George Ransley

Junior Dr interested in all things neurology and global health. Research Fellow @LWENCCRF. Former theatre director. Trustee of @GHFilm. He/Him.

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

“It’s not even an offer, it’s an imposition”. Dr Tal Ellenbogen of the junior doctors committee speaking to @BBCNews today on where we are with pay talks and the government’s refusal to return to the negotiating table.

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Having requested an appropriate derogation as soon as aware of the unexpected staffing shortage, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals managed to find non-striking cover without calling striking doctors back. Well managed by the team. Thank you to the consultants and SAS doctors covering.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

. @DrNighatArif talking about how "in 2019 we were promised an extra 6,000 GPs, but now there are 825 less full time GPs than in 2019

In some patches there are 250,000 patients to one GP"

I'm horrified by those stats
Are you?

[George Ransley @GeorgeRansley]

@DrBenLovell This is fantastic!

[Resident Doctors @BMAResidents]

Once again, we've written to @SteveBarclay asking him to meet with us to discuss #PayRestoration for junior doctors.

We hope he will take this opportunity to come to the table. @RobLaurensonD4P @_VivekTrivedi

[George Ransley @GeorgeRansley]

Junior doctors, 26% off

[Ali Hosin @DrAliHosin]

Junior doctors on strike outside @uclh today sing a message to the health secretary - "we just want fair pay"

#JuniorDoctorsStrike

[George Ransley @GeorgeRansley]

The doctor supporting the doctors

[Paul Brand @PaulBrandITV]

Junior doctors striking outside ⁦@uclh⁩ this morning in what is possibly the most musical picket line I’ve ever seen. ⁦@TheBMA⁩

The ⁦@The_TUC⁩ reckon half a million workers are on strike today as the Chancellor announces his budget.

[Emma Runswick 🏳️‍🌈 @ERunswickBMA]

Share your signs!
Here's some class from today, stolen from @MedReddit

@BMA_JuniorDocs #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Why has income inequality grown so much, particularly in the USA? Only 6% of private sector workers unionised. @paulkrugman hails the unionisation of Amazon workers on State Island as, just possibly, a significant turning point. https://t.co/Twig0Ygqv9

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Britain has a Russia problem. And his name is Nigel Farage.

Today, Ofcom finally banned RT. 8 long years after Russia illegally invaded Crimea.

But this is their man. RT - whose editor described it as a "weapon" of the Russian state - is what made Farage into who is today.
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[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

It is still not known what sensitive information Boris Johnson revealed to a trained intelligence officer while in a state of inebriation, alone, without his security detail.

He jeopardised NATO’s security. Did he also compromise it?

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

“NATO is afraid of World War III. But it has already started. And it’s Ukrainian children taking the hit”

Brilliant, impassioned question from Ukrainian journalist to Boris Johnson. Who looks shocked & shamed. As he should be. (h/t @lisaocarroll)

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

These videos are becoming more & more incredible. The unbelievable bravery of these people.

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Note: >92% of Covid patients in ICU were there to treat Covid (see report).

So Covid (excluding the crazy peaks) is double the ICU healthcare burden of pneumonia and more than ten times that of Flu.

Do not compare Covid with Flu! Covid is far more destructive.

[Global Health Film @GHFilm]

Screening number 5 in our online series with @LSHTM! Delighted to be working with @LSHTM_TB to bring you 'Out of Breath' this Thurs 22 July 17:00 BST
Sign up now to reserve your space: https://t.co/i85fCMs6Up

[Tim Spector MD (Prof) @timspector]

Govt and PHE ignoring the top five symptoms since May as shown regularly on the ZOE CS is leading to tens of thousands of extra cases and Long Covid. Wouldnt be suprised to see some compensation claims

[George Ransley @GeorgeRansley]

This is an excellent thread on current Covid rates, mortality, and reopening

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

THREAD: Where are we in UK with cases, where are we going and should we care?

TLDR: nowhere good, somewhere worse, absolutely yes.

1/24 (yes, I know, another long one. Still worth a read I hope!)

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

So there it is. Dido Harding has just applied to be the next CEO of @NHSEngland.

RT if that prospect horrifies you.