the radical gp

radical GP is not my real name. it’s where I post criticism of the powerful. I don’t really want the hassle from management

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@AgentP22 Thanks @theSNP you must be so proud!
What a charming tolerant place Scotland has become. And with no schooling for our children... long may it continue...

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

Am I the only doctor in the world who thinks Boris Johnson may have some cognitive impairment after his ITU stay. The bumbling garbage which eminates cannot be normal

[PoliticsJOE @PoliticsJOE_UK]

Watch Boris Johnson squirm when asked about female representation in coronavirus decision making by one of his own MPs.

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@smallypaula Just one little correction. This guidance was issued by the @scotgov not by UK. I’m glad however that you are as incensed as me. No-one has really engaged with the disaster our politicians created

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@smallypaula @BBCNews Very much so. I’m afraid I’ve been raising this since the start but no one seemed interested. In truth there seems a realisation that it was wrong and now it’s been changed but no excuses it was morally incomprehensible

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

Radioshed

[Glenn Campbell @GlennBBC]

Maniac Street Preachers

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

Strange that politicians should think democracy non-essential. A sad state of affairs. Proper scrutiny of which there is so little in Scotland at this strange time would save lives

[Chris Musson @ChrisMusson]

SNP MPs have criticised other Scottish MPs for going to London, pointing to Scot Gov stay-at home-rule. Law says people can "travel for the purposes of work..where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work..from the place where they are living"
https://t.co/6jYT4V6V8y

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@ChrisMusson Worse I thin @NicolaSturgeon lied to parliament when she said that #carehomes residents were being admitted to hospital with covid if clinical need. Direct contradiction of guidance at the time. No one cares

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@NicolaSturgeon Firstly. You’re heart doesn’t break for each death. That’s ridiculous. Second. Like all politicians you are calculating advantage at each turn. Third. You’re success or otherwise will be measured at the public enquiry

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@GlennBBC @BorisJohnson @NicolaSturgeon Sorry Glenn. You’ve demonstrated a bit of an ignorance of statistics. It’s not higher. It is compatible with higher, lower or the same! It’s a confidence interval that is quoted, not a discreet number #COVID__19

[Glenn Campbell @GlennBBC]

The “R” number for whole UK is now between 0.7 - 1

That’s higher than the 0.5 - 0.9 range @BorisJohnson gave last Sunday

It matches the 0.7 - 1 range @NicolaSturgeon has been reporting for Scotland

So is England being unlocked too fast or should Scotland be unlocked faster?

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@GlennBBC @BBCScotlandNews Despite assurances from @JeaneF1MSP to the bbc and @LabourRichard and @Jackson_Carlaw it appears the message hasn’t got through according to letter received by GLASGOW GPs from public health. Or the cabinet secretary is being deliberately undermined

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

The inevitable Public Inquiry will undoubtedly find differently #PMQs

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

If you need the answer. It’s in my previous tweet regarding govt policy on admissions which I also included.

[Richard Leonard @LabourRichard]

We desperately want @scotgov to be successful in tackling this crisis. But serious questions remain over the safety of the most vulnerable in our society. https://t.co/UK5oe5Pns3

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation with In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 https://t.co/3VygSodtHG a very important step forward

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

Given the guidance below and the answer given in parliament by FM, does anyone feel @NicolaSturgeon was entirely honest in her reply to @LabourRichard ? @ScotConserv @scottishlabour @theSNP

[BBC Scotland News @BBCScotlandNews]

.@LabourRichard asks about "resistance" to moving vulnerable people out of care homes into hospitals

@NicolaSturgeon stresses that "anybody who needs to be in hospital... should be in hospital"

#FMQs live: https://t.co/9XKKF99xop

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@MonicaLennon7

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@LabourRichard when oh when are you going to raise the issue of the governments decision to prevent #carehomes residents being refused admission to hospital with covid?

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@MonicaLennon7

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@LabourRichard Richard - the guidelines are now on their third iteration. If we don’t get a grip of this localised epidemic the lockdown will continue and the poor will suffer

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@JeaneF1MSP And just so you don’t forget... your second set of guidelines also allowed patients to be admitted to #carehomes without a covid test

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@JeaneF1MSP For the sake of clarity please find attached an extract from your first set of guidelines. The full set are still available unlike the one you deleted today. Anyone reading would understand the failure to get a grip on this from the outset

[the radical gp @RadicalGp]

@LabourRichard Richard - the guidelines are now on their third iteration. If we don’t get a grip of this localised epidemic the lockdown will continue and the poor will suffer