John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comThirlwall inquiry has left biggest questions around the Letby case unansweredDecision not to pause proceedings means £18m report does not engage with concerns over former nurse’s conviction 010
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Why I've changed my mind about Lucy Letby. My latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com, just out. www.bmj.com/content/394/...bmj.com 461
Reposted by John LaunerNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Perhaps we ought to take a moment to reflect on how many white male cishet privately educated non disabled men have been given jobs and promoted without question based on fabricated CVs, unfounded self-confidence and an embellished life story & whether we’ve even heard of them. 19566124
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I'm not sure if this is an unrelated advertisement or a photo of one of the other candidates. 010
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026When I was a student at Cambridge, I had a number of teachers I thought were bogus. None were black. If the university's selection process is unfit for purpose, as seems likely, they should examine a random sample of appointments from all backgrounds for plagiarism and confabulation. 010
Reposted by John LaunerProf Sabena Jameel @syjameel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026If you have an interest in Values Based medical education with healthcare needing a moral underpinning, and you want funding for projects, this is for you. 021
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Free conference on 28 October to celebrate projects in medical education supported by the Della Fish Foundation www.eventbrite.com/e/the-della-...eventbrite.comThe Della Fish Foundation Chester Conference 2026TDFF has funded numerous worthwhile medical education projects over the past 2 years, here we share the work and inspire new applicants 020
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The joy of improvisation: why good medical consultations and teaching resemble jazz more than following guidelines. My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...bmj.com 121
Reposted by John LaunerKoki Kato @kokikatokk.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Reassurance is not simply about giving the right answer. In my latest essay in the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), I reflect on why understanding the patient’s existing story may matter before our explanations can become meaningful. bjgp.org/content/76/7... #BJGP #MedicalGeneralismbjgp.orgCorrect, but not reassuringI recently bought a new car. The old one was traded in, the paperwork was signed, and I assumed the matter was finished. Then a vehicle tax bill arrived in my name. > “Before we can reassure, we may ... 011
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I'm pleased the Footballers won in their match against the Mixed Martial Arts team. 0171
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Medical consultations are often now summarised by AI. How do we ensure AI captures the narrative as well as the medical facts - and prevent the clinical skills of writing and reflection from withering away? Out now @thelancet.com by Victoria Ekstrom and myself www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comThe art of fidelity: clinical documentation and ambient AIA physician reviews a note generated by artificial intelligence (AI) from her morning clinic. The patient, a woman in her fifties with type 2 diabetes, had spent much of the consultation describing he... 031
Reposted by John LaunerTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 13/07/2026So many memes, so little time. Source: substack.com/@nigelfarage... 728779
Reposted by John LaunerKoki Kato @kokikatokk.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@joannelreeve.bsky.social @johnlauner.bsky.social 021
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 08/07/2026In my latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com, I challenge the stereotype of GP work as simple or trivial, and introduce Anna Beug's brilliant metaphor of "mosaic care." www.bmj.com/content/394/...bmj.comJohn Launer: I hope GPs will continue to value “mosaic care”A common stereotype of GPs’ work—held by some politicians and hospital specialists, as well as members of the public—is that we deal mainly with simple or trivial problems and refer everything else on... 021
Reposted by John LaunerKoki Kato @kokikatokk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026@joannelreeve.bsky.social @johnlauner.bsky.social 221
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 22/06/2026May I be the first to say how disappointed I am in Andy Burnham since he became Prime Minister. 010
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The UK left the Erasmus scheme after Brexit - a pointless gesture, depriving our students of valuable opportunities to learn with their peers in Europe. We're now rejoining the scheme - a very welcome decision. My latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/393/...bmj.com 011
Reposted by John LaunerSebastian Kraemer @sebkraemer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"the implicit erasure of the Tavistock Clinic's separate identity has attracted little publicity" @johnlauner.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/393/... 022
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 27/05/2026How the Tavistock Clinic came to an end. A personal elegy. My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com www.bmj.com/node/1123386...bmj.comJohn Launer: Elegy for the TavistockAt the end of March the Tavistock Clinic, along with its sister clinic the Portman, ceased to exist as an autonomous trust. The following day, all signage was replaced by the insignia of the conglomer... 020
Reposted by John LaunerTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...slate.comDrowning Doesn’t Look Like DrowningDrowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect. 253133989736
Reposted by John LaunerMiddle-East Tracker @me.skyfleet.blue · 12/05/2026A Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948972mag.comA Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948When Nablus-based journalist Ahmad Al-Bazz received an Israeli travel permit, he rushed to visit nearly 200 villages depopulated in the Nakba. Five years later, his new book offers a powerful visual archive of erasure. The post A Palestinian photographer’s ‘search for what remained’ from 1948 appeared first on +972 Magazine . 011
Reposted by John LaunerTibor M. Kalman @kalmantibs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I can’t get enough of these kids. ❤️ This morning on the bus to Budapest, practicing for today’s performance at Péter Magyar’s inauguration. “Zöld az erdő, zöld a hegy is” — the Hungarian Romani anthem about their historic struggle as outcasts. 🙏🏼🇭🇺🕊️ 📹 Bácskai Napló 27115
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Medical consultations go better when the doctor doesn't trying to control them like a politician, public relations spokesperson or marketing agent. My latest "Talking Point" column @bmj.com, just out. BMJ column 29.4.26. Doctors shouldn’t control the narrative www.bmj.com/content/393/...bmj.com 010
Reposted by John LaunerFactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Barack Obama and Zohran Mamdani sing ‘Wheels on the Bus’ to kids in NYC 792200483
Reposted by John LaunerKoki Kato @kokikatokk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026@joannelreeve.bsky.social @johnlauner.bsky.social 011
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The doctor's dilemma: Mr X is resilient in spite of all his ailments, Mr Y seems overburdened by the same ones. How do we show equal respect to Mr Y, and plant the idea that we can be the partners of our illnesses rather than victims? My latest column @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...bmj.com 040
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Is being busy all the time something that doctors should be proud of - or a cause of more problems than it addresses? My latest "Talking Point" in @bmj.com just out. www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...bmj.com 000
Reposted by John LaunerThe New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 25/03/2026“Throughout my many years as a political activist, I have grown accustomed to feeling anger at Israeli society,” Orly Noy writes. “But now it does not anger me—it frightens me.”nybooks.comLonging for My Tehran | Orly NoySince the outbreak of the current war between Israel and Iran—much like during the previous one last summer—I have been sought after for interviews by 011
Reposted by John LaunerThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/03/2026Britons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better | Owen Jonestheguardian.comBritons don’t want any part of Trump’s war fixation – the sooner Labour realises that the better | Owen JonesKowtowing to US foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan had disastrous consequences. Why are leaders making the same mistake again, asks Guardian columnist Owen Jones 2320838
Reposted by John LaunerMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026“EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year” Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.zeteo.comEXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a YearDon't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia. 1825871039
Reposted by John LaunerZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Dear Shabana, Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives. 24348691780
Reposted by John LaunerJohn Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Being a GP often involves everything you'd assume: diagnosis, treatment, advice, reassurance... Surprisingly often, it's also about finding meaning in what life throws at you - for the doctor as well as the patient. My latest column @bmj.com, just out www.bmj.com/content/392/... 041
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Being a GP often involves everything you'd assume: diagnosis, treatment, advice, reassurance... Surprisingly often, it's also about finding meaning in what life throws at you - for the doctor as well as the patient. My latest column @bmj.com, just out www.bmj.com/content/392/... 041
Reposted by John LaunerHelen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 17/02/2026My latest on GPs' right to refer - and the talk of 'mandatory advice and guidance' which sounds like a threat to it. doi.org/10.1136/bmj....doi.orgHelen Salisbury: The right to referThe NHS has a longstanding ambition to bring down hospital clinic waiting times, and the cheapest way is by reducing referrals.1 Some referrals are simple, and the patient’s problem might be solved by... 0106
Reposted by John LaunerShellsLies @shellslies.bsky.social · 16/02/20266 medics unanimously acquitted of criminal damage at JP Morgan’s, the largest financier of #FossilFuels. Health workers have a duty "to protect population health & to sound the alarm when state or corporate actions place lives, health systems & the conditions for life at risk," @healthxr.bsky.social 0129
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament on why he never trusted, believed or appointed Peter Mandelson. Worth watching every minute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7uE...youtube.comMy speech on Peter Mandelson.YouTube video by Official Jeremy Corbyn Channel 043
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Extraordinary account of a family medicine service in Gaza in the midst of war. Testimony to the amazing resilience of the local staff involved. jbima.com/article/gaza...jbima.comGaza Family Doctor Initiative in the refugee camp in the middle of Gaza during the war | Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association 020
Reposted by John LaunerDeclassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 04/02/2026👉NEW VIDEO -- Jury frees Palestine activists who smashed Israeli arms factory Six protesters have been found not guilty of aggravated burglary at an Elbit weapons site. We were at Woolwich Crown Court where family and friends celebrated the result👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0vl...youtube.comJury frees Palestine activists who smashed Israeli arms factory - mums celebrate verdictYouTube video by Declassified UK 415465
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Just out: a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays by psychiatrists about how their personal struggles have intersected with their professional identity. Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy. personally-speaking.compersonally-speaking.comPersonally Speaking – Personally Speaking 002
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Do you recognise this dramatic view? If you do, please don't say. If you don't, please hazard a guess and reply. 310
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Do you work for the #NHS and have you had a belly full of it? One A&E consultant did - literally. She's written a gripping book about it. Here's my review in @bmj.com, just out. @heidiedmundson.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/bmj/... 151
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 05/01/2026In an instant, Labour MPs who believe in observing international law have been turned into targets for hatred, called "Maduro Apologists." Seriously, how can anyone be taken in by this absolute bullshite? 020
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The five countries exporting the most narcotics to the USA are Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan and China. The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is Venezuela. It really isn't very complicated. 230
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I had to tweak the prompt several times, but I finally got an AI bot (Deepseek) to stop congratulating me on how excellent all my questions were. 040
John Launer @johnlauner.bsky.social · 30/12/2025My latest challenge to AI bots. Unlike humans, they can't give a straight answer. 000
Reposted by John LaunerRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The doctors studied for their exams amid hunger, displacement and bombardment. The hospital's medical director said the ceremony defied Israeli efforts to dismantle Palestinian society: 'They sought to destroy Palestine's human capital ... but failed' www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-12...haaretz.comGazan medical students graduate in ceremony amid ruins of Al Shifa HospitalThe Doctors Studied for Their Exams Amid Hunger, Displacement and Bombardment. The Hospital's Medical Director Said the Ceremony Defied Israeli Efforts to Dismantle Palestinian Society: 'They Sought t... 0234
Reposted by John LaunerRobert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 13/12/2025www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/must... As a British Jew, as a child of Holocaust survivors and a baby refugee from Nazis this makes ashamed of the country that gave me refuge. We should be celebrating these people as heroes not condemning them to martyrs’ death.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.ukMust hunger strikers die before David Lammy takes notice?Concern is growing for members of the Filton 24 group of direct action pro-Palestinian protesters who are on hunger strike… 084
Reposted by John LaunerIntellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · 10/12/2025In this part of the 'Fighting for the Soul of General Practice' In Conversation mini series, special guest John Launer joins Rupal Shah and Jens Foell as they discuss the impact of earwax. Listen here 👉https://youtu.be/jQtzaZP_790 #InConversation #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice John Launer 011