Geriatrician and Stroke Lead Clinician, NHS Lanarkshire. Honorary Prof @ Glasgow Caledonian and Strathclyde Universities.
University Hospital Monklands
Joined January 2020
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Mark Barber retweeted
Cut backs all over the place but huge pay rises for MSPs?
Seriously?
No wonder the #AbolishHolyrood campaign is gaining so much traction.
Mark Barber retweeted
These are the SNP MSPs voting themselves a £20,000 payrise as committe conveners:
Stuart McMillan
David Linden
Calum Kerr
Karen Adam
Katie Hagmann
Clare Haughey
Bob Doris
Jenni Minto
Mark Barber retweeted
#BMJExclusive The head of the UK government’s national scheme to test new obesity treatments has received nearly £80 000 from the makers of the GLP-1 receptor agonists semaglutide (Wegovy) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro), The BMJ can reveal
bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026…
Mark Barber retweeted
Young Alexander posted this apology late at night so thought I'd help him to get it seen by more people by sharing with all of you
Mark Barber retweeted
It’s a good job the pensioners agreed to take the hit, because it would have been a real shame to have to tax the billionaires.
Mark Barber retweeted
A massive ‘well done’ to the 50-ish patriots who protested outside the Marriott Hotel in Portsmouth last night after spotting a number of brown people present at the venue. Just one small problem however - it was the Pakistan Under-19 Men’s Cricket Squad who are currently on tour and taking on our own Under-19 team in Arundel today.
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Mark Barber retweeted
If Burnham announced the intention to Rejoin:
1) GBP would rally 5%, cutting inflation
2) Rates would fall 50bp, then more
3) Investments would be put back on the table
4) The EU would be back on the map as a true superpower vs USA and China
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Mark Barber retweeted
An #F1 race result being adjusted well after the fact to correct an unfair outcome. Amazing.
Shame that the #F1xed #AbuDhabiScandal outcome wasn’t treated in the same way. It remains a stain on the sport.
FP1 might be underway in Monza, but we've just had confirmation from the International Court of Appeal that Pierre Gasly's time penalties in Monaco have been reinstated, giving Isack Hadjar his podium back
McLaren and Red Bull successfully appealed all penalties must stand #F1
Mark Barber retweeted
Stages in a Reform scandal:
1. This is a hit-job from the left / the establishment
2. We didn't do anything wrong, it's a hoax
3. There's a recording? Well, we didn't break any laws
4. We're going to hold an internal investigation
5. People who aren't Nigel Farage resign
6. Nigel Farage says the matter is closed
Mark Barber retweeted
NHS Highland already manage a geographic area the size of Wales.
Running that from Inverness is hard enough. Running it from Glasgow will not be any easier.
Mark Barber retweeted
📢‘Structural reform must not come at the expense of the immediate need to address the challenges the NHS faces’
@BMAScotland responds to @ScotGov #ProgrammeforGovernment #PFG announcement
Read the full comment from @DrIainKennedy 👇
bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…
Mark Barber retweeted
“I once called a by-election in my own safe seat to distract from my parliamentary standards investigation, in which I nearly lost to a man dressed as a bin who I claimed was the establishment, only to return to parliament to find out the investigation would continue”
Mark Barber retweeted
🚨UPDATE: Senior dr pay🏴
🗣️‘We have been clear on the need to ensure the profession remains an attractive and sustainable career & 🏴can attract & retain the doctors it needs…the Scottish Gov announcement is deeply disappointing'
Read full details👇
bmascotland.home.blog/2026/0…
Mark Barber retweeted
I started my new stint as MP for Clacton the way I mean to go on - with a massive lie. I said I was advised not to attend the count by Essex Police, which they then confirmed is bollocks. In fact I just chickened out because I didn't want photos of me next to Count Binface.
Mark Barber retweeted
Thames Water's finance director given a £1,000,000 signing on bonus.
Water industry depravity hits an all time low. Their contempt for customers and the environment clearly knows no bounds.
When are govt going to intervene and put a stop to this? @andyburnham @angelaeagle
news.sky.com/story/thames-wa…
Mark Barber retweeted
Since Thames Water introduced a hosepipe ban 17 days ago they have now leaked 9,921,459,817 litres of water from their badly maintained, underinvested, cracked old network of pipes.
thameswaterleakage.neocities…
Mark Barber retweeted
A tour de force of appraisal. Bottom line: CHAMPION is not close to showing non-inferiority to DOAC
Reappraising CHAMPION AF. Does Placebo Meet Non-Inferiority in Stroke Prevention? #OpenAccess
heartrhythmjournal.com/artic…
Mark Barber retweeted
Today’s hot news is that a man who isn’t an MP, assisted by another man who isn’t an MP, called a press conference to discuss an unworkable plan that had already been announced over a year ago.
Mark Barber retweeted
How dare you! Nurses in my intensive care ward witnessed daily deaths, swabbed our bums every day, talked to an unconscious me, held my hand, wrote my intensive care diary, saw colleagues die, had inadequate PPE, were very afraid, are still traumatised. You do it?
