Dr Ally Hobbs
@allyhobbs.bsky.social
Old school GP. Mum to 2 boys (currently 11&9) & wife to Rich who is exclusively found on LinkedIn. Evangelical Christian. Wild swimmer. Active traveller. Semi-reluctant runner. Occasional triathlete. Views my own. Would love to see a free & equal world
@felly500.bsky.social
My 12yo still hasn’t had his flu jab. Just checked with school (All Saints) and they’re due next Tuesday. Surely this is way too late??? Hoping something being said about this higher up?
My 12yo still hasn’t had his flu jab. Just checked with school (All Saints) and they’re due next Tuesday. Surely this is way too late??? Hoping something being said about this higher up?
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
@felly500.bsky.social
My 12yo still hasn’t had his flu jab. Just checked with school (All Saints) and they’re due next Tuesday. Surely this is way too late??? Hoping something being said about this higher up?
My 12yo still hasn’t had his flu jab. Just checked with school (All Saints) and they’re due next Tuesday. Surely this is way too late??? Hoping something being said about this higher up?
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A man infected with measles has just died in New Mexico- he was unvaccinated. In the US, ~ last year 40% of people with measles were so sick they needed to hospitalized. Vaccines can prevent this.
Adult infected with measles dies in New Mexico, health officials say
Person from Lea county had been unvaccinated and did not seek care but virus not yet confirmed as cause of death
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A man infected with measles has just died in New Mexico- he was unvaccinated. In the US, ~ last year 40% of people with measles were so sick they needed to hospitalized. Vaccines can prevent this.
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6 of us Celebrating 25 years since we all started training, all still GPs- just! What keeps us going? I think pics speak from themselves 😺#medsky
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@allyhobbs.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
6 of us Celebrating 25 years since we all started training, all still GPs- just! What keeps us going? I think pics speak from themselves 😺#medsky
@allyhobbs.bsky.social
@allyhobbs.bsky.social
A sneaky Friday morning of TOIL. 4 degrees in. Bit warmer out in the (almost) Spring sunshine. Just beautiful #wildswimming
February 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A sneaky Friday morning of TOIL. 4 degrees in. Bit warmer out in the (almost) Spring sunshine. Just beautiful #wildswimming
Terrifying
The red ones are America’s new allies. The future is already here.
BREAKING: US supports Russia and votes against UN resolution initiated by Ukraine and Europe.
Seismic statement that the US administration now sides with Putin.
Seismic statement that the US administration now sides with Putin.
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Terrifying
This 🙈😳😬
It's weird when a single country has a Pyongyang style hold on how other nations use that technology.
This should be deeply concerning to all residents of earth outside of the US.
This should be deeply concerning to all residents of earth outside of the US.
February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This 🙈😳😬
💯
The new definition of #GeneralPractice clearly delineates the distinct contribution of GPs within a wider team as consultants in community-based whole-person medicine
doi.org/10.3399/bjgp...
@joannelreeve.bsky.social
#PrimaryCare
doi.org/10.3399/bjgp...
@joannelreeve.bsky.social
#PrimaryCare
January 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
💯
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Their faith lets them worship power while they’re offended by mercy. It’s not Christianity they’re practicing.
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Their faith lets them worship power while they’re offended by mercy. It’s not Christianity they’re practicing.
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He lied & lied & lied & lied & no-one in the NHS will ever see him as anything other than a grasping, greedy, crooked, venal, narcissistic charlatan.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Half of new hospitals promised by Boris Johnson will not be built for decades
Exclusive: Labour to announce removal of many of 40 planned projects as costs spiral to estimated £30bn
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
He lied & lied & lied & lied & no-one in the NHS will ever see him as anything other than a grasping, greedy, crooked, venal, narcissistic charlatan.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
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Lots to learn from other countries, but specific context and nuance really matters says @sjanereed.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social
Prev attempts to lift and shift #hospitaltohome from other countries have often failed because they have functional social care. We don’t.
Prev attempts to lift and shift #hospitaltohome from other countries have often failed because they have functional social care. We don’t.
January 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Lots to learn from other countries, but specific context and nuance really matters says @sjanereed.bsky.social @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social
Prev attempts to lift and shift #hospitaltohome from other countries have often failed because they have functional social care. We don’t.
Prev attempts to lift and shift #hospitaltohome from other countries have often failed because they have functional social care. We don’t.
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And now for the parody that makes a mockery of the real NHS England pathway
January 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
And now for the parody that makes a mockery of the real NHS England pathway
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Everyone with even a smidgeon of clinical training can see that this scenario is completely barking mad (expensive, wasteful, unnecessary, inappropriate)
Are there no doctors at all left at NHSE? Is no-one talking to them now?
Deeply embarrassing.
Are there no doctors at all left at NHSE? Is no-one talking to them now?
Deeply embarrassing.
So this is the new great idea🤔
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
January 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Everyone with even a smidgeon of clinical training can see that this scenario is completely barking mad (expensive, wasteful, unnecessary, inappropriate)
Are there no doctors at all left at NHSE? Is no-one talking to them now?
Deeply embarrassing.
Are there no doctors at all left at NHSE? Is no-one talking to them now?
Deeply embarrassing.
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NHS England would be better using AI for their referral pathways rather than the current incumbents
AI understands patients need to see a GP🤷🏻♂️
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
I despair at the current state of NHS England planning, funding more GPs will save £Millions in care & referrals
AI understands patients need to see a GP🤷🏻♂️
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
I despair at the current state of NHS England planning, funding more GPs will save £Millions in care & referrals
January 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
NHS England would be better using AI for their referral pathways rather than the current incumbents
AI understands patients need to see a GP🤷🏻♂️
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
I despair at the current state of NHS England planning, funding more GPs will save £Millions in care & referrals
AI understands patients need to see a GP🤷🏻♂️
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
I despair at the current state of NHS England planning, funding more GPs will save £Millions in care & referrals
Don’t even know where to start. Just what do the NHS manager bosses think I do all day?????
@wesstreeting.bsky.social
@wesstreeting.bsky.social
So this is the new great idea🤔
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
I’m pretty sure if Sarah had seen a GP she wouldn’t have needed to have a CT scan, no need to speak to the ENT registrar & yes it could be managed in the community
Why does NHS England always underestimate the skills of GPs?
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
January 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Don’t even know where to start. Just what do the NHS manager bosses think I do all day?????
@wesstreeting.bsky.social
@wesstreeting.bsky.social
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Context is key to understanding the pressures in the NHS
111 have 69200 calls a day
A&E 72000 attendances
Ambulance incidents 25000
GP practices have 1.4million consultations & several million more calls
GP practices deal with 90% of demand & 20% more than 2019
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
111 have 69200 calls a day
A&E 72000 attendances
Ambulance incidents 25000
GP practices have 1.4million consultations & several million more calls
GP practices deal with 90% of demand & 20% more than 2019
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Context is key to understanding the pressures in the NHS
111 have 69200 calls a day
A&E 72000 attendances
Ambulance incidents 25000
GP practices have 1.4million consultations & several million more calls
GP practices deal with 90% of demand & 20% more than 2019
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
111 have 69200 calls a day
A&E 72000 attendances
Ambulance incidents 25000
GP practices have 1.4million consultations & several million more calls
GP practices deal with 90% of demand & 20% more than 2019
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social
Yes this!! 3/4 of us (2 adults age 51 & son age 11) have been floored by it. Feels like the vaccine was a placebo (although whatever the 9yo had protected him!) FIL just been admitted to hospital with confirmed flu.
Do we know if the main variant causing the wave is in the vaccine?
January 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yes this!! 3/4 of us (2 adults age 51 & son age 11) have been floored by it. Feels like the vaccine was a placebo (although whatever the 9yo had protected him!) FIL just been admitted to hospital with confirmed flu.
I’ve been absolutely floored by flu this last week and that’s despite the vaccine. Struggled to persuade many younger patients to have it. And couldn’t give Covid vaccines away. A long winter ahead….
Looked into declining flu and Covid vaccine uptake in NHS staff - bottom line is services need to prioritise, communicate and make it easy to access www.bmj.com/content/387/...
Flu and covid: Could NHS do more to ensure doctors get vaccinated this winter?
With vaccination rates against respiratory illnesses continuing to decline among healthcare staff, Emma Wilkinson examines what’s behind the trend and efforts to tackle it
Flu hit early this year, an...
www.bmj.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I’ve been absolutely floored by flu this last week and that’s despite the vaccine. Struggled to persuade many younger patients to have it. And couldn’t give Covid vaccines away. A long winter ahead….
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£3 a week pays for all your GP services
This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms
If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices
This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms
If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices
December 18, 2024 at 7:48 AM
£3 a week pays for all your GP services
This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms
If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices
This is 67p less than 8 years ago in real terms
If you can’t see a GP it’s because NHS England have cut the funding for GP practices
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The podcast is 3 years old this month. I’m running a birthday giveaway. If you’d like a chance to win a copy of “My Favourite Mistake” please comment on the post and ideally repost it, or tag a friend or colleague who might like the podcast. Draw either 30th November or when I get to 500 followers
December 10, 2024 at 7:05 PM
@bedsidereading.bsky.social is here! 🦋 do follow & listen!
sharing a love of books & reading in HCP community
#medsky
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social
@drkatie.bsky.social
@alanshirley.bsky.social
@allyhobbs.bsky.social
@benallengp.bsky.social
Give BDR a RT!
sharing a love of books & reading in HCP community
#medsky
@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social
@drkatie.bsky.social
@alanshirley.bsky.social
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Thanks @benallengp.bsky.social have signed up!!
⭐️This is the most brilliant NHS perk I've come across!⭐️
We've started going to watch the Sharks Basketball.
There are loads of different tickets, not just sport.
www.ticketsforgood.org
We've started going to watch the Sharks Basketball.
There are loads of different tickets, not just sport.
www.ticketsforgood.org
Tickets For Good
Free and discounted tickets for the NHS, charity sector workers and cost of living payment recipients. Donated by the UK’s top live event partners.
www.ticketsforgood.org
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Thanks @benallengp.bsky.social have signed up!!
Yes I have had several awkward conversations with octogenarians when I basically haven’t had a clue as to why they aren’t eligible…. 🙈🤷🏽♀️
If they are concerned about NHS capacity this winter with a potential quademic of aerosol transmitted diseases isn’t it time to try n prevent more by ventilation/masking and expanding vax capacity eg why only 75-79 yr old but not 81yr old eligible for RSV?
Wes Streeting holds winter crisis talks with NHS bosses in England
Health secretary tells hospitals to put safety above waiting time targets after service warned of potential ‘quad-demic’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Yes I have had several awkward conversations with octogenarians when I basically haven’t had a clue as to why they aren’t eligible…. 🙈🤷🏽♀️