John Launer
@johnlauner.bsky.social
Doctor, educator, writer. Columnist @bmj.com Own views.
Websites: www.johnlauner.com www.conversationsinvitingchange.com
Websites: www.johnlauner.com www.conversationsinvitingchange.com
Just out: a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays by psychiatrists about how their personal struggles have intersected with their professional identity.
Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy.
personally-speaking.com
Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy.
personally-speaking.com
Personally Speaking – Personally Speaking
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January 23, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Just out: a fascinating collection of autobiographical essays by psychiatrists about how their personal struggles have intersected with their professional identity.
Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy.
personally-speaking.com
Editor Glenn Roberts is one of the pioneers of narrative-based approaches to psychiatry and psychotherapy.
personally-speaking.com
Do you recognise this dramatic view? If you do, please don't say.
If you don't, please hazard a guess and reply.
If you don't, please hazard a guess and reply.
January 21, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Do you recognise this dramatic view? If you do, please don't say.
If you don't, please hazard a guess and reply.
If you don't, please hazard a guess and reply.
Do you work for the #NHS and have you had a belly full of it?
One A&E consultant did - literally. She's written a gripping book about it.
Here's my review in @bmj.com, just out. @heidiedmundson.bsky.social
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One A&E consultant did - literally. She's written a gripping book about it.
Here's my review in @bmj.com, just out. @heidiedmundson.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
January 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Do you work for the #NHS and have you had a belly full of it?
One A&E consultant did - literally. She's written a gripping book about it.
Here's my review in @bmj.com, just out. @heidiedmundson.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
One A&E consultant did - literally. She's written a gripping book about it.
Here's my review in @bmj.com, just out. @heidiedmundson.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
In an instant, Labour MPs who believe in observing international law have been turned into targets for hatred, called "Maduro Apologists."
Seriously, how can anyone be taken in by this absolute bullshite?
Seriously, how can anyone be taken in by this absolute bullshite?
January 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
In an instant, Labour MPs who believe in observing international law have been turned into targets for hatred, called "Maduro Apologists."
Seriously, how can anyone be taken in by this absolute bullshite?
Seriously, how can anyone be taken in by this absolute bullshite?
The five countries exporting the most narcotics to the USA are Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan and China.
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is Venezuela.
It really isn't very complicated.
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is Venezuela.
It really isn't very complicated.
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The five countries exporting the most narcotics to the USA are Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Afghanistan and China.
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is Venezuela.
It really isn't very complicated.
The country with the largest oil reserves in the world is Venezuela.
It really isn't very complicated.
I had to tweak the prompt several times, but I finally got an AI bot (Deepseek) to stop congratulating me on how excellent all my questions were.
December 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I had to tweak the prompt several times, but I finally got an AI bot (Deepseek) to stop congratulating me on how excellent all my questions were.
My latest challenge to AI bots. Unlike humans, they can't give a straight answer.
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My latest challenge to AI bots. Unlike humans, they can't give a straight answer.
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The doctors studied for their exams amid hunger, displacement and bombardment. The hospital's medical director said the ceremony defied Israeli efforts to dismantle Palestinian society: 'They sought to destroy Palestine's human capital ... but failed'
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-12...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-12...
Gazan medical students graduate in ceremony amid ruins of Al Shifa Hospital
The Doctors Studied for Their Exams Amid Hunger, Displacement and Bombardment. The Hospital's Medical Director Said the Ceremony Defied Israeli Efforts to Dismantle Palestinian Society: 'They Sought t...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The doctors studied for their exams amid hunger, displacement and bombardment. The hospital's medical director said the ceremony defied Israeli efforts to dismantle Palestinian society: 'They sought to destroy Palestine's human capital ... but failed'
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-12...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-12...
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As a British Jew, as a child of Holocaust survivors and a baby refugee from Nazis this makes ashamed of the country that gave me refuge. We should be celebrating these people as heroes not condemning them to martyrs’ death.
As a British Jew, as a child of Holocaust survivors and a baby refugee from Nazis this makes ashamed of the country that gave me refuge. We should be celebrating these people as heroes not condemning them to martyrs’ death.
Must hunger strikers die before David Lammy takes notice?
Concern is growing for members of the Filton 24 group of direct action pro-Palestinian protesters who are on hunger strike…
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December 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/must...
As a British Jew, as a child of Holocaust survivors and a baby refugee from Nazis this makes ashamed of the country that gave me refuge. We should be celebrating these people as heroes not condemning them to martyrs’ death.
As a British Jew, as a child of Holocaust survivors and a baby refugee from Nazis this makes ashamed of the country that gave me refuge. We should be celebrating these people as heroes not condemning them to martyrs’ death.
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In this part of the 'Fighting for the Soul of General Practice' In Conversation mini series, special guest John Launer joins Rupal Shah and Jens Foell as they discuss the impact of earwax.
Listen here 👉https://youtu.be/jQtzaZP_790
#InConversation #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice
John Launer
Listen here 👉https://youtu.be/jQtzaZP_790
#InConversation #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice
John Launer
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In this part of the 'Fighting for the Soul of General Practice' In Conversation mini series, special guest John Launer joins Rupal Shah and Jens Foell as they discuss the impact of earwax.
Listen here 👉https://youtu.be/jQtzaZP_790
#InConversation #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice
John Launer
Listen here 👉https://youtu.be/jQtzaZP_790
#InConversation #FightingfortheSoulofGeneralPractice
John Launer
I work for a part of the NHS that has changed its name so many times that most people refer to it by saying "Or whatever it's called these days."
We're about to be reorganised yet again.
My suggestion is that our next official name should be:
"Or whatever it's called these days"
We're about to be reorganised yet again.
My suggestion is that our next official name should be:
"Or whatever it's called these days"
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I work for a part of the NHS that has changed its name so many times that most people refer to it by saying "Or whatever it's called these days."
We're about to be reorganised yet again.
My suggestion is that our next official name should be:
"Or whatever it's called these days"
We're about to be reorganised yet again.
My suggestion is that our next official name should be:
"Or whatever it's called these days"
Here's a podcast I've just done with Damian Tarnopolsky from the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab in Toronto. He's a very good interviewer and it's short and to the point (21mins). At the end I talk about AI-enhanced narrative medicine.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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NBM Talks: Podcast from the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab - YouTube
NBM Talks is a podcast from the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab at Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. List...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Here's a podcast I've just done with Damian Tarnopolsky from the Narrative-Based Medicine Lab in Toronto. He's a very good interviewer and it's short and to the point (21mins). At the end I talk about AI-enhanced narrative medicine.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
How can you combine a narrative-based approach with statutory mental health assessments?
For your diaries: an important online event coming up on 16th January at the Association of Narrative Practice in Healthcare, led by Tom Cant and Jens Foell.
For your diaries: an important online event coming up on 16th January at the Association of Narrative Practice in Healthcare, led by Tom Cant and Jens Foell.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How can you combine a narrative-based approach with statutory mental health assessments?
For your diaries: an important online event coming up on 16th January at the Association of Narrative Practice in Healthcare, led by Tom Cant and Jens Foell.
For your diaries: an important online event coming up on 16th January at the Association of Narrative Practice in Healthcare, led by Tom Cant and Jens Foell.
I get lots of spurious invitations in my spam box to give lectures or submit papers to journals. I delete 99 per cent...
But every now and again they are so outrageous, I let off steam by sending a rude riposte...
Unfortunately the one I responded to today turned out to be genuine...
Oops.
But every now and again they are so outrageous, I let off steam by sending a rude riposte...
Unfortunately the one I responded to today turned out to be genuine...
Oops.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I get lots of spurious invitations in my spam box to give lectures or submit papers to journals. I delete 99 per cent...
But every now and again they are so outrageous, I let off steam by sending a rude riposte...
Unfortunately the one I responded to today turned out to be genuine...
Oops.
But every now and again they are so outrageous, I let off steam by sending a rude riposte...
Unfortunately the one I responded to today turned out to be genuine...
Oops.
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My parents were from Prague & Vienna.
In the 1960s all our holidays were in a farmhouse near Trefriw, North Wales. There was no electricity.
Today I'm back in Trefriw teaching doctors in Japan on Zoom.
One (from Nagasaki) has joined us from the Prague-Vienna bus.
#globalvillage #synchronicity
In the 1960s all our holidays were in a farmhouse near Trefriw, North Wales. There was no electricity.
Today I'm back in Trefriw teaching doctors in Japan on Zoom.
One (from Nagasaki) has joined us from the Prague-Vienna bus.
#globalvillage #synchronicity
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My parents were from Prague & Vienna.
In the 1960s all our holidays were in a farmhouse near Trefriw, North Wales. There was no electricity.
Today I'm back in Trefriw teaching doctors in Japan on Zoom.
One (from Nagasaki) has joined us from the Prague-Vienna bus.
#globalvillage #synchronicity
In the 1960s all our holidays were in a farmhouse near Trefriw, North Wales. There was no electricity.
Today I'm back in Trefriw teaching doctors in Japan on Zoom.
One (from Nagasaki) has joined us from the Prague-Vienna bus.
#globalvillage #synchronicity
This is a magical piece by Anna Beug, just out online @bjgp.bsky.social It absolutely captures the nature of good family medicine in 'deep end' localities.
bjgplife.com/making-mosai...
bjgplife.com/making-mosai...
Making Mosaics – BJGP Life
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November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is a magical piece by Anna Beug, just out online @bjgp.bsky.social It absolutely captures the nature of good family medicine in 'deep end' localities.
bjgplife.com/making-mosai...
bjgplife.com/making-mosai...
Have you ever attended a course in "Conversations Inviting Change" the narrative-based approach to healthcare consultations and education?
We're now planning two courses starting in 2026 to develop more trainers. Further details here:
www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/2025/11/11/w...
We're now planning two courses starting in 2026 to develop more trainers. Further details here:
www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/2025/11/11/w...
Would you like to become a CIC trainer? Online courses leading to accreditation. – Conversations Inviting Change
www.conversationsinvitingchange.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Have you ever attended a course in "Conversations Inviting Change" the narrative-based approach to healthcare consultations and education?
We're now planning two courses starting in 2026 to develop more trainers. Further details here:
www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/2025/11/11/w...
We're now planning two courses starting in 2026 to develop more trainers. Further details here:
www.conversationsinvitingchange.com/2025/11/11/w...
An irresistible case for doctors and medical organisations to take action to prevent or halt genocide.
Just out @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Just out @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Medicine’s reckoning with genocide and crimes against humanity
Accountability for human rights must guide every collaboration in medicine and science, write Rubin Minhas and colleagues
From Darfur to Tigray to Myanmar, attacks on healthcare have become a weapon...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
An irresistible case for doctors and medical organisations to take action to prevent or halt genocide.
Just out @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Just out @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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Some reflections from my dear partner in educational endeavour regarding the event we ran on learning for dialogue and compassion in a Polarised World.
Thank you to all those who attended and helped plan the day.
@johnlauner.bsky.social
Some reflections from my dear partner in educational endeavour regarding the event we ran on learning for dialogue and compassion in a Polarised World.
Thank you to all those who attended and helped plan the day.
@johnlauner.bsky.social
Learning for dialogue and compassion in a polarised world - by JOHN LAUNER - MedicinaNarrativa.eu
Can listening to personal narratives help health professionals to maintain caring relationships during times of political tensions, whether local or global? This is a question that a colleague and I h...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Some reflections from my dear partner in educational endeavour regarding the event we ran on learning for dialogue and compassion in a Polarised World.
Thank you to all those who attended and helped plan the day.
@johnlauner.bsky.social
Some reflections from my dear partner in educational endeavour regarding the event we ran on learning for dialogue and compassion in a Polarised World.
Thank you to all those who attended and helped plan the day.
@johnlauner.bsky.social
Trump is no doubt too ignorant to realise it, but his alliance to govern Palestine is basically a reconstruction of the Ottoman Empire which did so, more or less peacefully, from 1517 to 1917 (until the British took it over and screwed everything up.)
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump is no doubt too ignorant to realise it, but his alliance to govern Palestine is basically a reconstruction of the Ottoman Empire which did so, more or less peacefully, from 1517 to 1917 (until the British took it over and screwed everything up.)
I love the way AI can't tell when you're taking the mickey.
October 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I love the way AI can't tell when you're taking the mickey.
Medical students and residents learn formulaic ways of conducting consultations. But in reality these can often develop in multiple directions, and be more like freeform jazz than line dancing. How do we teach this?
My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com
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My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com
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John Launer: The pluripotent consultation
Every time I teach, I try to introduce an exercise I’ve never done before. I hope this ensures that people are less likely to be bored if they’ve already been to one of my workshops, but it also keeps...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Medical students and residents learn formulaic ways of conducting consultations. But in reality these can often develop in multiple directions, and be more like freeform jazz than line dancing. How do we teach this?
My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...
My latest "Talking Point" @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...