Martin Bell
@martinbell1966.bsky.social
North Yorkshire. NHS, healthcare, social care, business, healthtech, digital health, consultancy, foodie, wine, dog lover….and more 😊👋
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
#LestWeForget
(Pictures: St Andrew’s, Aldborough)
#LestWeForget
(Pictures: St Andrew’s, Aldborough)
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
#LestWeForget
(Pictures: St Andrew’s, Aldborough)
#LestWeForget
(Pictures: St Andrew’s, Aldborough)
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"The people who jostled their way into this lane for a grotesquely outsize cash bonanza and then boasted about helping the nation were profiteering, plain and simple."
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Michelle Mone told us ‘business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde
After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay £122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhood, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"The people who jostled their way into this lane for a grotesquely outsize cash bonanza and then boasted about helping the nation were profiteering, plain and simple."
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde 💥
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’ve done a poll over on LinkedIn. If you are on that platform Please vote, comment, share etc.
It would be great to get a decent sample
You can do same here, but I couldn’t work out how to do a poll here 😊
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It would be great to get a decent sample
You can do same here, but I couldn’t work out how to do a poll here 😊
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Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme | Martin Bell
I wanted to do a poll but LinkedIn seemed to block it, so trying a post this way.
The UK Government is announcing compulsory digital ID for adults.
If you support - press LIKE 👍
If you oppose - ...
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September 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’ve done a poll over on LinkedIn. If you are on that platform Please vote, comment, share etc.
It would be great to get a decent sample
You can do same here, but I couldn’t work out how to do a poll here 😊
www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
It would be great to get a decent sample
You can do same here, but I couldn’t work out how to do a poll here 😊
www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
My take on the #NHS 10 year plan over on that there Linkedin 👍
#DigitalHealth
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#DigitalHealth
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July 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My take on the #NHS 10 year plan over on that there Linkedin 👍
#DigitalHealth
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#DigitalHealth
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UNEMPLOYED GPs by @nhsengland.bsky.social
GP training posts up 4000pa
Funding to GP practices cut 20% since 2016 (£2bn)
NHSE introduced ARRS via PCNs (£1.7bn) with GP practices ‘given’ staff in alternative roles for ‘free’
GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs
GP training posts up 4000pa
Funding to GP practices cut 20% since 2016 (£2bn)
NHSE introduced ARRS via PCNs (£1.7bn) with GP practices ‘given’ staff in alternative roles for ‘free’
GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs
June 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
UNEMPLOYED GPs by @nhsengland.bsky.social
GP training posts up 4000pa
Funding to GP practices cut 20% since 2016 (£2bn)
NHSE introduced ARRS via PCNs (£1.7bn) with GP practices ‘given’ staff in alternative roles for ‘free’
GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs
GP training posts up 4000pa
Funding to GP practices cut 20% since 2016 (£2bn)
NHSE introduced ARRS via PCNs (£1.7bn) with GP practices ‘given’ staff in alternative roles for ‘free’
GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs
Great to meet up with Vivek & Mani from 10Decoders in #Leeds today 👍
They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if you’re there, say Hi 👋👋
#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech
They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if you’re there, say Hi 👋👋
#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech
June 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Great to meet up with Vivek & Mani from 10Decoders in #Leeds today 👍
They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if you’re there, say Hi 👋👋
#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech
They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if you’re there, say Hi 👋👋
#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech
In this mornings @financialtimes.com an article on the new #NHS 10 year plan, the likely 4 year wait for reforms to kick in and, as my late mother in law (bless her) used to say, “the right pickle” this Government seem to have got themselves into.
#DigitalHealth
#DigitalHealth
May 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In this mornings @financialtimes.com an article on the new #NHS 10 year plan, the likely 4 year wait for reforms to kick in and, as my late mother in law (bless her) used to say, “the right pickle” this Government seem to have got themselves into.
#DigitalHealth
#DigitalHealth
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Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
May 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
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BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
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#Brexit has directly contributed to a rise in deaths caused by a critical shortage of qualified staff in the NHS.
It's time to seriously question if anybody still thinks it was a good idea!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It's time to seriously question if anybody still thinks it was a good idea!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds
Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say
www.independent.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#Brexit has directly contributed to a rise in deaths caused by a critical shortage of qualified staff in the NHS.
It's time to seriously question if anybody still thinks it was a good idea!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It's time to seriously question if anybody still thinks it was a good idea!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
*** Teaser ***
Something new this way comes!
Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional ☺️
Until then, it remains a mystery…..😉
See you tomorrow!
😊😊😊
#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting
Something new this way comes!
Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional ☺️
Until then, it remains a mystery…..😉
See you tomorrow!
😊😊😊
#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
*** Teaser ***
Something new this way comes!
Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional ☺️
Until then, it remains a mystery…..😉
See you tomorrow!
😊😊😊
#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting
Something new this way comes!
Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional ☺️
Until then, it remains a mystery…..😉
See you tomorrow!
😊😊😊
#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting
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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
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🔴Company That Supplied Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Unusable COVID Tests Saw Profits Surge to £178 Million After Lobbying Conservative Peer for Contract
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...
Company That Supplied Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Unusable COVID Tests Saw Profits Skyrocket to £178 Million After Lobbying Conservative Peer for Contract
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🔴Company That Supplied Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Unusable COVID Tests Saw Profits Surge to £178 Million After Lobbying Conservative Peer for Contract
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...
Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed “unfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...
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"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."
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US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993
Investors fear Trump’s tariff blitz will lead to US stagflation while weak dollar adds to woes
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
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Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
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2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
Debt-laden utility a ‘better business after our stewardship’, says executive from Australian group
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Macquarie ‘very proud’ of Thames Water ownership
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
2006-2017: TW debt up from £3.4bn to £10.8bn
£2.7bn taken in dividends; £2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N
April 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
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#VaccinesWork
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April 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork
bit.ly/wiw2025
#VaccinesWork
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There’s a lot of crap in the world right now.
So, sound on, here’s my dog Beau, having been groomed 💇♂️ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention 🤣😊🥰
He proved very popular in the high street 👍👍🤣
#NorthYorkshire #Dogs
So, sound on, here’s my dog Beau, having been groomed 💇♂️ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention 🤣😊🥰
He proved very popular in the high street 👍👍🤣
#NorthYorkshire #Dogs
April 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There’s a lot of crap in the world right now.
So, sound on, here’s my dog Beau, having been groomed 💇♂️ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention 🤣😊🥰
He proved very popular in the high street 👍👍🤣
#NorthYorkshire #Dogs
So, sound on, here’s my dog Beau, having been groomed 💇♂️ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention 🤣😊🥰
He proved very popular in the high street 👍👍🤣
#NorthYorkshire #Dogs
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Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year
Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year
Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data reveals
About 49,000 A&E visits last year resulted in patients waiting 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over making up almost 70% of cases.
According to a freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats, some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year
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NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds
Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments
* ‘Children with cancer cannot wait’: the human cost of clinical trial delays after Brexit
British cancer patients are being denied life-saving drugs and trials of revolutionary treatments are being derailed by the red tape and extra costs brought on by Brexit, a damning report warns.
Soaring numbers are being diagnosed with the disease amid a growing and ageing population, improved diagnosis initiatives and wider public awareness – making global collaborations to find new medicines essential. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds