Phil Whitaker
@pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social
Doctor, novelist, medical commentator, medical editor of the New Statesman. 'What Is a Doctor?' a narrative non-fiction exploration of the trouble with medicine today - and how to put it right - is published by Canongate.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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If you agree its time to impeach and remove Kristi Noem, heres how you can make your voice heard:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Happy new year
⛔️ SHOCK: “Happy New Year. Same Old Shit.” According To New Report.
🍾 #HappyNewYear from #BrokenNews. Please like and share x
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#BrokenNews - "Happy New Year, Same Old S**t" Says Shocking Report
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
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January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Happy new year
A good-news story from the frontlines of AI
BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
December 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A good-news story from the frontlines of AI
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.
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The Government says it will extend free NHS dental care to young people leaving the care system until their 25th birthday.
This policy makes perfect sense.
If you could get an appointment…
A thread [1]
This policy makes perfect sense.
If you could get an appointment…
A thread [1]
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Government says it will extend free NHS dental care to young people leaving the care system until their 25th birthday.
This policy makes perfect sense.
If you could get an appointment…
A thread [1]
This policy makes perfect sense.
If you could get an appointment…
A thread [1]
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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We have such capacity for love. I wish we knew that
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We have such capacity for love. I wish we knew that
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Brilliant (if depressing) summary of the critical issues behind NHS resident doctor dissatisfaction, with successive govts failing to support or adequately remunerate them. Sad that local GP @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social has left the NHS but glad that his skills/experience are appreciated in Canada
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Brilliant (if depressing) summary of the critical issues behind NHS resident doctor dissatisfaction, with successive govts failing to support or adequately remunerate them. Sad that local GP @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social has left the NHS but glad that his skills/experience are appreciated in Canada
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Excellent piece by @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social about how AI scribes don't save time or provide useful summaries
Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Doctors, beware the AI scribe
The time I spend editing my computerised medical notes outweighs any productivity gains I get from not writing them.
www.newstatesman.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Excellent piece by @pwhitakerwriter.medsky.social about how AI scribes don't save time or provide useful summaries
Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
Doctors, beware the AI scribe - www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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Bluemoose Books is an AI FREE Publisher.
AI cannot create the flawed human experience that is required to write brilliant books.
It is cut & paste hallucination.
It is Tech bros microdosed capitalism.
It is not publishing.
It is scraping.
@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
AI cannot create the flawed human experience that is required to write brilliant books.
It is cut & paste hallucination.
It is Tech bros microdosed capitalism.
It is not publishing.
It is scraping.
@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Bluemoose Books is an AI FREE Publisher.
AI cannot create the flawed human experience that is required to write brilliant books.
It is cut & paste hallucination.
It is Tech bros microdosed capitalism.
It is not publishing.
It is scraping.
@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
AI cannot create the flawed human experience that is required to write brilliant books.
It is cut & paste hallucination.
It is Tech bros microdosed capitalism.
It is not publishing.
It is scraping.
@thebookseller.com
@theguardian.com
35 mins long but there’s so much in here for anyone contending with a life-changing disease youtu.be/FzTiRpI57-4
Snowboarding Through Arthritis - Where Arthritis Meets Adrenaline
YouTube video by Adam Newton
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May 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
35 mins long but there’s so much in here for anyone contending with a life-changing disease youtu.be/FzTiRpI57-4
A dream becomes reality: Wembley shook and it was beautiful insidecroydon.com/2025/05/18/a... #Croydon #cpfc @cpfchq.bsky.social @theeaglesbeak.bsky.social @wsc.co.uk
A dream becomes reality: Wembley shook and it was beautiful
2025 FA CUP FINAL: Inside Croydon’s PETER GILLMAN was among the accredited media at Wembley for a historic day which captured the imagination of the nation and fulfilled the dreams of footbal…
insidecroydon.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @shaunlintern.bsky.social @hpiandycowper.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social
Extraordinary how NHS commissioners continue to repeat same mistakes ad nauseum. Here, a brilliant pioneering GP surgery, run as a CIC, staffed by ppl deeply committed to the community, faces losing its contract to a for-profit company based hundreds of miles away
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it: Wellsbourne Healthcare GP surgery under threat
Shock and dismay as much-admired GP practice in East Brighton set to be taken over by a profit-making healthcare company based in Leeds
sussexbylines.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Extraordinary how NHS commissioners continue to repeat same mistakes ad nauseum. Here, a brilliant pioneering GP surgery, run as a CIC, staffed by ppl deeply committed to the community, faces losing its contract to a for-profit company based hundreds of miles away
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it: Wellsbourne Healthcare GP surgery under threat
Shock and dismay as much-admired GP practice in East Brighton set to be taken over by a profit-making healthcare company based in Leeds
sussexbylines.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Extraordinary how NHS commissioners continue to repeat same mistakes ad nauseum. Here, a brilliant pioneering GP surgery, run as a CIC, staffed by ppl deeply committed to the community, faces losing its contract to a for-profit company based hundreds of miles away
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
sussexbylines.co.uk/news/health-...
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"My experience has been that patients who are assessed go on to receive an ADHD diagnosis without exception, which leads me to question the rigour of the process."
@helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
@helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"My experience has been that patients who are assessed go on to receive an ADHD diagnosis without exception, which leads me to question the rigour of the process."
@helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
@helensalisbury.bsky.social discusses the problem with outsourced diagnosis of ADHD
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.
April 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When the moment came, Harvard didn’t hedge or flinch—it stood up. A reminder that integrity isn’t complicated, it’s just rare.