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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Thank you colleagues at the @gmcuk.bsky.social for the insights in the Workforce Report 2025. These items caught my eye regarding GP training:

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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Such talented students, such a valuable humanitarian project. These students will make significant impact to the health of the population in Gaza. Thank you for all the amazing support from colleagues at Aston University, our GP surgeries and hospital placements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gazan medical student continuing training at Aston University

Shahd Alhajjar, 22, says it is her goal to return to Gaza once her training is complete.

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We need massive amounts of humanitarian aid flowing into Gaza. In Cairo supporting UN teams to make it happen. All hands on deck.

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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 16/10/2025

People in #Gaza have returned home, only to find ruins. "We're going back but to nothing." The ceasefire brings long-overdue hope, but the needs are massive. Now is the time to deliver aid at scale and help Gazans rebuild their lives. You can help: bit.ly/47n7Onp

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 10/10/2025

We plan to scale up production quickly across all of our field kitchens, working towards our goal of 1 million meals per day in Gaza. The meals from Hayat Kitchen will help meet some of the growing need in Khan Younis, where thousands of displaced families are sheltering. #ChefsForGaza (2/2)

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 10/10/2025

We welcome the ceasefire in Gaza. It must be accompanied by an immediate, massive, and sustained scale-up of aid into and across the Strip:

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Ceasefire in Gaza: Humanitarian aid must flow immediately | MSF

The ceasefire in Gaza must be accompanied by an immediate scale-up of aid into and across the Strip.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Aston Medical School is advertising NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow posts: www.nihr.ac.uk/career-devel... Specialties include: General Practice, Endocrinology & Diabetes, Neurology, Paediatrics, Clinical Genetics, T&O, O&G, and Psychiatry

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 25/08/2025

Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in #Gaza. The amount of water available for Palestinians is incredibly insufficient. This is unacceptable: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-is...

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

🚨REACTION: "There are few crueller ways of killing people than by starvation." Oxfam GB CEO @halimabegum.bsky.social says the confirmation of famine in Gaza city by the UN-backed food monitor is an "indictment of all humanity." Read the full statement below.👇

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

My full statement on the Gaza Famine :

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

🚨REACTION: The confirmation of famine in Gaza is not caused by drought or crop failure, but by deliberate political choices. The UK Government must take action and pressure Israel to allow unconditional, safe humanitarian access. Read our full reaction 👉 oxf.am/4p3lPyD

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Famine has been confirmed in Gaza, with over half a million facing starvation, destitution and death. We have been warning about this impending tragedy for months. The UK can't say they didn't know this would happen. 1/3

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WHO @who.int · 22/08/2025

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.

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Médecins Sans Frontières @msf.org · 22/08/2025

Water and other necessities of life must not be used as weapons of war. Right now, though, Israel is deliberately depriving people of water in Gaza, as part of its genocidal campaign:

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Israeli authorities are starving Palestinians of water | MSF

Organisations like MSF would be able to increase the amount of safe water in Gaza, however, Israel is blocking imports of critical water treatment items.

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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

"This study has suggested ways to improve WPBA specifically for trainees receiving an Outcome 2 or 3 at ARCP..."

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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 21/08/2025

Water and other necessities of life must not be used as weapons of war. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/lates…

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Israel is threatening to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens. We joined 100+ aid and rights groups to call for an end to Israel's weaponisation of aid. Read our statement here: bit.ly/3UZaRvX

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 12/08/2025

This is truly heartbreaking news and consistent with what we have been denouncing: There is a genocide happening in Gaza and everyone and everything that is meant to support Palestinian life -- that includes those who are witnesses like journalists -- is at risk or targeted.

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Oxfam's Reaction to IPC famine alert in Gaza #Gaza Read here www.oxfam.org.uk/mc/a3wue9/

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 29/07/2025

Gaza faces the severe risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began. Read more: unicef.link/3HaUx85

Over 500,000 people – nearly a quarter of Gaza’s population – are enduring famine-like conditions, while the remaining population is facing emergency levels of hunger.

Time is running out to mount a full-scale humanitarian response.

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Israel's siege is starving the people of Gaza. The IPC has said “the worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.” 88 children have reportedly died due to malnutrition and starvation since October 2023.

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WHO @who.int · 27/07/2025

Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the #Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. The crisis remains entirely preventable. Deliberate blocking and delay of large-scale food, health, and humanitarian aid has cost many lives. Statement from WHO. www.who.int/news/item/27...

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Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns

Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July – including 24 children under five, a c...

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza amidst its ongoing genocide, aid workers are now joining the same food lines, risking being shot just to feed themselves and their families. Read on: amn.st/63322fK1Ze

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Israel's siege is starving the people of Gaza. We have joined more than 100 aid and rights groups to demand action - before there is no one left to save. Read the full statement here: bit.ly/3GPCpAE

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Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

12 children have reportedly died of malnutrition and starvation across Gaza in the last two days, due to Israel's denial of aid. These deaths were preventable. There are no words to describe our outrage and despair. 1/4

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Killing children. Starvation as a weapon of war. Targeting aid workers. These are all RED LINES. Many more have been crossed by Israel. As the UK gvmt breaks for summer, we demand it takes action to end its complicity in these atrocities in #Gaza bit.ly/RedLine__Mosaic 📸 Andy Aitchison / Oxfam

Group of people stand outside Parliament with a banner that reads Red Line for Gaza.

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UN Humanitarian @unocha.org · 22/07/2025

In #Gaza, space for people is shrinking by the day. The latest mass displacement order not only forced people to flee again but also further crippled Gaza’s remaining lifelines. 2.1 million people are now expected to squeeze into 12% of the Strip.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/07/2025

While the lifelines in #Gaza are being cut, our ability to save lives slips further each day, as seen in recent attacks on our facilities. @who.int will remain in Deir al Balah to deliver aid. We call on Member States to help ensure a sustained, safe and regular flow of medical supplies into Gaza.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

1.5 million Gazans is 75% of the population, half of whom are children. This is *deliberate* starvation. Just one agency - UNRWA - has stated today it has enough food stockpiled outside the border to feed the population for months. The Israeli govt must let food and water in & stop the killing.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

An extreme public health crisis that is being normalised and in the process destroying the world’s soul.

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UNICEF @unicef.org · 21/07/2025

This is a man-made disaster. Enough is enough. The United Nations must be allowed to deliver aid of all types at scale to families in Gaza, wherever they are.

Starvation is a horrific reality for children and families in Gaza.

Aid at scale must be allowed in urgently.

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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Congratulations to all the Aston Medical School graduates! Standing now to read their New Doctors Pledge

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Dr Shahid Merali @shahidmerali.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A few things caught me eye in the 2025 @gmcuk.bsky.social National Training Survey 2025: www.gmc-uk.org/education/ho... #MedSky #PrimaryCareSky #GPSky #GeneralPractice

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Prof Sabena Jameel @syjameel.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

How awesome it is to watch 400 Medical Students graduate to become doctors (2 ceremonies needed). So proud of you! Congratulations 🎊 #classof2025

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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 11/07/2025

“The children of Gaza are being decimated." We surveyed MSF staff and their families- this covered 2,523 people. Just one of the horrific numbers in the survey: 19 children (under 18 yrs old) died from blast injuries among our colleagues' households. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-s...

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MSF survey of staff and their families in Gaza shows almost half of those killed in the war were children

Israel’s disregard for children’s lives clearly indicates that this war is being waged against all Palestinians.

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Two things to do right now. ➡️Read this update from Bushra Khalidi, Policy Lead - Oxfam Occupied Palestinian Territory. ➡️𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 #𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 at bit.ly/RedLine__Mosaic Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 03/07/2025

"Reporting on the wanton destruction of health facilities, and on the killing of health professionals and humanitarian aid workers is the business of a medical journal." @kamranabbasi.bsky.social in this Editor's Update

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 28/05/2025

Today, we've written to David Lammy MP, calling on the Government to take immediate action to prevent famine in Gaza. As Israel continues their blockade of humanitarian aid, 1 in 5 people face imminent starvation and hospitals are running out of medicines fast. www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 20/05/2025

#Gaza: The U.S.-Israel plan to control the distribution of supplies under the guise of humanitarian assistance raises grave ethical, security and legal concerns. Doctors Without Borders call on Israeli authorities to uphold International Humanitarian Law. Share if you do too.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 13/05/2025

#Gaza: At 2:45 am on May 13, An Israeli airstrike targeted one of the buildings of Nasser medical complex, killing 2 people and injuring 12 - according to the MoH. We are doing a surgical intervention on two of the wounded. This is the second attack on the same building within 6 weeks.

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