Jay

Hi Jim, FYI….its Prosecco But yes, everyone is entitled to champagne; from the life appointed peers in the House Lords to people like me who were born and raised on a council estate

I like Dom Perignon, Jim. A bottle of that in 2008 cost about £137. That's around £223 now after inflation. As you'll know from the HoL cellars: vintages vary, but that's around the current price. However…. (🧵1/5)

Main difference between doctors and politicians when it comes to alcohol is that doctors are forbidden from drinking at work, whereas politicians have a subsidised bar where they can have fun and get merry before making decisions that affect the whole country.

In response to the misogynistic & frankly dinosaur like views from Meirion Thomas in the Independent this week, please support Dr Louise Clarke’s open letter to the editor. This frank misogyny has no place in medicine. Call it out. Real men support women. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/jWac58PHp0

1 in 5 shifts resident doctors do is for free Any surprise that 20k doctors will most likely leave this year?

This you lad? @wesstreeting

Fewer women should become doctors as they ‘have got to have babies’, ex-surgeon says report from @ArchieMitch_ There are not enough words or eyeroll emojis for this 😡🙄 independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

I rely on doctors to keep me alive. If my heart wobbles and they arent there, im screwed. Yet i support the strike by junior (resident) doctors. Because someone whose bust a gut for years to qualify, who saves lives, is worth 22 quid an hour. Its not complicated.

I’ve been a Doctor 36yrs & I understand why Residents have resorted to strikes 20% less pay than Drs in 2008, £100k student debt, poor working conditions/job security, higher pension contributions, longer working life as pension after 67yrs I had it good & Karol had it better

How did I get through the entirety of undergraduate and postgraduate medical training without hearing about ‘the medical model’? It’s just a word salad used to excuse poorly trained & expensive pseudo-doctors replacements doing work that should be done by doctors.

Bought my 11yo a Nokia ‘brick’ prior to her starting 2ndry school. The children are delighted. “It’s just like a smart phone - you can play games, send messages, make calls - it’s brilliant!” 🤩 But they can’t view porn or beheadings, so I’m pleased too. 👍 Small things.

Logically this seems dangerous but apparently there’s no evidence to prove it…. So I guess it must be safe? 🌞 It’s a tricky concept to grasp, but absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence

1/ Kate Matharu, a GP of 25 years, told The Guardian that resident doctors striking “harms patients” and that people who put finances first “shouldn’t be in the profession.” We should talk about why this perspective is deeply flawed.

It seems that either @UHSFT don’t know the law or are trying to trick doctors out of their right to strike. Any resident doctor in England with BMA membership or no union membership can strike. You do not need to “register” with the BMA. Strike hard.

Who’d have thought? Smaller practices have better patient satisfaction than larger ones. Guess which ones @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk @NHSEngland want to keep?🤔 Yep the large ones & make them even bigger! Good one Wes et al! 🤯 gponline.com/10-year-health…

“It should be a matter of national shame that we now spend more on maternity litigation than the total cost of running maternity services.” theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Please share this post if you see it . You could save someone’s life. Patients you have a voice and a choice . USE it . @wesstreeting PAs are refusing to comply with the new rules, this is the only way we can reach the public .

‼️ PATIENTS OF THE U.K. ‼️ Do not allow yourself to be diagnosed by a physician assistant Do not allow your GP surgery to assign one to you In A&E do not allow a PA to take a history , do a physical examination and diagnose you ASK FOR A MEDICALLY QUALIFIED DOCTOR INSTEAD

It isn’t up to present PAs. It isn’t up to future PAs. It isn’t up to the universities. It is up to the government. It always is. If the government wants something, it will get it. And the government does want a real alternative to the medical profession. Don’t be suckered.

So let me get this straight. No jobs for graduating nurses, no jobs for graduating midwives, no jobs for newly qualified doctors. Either find the money for jobs, or shut the courses. Stop selling young professionals lies of a career in the NHS. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…