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I don’t understand how @RishiSunak isn’t embarrassed.
Waiting list grew by 4.7m from 2010 to March 2023 (when we began IA).
They have grown by a further 0.3m since.
It’s like blaming a defeat on a striker missing a last-minute penalty when you’re already 15-0 down ⚽️
Rishi Sunak said today at #PMQs that rising NHS waiting lists is down to industrial action.
Well how about the last 13 years of rising waiting lists?
ALT graph depicting the rise in the number of people on NHS waiting lists for consultant-led elective care from august 2007 to May 2023. The graph shows there has been a consistent rise from 2008 and way before the start of industrial action by the BMA at the end of 2022.
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Yeah, it’s a bit hot, but it’s summer. Let’s keep drilling for new oil. Who cares about about our kids and their kids’ future anyway?
The heatwave in southern Europe intensifies further today/tomorrow
Here are some of the forecast peak temperatures
Many coastal areas will remain a touch cooler. Nights remain hot too
bbc.in/3DgzlIl
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🥵 Heat records are expected to be broken again today in many parts of the world.
The adverse health impacts of extreme heat include:
⚪ Heat stress & heat stroke
⚪ Adverse pregnancy outcomes
⚪ Amplified underlying health conditions
Our report: lancetcountdown.org/2022-rep…
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This week in extreme weather
An ongoing thread of newspaper frontpages from around the world
1/ The Week
"Climate meltdown"
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me in the FT: GPs and the NHS. we (should be) the solution, not the problem.
(so lovely to be writing for the FT again, sorry I look so washed out)
ft.com/content/ccfa0500-222a…
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Russian state media celebrating the missile strike on Kramatorsk that killed 12 civilians, including twin 14-year-old girls.
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This afternoon I slept and dreamed it had all slipped away , that we were all ambling to the funeral of life . We were sobbing over Swallows and Small Coppers , crying about Cuckoos and porpoises , choking and gasping about rivers and meadows . And when I woke up . . . the world was on fire
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And the government line remains that public sector workers are the problem!
Rising corporate profits were the largest contributor to Europe’s inflation over the past two years as companies increased prices by more than the spiking costs of imported energy. bit.ly/441jfya
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A coup in Moscow on the first night of Glasto... ¾ of BBC staff are going to be trying to broadcast the news while off their faces.
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What's happening to Antarctic sea ice extent isn't getting enough global media attention. And by "enough" I mean none. Nothing. This ongoing and dramatic collapse is completely absent from today's news.
Yesterday's sea ice extent was 4.02σ below the 1991-2023 mean (1-in-34,000).
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December 14th 2020
Tories drink & dance at Covid rules in first ever Partygate video
Johnson has given honours to (soon to be Lord) Shaun Bailey and Ben Mallet both of whom were at this party
No govt or political party has ever disgusted me more
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/f…
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Christmas 2020. What were you doing? Not this I’m guessing.
It just goes on and on
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Dec 14th 2020
Left: dancing and drinks at a party when restrictions were in place, two nominated for honours in Johnson's list (Ben Mallet & Shaun Bailey)
Right: Hancock, "Everyone should minimise their social contact, that's how we can control the spread of this disease."
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Once upon a time GPs we’re more numerous & had time to do the work of hospitals - NO MORE
2000 fewer GPs - 29k more hospital Drs in past 10yrs
Don’t start a clinic without FP10 prescription pads
Insist on having one
As essential as a stethoscope
Please do not pass Rx to GPs
#NHS no atorvatatin , no HRT where have all the medicines gone? How are #teamgp supposed to work. @GdnHealthcare this demands urgent investigation, the health service is in crisis. We can’t work as no medication
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