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York, UK
Joined March 2013
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
An 81-year-old grandmother with terminal cancer was left for 48-hours in hospital cupboard, ITV News' @BeccaBarry reports Pam Smith said she felt "abandoned" by the NHS when she was left in a hospital storeroom following chemotherapy treatment. itv.com/news/2026-11-08/i-fe…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
after 130 years of knowing that poverty and ill health are inseparable companions, how have we made such extraordinary advances in medicine and so little progress in changing the circumstances that make people ill? myemail.constantcontact.com/…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
We need to talk about those bloody “keep calm and carry on” mugs that were everywhere in the early 2010s while the austerity cuts were in full flow. Those mugs have a lot to answer for. We should never have been calm about any of it.
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
🚨 Chris Whitty tells The Sunday Times GPs working in rural and small towns need more training and support to tackle the overprescribing epidemic as those area are set to see "extreme ageing" in future years: thetimes.com/article/da81437…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
(1/6) Today we published the 2026 CMO Annual Report on health in rural areas and small towns. Health, and risk factors for health, are systematically different in rural and small town populations from larger urban areas. We must plan for this difference. gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
The UK does not have a welfare crisis. It does, instead, have politicians who want to scapegoat the most vulnerable people in our society. Unscrupulous neoliberal politicians and commentators are our problem. Those in need are not. youtu.be/C89jDlwF1vs?si=LMYt…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
NEW: Govt has outlined new structure after NHS England is abolished. Most NHSE national staff will move to an "NHS group" in the Dept of Health. Regional staff will go into a new special health authority - which ministers insist will be temporary hsj.co.uk/policy-and-regulat…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
Nicola Avery of Leeds KONP writes about why we should all be concerned: "The environmental and health impacts of data centres require full transparency and represent a significant risk that can only pile further pressure onto an under resourced NHS." keepournhspublic.com/data-ce…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
BREAKING: Trump TORPEDOES Republicans at the last second by announcing that he'll "move to Israel" and run for prime minister if Americans "get tired" of him as we head to the polls. He just said the quiet part out loud... "Mr. President, I just want to clarify something you said earlier when it comes to Israel aid. We understand we've cut off aid to Israel, that we were giving them $4 billion, and you're no longer going to be giving them $4 billion," Fox's Brian Kilmeade said to Trump during an interview. "We were giving them $4 billion," said Trump. "We are, but it gets cut off at the end of the year." "Why?" asked Kilmeade. "Why? Because they don't need it, Brian. I mean, I asked them, because they don't need it," said Trump. "And because why should we suffer the slings from lunatics like an El-Sayed when they don't need it? It's a bad talking point, because you say, why don't we give everybody $4 billion? Israel's our number one. We give them more than anybody else. And they no longer need it. We've been doing it for years. I've been doing it. But Israel is a very thriving country." "They don't need it. If they did need it, I would say keep it going. But Bibi Netanyahu, we reached an agreement on that," added Trump. "And can I be honest with you? He brought it up. He brought it up. He said, I think it would be appropriate if we do not receive aid. Because he understands that this is one of their points of contention. Israel's been a great ally, much more reliable than most. I mean, look what happened with Europe, although they did give me Greenland for the United States." Now, hold on a second. Cut off aid to Israel? That sure doesn't sound like Trump, the most rabidly "Israel First" President in American history. This is the same guy who launched a disastrous war of aggression against Iran, with no American interests at stake, just because Netanyahu asked him to. So what's going on here? The answer, you won't be surprised to learn, is not what it seems. Netanyahu is indeed pushing for an end to formal American financial support for his country, but it's not because he no longer wants American bombs, bullets, and drones to fuel his bloody dreams of conquest. It's because he realizes that Israel's approval in the U.S. has cratered thanks to the slaughter in Gaza. In a few short years, most Americans will likely support ending ALL aid to Israel. Netanyahu is getting ahead of that problem by removing the easy to see (and thus curtail) financial aid in favor of a deeper, more opaque entwining of the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Rather than $4 billion in aid, Israeli officials are proposing a $16 billion joint American-Israeli fund for researching and developing new weapons. In other words, our support wouldn't evaporate, it would shapeshift. The proposed 2027 National Defense Authorization Act would greatly expand these joint-defense initiatives. On top of that, the new arrangement would give Congress less direct control to curtail Israeli aggression. “But this is a Netanyahu ruse to say, ‘Okay, we don’t want the aid, but let’s just have joint production on the weapons,'" explained Rep. Ro Khanna. In other words, Trump isn't suddenly deciding to revert to his promises of putting America's interests first, he's simply occluding the ways in which he prioritizes Israel. Which is why it makes sense that he'd fantasize about moving there. "So I'm the number one, I was so voted, I'm at 99% approval rating in Israel can you believe it?" Trump said during that Fox interview. "In fact, if people ever got tired of me in the U.S. I'll move to Israel and become Prime minister. But I'm at ninety— Think of it! I'm at ninety-nine— I have the highest approval rating of anybody in history, because I've been— You know I've been— They've been a great partner but what we did, we stopped Iran." While Trump appears to have pulled that 99% number straight out of his diaper-clad rear end, he does indeed enjoy high approval in Israel with a recent Gallup poll showing that 62% of Israelis approve of U.S. leadership. Of course, that's cold comfort for the American people, who are being forced to pay higher grocery and gas prices because of a war that was started solely to aid in Israel's territorial expansion in the Middle East. Israel may approve of Trump, but the U.S. does not. And today, we show him that at the polls! Please ❤️ and share if you wish that Trump WOULD move to Israel!
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
Interesting how Children’s Minister Josh MacAlister's instinct is always to borrow ideas from other countries, professions, sectors, rather than to engage deeply with the local workforce and relevant contextual professional knowledge. theguardian.com/society/2026…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
We are pleased to report that our NHS at a Crossroads conference on Saturday was a resounding success! Lots of great connections forged and strengthened and so much passion in the room for a well funded and fully public NHS. Onwards together! 💙
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
CQC attributes its difficulties to technology problems, changes to its assessment framework and operational restructuring.  Not very dissimilar to the rest of the NHS. myemail.constantcontact.com/…
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
NHS AT THE CROSSROADS conference opening with @DrJohnPuntis and @AndrewMeyerson The NHS in Crisis is not getting a response from this Govt. People are bankrupted in the US by health charges. We cannot afford not to keep our public NHS.
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This clown was in the same party that imposed austerity and shrunk the economy. Hollowed out defence, public services and damaged infrastructure and still left a documented debt of £2.8 Trillion. Now he's blaming labour and expects they'll fix 14 yrs of Tory shit in just 2 yrs.
Funny that Robert Jenrick failed to mention that Poundland was sold off in 2001 to the Gordon Brothers, a finance restructuring and asset stripping specialist based in the USA… No wonder it’s £30 million in debt
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York Defend Our NHS retweeted
So now Boots have just advertised that people can go and get antibiotics for a chest infection to free up GP time. You can get the antibiotics after a Consultation with the Pharmacist for £25 and the medication is extra. Follow the money as per usual.
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There are literally people setting up substack newsletters now, asking people to sign up, then getting AI to write the newsletters🫠 If you want to hear from an actual human about how politicians are destroying the NHS, sign up here-jujuliagrace.substack.com
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I think Andy Burnham is sleepwalking into a terrible NHS winter crisis🚨🚨🚨 I’ve explained what’s currently going on: jujuliagrace.substack.com/p/…
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