Dr Tony O’Sullivan
drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
Dr Tony O’Sullivan
@drtonyosullivan.bsky.social
Co-chair Keep Our NHS Public
Retired NHS paediatrician
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“Next time you can’t see your GP, you’re waiting double digit hours in A&E, or wait over a year to see a specialist, ask if secure employment for Drs sounds unreasonable. Our unemployment crisis is a public health crisis."

Vital piece by @jatinderhayre.bsky.social
metro.co.uk/2025/12/17/w...
Wes Streeting puts more effort into insulting doctors than fixing the NHS
Doctors move constantly between crises, putting out one fire only to be pulled towards the next.
metro.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Our co-chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said:

"This study is a clarion call to those in power to look hard at the evidence and think again.”
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pati...
Patient survival ‘clearly linked’ to nursing numbers
A LANDMARK study into excess patient deaths across NHS hospitals has found a “very clear and consistent” link between nurse staffing and patient mortality — and that replacing them with lower-paid wor...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:

“Streeting conjured up an NHS ‘Armageddon’ to scapegoat doctors while acting blind to the perpetual crisis happening the rest of the year."

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/doct...
Doctors call for ‘less name-calling and more deal-making’ from Health Secretary Wes Streeting
RESIDENT doctors are keen to resume talks with the government to avoid further strikes but “must see less name-calling and more deal-making” from Health Secretary Wes Streeting, said the British Medic...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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How will A&E function if 85% of hospital activity moves to 'the community'? Why the massive reorganisation & privatisation? @sectorsocial.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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We spoke to Resident Dr @andrewmeyerson.uk about why he's out on strike this week:

"It's shocking; we have the longest waiting list in history at the same time that we have historic levels of Dr unemployment. That's unacceptable; and it's why we're fighting back."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTc...
Why we're fighting back | Interview with striking Resident Doctor
YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public
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December 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Our member, Dr Martin Blanchard, writes for the December issue of @publicsectorfocus.bsky.social magazine about the risk to patient data and the NHS from big tech.

Read the full piece here 👇
flickread.com/edition/html...
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk about the latest Resident Doctor strikes and the winter crisis:

"There's no guarantee for Drs stuck in that training bottleneck that they won't lose their jobs..."

Keep Our NHS Public stands with Resident Drs, for a safer NHS.
December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Mike Scott of Notts Keep Our NHS Public said:

"Over £40bn of debt is still to be repaid years later. To make a profit, private companies overcharge the NHS, whereas the public sector can build at cost so there's no possibility that private could be cheaper."
westbridgfordwire.com/the-nhs-is-s...
The NHS is struggling – Is private finance the answer or the problem? | West Bridgford Wire
Mike Scott, Chair of Nottingham and Notts branch of the NHS campaign group Keep Our NHS Public writes in response to this recent article Budget 2025 legal
westbridgfordwire.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Today, with the @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social, we launch the first NHS Domestic Abuse Awareness Day @nhsdaawareday.bsky.social
This must-read article by Adele Waters in @bmj.com explains why it is needed #NHSDAAD
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Why doctors are uniquely vulnerable to domestic abuse
Domestic abuse in NHS workers is a “silent pandemic,” with some research finding that they are three times as likely to experience it. Adele Waters finds that the NHS needs to do more to end a “double...
www.bmj.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:

“Thou­sands are being treated in spaces never designed for care, while staff do the impossible under intol­er­able pres­sure. National guid­ance says cor­ridor care is unac­cept­able. So does basic decency."
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December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🚨BREAKING: #NHS patients are outside Wes Streeting's office after waiting 392 days for a meeting.

Meanwhile, Wes has found time to accept £220k+ from private healthcare linked donors.

So today they came to his office and only then did he FINALLY agree to meet with them.
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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This winter, #NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives & provide care for patients.

Sign our digital Christmas card to show your support and gratitude 💙⬇️

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Sign the digital Christmas card for NHS staff 💙
This winter, NHS staff across the country will be battling horrific conditions whilst trying to save lives and provide care for patients. To show our support and gratitude for health workers, we have...
actionnetwork.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Baron John Hutton, always a close Tony Blair supporter, unsurprisingly gives private finance initiative (PFI/PPP/LIFT) a thumbs-up. He’s disingenuous at best, compromised as Association of Infrastructure Investors in Public Private Partnerships (AIIP) Chair. PFI stinks
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Proud to have worked with Michael and others on this and I think it's fair to say that the whole team feel the same.

We gave families, healthcare workers and keyworkers a vital voice at a time of unimaginable hardship when no one else was listening.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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NEW NEW NEW

Lawyer Michael Mansfield KC calls on police to reopen criminal investigation into ministers responsible for #COVIDー19 response.

Michael conducted his own inquiry for @keepournhspublic.bsky.social

@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Michael Mansfield KC: "Police should reopen Covid crime case."
Michael Mansfield KC tells Adrian Goldberg why he believes there's scope for the criminal prosecution of ministers for their handling of the Covid 19 pandemic.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldb...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Our Co-Chair @drjohnpuntis.bsky.social said:

“Using PFI to make it seem spending is off the balance sheet is considered a ‘fiscal illusion.’ Embracing this zombie policy demonstrates only the bankruptcy of govt thinking and the power of corporate lobbying.”

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...
Campaigners warn of PFI 2.0 as government backs private funding for neighbourhood health centres
A “PFI 2.0” will divert money away from patients and into shareholders’ pockets, campaigners warned today as the government announced plans to use private finance to fund new neighbourhood health cent...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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NHS got literally two lines of mention in the #budget and that was mostly to celebrate the loss of 18,000 workers, dismissed as "back office staff".

Many of these people (who do btw include clinical staff) worked through covid, and they provide vital admin support to frontline clinicians.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE ALLIANCE OF NHS CAMPAIGNS

The Autumn Budget is a massive disappointment to all those who desperately wanted Labour to demonstrate that it is on the side of ordinary people and committed to restoring the NHS.

#Budget #Budget2025

keepournhspublic.com/health-group...
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as NHS Crisis Deepens - A Collective Statement
Health Groups Condemn Autumn Budget as NHS Crisis Deepens - A Collective StatementKeep Our NHS Public [1], in partnership with Just Treatment [2], Every Doctor [3], The Socialist Health Association [4...
keepournhspublic.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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This is disgusting. I can’t afford to get divorced, I can’t afford to pay the bills or mortgage, I have zero savings and I have a maxed-out credit card. I’ve cancelled my Xmas. And I’m in a senior clinical post. If that’s my life, I can’t even imagine what it’s like for my domestic colleagues. 😡😢😡😢😡
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The exploitation and reality for NHS outsourced cleaners, canteen & domestic staff
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to live
👉🏾 ‘I can’t afford to go sick
Shame on @iss.world paying below the London living wage
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social @gmb.org.uk
#londonlivingwage
#sickpay
#agendaforchange
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I agree of course (it was just a bit of irony)
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE
@keepournhspublic.bsky.social’s People’s Covid Inquiry concluded in June 2021. Panel chair Michael Mansfield KC concluded there was a case for prosecuting charges of misconduct in public office
Find our full report, findings and records here:
tinyurl.com/PCIfullreport
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Boris Johnson was ‘economical with the truth’ in testimony at @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social about his gaps in work during Feb’20 when his and Govt inaction, as Italy faced Covid hell, made it inevitable the UK would suffer a disastrous, avoidable death toll.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It is Streeting holding our NHS doctors, nurses, staff & patients - to ransom - NOT the other way round.
❗️Don’t fund investment in the NHS by suppressing NHS staff wages
❗️42% of resident doctors ending their 2yrs foundation are unable to find a job
❗️1000s of drs forced abroad

youtu.be/5pwmKpfgHA8
Why Resident Doctors are on strike
YouTube video by Keep Our NHS Public
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November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM