna will cost you £102 this winter if you are under 65. It costs them £19.85 to make and they sell it to the NHS for £25. But Rishi Sunak has shares in Moderna and he wants £80 profit on every shot.

CT Bread ?normal- Clinical correlation advised.

Our inaugural return to work after 🤰👶🏻 for surgeons and anaesthetists in Scotland was a brilliant success! Huge thanks to BMA Scotland and HCSA – the hospital doctors' union for your support and our amazing speakers! Overwhelmingly positive feedback and we hope to run it again next year!

In The BMJ: Devastating impact of exam fiasco on women doctors: bmj.com/content/388/bm… "Postgrad exams tend to fall in fertility-focused late 20s/30s... make conception decisions around exams... pregnancy, childcare...juggling.. sacrifice... discussion rarely acknowledged"