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Dr Gareth Kelly

@gazk.bsky.social
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Dad, husband, GP with an extended role in gerontology/ frailty. Definitely a Hobbit. Loves all things geeky. Rugby fan. STP. To say I am not fond of the Tories , Farage and Trump would be an understatement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sat in an empty room waiting… Waiting for a bed, a test, a Doctor, a nurse, a result, a cure …. Hoping for the best The healthy & wealthy decide what is best but we all need & want the best Let’s invest in the best #NHS not the adequate or stretched or thin NHS @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surely he has to resign again to let the people of Clacton prejudge the resukt of the police investigation? It’s much more serious than the investigation he resigned over last time…
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 07/09/2026
The Southport riots in 2024 felt like rage spilling into our streets. The Dover and Portsmouth protests feel far more planned, far more organised. And, frankly, they scare me a hell of a lot more.
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What Happened In Dover and Portsmouth Should Scare Us
Not because hundreds of men protested, but because they appeared disciplined, coordinated and ready to do it again.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our criteria for success are disastrously skewed. In my view, a successful person is one who does more good than harm, on any scale. On this measure, most billionaires are massive failures, while humble folk in my neighbourhood who look after other people are highly successful.
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Where does @andyburnham.bsky.social think there's spare NHS cash? The infrastructure repairs, the staffing crisis, privatisation drain, haven't been addressed. Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms
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Burnham wants NHS savings to pay for social care
Ministers will look at how much can be saved from NHS budgets by improving adult social care before increasing taxes to fund the reforms, Andy Burnham has said.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Selling medical records to privatisers whose only interest is making $$$$ out of them is criminally insane "Control of NHS patient records handed to US private equity firm in £300m deal" morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cont...
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Control of NHS patient records handed to US private equity firm in £300m deal
NHS patient records have been placed under the control of a US private equity firm in a £300 million deal that has sparked alarm from doctors and campaigners.They called for greater public scrutiny ov...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
UK General Practice, as it was then.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I hope I live to see the day when this is sung at Westminster. #Rejoin.
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Dr Gareth Kelly @gazk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
#medicbluesky#dgm#geriatrics/. Hi everyone, I would like to pick the brains of the group of that is ok? I'm sitting the part 2 of the Diploma of Geriatric Medicine. Any practical tips, be it what equipment to bring, what the set up is, what the stations themselves are like? Many thanks, Gareth
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Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"When drs are treated as endlessly resilient, risks go unchallenged...long hours, sleep deprivation, emotional overload, moral distress, inadequate protection; exposure to violence or infection exist everywhere" Excellent from Kathryn McKinnon on #WorkersMemorialDay www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...
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What it really means to protect doctors as workers
Workers’ Memorial Day is a time to remember those who have died, been injured, or been made ill by their work – and commit to protecting the living
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The system is rigged. An illegal war hikes bills for stuggling families - meanwhile energy giants rake in profits. We don't have to live like this any more. Vote Green on May 7th.
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EveryDoctor @everydoctor.org.uk · 14/04/2026
New research shows private firms made £1.6bn in profit from the NHS over the last two years. That money could have paid for over 19,000 nurses. Private companies shouldn’t be profiting from the terrible state of the NHS. Read: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Asked the Artemis II crew what kind of ride they're in for on reentry — going from nearly 40x the speed of sound to a 20 mph Pacific splashdown. Won’t be as smooth as a space shuttle landing but I know they can handle it. So proud of this crew.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.
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Whaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Make some noise. Share this post. 🚨 The Israeli government has granted itself another means to dehumanise, suppress, and kill Palestinians. Israel is violating international law.
The image says, "PRISON SENTENCE FOR ISRAELIS, DEATH SENTENCE FOR PALESTINIANS." It also says, "Israel's death penalty bill is a reminder: this is illegal occupation, functioning as intended," with the OXFAM logo below.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
GP Partners are receiving emails from Operose Inviting them to look at succession planning with Operose taking over their practices Plan: 1. Starve NHS GPs of £ 2. Continuous poor contracts 3. Appoint former CEO in DHSC 4. Use NHSE data base to contact partners 5. Takeover Is this the grand plan?
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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Under the new Crime & Policing Bill drs will have to report all sexual relationships between under 16s and 18+ to police & social services. This will destroy trust & deter young patients from seeking sexual health advice. It'll be harder to help vulnerable teens because they will stop talking to us.
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Samantha Wathen @samanthajwathen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Govt will pay tube drivers what they're worth because they understand what havoc will be caused if they don't - and the knock on effect to the economy. Stop treating doctors and the work they do as a given. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Starmer gives doctors 48 hours to cancel strike or lose new jobs package
The prime minister says the NHS could lose 1,000 extra training places if resident doctors go ahead with a six-day strike next week.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Spin Doctor Wes Letters from Wes Streeting to the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee are timed to coincide with or precede GPC England committee meetings to disrupt, manipulate & misinform If interested in true negotiation they would be in the weeks building up to meetings to allow discussion
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
*GP REFERENDUM* ⚠️Last Chance To Vote⚠️ 0️⃣3️⃣Days Left ⏰Closes Weds 26th 12 Noon ⏰ 📊 Turnout Every. Single. Vote. Counts. 🗳️ Search inbox & junk for _bma@cesvotes.com_ 🔎 ❌ No link? Email <GPcontract@bma.org.uk> *now* - _do not delay!_ 📖 Info on campaign: www.bma.org.uk/GPContract
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Campaigning on the future of General Practice
It saddens us to confirm that the profession entered dispute with the Government on 1 October 2025 over its broken promises relating to GP contract renewal and investment and the 2025/26 GP contract c...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The GP employment paradox: why GP trainees are worried about finding jobs in a system short of GPs Most see struggles ahead That’s not great for the future @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Rob Fleming @robjimfleming.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
We live in a time where people have been so protected from the consequences of preventable illnesses, largely by vaccines, that we have had the luxury of "vaccine scepticism". The consequences of measles include permanent brain damage and death. Get vaccinated, folks.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 26/12/2025
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software. Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS. You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir goodlaw.social/658abc
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Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ceilings of TREATMENT. We don't stop caring.
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Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#Oliverscampaign The cause of deaths of hundreds of learning disabled people were recorded incorrectly by an NHS & government-backed review, leading to the number of avoidable deaths being underreported @DanielHewittITV www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Dr Gareth Kelly @gazk.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Because this isn't how World Wars start .....
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Because this isn't how World Wars start .....
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
From George Monbiot
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was
PM.
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
No comment.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A hearty congratulations to every enabler, opportunist, and morally bankrupt prick who helped drag him back into power… May they all enjoy this new world they were so desperate to create.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
STRENGTHEN PRIMARY CARE. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Huge rise in number of people in England’s A&Es for coughs or hiccups
Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked noses
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/12/2025
‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
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‘The NHS would collapse within hours’: BME staff say Britain fails to appreciate their roles
Long-serving workers say they faced racism as they helped build health service – but it ‘seems things have got worse’
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Dr Tony Kainth @tonykainth.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
It can be really hard to cope with mental health struggles, especially around the festive season. Please, don’t feel you have to suffer alone. There’s always someone you can talk to. Please share this list of suicide hotlines from around the world 🙏🏽 www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/su...
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Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Resources Around the World
Anyone experiencing persistent suicidal thoughts should reach out to a suicide hotline or local emergency number in their country (below). To find a therapist or support group in your area, visit the ...
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Dr Gareth Kelly @gazk.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Unbelievably proud of my wife Jen for getting the charity founded in our late daughter's memory to this stage. Genuinely life changing, and saving, work from the charity is being carried out xxx #medsky #bma #gkcct #childcancerawareness www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Parents urged to trust their instincts over childhood cancer
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust is urging parents to take their children to GP if concerned.
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Dr Gareth Kelly @gazk.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Unbelievably proud of my wife Jen for getting the charity founded in our late daughter's memory to this stage. Genuinely life changing, and saving, work from the charity is being carried out xxx #medsky #bma #gkcct #childcancerawareness www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Parents urged to trust their instincts over childhood cancer
The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust is urging parents to take their children to GP if concerned.
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Right to Roam @righttoroam.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy Winter Solstice, where we celebrate the returning of the light, on the shortest day and longest night. On the solstice, when the land feels closest to its oldest stories, we’re reminded how much of England’s past remains out of reach.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 21/12/2025
There is a crisis facing our NHS. For far too many people, there is a real danger that an ambulance won’t come on time, or that they may spend hours waiting in A&E because our NHS has been pushed to breaking point. Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
1 in 2 Brits aren't confident an ambulance will come on time in an emergency
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Whitby Gothic @whitbygothic.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
+ Today Sun the 21st of Dec 2025, marks the Winter Solstice. + The solstice marks the onset of winter & the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice is the symbolic death & rebirth of the Sun. The Celtic people of Britain celebrated Yule & the returning of the light #wintersolstice #yule #otd
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