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Michael Searles

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Deputy Health Editor at The Telegraph

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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com @informingbritain.com · 08/09/2025
"FOUR IN FIVE NHS HOSPITALS FAILING" @michaelsearles.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social Four in five #NHS #HospitalTrusts are failing, according to the first league tables of their kind. #DailyTelegraph #TomorrowsPapersToday #IBPAPERS
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Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
No evidence it’s safe for physician associates to work in NHS, says review. By MJA member @michaelsearles.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
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No evidence it’s safe for physician associates to work in NHS, says BMJ review
Call for clear national guidelines defining PA roles and limits after a number of high-profile cases of harm and death
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Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
NHS to cut thousands of managers and free up millions for front line, writes MJA member @michaelsearles.bsky.social telegraph.co.uk/gift/a3edd76...
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NHS to cut thousands of managers and free up millions for front line
It is understood the move will raise an extra £325m when combined with other savings, as employees are told about the plans on Thursday
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Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Doctors’ watchdog tried to water down rules on physician associates, writes @michaelsearles.bsky.social and @lauradonnelly.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
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Doctors’ watchdog tried to water down rules on physician associates
GMC fought against guidance intended to improve supervision and protect patients from harm, saying it was too ‘burdensome’
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Michael Searles @michaelsearles.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Exc: New scope of practice for physician associates from the RCP in today’s paper 👇🏼 t.co/4FImtTCVyw
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George Mann @sgfmann.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The Daily Telegraph: Labour bid to ‘bulldoze’ the Home Counties #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Ben Butcher @benbutcher.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🚨🤒 Flu hospital rates doubled this week and tripled amongst the over-85s. In the same week the NHS saw record high numbers waiting over 30 mins for ambulance handovers. And it's just week one of peak winter pressures... - with @michaelsearles.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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NHS warns of ‘quad-demic’ as flu cases surge
Health service reports surge in winter vomiting bug, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, plus continuing cases of Covid
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Michael Searles @michaelsearles.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Men born in Blackpool now have the lowest life expectancy in Britain, supplanting Glasgow for the first time All the latest figures, graphs and maps below, with @benbutcher.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
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Blackpool overtakes Glasgow as the place with lowest male life expectancy in Britain
Men born into the coastal town on the north-west of England can expect to live six years less than the national average
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Ben Butcher @benbutcher.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
🏥 The NHS is entering its winter period - but already leading doctors are warning of "New Year's Eve-like pressures". This comes as new figures show flu vaccine uptake has plummeted, which could add to the problems - with @michaelsearles.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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‘Unprepared’ NHS risks being overwhelmed by surge in winter flu
Medics warn low vaccine uptake and ‘unacceptable’ winter fuel payment cut likely to increase cases and deaths among the elderly
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Michael Searles @michaelsearles.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Significant intervention from the Government today in relation to physician associates which @lauradonnelly.bsky.social broke last week. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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Streeting orders review of physician associates to end ‘toxic debate’
Health Secretary makes intervention amid growing concern over safety of workers used in NHS
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Medical Journalists' Association @mja-uk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We are still just finding our feet on here but we've created a starter pack for UK based health and science journalists. Follow them and let us know if you're a journo or MJA member and want adding: go.bsky.app/BNiFuEN
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