Ammad Butt
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NHS Doctor. Failing writer. Words in the The Guardian, The Independent, UnHerd and many others
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Public health measures are not a matter for ‘debate’ or starting a conversation; there are real-life consequences to spreading false rhetoric. Read Ammad Butt on the Reform UK conference.
The Right’s Free Speech Delusion
Right-wing politicians and conspiracy theorists are fuelling an anti-expert agenda in Britain. Why is their misinformation seen as a path to power?
tribunemag.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Public health measures are not a matter for ‘debate’ or starting a conversation; there are real-life consequences to spreading false rhetoric. Read Ammad Butt on the Reform UK conference.
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Following NHS support for Ukraine it's hypocritical that UK health workers are threatened with their jobs for their solidarity with Gaza, writes Ammad Butt ⬇️
NHS workers shouldn’t be silenced for speaking out on Gaza
Following NHS support for Ukraine it’s hypocritical that UK health workers are threatened with their jobs for their solidarity with Gaza, writes Ammad Butt.
www.newarab.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Following NHS support for Ukraine it's hypocritical that UK health workers are threatened with their jobs for their solidarity with Gaza, writes Ammad Butt ⬇️
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Authoritarian pandemic policies have sparked a wider distrust of vaccines | Ammad Butt
Low vaccination rates are fuelling UK measles crisis
The upsetting news of a child dying from measles in Liverpool at the weekend should serve as a wake-up call for health leaders and politicians. Preventable diseases are on the rise in Britain, while…
unherd.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Authoritarian pandemic policies have sparked a wider distrust of vaccines | Ammad Butt
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Current analysis shows that spending plans for the NHS will merely maintain the status quo. But for such a radical shift as outlined in Labour’s 10-year plan today, more money will be needed | Ammad Butt
Labour’s 10-year NHS plan sets government up for failure
Overshadowed by the welfare reform failures of the last few days, the NHS 10 Year Plan has finally arrived. Keir Starmer claims it will “fundamentally rewire” the way the UK’s health service will…
unherd.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Current analysis shows that spending plans for the NHS will merely maintain the status quo. But for such a radical shift as outlined in Labour’s 10-year plan today, more money will be needed | Ammad Butt
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The perverse rhetoric around immigration has focused on the wrong international issue. In fact, the real foreign threat to the NHS is its continued use of multinational private corporations.
Ammad Butt on the efforts to sell off the NHS to foreign corporations.
Ammad Butt on the efforts to sell off the NHS to foreign corporations.
The Real Foreign Takeover of the NHS
The government’s willingness to demonise migrant workers is a sign of its increasing moral degradation. Meanwhile, like their New Labour role models, Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting are supremely…
tribunemag.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The perverse rhetoric around immigration has focused on the wrong international issue. In fact, the real foreign threat to the NHS is its continued use of multinational private corporations.
Ammad Butt on the efforts to sell off the NHS to foreign corporations.
Ammad Butt on the efforts to sell off the NHS to foreign corporations.
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TRIBUNE: Keir Starmer's dystopian vision: The NHS may be more at risk from corporate vultures than migrant workers. Is a new era of privatisation on the horizon for Britain's cherished health service?
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The Real Foreign Takeover of the NHS
The government’s willingness to demonise migrant workers is a sign of its increasing moral degradation. Meanwhile, like their New Labour role models, Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting are supremely relaxed about multinational involvement in the NHS.
tribunemag.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
TRIBUNE: Keir Starmer's dystopian vision: The NHS may be more at risk from corporate vultures than migrant workers. Is a new era of privatisation on the horizon for Britain's cherished health service?
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Shema Tariq, Yemisi Bokinni and Ammad Butt are among the six writers selected to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards development programme, which includes a £2,000 bursary. 👇 #BookSky
Shema Tariq and Yemisi Bokinni to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards programme
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April 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Shema Tariq, Yemisi Bokinni and Ammad Butt are among the six writers selected to take part in the Wellcome Collection Non-Fiction Awards development programme, which includes a £2,000 bursary. 👇 #BookSky
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It's unfair to suggest that doctors are adding to pressures on the NHS by overdiagnosing mental health problems, agreed Dr Ammad Butt in The Independent.
Mental health: a case of overdiagnosis?
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theweek.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's unfair to suggest that doctors are adding to pressures on the NHS by overdiagnosing mental health problems, agreed Dr Ammad Butt in The Independent.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting is once again swinging his reformist axe in order to boost NHS efficiency, but has he gone too far? | Ammad Butt
NHS job cuts are a return to Blairism
According to reports yesterday, NHS trusts around the UK may have to make up to 100,000 job cuts in order to meet the target of slashing their “corporate cost” by 50%. Health Secretary Wes Streeting…
unherd.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is once again swinging his reformist axe in order to boost NHS efficiency, but has he gone too far? | Ammad Butt
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'The scrapping of NHS England under Labour’s Milei-esque chainsaw could inject the service with a new lease of life' | Ammad Butt
NHS England abolition is long overdue
Yesterday’s announcement from the Prime Minister marks a landmark shift in Government policy on the NHS. The scrapping of NHS England under Labour’s Milei-esque chainsaw could inject the service with…
unherd.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'The scrapping of NHS England under Labour’s Milei-esque chainsaw could inject the service with a new lease of life' | Ammad Butt
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'During the winter crisis this year, we are seeing "corridor care" become a common sight.'
NHS doctor Ammad Butt on how delays in discharge to social care increase the pressure on A&E departments.
Can Labour deliver lasting reform?
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NHS doctor Ammad Butt on how delays in discharge to social care increase the pressure on A&E departments.
Can Labour deliver lasting reform?
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The NHS winter crisis shows why Labour needs to urgently reform social care
As a doctor in elderly medicine, I have seen patients wait weeks to be discharged — sometimes exacerbating their healthcare issues
hyphenonline.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'During the winter crisis this year, we are seeing "corridor care" become a common sight.'
NHS doctor Ammad Butt on how delays in discharge to social care increase the pressure on A&E departments.
Can Labour deliver lasting reform?
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hyphenonline.com/2025/01/22/n...
NHS doctor Ammad Butt on how delays in discharge to social care increase the pressure on A&E departments.
Can Labour deliver lasting reform?
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The process can be mind-numbing and leaves doctors who just want to help patients despairing.
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Labour's shake-up risks making the NHS even more bloated
Doctors like me are sceptical about the government's planned shake-up which was unveiled by Health Secretary Wes Streeting
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The process can be mind-numbing and leaves doctors who just want to help patients despairing.
✍️ Ammad Butt
✍️ Ammad Butt
Starting my first post on here with a new article in The Guardian on the rise of health misinformation on podcasts and TikTok, and how this could be an underlying shift towards ‘diagonalism’.
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TikTok has opened the door to a new age of medical misinformation – and I’m seeing the results in A&E | Ammad Butt
I am now seeing patients who have chosen not to take medication on the advice of online wellness influencers, says doctor Ammad Butt
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Starting my first post on here with a new article in The Guardian on the rise of health misinformation on podcasts and TikTok, and how this could be an underlying shift towards ‘diagonalism’.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown
My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown
His rise to the Oval Office was meteoric. But what he did afterwards set the standard for statesmanship and public service
* Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010
Though Jimmy Carter was, at the age of 100, the US president who had…
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:39 PM
My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown