Now we know why Rishi Sunak refuses to negotiate with NHS staff. He wants the strikes to go ahead, so he can blame doctors and nurses for his failure. #PMQs

John speaking plainly here in inimitable style. Thanks Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland | also on bluesky for joint working to make this call to Scottish Government. British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow BMA Scotland Vera Cvoro Levi Mark Barber please help us get this heard before Scottish Government sets budget on 5th December.

Wee delay to posting the advert for our new Campaign Assistant post - so deadline is extended! Want to gain experience campaigning in Scotland? Want to help stroke survivors? Are you awesome (or just building towards awesomeness) ? Come and work with us! goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP10…

Please consider joining us in NHS Lanarkshire. Stroke Physician post that doesn't necessarily need to be a geriatrician. Hope/expectation that it will lead to a substantive post down the line. apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Notice how Wes Streeting has started quote tweeting doctors. But he hasn’t quote tweeted anyone who mentions physician associates (doctors assistants) being paid 30% more than the doctors who supervise them. Interesting that, isn’t it….

Are you trying to break a record for the amount of people you are not negotiating with at once? You say there is no money but you are funding unsafe, doctor replacement roles and paying them more than new doctors. I have not seen you explain this. That alone is unreasonable.

This guy Lord Darzi, is a senior doctor, who was holidaying in Italy on his YACHT and had is £200,000 Richard Mille watch stolen. The watch was a "gift" from a patient. 👀 Lord Darzi has also been opposed Resident Doctors asking for full pay restoration to £22p/h 🤔

You were saying Wes Streeting ? Department of Health and Social Care Resident Doctors The BMA

Fun fact: £1bn would cover the cost of full pay restoration

Kemi Badenoch earns £96,000 a year as an MP. She lives with her multimillionaire banker husband in Wimbledon. Kemi claims £36,400 a year for rent & council tax for a second home in Essex. Kemi doesn’t believe that junior doctors are worth £22 an hour. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Results of a major new The BMA survey show the scale of the looming doctor unemployment crisis, with some 52% of FY2s saying they have no job from this August. Resident Doctors are now seeking to make a deal with Government on the looming unemployment crisis and have opened a

Our commentary in Stroke AHA/ASA on the ECST 2 trial and the path forward for future carotid stenosis trials European Stroke Org World Stroke Org Hooman Kamel ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ST…

📢 When a government fails to plan and prioritise care, it’s the most vulnerable who suffer. Despite a clear commitment to deliver round-the-clock treatment, hundreds of patients are still being denied access to thrombectomy, one of the most effective and time-critical stroke

The Scottish Stroke Improvement Programme annual report 2025 has been published today. It highlights key data and trends in stroke care across Scotland in 2024. Read it on our website: publichealthscotland.scot/publications/s…

Today we join Royal College of Emergency Medicine and British Geriatrics Society in highlighting shocking data, which reveals that more than 51,400 older people in Scotland endured waits of 12 hours or more in A&E last year- 16 times more than in 2019. Read our joint news statement and report analysing the experience of

Disinformation is playing an increasingly dangerous role in our communities and in global politics. Today and every day I will stand with the millions of people across the US who oppose the misogynistic and anti-choice agenda of Donald Trump and JD Vance.

To ‘free up hospital beds’ you need improved social care - not AI

What great news for NHS Western Isles stroke patients!

Have I got this right? Rylan, a BBC presenter, makes controversial (and ill-informed) comments ON AIR and nothing happens? Meanwhile BBC MOTD loses its best presenter Gary Lineker for … making political comments on his personal social media (not the BBC) and gets forced out?