Dr Gareth Kelly
@gazk.bsky.social
Dad, husband, GP with a special interest in gerontology. Definitely a Hobbit. Loves all things geeky. Rugby fan. STP. Hates the Tories , Farage and Trump 🏴 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
The Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63
Mani's brother, Greg, announced the death of the father-of-two on Facebook.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
news.sky.com/story/the-st...
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
The Stone Roses bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield dies aged 63
Mani's brother, Greg, announced the death of the father-of-two on Facebook.
news.sky.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
news.sky.com/story/the-st...
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
Absolutely gutted. Hugely influential Manc legend, and probably the greatest bassist of his generation.
I still try, badly, to play his bass lines.
RIP mani.
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Vaccines do not cause autism.
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
January 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Vaccines do not cause autism.
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
Keep saying things that have been demonstrated by robust science and are the subject or organised disinformation. Don’t just ignore the attempts to brainwash.
#academicsky
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
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Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Absolutely. I'm glad the BMA have now started to shout a bit more about these aspects
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Absolutely. I'm glad the BMA have now started to shout a bit more about these aspects
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Resident doctors aren't greedy, and they're not militant.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Resident doctors aren't greedy, and they're not militant.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
It's just that after YEARS of being in an abusive relationship with government, they've finally recognised their worth.
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This is actually really powerful.
We hear all the time about the amount of doctors leaving for better pay and conditions (fair play) but how many of us REALLY stop to consider the consequences?
If you think it's hard to get an appointment now - just you wait.
Stand with your Resident Doctors.
We hear all the time about the amount of doctors leaving for better pay and conditions (fair play) but how many of us REALLY stop to consider the consequences?
If you think it's hard to get an appointment now - just you wait.
Stand with your Resident Doctors.
Haunting words from Dr Susie who we spoke to earlier:
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is actually really powerful.
We hear all the time about the amount of doctors leaving for better pay and conditions (fair play) but how many of us REALLY stop to consider the consequences?
If you think it's hard to get an appointment now - just you wait.
Stand with your Resident Doctors.
We hear all the time about the amount of doctors leaving for better pay and conditions (fair play) but how many of us REALLY stop to consider the consequences?
If you think it's hard to get an appointment now - just you wait.
Stand with your Resident Doctors.
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Haunting words from Dr Susie who we spoke to earlier:
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Haunting words from Dr Susie who we spoke to earlier:
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
"A huge number are leaving. Conditions [in NZ/Oz] are better because their system isn't as crumbling as ours, but if they make a life there - why would they come back?"
Stand with your Resident Doctors. You'll miss them when they're gone.
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Removing discretionary local funding like this would end up with many practices closing almost overnight as this funding keeps them open after years of funding attrition.
It’d be a deliberate act as well as its not exactly a state secret that many practices are just holding as it is.
It’d be a deliberate act as well as its not exactly a state secret that many practices are just holding as it is.
Raid on GP enhanced services cash could fund neighbourhood contracts
@thedauk.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social said that if enhanced services were removed from practices 'that's going to decimate finances'.
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@thedauk.bsky.social GP spokesperson @drstevetaylor.bsky.social said that if enhanced services were removed from practices 'that's going to decimate finances'.
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Raid on GP enhanced services cash could fund neighbourhood contracts
Practice finances could be 'decimated' if the government approves a raid on hundreds of millions of pounds in enhanced services cash to fund new neighbourhood contracts, GPs fear.
www.gponline.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Removing discretionary local funding like this would end up with many practices closing almost overnight as this funding keeps them open after years of funding attrition.
It’d be a deliberate act as well as its not exactly a state secret that many practices are just holding as it is.
It’d be a deliberate act as well as its not exactly a state secret that many practices are just holding as it is.
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And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And now for a far less serious cat post #catsofbluesky
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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It has it's faults, and is far from perfect, but an impartial state run broadcaster, independent from Capital & Capital's baser interests is of crucial importance in the modern world.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It has it's faults, and is far from perfect, but an impartial state run broadcaster, independent from Capital & Capital's baser interests is of crucial importance in the modern world.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
We will be so diminished as a country if the Right get their way and dismantle it.
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The BBC is an incredible publicly owned institution that everyone in this country should be proud of 📺
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
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It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee
Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The BBC is an incredible publicly owned institution that everyone in this country should be proud of 📺
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It is "by miles the most watched, listened to and read of all platforms in the UK" and "most trusted, at 60%"
Excellent piece @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If I had only 6 letters to describe Britain, they would be NHS-BBC.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
Both have been under sustained attack by politicians for over decade.
And I would be dishonest if I didn’t point out the BBC has played a major role in attacking our NHS.
Nevertheless, both are utterly essential to our democracy.
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It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s often hard to get your MP to understand specific GP problems and influence decisions
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
Take for example Ilford North where GP to patient ratios are some of the worst in the country and aren’t improving
2661 patients/GP up 510 since 2018
🏴 2257 patients/GP
If only the local MP had any influence
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GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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Not for the 1st time I'm remembering the nurse who stayed on past the end of her shift to save my life.
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Government claims it can only afford 2.5% pay rise for England’s NHS staff
The government’s submission to the NHS Pay Review Body argues it cannot afford to give NHS staff in England a pay rise of more than 2.5%.
www.nursingtimes.net
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Not for the 1st time I'm remembering the nurse who stayed on past the end of her shift to save my life.
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
Underpaying them is a false economy. The NHS runs on goodwill, remove that (which they're actively doing) & watch how much quicker the whole thing collapses.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/go...
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Wes Streeting & Labour are planning the demise of the Family Doctor this was clear 2yrs ago
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
November 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Wes Streeting & Labour are planning the demise of the Family Doctor this was clear 2yrs ago
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding
Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP
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Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Paxlovid from Pfizer costs $15 to make and now retails for $1500.
Insane
Insane
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Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Am I missing something here?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?
Is it not LITERALLY his job to make sure it IS easier to see a GP?