Ben Jameson
@inclusiongp.bsky.social
"Get it right in inclusion health, get it right for everyone" GP, Pathway lead in the hospital- SW based. Work hard, ride home.
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Ben Jameson
@inclusiongp.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Here's the space that will be transformed by the gift of the RHS Chelsea garden- supporting #inclusionhealth in Plymouth- and we're keeping the blossom! @johnhamblin.bsky.social @naloxoneplym.bsky.social @pathwayuk.bsky.social @uhpnhs.bsky.social
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
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Tommy Robinson regards Labour as having been converted to his far right, nationalist cause.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tommy Robinson regards Labour as having been converted to his far right, nationalist cause.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is a really odd article- promoting iron infusions as a solution to a complex problem- and ignoring potentially serious underlying causes such as bowel cancer. Quotes are from a couple of doctors who provide private treatment
Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that
Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that
Levels of fatigue among women in Britain are soaring, and this isn’t the kind that can be cured by a nap. What lies behind the exhaustion epidemic?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is a really odd article- promoting iron infusions as a solution to a complex problem- and ignoring potentially serious underlying causes such as bowel cancer. Quotes are from a couple of doctors who provide private treatment
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‘Out of control’ migration is often blamed for many social ills, especially ‘over-stretched, overwhelmed’ public services. Many myths abound such as queue-jumping asylum seekers making it impossible to see a GP or receive emergency care.
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Anti-migrant policies could spell the end of the NHS
Migrants aren't responsible for the problems in the NHS.
leftfootforward.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
‘Out of control’ migration is often blamed for many social ills, especially ‘over-stretched, overwhelmed’ public services. Many myths abound such as queue-jumping asylum seekers making it impossible to see a GP or receive emergency care.
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
Looking forward to this!
TONIGHT: Professor David Nutt and other leading experts are in Plymouth discussing how psychedelic medicines are transforming addiction and PTSD treatment. Will we see you there?
All purchases/donations are split between Drug Science & Heroic Hearts UK 🙏
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All purchases/donations are split between Drug Science & Heroic Hearts UK 🙏
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Pathways to recovery: The role of psychedelics, plant medicine and ketamine in treatment of addiction and mental health
On October 22nd, Eden Clinic is hosting a powerful evening exploring science behind the use of psychedelic medicine in the treatment of addiction, PTSD an…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Looking forward to this!
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If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
October 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
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It's time to act on nitazenes before we sleepwalk into an emergency like America's fentanyl crisis, writes Cranstoun's Ant Lehane.
More people are dying from nitazenes – we risk repeating the US fentanyl crisis
www.bigissue.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It's time to act on nitazenes before we sleepwalk into an emergency like America's fentanyl crisis, writes Cranstoun's Ant Lehane.
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Very quick update on Covid in England from latest UKHSA hospital data. Looks like current Covid wave *might* have peaked, and also that flu season is starting a little earlier than normal.
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
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If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
Very quick update on Covid in England
Covid wave has possibly peaked and flu looks like it's starting early
christinapagel.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Very quick update on Covid in England from latest UKHSA hospital data. Looks like current Covid wave *might* have peaked, and also that flu season is starting a little earlier than normal.
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
If you can get vaxxed for either, I'd do it!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/very-quick...
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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist
#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist
#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring."
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist
#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)
-Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid and human rights activist
#BicycleBirthday
October 7 (1931 -2021)
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Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury.
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Absolute credit to Wes Streeting for directly contradicting the poison that comes from Nigel Farage, by welcoming and thanking people who make Britain their home to work in our health and social care systems.
Reform would send them packing and collapse the NHS.
#LabourPartyConference
Reform would send them packing and collapse the NHS.
#LabourPartyConference
'He might be telling those people to go home. As our country's health and social care secretary, I want to say directly to those people... they are home'
Wes Streeting criticises Reform's plans to deport people from the UK if they fail to meet stricter rules👏
Wes Streeting criticises Reform's plans to deport people from the UK if they fail to meet stricter rules👏
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Absolute credit to Wes Streeting for directly contradicting the poison that comes from Nigel Farage, by welcoming and thanking people who make Britain their home to work in our health and social care systems.
Reform would send them packing and collapse the NHS.
#LabourPartyConference
Reform would send them packing and collapse the NHS.
#LabourPartyConference
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Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Stop blaming migrants and tackle UK’s real problems, 100 charities tell home secretary
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
A letter warns Shabana Mahmood that ‘targeting refugees will do nothing to tackle’ problems with housing and the NHS
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The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff
The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff
The civil liberties argument against giving the state more power over our lives becomes more urgent by the day – just look to Trump’s America, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff
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Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.
September 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reform MP backs up Nigel Farage claims that migrants are coming for your birds.
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I think tonight’s Plymouth Humanists gig is sold out , but I will also be at Newton Abbot library at 2pm (and Tavistock and Ivybridge libraries on Wednesday) Robinince.com
Robin Ince | Comedian | Writer | Broadcaster
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September 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I think tonight’s Plymouth Humanists gig is sold out , but I will also be at Newton Abbot library at 2pm (and Tavistock and Ivybridge libraries on Wednesday) Robinince.com
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🌟 We’re Hiring: Harm Reduction Peer Support Lead (Torbay)🌟
This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions - including needle and syringe provision.
www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/harm-red...
This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions - including needle and syringe provision.
www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/harm-red...
harm reduction peer support lead (torbay) - The Hepatitis C Trust
The Hepatitis C Trust runs national projects where peers draw on their lived experience of injecting drug use and hepatitis C to support others with similar backgrounds. We are now recruiting for a ne...
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September 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🌟 We’re Hiring: Harm Reduction Peer Support Lead (Torbay)🌟
This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions - including needle and syringe provision.
www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/harm-red...
This role will be responsible for recruiting, training, and supervising volunteer peers to deliver vital harm reduction interventions - including needle and syringe provision.
www.hepctrust.org.uk/job/harm-red...
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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shouting this at the screen every day in these cursed times
September 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
shouting this at the screen every day in these cursed times
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
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So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.
September 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.
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“Flags is it?” 🤌
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www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Classic Welsh response to flags appears on bridge and people are loving it
"I've been feeling so downhearted but this is glorious"
www.walesonline.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Flags is it?” 🤌
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