Andrew Green
@drandrewgreen.bsky.social
Chair of BMA Medical Ethics Committee. Member BMA UK and Yorkshire Councils. Still a GP at heart (Personal account)
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The BMA and many others warned that this was coming, and now it is here. The UK government must act immediately to prevent widespread death in Gaza from hunger. This is entirely man-made and is intolerable.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The BMA and many others warned that this was coming, and now it is here. The UK government must act immediately to prevent widespread death in Gaza from hunger. This is entirely man-made and is intolerable.
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The @theIPCinfo has declared a man-made famine in Gaza City.
We are horrified by the increasing suffering of civilians and continued attacks on healthcare.
We renew our call for an immediate end to Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
We are horrified by the increasing suffering of civilians and continued attacks on healthcare.
We renew our call for an immediate end to Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Health, medicine and the conflict in Gaza
The BMA is profoundly concerned by the health and humanitarian consequences of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Our interventions are given on this page.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The @theIPCinfo has declared a man-made famine in Gaza City.
We are horrified by the increasing suffering of civilians and continued attacks on healthcare.
We renew our call for an immediate end to Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
We are horrified by the increasing suffering of civilians and continued attacks on healthcare.
We renew our call for an immediate end to Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
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Hospitals should be places of safety, but they’re increasingly under attack in conflict zones.
@drandrewgreen.bsky.social and Dr Kitty Mohan discuss this for the latest episode of The Doctor podcast.
🎧 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pod... #WorldHumanitarianDay
@drandrewgreen.bsky.social and Dr Kitty Mohan discuss this for the latest episode of The Doctor podcast.
🎧 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pod... #WorldHumanitarianDay
August 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hospitals should be places of safety, but they’re increasingly under attack in conflict zones.
@drandrewgreen.bsky.social and Dr Kitty Mohan discuss this for the latest episode of The Doctor podcast.
🎧 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pod... #WorldHumanitarianDay
@drandrewgreen.bsky.social and Dr Kitty Mohan discuss this for the latest episode of The Doctor podcast.
🎧 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pod... #WorldHumanitarianDay
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mRNA vaccines are a game-changer. Faster to develop, generally safer, easy to modify, huge potential for wider applications (e.g. cancer). If the vaccine has been approved, it's already been thoroughly tested in randomised controlled trials. Nobody's trying to poison anyone with these vaccines.
August 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
mRNA vaccines are a game-changer. Faster to develop, generally safer, easy to modify, huge potential for wider applications (e.g. cancer). If the vaccine has been approved, it's already been thoroughly tested in randomised controlled trials. Nobody's trying to poison anyone with these vaccines.
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When deciding funding where do you think Govt & NHS England put their £?
Cost of appts:
Out-patients £109-£362
A&E £114-£563
Urgent treatment centre £84-£114
Hub appts £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS £35
GP practice £23
Despite this GP practices have had 20% cut
More £
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Cost of appts:
Out-patients £109-£362
A&E £114-£563
Urgent treatment centre £84-£114
Hub appts £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS £35
GP practice £23
Despite this GP practices have had 20% cut
More £
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When deciding funding where do you think Govt & NHS England put their £?
Cost of appts:
Out-patients £109-£362
A&E £114-£563
Urgent treatment centre £84-£114
Hub appts £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS £35
GP practice £23
Despite this GP practices have had 20% cut
More £
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Cost of appts:
Out-patients £109-£362
A&E £114-£563
Urgent treatment centre £84-£114
Hub appts £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS £35
GP practice £23
Despite this GP practices have had 20% cut
More £
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
An important read for everybody concerned about the rising number of attacks on medical staff and facilities worldwide.
Importantly, it not only analyses the current situation but specifies what must be done to rectify this situation.
I am proud to have contributed.
Importantly, it not only analyses the current situation but specifies what must be done to rectify this situation.
I am proud to have contributed.
In conflicts around the world, healthcare is increasingly targeted, in clear violation of international humanitarian law. Governments, the international community, and medical organisations must act now. Our new report ‘Medicine Under Attack’ sets out how www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Medicine under attack: the increasing assault on healthcare in conflict zones
Healthcare is increasingly under attack in conflict zones, despite this being in clear violation of international law. This report from the BMA analyses these trends, the impacts on population health,...
www.bma.org.uk
July 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An important read for everybody concerned about the rising number of attacks on medical staff and facilities worldwide.
Importantly, it not only analyses the current situation but specifies what must be done to rectify this situation.
I am proud to have contributed.
Importantly, it not only analyses the current situation but specifies what must be done to rectify this situation.
I am proud to have contributed.
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Governments – including our own – must do more to ensure medical neutrality is respected.
Amongst other recommendations, we are calling for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Health in Armed Conflict.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Amongst other recommendations, we are calling for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Health in Armed Conflict.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
July 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Governments – including our own – must do more to ensure medical neutrality is respected.
Amongst other recommendations, we are calling for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Health in Armed Conflict.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Amongst other recommendations, we are calling for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Health in Armed Conflict.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
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Thank you to MSF, Uma Kumaran & Harpreet Kuppal for hosting today's parliamentary event on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Our medical ethics committee chair @drandrewgreen.bsky.social highlighted the appalling assaults on healthcare, which are illegal under international law.
Our medical ethics committee chair @drandrewgreen.bsky.social highlighted the appalling assaults on healthcare, which are illegal under international law.
July 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thank you to MSF, Uma Kumaran & Harpreet Kuppal for hosting today's parliamentary event on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
Our medical ethics committee chair @drandrewgreen.bsky.social highlighted the appalling assaults on healthcare, which are illegal under international law.
Our medical ethics committee chair @drandrewgreen.bsky.social highlighted the appalling assaults on healthcare, which are illegal under international law.
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The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM, relating to the crisis in Gaza.
Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
July 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM, relating to the crisis in Gaza.
Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
I had no hesitation in signing this on behalf of the BMA, but it's dreadful that such letters have to be written.
Today, we've written to David Lammy MP, calling on the Government to take immediate action to prevent famine in Gaza.
As Israel continues their blockade of humanitarian aid, 1 in 5 people face imminent starvation and hospitals are running out of medicines fast.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
As Israel continues their blockade of humanitarian aid, 1 in 5 people face imminent starvation and hospitals are running out of medicines fast.
www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...
May 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I had no hesitation in signing this on behalf of the BMA, but it's dreadful that such letters have to be written.
This graph needs no comment.
Thanks to @theguardian.com for the graphic
Thanks to @theguardian.com for the graphic
May 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This graph needs no comment.
Thanks to @theguardian.com for the graphic
Thanks to @theguardian.com for the graphic
This is precisely why @bma.org.uk and others have been calling for decriminalisation of abortion.
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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is precisely why @bma.org.uk and others have been calling for decriminalisation of abortion.
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Faces of the EU leaders after they hung up the phone with Trump earlier this week.
I recommend zooming in on each one of them.
I recommend zooming in on each one of them.
May 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Faces of the EU leaders after they hung up the phone with Trump earlier this week.
I recommend zooming in on each one of them.
I recommend zooming in on each one of them.
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MPs will consider the assisted dying Bill this morning.
Read the BMA’s views on specific amendments to be debated here: cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
Read the BMA’s views on specific amendments to be debated here: cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
May 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
MPs will consider the assisted dying Bill this morning.
Read the BMA’s views on specific amendments to be debated here: cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
Read the BMA’s views on specific amendments to be debated here: cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...
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'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Helen Salisbury: Austerity and efficiency in the NHS
If you eat less you get thinner and have to tighten your belt. Of course, this isn’t always good for you—it depends on what your waist measurement was to begin with. A new round of belt tightening for...
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May 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
An important and compassionate initiative which has the support of @bma.org.uk
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The case of Nicola Packer tells us this: Britain is shamed by its abortion laws – and must change them | Jonathan Lord
The court of appeal said the abortion issue calls for compassion, not punishment, says Jonathan Lord, co-chair of Royal College of Obstetrictrians and Gynaecologists abortion taskforce
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May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
An important and compassionate initiative which has the support of @bma.org.uk
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I consider it unethical for doctors to publicly speculate about mental health conditions suffered by those in the public eye.
(It's good to have one's established principles stress-tested once in a while)
(It's good to have one's established principles stress-tested once in a while)
May 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I consider it unethical for doctors to publicly speculate about mental health conditions suffered by those in the public eye.
(It's good to have one's established principles stress-tested once in a while)
(It's good to have one's established principles stress-tested once in a while)
The swamp is no more infested with alligators than oceans are infested with sharks, it's just where they live (and will do so long after homo sapiens is nothing more than a brief anomaly in the history of life on earth)
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May 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The swamp is no more infested with alligators than oceans are infested with sharks, it's just where they live (and will do so long after homo sapiens is nothing more than a brief anomaly in the history of life on earth)
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Doing all this, while still having your own children to care for, and fear for.
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Gaza doctor describes daily struggle after health system collapse
The BBC joins a GP in Gaza as she sees dozens of patients, struggling to treat them with a dwindling supply of drugs.
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April 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Doing all this, while still having your own children to care for, and fear for.
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Castles? Really?
Reminds me of the time as a teenager when I was stood on the amazing Uffington Castle, and was accosted by a party of breathless Americans and asked where the castle was.
They were not happy.
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Reminds me of the time as a teenager when I was stood on the amazing Uffington Castle, and was accosted by a party of breathless Americans and asked where the castle was.
They were not happy.
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United Kingdom: 8 castles you need to see in the country
Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy.
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April 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Castles? Really?
Reminds me of the time as a teenager when I was stood on the amazing Uffington Castle, and was accosted by a party of breathless Americans and asked where the castle was.
They were not happy.
www.en-vols.com/en/styles-en...
Reminds me of the time as a teenager when I was stood on the amazing Uffington Castle, and was accosted by a party of breathless Americans and asked where the castle was.
They were not happy.
www.en-vols.com/en/styles-en...
A salutary reminder of what can happen when corporate priorities clash with ethical treatment, whether of people or animals
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Vets tell BBC they are under 'consistent pressure' to make money
Some tell the BBC they are encouraged to compete over the number of procedures they carry out on pets.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A salutary reminder of what can happen when corporate priorities clash with ethical treatment, whether of people or animals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I feel sympathy for any American Democrats visiting Europe at the moment, I remember how I felt visiting France after Brexit
April 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I feel sympathy for any American Democrats visiting Europe at the moment, I remember how I felt visiting France after Brexit
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And again E-Motorbike, not E-bike FFS
Police officer will not face charges over e-bike crash that killed Cardiff teenagers
South Wales officer was driving van that followed Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, in May 2023
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April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And again E-Motorbike, not E-bike FFS
BBC News - New doctors only being told job location with weeks to spare - BBC News
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New doctors only being told job location with weeks to spare
Health bosses are accused of keeping resident doctors in the dark about their first position.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
BBC News - New doctors only being told job location with weeks to spare - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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