Dr Gareth Kelly
@gazk.bsky.social
Dad, husband, GP with a special interest in gerontology. Definitely a Hobbit. Loves all things geeky. Rugby fan. STP. Hates the Tories , Farage and Trump 🏴 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It has it's faults, and is far from perfect, but an impartial state run broadcaster, independent from Capital & Capital's baser interests is of crucial importance in the modern world.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It has it's faults, and is far from perfect, but an impartial state run broadcaster, independent from Capital & Capital's baser interests is of crucial importance in the modern world.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
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The BBC is an incredible publicly owned institution that everyone in this country should be proud of 📺
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The BBC is an incredible publicly owned institution that everyone in this country should be proud of 📺
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
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It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
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GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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Not for the 1st time I'm remembering the nurse who stayed on past the end of her shift to save my life.
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Government claims it can only afford 2.5% pay rise for England’s NHS staff
The government’s submission to the NHS Pay Review Body argues it cannot afford to give NHS staff in England a pay rise of more than 2.5%.
www.nursingtimes.net
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Not for the 1st time I'm remembering the nurse who stayed on past the end of her shift to save my life.
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
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Wes Streeting & Labour are planning the demise of the Family Doctor this was clear 2yrs ago
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wes Streeting & Labour are planning the demise of the Family Doctor this was clear 2yrs ago
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
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Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Appropriately gothic Halloween at Whitby Abbey. #halloween #whitby
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Appropriately gothic Halloween at Whitby Abbey. #halloween #whitby
Appropriately gothic Halloween at Whitby Abbey. #halloween #whitby
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Appropriately gothic Halloween at Whitby Abbey. #halloween #whitby
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Cutting benefits for those with mental illnesses will lead to an enormous surge in suicides.
Lives lost, families broken, professionals blamed. But 30p Lee and his contemporaries will remain completely unaccountable.
He is truly a vile ghoul.
Lives lost, families broken, professionals blamed. But 30p Lee and his contemporaries will remain completely unaccountable.
He is truly a vile ghoul.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Cutting benefits for those with mental illnesses will lead to an enormous surge in suicides.
Lives lost, families broken, professionals blamed. But 30p Lee and his contemporaries will remain completely unaccountable.
He is truly a vile ghoul.
Lives lost, families broken, professionals blamed. But 30p Lee and his contemporaries will remain completely unaccountable.
He is truly a vile ghoul.
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Just disgusting from 3p Lee - who wants to stigmatise, shame and risk the lives of people with disabilities. Truly gutter politics.
October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just disgusting from 3p Lee - who wants to stigmatise, shame and risk the lives of people with disabilities. Truly gutter politics.
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Urgent climate action is needed to protect our health.
We've teamed up with @lancetcountdown.bsky.social @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk to set priorities for the UK, from accelerating clean energy to protecting health service adaptation funding ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/ur...
We've teamed up with @lancetcountdown.bsky.social @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk to set priorities for the UK, from accelerating clean energy to protecting health service adaptation funding ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/ur...
Urgent climate action in the UK will save lives, reduce costs, and secure a healthier future for all - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
The 2025 Lancet Countdown UK Policy Priorities published today call for action across energy transformation, food systems and adaptation to protect health and reduce emissions
ukhealthalliance.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Urgent climate action is needed to protect our health.
We've teamed up with @lancetcountdown.bsky.social @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk to set priorities for the UK, from accelerating clean energy to protecting health service adaptation funding ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/ur...
We've teamed up with @lancetcountdown.bsky.social @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk to set priorities for the UK, from accelerating clean energy to protecting health service adaptation funding ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/ur...
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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GPs do protest and are ignored. Most are voting with their feet and retiring early or moving abroad.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/gps...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/gps...
GPs are taking ‘collective action’. What does that mean?
After GP partners voted last week for collective action, this explainer from Dr Becks Fisher describes what’s behind the dispute, the action that GPs plan to take, and what it might mean for patients ...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
GPs do protest and are ignored. Most are voting with their feet and retiring early or moving abroad.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/gps...
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/gps...
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Most GP practices barely break even. It wasn't GP practices that came up with online consultations or that decided that new funding would be spent nurse practitioners and pharmacists and not GPs. GPs see more patients than ever but they aren't allowed to hire enough staff for demand.
October 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Most GP practices barely break even. It wasn't GP practices that came up with online consultations or that decided that new funding would be spent nurse practitioners and pharmacists and not GPs. GPs see more patients than ever but they aren't allowed to hire enough staff for demand.