Huw Lewis

Doctor. MBChB MPH MRCP. Passionate about Global Health and Infectious disease.

[Huw Lewis @HuwRLewis]

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[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

We must scrap the inhuman Work Capability Assessments and private provision of disability assessments (e.g. ATOS), scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.

[Global Health NOW @globalhealthnow]

A key tuberculosis drug will be 40% cheaper in South Africa after drugmaker Johnson & Johnson decided not to enforce its patent on bedaquiline—a reversal that came after South African authorities opened an investigation into J&J’s “abuse of dominance.” https://t.co/XGIv9kM8tx

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

Dominic Cummings, ex-top aide to Boris Johnson, says cabinet was "largely irrelevant" to policy and execution in 2020.

"The combination of its size, the PM's ability to chair it, and constant leaks meant it was seen by everyone in No 10 as not a serious place for discussion".

[The BMA @TheBMA]

Rishi Sunak said today at #PMQs that rising NHS waiting lists is down to industrial action.

Well how about the last 13 years of rising waiting lists?

[Survation. @Survation]

5% of respondents do not possess an accepted form of voter ID. In a UK-wide general election, this could result in nearly 2.6 million people being unable to vote due to the introduction of new ID laws. Those from lower income households were least likely to possess valid ID.

[Tom Calver @TomHCalver]

🧵 NEW: Should junior doctors get a 35% pay rise??

Most unions are timid about broaching double figure pay rise demands: not the BMA.

But the fact is, the NHS doesn’t have the pull it once did - and doctors can double their salary overseas @thetimes

https://t.co/DLeqB5Pq4p

[Roshana 🦴 @RoshanaMN]

Incredibly - almost supportive article - in the Times

⁦@SteveBarclay⁩ you’d do well to read this and follow their advice

Junior doctors’ strikes: These charts will tell you what’s going on

https://t.co/GyzkQZDN7J

[Sam Freedman @Samfr]

Seems like a great time to introduce a law allowing you to fire striking nurses. Can't see any issues with that at all.

[Caroline Coster @ccquad]

Grr. In light of the fact that Open Bionics have not been able to provide me with a working Hero Arm after two years, I asked them (in writing) to remove items featuring me from their website as I no longer feel able to endorse the product. They told me it had been done. 1/2

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

@ShaunLintern @tapas321 3) We’ve massively under-invested in capital for the best part two decades. So fucked on both beds and the equipment that gets people out of beds faster

[Emily Thornberry @EmilyThornberry]

What enrages me about this government is that they’re constantly taken by surprise, no matter how many times they’ve been warned. In Sep 2020, I asked how much Amoxicillin we had left in our emergency stockpiles after the first wave of Covid, and the answer came back: zero

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[Huw Lewis @HuwRLewis]

@cadentincident @SheffCouncil @syptweet Any reason Rivelin Valley Road isn't on your list of affected areas. Myself and neighbors all without heating and have reported it through the phone line.

[Huw Lewis @HuwRLewis]

‘Brutal pay cut will come as a bitter blow to doctors’, says BMA https://t.co/0kq0bEGWly via @TheBMA

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

As Attorney General, Ms Braverman repeatedly abused her office for political capital; condoned law-breaking; jeopardised a potential criminal investigation into a political ally; briefed against judges in the tabloids; and stayed silent as the criminal justice system collapsed 👍

[Partners In Health @PIH]

Partners In Health announced that its founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, unexpectedly passed away today in his sleep while in Rwanda.

Dr. Farmer was 62 years old. He is survived by his wife, Didi Bertrand Farmer, and their three children.

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[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

"Of course he won't [resign] because he is a man without shame, and just as he's done throughout his life, he's damaged everyone and everything around him"

Labour leader Keir Starmer says PM Boris Johnson has "eroded our democracy and the rule of law"

https://t.co/0smSE5gB1n