Amanda W-G-> just me!
@amandaw-g.bsky.social
Happy Wife & proud Mum.
Fascinated by people & Medicine, (Retired GP principal).
Love-kids,animals,music,food,travel. Hate-Cruelty,Unfairness,COVID & Brexit.
Mantra-'There must be a way'.
Fascinated by people & Medicine, (Retired GP principal).
Love-kids,animals,music,food,travel. Hate-Cruelty,Unfairness,COVID & Brexit.
Mantra-'There must be a way'.
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Latest England COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
October 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Latest England COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
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How is this amazing speech by Ashley James not viral?
100% accurate discussion on Farage, swans, migrants & media by Ashley James on This Morning @thismorningitv.bsky.social - especially after Rylan
"The real cause of decline in our country… cost of living… youth clubs… police numbers… no social housing… migrants didn't do that, politicians did."
"The real cause of decline in our country… cost of living… youth clubs… police numbers… no social housing… migrants didn't do that, politicians did."
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
How is this amazing speech by Ashley James not viral?
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102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts
You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many
27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts
You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts
You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many
27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts
You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many
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this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes
after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking
paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
www.thelancet.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.
It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
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Wes & Keir “We’ve a great plan to speed up access to GPs - video, telephones, technology”
GPs 🤷🏻♂️-“You mean all the stuff we’ve had for years”
How about some REAL support?
Funding for GPs to see patients & provide the care they need in General Practice
Yours. GP luddite
GPs 🤷🏻♂️-“You mean all the stuff we’ve had for years”
How about some REAL support?
Funding for GPs to see patients & provide the care they need in General Practice
Yours. GP luddite
September 30, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Wes & Keir “We’ve a great plan to speed up access to GPs - video, telephones, technology”
GPs 🤷🏻♂️-“You mean all the stuff we’ve had for years”
How about some REAL support?
Funding for GPs to see patients & provide the care they need in General Practice
Yours. GP luddite
GPs 🤷🏻♂️-“You mean all the stuff we’ve had for years”
How about some REAL support?
Funding for GPs to see patients & provide the care they need in General Practice
Yours. GP luddite
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This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
September 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This is the coolest man in the UK.
It's not even close.
It's not even close.
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🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
August 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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This definitive document fills a massive void and casts aside all the ambiguity and misinformation perpetuated within current IPC manuals (and the former ‘4-nations IPC guidance’).
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
Healthcare Workers Still Exposed. Experts demand action to keep healthcare workers and patients safe. - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
Aside from the huge loss of life and legacy of illness among healthcare workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are at particular risk from exposure to airborne diseases. Many...
www.bohs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This definitive document fills a massive void and casts aside all the ambiguity and misinformation perpetuated within current IPC manuals (and the former ‘4-nations IPC guidance’).
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
See Press release here:
www.bohs.org/media-resour...
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Neoliberal destruction of the NHS
UK has 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people
Germany 7.6
OECD average 4.6
Worse in many places. Hackney in London 0.9, lower than Mexico. Bedfordshire 1.7, same as Colombia.
Sick people can't work. Can't boost GDP & productivity without better healthcare.
UK has 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people
Germany 7.6
OECD average 4.6
Worse in many places. Hackney in London 0.9, lower than Mexico. Bedfordshire 1.7, same as Colombia.
Sick people can't work. Can't boost GDP & productivity without better healthcare.
Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits
Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...
leftfootforward.org
August 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Neoliberal destruction of the NHS
UK has 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people
Germany 7.6
OECD average 4.6
Worse in many places. Hackney in London 0.9, lower than Mexico. Bedfordshire 1.7, same as Colombia.
Sick people can't work. Can't boost GDP & productivity without better healthcare.
UK has 2.4 hospital beds per 1,000 people
Germany 7.6
OECD average 4.6
Worse in many places. Hackney in London 0.9, lower than Mexico. Bedfordshire 1.7, same as Colombia.
Sick people can't work. Can't boost GDP & productivity without better healthcare.
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GP working hours are so often understated in official statistics only counting a session (half day) as 4hrs 10mins
Full-time working 50-60hrs
Average ‘Part-time’ 6 session GP working 36hrs
GPs who chose less sessions are also paid less proportionally so cost less
pru.hssc.ac.uk/assets/uploa...
Full-time working 50-60hrs
Average ‘Part-time’ 6 session GP working 36hrs
GPs who chose less sessions are also paid less proportionally so cost less
pru.hssc.ac.uk/assets/uploa...
August 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
GP working hours are so often understated in official statistics only counting a session (half day) as 4hrs 10mins
Full-time working 50-60hrs
Average ‘Part-time’ 6 session GP working 36hrs
GPs who chose less sessions are also paid less proportionally so cost less
pru.hssc.ac.uk/assets/uploa...
Full-time working 50-60hrs
Average ‘Part-time’ 6 session GP working 36hrs
GPs who chose less sessions are also paid less proportionally so cost less
pru.hssc.ac.uk/assets/uploa...
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My new special MICHAEL SPICER : MEDIA STUDIES is out now.
Contains Conclave, Columbo and Cats. Hope you like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yx...
Contains Conclave, Columbo and Cats. Hope you like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yx...
Michael Spicer : Media Studies
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
My new special MICHAEL SPICER : MEDIA STUDIES is out now.
Contains Conclave, Columbo and Cats. Hope you like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yx...
Contains Conclave, Columbo and Cats. Hope you like it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yx...
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The only change is 20% more people have a consultation and face to face appointments are back to pre-pandemic levels
So that’s 31million appts a month and 5 million more than 2019
And this with 20% less funding no more GPs because the Govt hasn’t funded them
Can’t see a GP blame your MPs
So that’s 31million appts a month and 5 million more than 2019
And this with 20% less funding no more GPs because the Govt hasn’t funded them
Can’t see a GP blame your MPs
July 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The only change is 20% more people have a consultation and face to face appointments are back to pre-pandemic levels
So that’s 31million appts a month and 5 million more than 2019
And this with 20% less funding no more GPs because the Govt hasn’t funded them
Can’t see a GP blame your MPs
So that’s 31million appts a month and 5 million more than 2019
And this with 20% less funding no more GPs because the Govt hasn’t funded them
Can’t see a GP blame your MPs
Oh Rory!
I know you like to keep us on our toes,shooting all over the course & yet,(mostly),still pulling it off at the last moment,& that there was that painful early exit at Royal Portrush last year,but l don't think my nerves can cope with more: under pressure erratic genius' drama at The Open.🍀
I know you like to keep us on our toes,shooting all over the course & yet,(mostly),still pulling it off at the last moment,& that there was that painful early exit at Royal Portrush last year,but l don't think my nerves can cope with more: under pressure erratic genius' drama at The Open.🍀
a woman in a black shirt says play it safe okay ?
ALT: a woman in a black shirt says play it safe okay ?
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Oh Rory!
I know you like to keep us on our toes,shooting all over the course & yet,(mostly),still pulling it off at the last moment,& that there was that painful early exit at Royal Portrush last year,but l don't think my nerves can cope with more: under pressure erratic genius' drama at The Open.🍀
I know you like to keep us on our toes,shooting all over the course & yet,(mostly),still pulling it off at the last moment,& that there was that painful early exit at Royal Portrush last year,but l don't think my nerves can cope with more: under pressure erratic genius' drama at The Open.🍀
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Imagine if there was as much media coverage of the £169 million in profit made by 5 eye companies delivering NHS care in a *single year* as there is about worker strikes.
July 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Imagine if there was as much media coverage of the £169 million in profit made by 5 eye companies delivering NHS care in a *single year* as there is about worker strikes.
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Please know that NHS doctors & nurses like me would never urge you to do something that could endanger your child.
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
nhs.uk
July 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Please know that NHS doctors & nurses like me would never urge you to do something that could endanger your child.
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
Really reliable NHS info on vaccines can be found here.
Please read, it’s excellent. (2/3)
nhs.uk/vaccinations/
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Shame on you @telegraphnews.bsky.social for giving infamous UK anti-vaxer Aseem Malhotra a platform on the very day we learn a child has died of measles in Liverpool.
You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid?
Shame on you.
You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid?
Shame on you.
July 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Shame on you @telegraphnews.bsky.social for giving infamous UK anti-vaxer Aseem Malhotra a platform on the very day we learn a child has died of measles in Liverpool.
You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid?
Shame on you.
You do understand, don’t you, that it’s exactly this kind of scaremongering that leaves parents so anxious & afraid?
Shame on you.
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also i don't think it is "counterintuitive" at all and is something we have known and described for years
that a lack of beds to admit sick patients in to are the cause of long waits and overcrowding in Emergency Departments rather than lots of attendances of non-admitted patients
that a lack of beds to admit sick patients in to are the cause of long waits and overcrowding in Emergency Departments rather than lots of attendances of non-admitted patients
July 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
also i don't think it is "counterintuitive" at all and is something we have known and described for years
that a lack of beds to admit sick patients in to are the cause of long waits and overcrowding in Emergency Departments rather than lots of attendances of non-admitted patients
that a lack of beds to admit sick patients in to are the cause of long waits and overcrowding in Emergency Departments rather than lots of attendances of non-admitted patients
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everyone who is anyone in acute/emergency medicine has been saying this for years
too few beds
too many beds filled with people who don't need to be there but have nowhere else to go until support available
but too many politicians/media commentators focus on stopping attendances
too few beds
too many beds filled with people who don't need to be there but have nowhere else to go until support available
but too many politicians/media commentators focus on stopping attendances
July 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
everyone who is anyone in acute/emergency medicine has been saying this for years
too few beds
too many beds filled with people who don't need to be there but have nowhere else to go until support available
but too many politicians/media commentators focus on stopping attendances
too few beds
too many beds filled with people who don't need to be there but have nowhere else to go until support available
but too many politicians/media commentators focus on stopping attendances
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Trying to understand how we got to the point where we have to argue the idea that you need a medical degree to practice medicine
Not only that, trying to convince others that qualifications & regulation matter in a safety critical industry for patients
What do you even say 🤷🏻♂️
Not only that, trying to convince others that qualifications & regulation matter in a safety critical industry for patients
What do you even say 🤷🏻♂️
a woman in a lab coat is holding a folder
ALT: a woman in a lab coat is holding a folder
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trying to understand how we got to the point where we have to argue the idea that you need a medical degree to practice medicine
Not only that, trying to convince others that qualifications & regulation matter in a safety critical industry for patients
What do you even say 🤷🏻♂️
Not only that, trying to convince others that qualifications & regulation matter in a safety critical industry for patients
What do you even say 🤷🏻♂️
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No GP wants this, name another NHS service providing 20% more with 20% less funding, that gets as much flack & as little support
This is the problem
1/9 people waiting for hospital treatment
500k more people long term sick
2300 patients per GP - 500 more than 2016
20% less £
This is the problem
1/9 people waiting for hospital treatment
500k more people long term sick
2300 patients per GP - 500 more than 2016
20% less £
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
No GP wants this, name another NHS service providing 20% more with 20% less funding, that gets as much flack & as little support
This is the problem
1/9 people waiting for hospital treatment
500k more people long term sick
2300 patients per GP - 500 more than 2016
20% less £
This is the problem
1/9 people waiting for hospital treatment
500k more people long term sick
2300 patients per GP - 500 more than 2016
20% less £
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May 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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It seemed completely mad that the (esteemed) Crick Institute offer for early testing was not even responded to,
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Astonishing evidence at the Covid Inquiry.
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
The Government repeatedly ignored offers from the Crick Institute to provide mass testing on a national scale.
Instead, the Government paid Deloitte consultants to project manage, not yet established, privately run labs.
1/2
May 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
It seemed completely mad that the (esteemed) Crick Institute offer for early testing was not even responded to,
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
Especially if it rolled out a testing protocol and was the lead institute of other organisations using their protocols.
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Kids are locked out of home ownership, burdened with tuition fees, suffer massive poverty, are threatened by the climate crisis and AI, had their live chances whacked by Brexit, have no healthcare support, and are constantly monstered by the press.
They don't need "grit"; they need fairness.
They don't need "grit"; they need fairness.
May 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Kids are locked out of home ownership, burdened with tuition fees, suffer massive poverty, are threatened by the climate crisis and AI, had their live chances whacked by Brexit, have no healthcare support, and are constantly monstered by the press.
They don't need "grit"; they need fairness.
They don't need "grit"; they need fairness.
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As always, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social says it best
Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
May 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
As always, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social says it best