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Michael Searles
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Deputy Health Editor at The Telegraph
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"FOUR IN FIVE NHS HOSPITALS FAILING"
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Four in five #NHS #HospitalTrusts are failing, according to the first league tables of their kind.

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September 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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No evidence it’s safe for physician associates to work in NHS, says review. By MJA member @michaelsearles.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
No evidence it’s safe for physician associates to work in NHS, says BMJ review
Call for clear national guidelines defining PA roles and limits after a number of high-profile cases of harm and death
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March 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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NHS to cut thousands of managers and free up millions for front line, writes MJA member @michaelsearles.bsky.social telegraph.co.uk/gift/a3edd76...
NHS to cut thousands of managers and free up millions for front line
It is understood the move will raise an extra £325m when combined with other savings, as employees are told about the plans on Thursday
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February 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Doctors’ watchdog tried to water down rules on physician associates, writes @michaelsearles.bsky.social and @lauradonnelly.bsky.social
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Doctors’ watchdog tried to water down rules on physician associates
GMC fought against guidance intended to improve supervision and protect patients from harm, saying it was too ‘burdensome’
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January 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Exc: New scope of practice for physician associates from the RCP in today’s paper 👇🏼

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December 16, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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The Daily Telegraph: Labour bid to ‘bulldoze’ the Home
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December 11, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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🚨🤒 Flu hospital rates doubled this week and tripled amongst the over-85s.

In the same week the NHS saw record high numbers waiting over 30 mins for ambulance handovers. And it's just week one of peak winter pressures...

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NHS warns of ‘quad-demic’ as flu cases surge
Health service reports surge in winter vomiting bug, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus, plus continuing cases of Covid
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December 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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Men born in Blackpool now have the lowest life expectancy in Britain, supplanting Glasgow for the first time

All the latest figures, graphs and maps below, with @benbutcher.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12...
Blackpool overtakes Glasgow as the place with lowest male life expectancy in Britain
Men born into the coastal town on the north-west of England can expect to live six years less than the national average
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December 4, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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🏥 The NHS is entering its winter period - but already leading doctors are warning of "New Year's Eve-like pressures".

This comes as new figures show flu vaccine uptake has plummeted, which could add to the problems - with
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‘Unprepared’ NHS risks being overwhelmed by surge in winter flu
Medics warn low vaccine uptake and ‘unacceptable’ winter fuel payment cut likely to increase cases and deaths among the elderly
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December 2, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Significant intervention from the Government today in relation to physician associates which @lauradonnelly.bsky.social broke last week. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Streeting orders review of physician associates to end ‘toxic debate’
Health Secretary makes intervention amid growing concern over safety of workers used in NHS
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November 20, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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We are still just finding our feet on here but we've created a starter pack for UK based health and science journalists. Follow them and let us know if you're a journo or MJA member and want adding:

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November 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM