Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I agree. He came to visit the organisation I worked for twice, when Minister and then Secretary of State. Spoke at length to everyone. Went away to another commitment, and then came back to listen some more. Proper decent bloke was everybody’s impression. 010
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The Probate Division of the High Court admin was very impressive. Other than that, I agree; nothing works as it should. 111
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 22/05/2026bjgplife.com/the-gatekeep... bjgplife.com/the-gatekeep... Parts 3 & 4 of our Wizards and Gatekeepers parable are now out!! Enjoy!!bjgplife.comThe gatekeepers and the wizards revisited (Part 4): The Wizard-Psychologist – BJGP Life 000
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I find myself saying “I don’t believe it” so often my wife thinks I’m a Victor Meldrew tribute act. 100
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Booked my car in for service and MOT. NINE reminders later and I told them if they do that again I’m going elsewhere. And I’m still on that park bench shouting at the pigeons 🐦 as well 😂 100
Reposted by Neal MaskreyTrisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The story of the Paper Boat was a blog I wrote back in 2018 for @gerisoc.bsky.social. It was an analogy that I found useful to explain to patients and families how difficult it can be to predict the future accurately. Now as I and my friends get older, I find myself sharing it once again. 🧵1/n 23020
Reposted by Neal MaskreyAlf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Just watched the monstrous RFK in front of the Senate Finance Committee claiming he is ‘taking the politics out of science’ whilst doing the precise opposite. My God, the suffering and death that appalling man is wreaking. 021
Reposted by Neal MaskreySir David Haslam @david-haslam.bsky.social · 11/08/2025My letter in today’s Times newspaper… 3111
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 26/06/2025😂 We’re all slowly turning into Victor Meldrew, Alf. In no time at all you’ll be like me - sitting on a park bench swearing at the pigeons 😉 111
Reposted by Neal MaskreyProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Now tagging Bea herself! @drelvey.bsky.social 1422
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 12/05/2025How can Labour possibly get to the stage where they get something like this so very wrong? Are they not getting good advice or don’t they listen to it? 000
Reposted by Neal MaskreyTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 11/05/2025My father spent his final 3 years in an Elderly Mentally Infirm home. The care staff were from Uganda and worked impressively as a team. Dad received truly excellent care which retained his dignity and love of life despite worsening dementia. They came to his funeral, sang beautifully, hugged us. 😢 832859
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Madness is mild! I’ve a relative in a Care Home. I’d say 25% of the staff are recently arrived from overseas and they’re lovely and here. Whereas recruiting locally drew a blank. It’s frightening to think where we will be by the time / if we need care. We already know the NHS locally is 🥵😬 000
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 12/05/2025observer.co.uk/news/interna... Awful. How on earth was this allowed to happen? It feels like those of us who have spent their careers in public service are being made fools of. And it’s dangerous for democracy.observer.co.ukHow the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption | The ObserverThe presidency and personal gain now go hand in hand – and no one has been able to do anything about it 010
Reposted by Neal MaskreyFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/04/2025As the news report that US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth had a second signal chat in which he shared detailed military plans with his family One wonders if he was inspired by Mission Gainsborough from this episode of Blackadder Goes Forth 👀 771947508
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Have you ever seen anything like that? (Masters golf. Rory McIlroy. Grand slam at the 11th attempt. One of the greatest sporting days ever). 030
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Nat west lost my mother’s death certificate. Awful experiences with aunt’s Coop account recently. Now call them “The Uncooperative Bank”. 12 years for us with the HSBC and faultless. 000
Reposted by Neal MaskreyAlf Collins @alfcollins.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Totally. Until and unless guidelines and pathways are explicitly populated with decision points and choices, SDM is arguably a bit of a losing battle. 001
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Once you start looking, it’s tramlines not guidelines everywhere. Inexorably leads to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. 112
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We love our US friends to bits. But one or two of your people worry us greatly. And piling on to Zelensky in the Oval Office was unforgivable. So we do what we can to be on the right side of history. Hope there will soon be a time when we come back together. 😢 030
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Agree. But also failure demand eats up capacity. Multiple, delayed appointments when one on time perfectly possible, and then delays mean the patient has to hassle admin staff. Or stuff that a GP could / would have done in surgery now referred because overwhelmed with other demands. 011
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 10/03/2025My experience too. Finding out the patients ideas concerns and expectations is consultation skills 101. But the checklist is all that counts. Population level medicine treating everyone the same, rather than properly looking after the individual patient. I’m no longer disappointed. I’m cross. 120
Reposted by Neal MaskreyMark Little @marklittle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025"By flooding search results and web crawlers with pro-Kremlin falsehoods, the network is distorting how large language models process and present news and information” www.axios.com/2025/03/06/e...axios.comExclusive: AI chatbots echo Russian disinformation, report warnsBots from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and others spew falsehoods. 47333
Reposted by Neal MaskreyGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I see tomorrow is Friday. Is Friday going a tariff day, or a some-tariffs day, or a no-tariffs day? Or will it be some other kind of day, like an annex-Greenland day, or a Hannibal-Lecter-wants-to-have-you-for-dinner day, or an Arnold-Palmer-size day, or something else? I just can’t keep track. 3587452017346
Reposted by Neal MaskreyPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Absolutely shameful, utterly unforgivable www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...reuters.comUS cuts off intelligence sharing with Ukraine, FT reportsThe United States has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military's ability to target Russian forces, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing officials familiar with the matter. 32552139
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 04/03/2025We’re visiting Canada instead of the planned trip to the US this year. All investments in US companies being sold tomorrow. 131
Reposted by Neal MaskreySelvaseelan Selvarajah @drselvarajah.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I taught my dog to play the trumpet on the London Underground. We went from Barking to Tooting in less than an hour. #dadjokes 2334
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Zelensky’s refusal to bow to Trump was a big factor in Trumps first impeachment. Why is mainstream media not talking about this? 010
Reposted by Neal MaskreyCW @whitworthce.bsky.social · 02/03/2025youtu.be/D6ouyeycWk8?... It is time for this….youtu.beLove Actually - Prime Minister's speechYouTube video by Danilo Balu 021
Reposted by Neal MaskreyDavid Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.com‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgottenFive years on from March 2020, millions of people still face debilitating symptoms, with huge repercussions on public health and productivity. But politicians are starting to pretend the pandemic neve... 076
Reposted by Neal MaskreyThe BMA @bma.org.uk · 28/02/2025“This is going to take time to rebuild, but today’s starting point is promising” Our GP committee chair @drkatie.bsky.social speaking about the GP contract agreement on BBC Breakfast this morning. www.bma.org.uk/our-campaign... 053
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 17/02/2025It’s the NHS staff that have once again gone above and beyond. Back NHS staff and they will deliver. Long way to go, mind! 050
Reposted by Neal MaskreyGod @thegodshow.com · 14/02/2025This wasn’t some liberal holdover. This wasn’t a career bureaucrat. This was someone Trump’s team installed. And even she couldn’t stomach what they were doing. She wasn’t alone. Five more federal prosecutors resigned in protest. Bless their courage!thegodpodcast.comTrump Appointed Prosecutor Quits In Defiance Of His CorruptionRead her bombshell resignation letter. 15474261358
Reposted by Neal MaskreyMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures! Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not! Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 661253717
Reposted by Neal MaskreyHelen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 04/02/2025@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social, queen of evidence, has done a systematic review of what scant research exists on Physician Associates in the UK. Great work. 02010
Reposted by Neal MaskreyPhil Whitaker @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social · 03/02/2025The curious case of Sarah and her sinuses, and what it reveals about the lamentable wrong-headedness among the leadership of England's NHS. My piece in this week's @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...newstatesman.comNHS England has no idea about GPsReform will only happen when the organisation confronts how lamentably wrong-headed it has been. 075
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Thanks Robbie. How’s it going? PS Don’t reply if you hate it! PPS But if you love it, tell everyone 😉 121
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 15/01/2025x.com/lucygoss/sta... This amazing woman is both an NHS oncologist and a world class endurance athlete. And whilst I’ve never met her, she seems like a lovely human being. Please support if you can. Thanks!x.comx.com 010
Reposted by Neal MaskreyPrescQIPP CIC @prescqipp.info · 09/01/2025In tomorrow's #TalkingMeds, @jonathanunderhill.pharmsky.app welcomes Keele University Honorary Professor Neal Maskrey to discuss his new book, Rebalancing Medicine. Jonny and Neal also reflect on their careers and address how we can meet future healthcare challenges. @stokemacca.bsky.social 051
Neal Maskrey @stokemacca.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Consistent under-appreciation of what primary care can do and an over-estimation of the benefits of shiny bits of technology is a feature of at least the last 20 years of the NHS. 030
Reposted by Neal MaskreyRebecca Payne @oohgpwales.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Editor of the BJGP said this about our paper! “The authors have done us an enormous service and this is arguably one of the most important articles we have published in many years” V chuffed!bjgp.orgThe enshittification of general practiceIt was Cory Doctorow, the author, who coined the term ‘enshittification’ when he used it to describe the evolution and, critically, the deterioration of tech platforms. In 2023 the American Dialect So... 59729