Sarah J
@sarahjjackson.bsky.social
MSK radiologist, Mancunian, married empty nester, nature lover, disabled, e-tricyclist, loves travel, foodie, coffee (not tea!), reluctant gym goer...
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Hey Stockport! How's about you do this with your bit of the A6?
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey Stockport! How's about you do this with your bit of the A6?
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Huge shortage of NHS consultants with highest vacancies in Greater London and South East. Paediatrics, psychiatry, surgery and radiology are areas suffering most from lack of consultants. Result of poor NHS workforce planning and overreliance on doctors from overseas
bioengineer.org/new-report-w...
bioengineer.org/new-report-w...
New Report Warns: NHS Faces Crisis in Consultant Recruitment
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) is rapidly approaching a critical juncture in the recruitment of consultant doctors. Recent investigations reveal an alarming statistic: in certain r
bioengineer.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Huge shortage of NHS consultants with highest vacancies in Greater London and South East. Paediatrics, psychiatry, surgery and radiology are areas suffering most from lack of consultants. Result of poor NHS workforce planning and overreliance on doctors from overseas
bioengineer.org/new-report-w...
bioengineer.org/new-report-w...
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The UK must pay attention to those suggesting folks with learning disabilities or autism can access assisted dying with “special care”.
There’s no amount of guardrails to make this safe.
Look at Canada. Disabled people have MAiD “suggested” to them in lieu of treatment
There’s no amount of guardrails to make this safe.
Look at Canada. Disabled people have MAiD “suggested” to them in lieu of treatment
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The UK must pay attention to those suggesting folks with learning disabilities or autism can access assisted dying with “special care”.
There’s no amount of guardrails to make this safe.
Look at Canada. Disabled people have MAiD “suggested” to them in lieu of treatment
There’s no amount of guardrails to make this safe.
Look at Canada. Disabled people have MAiD “suggested” to them in lieu of treatment
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🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
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It’s #NationalPoetryDay.
To celebrate we’re sharing poet Jenny Lester’s poem about one of our favourite birds!
Enjoy folks 🤎
Sexual Dimorphism in birds
or Blackbirds are brown half of the time
Dapple brown feather down
Speckled white throat
When they gave me my name
I didn’t get a vote
To celebrate we’re sharing poet Jenny Lester’s poem about one of our favourite birds!
Enjoy folks 🤎
Sexual Dimorphism in birds
or Blackbirds are brown half of the time
Dapple brown feather down
Speckled white throat
When they gave me my name
I didn’t get a vote
October 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
It’s #NationalPoetryDay.
To celebrate we’re sharing poet Jenny Lester’s poem about one of our favourite birds!
Enjoy folks 🤎
Sexual Dimorphism in birds
or Blackbirds are brown half of the time
Dapple brown feather down
Speckled white throat
When they gave me my name
I didn’t get a vote
To celebrate we’re sharing poet Jenny Lester’s poem about one of our favourite birds!
Enjoy folks 🤎
Sexual Dimorphism in birds
or Blackbirds are brown half of the time
Dapple brown feather down
Speckled white throat
When they gave me my name
I didn’t get a vote
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A recording of the event will be available in the next couple of weeks, but if you would like to like a copy of the Guide, it is now available on our website.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...
Campaigning for inclusive cycling, Wheels for Wellbeing
Wheels for Wellbeing is an award-winning charity supporting disabled people of all ages and abilities to enjoy the benefits of cycling.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A recording of the event will be available in the next couple of weeks, but if you would like to like a copy of the Guide, it is now available on our website.
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...
wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/our-campaign...
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This makes me very happy
UK and EU reportedly negotiating British return to Erasmus programme
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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UK students get chance to study in Europe from January 2027 under new Erasmus deal
The EU is pushing for a rapid agreement for Britain to rejoin the student exchange scheme
inews.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This makes me very happy
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Another day to be glad I was born British without insane American gun laws that make it so easy for murderers to gun people down at will
Lots of talk about Charlie Kirk’s death but this also happened today and it’s barely news because it’s just another day in America www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
Lots of talk about Charlie Kirk’s death but this also happened today and it’s barely news because it’s just another day in America www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
At least 2 students injured after shooting at a Denver-area high school, officials say | CNN
At least two students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, where more than 100 law enforcement officers cleared the school “room by room” as it w...
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Another day to be glad I was born British without insane American gun laws that make it so easy for murderers to gun people down at will
Lots of talk about Charlie Kirk’s death but this also happened today and it’s barely news because it’s just another day in America www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
Lots of talk about Charlie Kirk’s death but this also happened today and it’s barely news because it’s just another day in America www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...
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Given importance of health to the voting public, it seems politically naive of Nigel Farage and Reform to have their health policy so closely tied to Dr Aseem Malhotra, whose speech today confirms his switch from once respected clinician to conspiracy theorist quack: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Doctor claims Covid jabs may be linked to cancer in royal family
Aseem Malhotra told Reform UK’s party conference that the vaccination was a ‘significant factor’ in the diagnoses of King Charles and the Princess of Wales
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Given importance of health to the voting public, it seems politically naive of Nigel Farage and Reform to have their health policy so closely tied to Dr Aseem Malhotra, whose speech today confirms his switch from once respected clinician to conspiracy theorist quack: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Covid vaccines do not cause cancer.
It seems extraordinary that we have to say that, but health misinformation is being given a huge platform by disgraced ex-doctors linked to extremist politicians. Please don't worry - there is no truth whatsoever to these ridiculous claims.
It seems extraordinary that we have to say that, but health misinformation is being given a huge platform by disgraced ex-doctors linked to extremist politicians. Please don't worry - there is no truth whatsoever to these ridiculous claims.
Doctor uses Reform conference speech to link king’s cancer to Covid vaccine
Aseem Malhotra claimed ‘eminent oncologist’ said jab was ‘significant factor in the cancer of members of royal family’
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Covid vaccines do not cause cancer.
It seems extraordinary that we have to say that, but health misinformation is being given a huge platform by disgraced ex-doctors linked to extremist politicians. Please don't worry - there is no truth whatsoever to these ridiculous claims.
It seems extraordinary that we have to say that, but health misinformation is being given a huge platform by disgraced ex-doctors linked to extremist politicians. Please don't worry - there is no truth whatsoever to these ridiculous claims.
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The employment rate of non-EU born migrants exceeded that of the UK-born for the first time on record.
Confirms other evidence that recent migrants (even if they did not arrive on work visas) are very likely to be working/have high employment rates.
Confirms other evidence that recent migrants (even if they did not arrive on work visas) are very likely to be working/have high employment rates.
August 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The employment rate of non-EU born migrants exceeded that of the UK-born for the first time on record.
Confirms other evidence that recent migrants (even if they did not arrive on work visas) are very likely to be working/have high employment rates.
Confirms other evidence that recent migrants (even if they did not arrive on work visas) are very likely to be working/have high employment rates.
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The Perseid meteor shower will reach peak activity late this week. Observers are encouraged to consult the meteor-shower calendar for optimal viewing windows and planning.
Calendar:
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
🔭☄️🧪
#Perseids #astronomy #meteors #stargazing
Calendar:
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
🔭☄️🧪
#Perseids #astronomy #meteors #stargazing
The Perseid meteor shower is peaking Tuesday. Here’s how to see it | CNN
The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak on Tuesday. Here’s the best way to view the celestial event.
www.cnn.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Perseid meteor shower will reach peak activity late this week. Observers are encouraged to consult the meteor-shower calendar for optimal viewing windows and planning.
Calendar:
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
🔭☄️🧪
#Perseids #astronomy #meteors #stargazing
Calendar:
www.amsmeteors.org/meteor-showe...
🔭☄️🧪
#Perseids #astronomy #meteors #stargazing
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Great to see this getting coverage from Disability News Service.
Disabled campaigners have welcomed the government’s announcement that it will review the laws around powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, and examine how new mobility technology could be “safely implemented” for disabled people to use.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...
Government review of law on mobility aids could prove ‘absolutely transformative’
Disabled campaigners have welcomed the government’s announcement that it will review the laws around powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters, and examine how new mobility technology could be “saf…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Great to see this getting coverage from Disability News Service.
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This is so incredibly ridiculously exciting - Mobility aid laws are going to be reviewed and made fit for purpose!
Woo!
(& yes, I do think this is *that* exciting!)
#disability
#ActiveTravel
#MyCycleMyMobilityAid
Woo!
(& yes, I do think this is *that* exciting!)
#disability
#ActiveTravel
#MyCycleMyMobilityAid
Easy to miss, but important. At @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk we've been working towards this moment for years - the DfT has publicly announced that it is looking at sorting out mobility aid laws. 🎉 Our #MyCycleMyMobilityAid campaign looks like it is paying off.
August 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is so incredibly ridiculously exciting - Mobility aid laws are going to be reviewed and made fit for purpose!
Woo!
(& yes, I do think this is *that* exciting!)
#disability
#ActiveTravel
#MyCycleMyMobilityAid
Woo!
(& yes, I do think this is *that* exciting!)
#disability
#ActiveTravel
#MyCycleMyMobilityAid
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Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Darkly funny: signs appearing across central London, protesting Starmer’s use of anti-terror laws against peaceful pro-Palestine protesters.
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Media coverage is fuelling a backlash against e-bikes. But often, the stories aren't even about e-bikes at all.
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Media coverage is fuelling a backlash against e-bikes. But often, the stories aren't even about e-bikes at all.
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
Last week, the BBC reported that an "e-bike" was involved in a serious incident. But it was actually a high-powered electric motorbike.
Here's how it got changed...🧵
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The #TransPennineTrail might have “low value from a cultural heritage perspective” but it’s shocking that in 2025, a planning application can be made which could disrupt a long-distance walking & cycling route with no alternative provided #ActiveTravel @sustrans.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social
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Request for a Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, in respect of the Pro...
pa.trafford.gov.uk
July 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The #TransPennineTrail might have “low value from a cultural heritage perspective” but it’s shocking that in 2025, a planning application can be made which could disrupt a long-distance walking & cycling route with no alternative provided #ActiveTravel @sustrans.bsky.social @cyclinguk.bsky.social
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Evening Light, Blencathra, by Lake District artist Susan H. Glassford. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
July 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Evening Light, Blencathra, by Lake District artist Susan H. Glassford. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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Good to see a segment on barriers to women cycling on North West Tonight, spoiled slightly by the TfGM rep talking about the very thing that’s a barrier - routing through poorly lit parks.
This not good enough and @cyclinguk.bsky.social should be having words #MyRideOurRight @walkridegm.org.uk
This not good enough and @cyclinguk.bsky.social should be having words #MyRideOurRight @walkridegm.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Good to see a segment on barriers to women cycling on North West Tonight, spoiled slightly by the TfGM rep talking about the very thing that’s a barrier - routing through poorly lit parks.
This not good enough and @cyclinguk.bsky.social should be having words #MyRideOurRight @walkridegm.org.uk
This not good enough and @cyclinguk.bsky.social should be having words #MyRideOurRight @walkridegm.org.uk
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Please everybody. Don't listen to anti-vaxxers. They're murderers by proxy. Good, rigorous science has proved the efficacy of the measles jab over many years.
For the sake of your children, and grandchildren, and generations to come, shout them down. Stand up for life!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For the sake of your children, and grandchildren, and generations to come, shout them down. Stand up for life!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Measles: Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as cases surge
Seventeen children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Please everybody. Don't listen to anti-vaxxers. They're murderers by proxy. Good, rigorous science has proved the efficacy of the measles jab over many years.
For the sake of your children, and grandchildren, and generations to come, shout them down. Stand up for life!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For the sake of your children, and grandchildren, and generations to come, shout them down. Stand up for life!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’"
Shame on ANY Labour who voted for Keir Starmer and Liz Kendal's two tier welfare system
Shame on ANY Labour who voted for Keir Starmer and Liz Kendal's two tier welfare system
June 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Disabled Labour MP says welfare U-turn would create ‘unethical two-tier system’"
Shame on ANY Labour who voted for Keir Starmer and Liz Kendal's two tier welfare system
Shame on ANY Labour who voted for Keir Starmer and Liz Kendal's two tier welfare system
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Terrifying. Just plain horrific that an advanced nation can crash and burn like this.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ousting all members of a key CDC vaccination advisory committee and replacing them with his own picks.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
The move appears to contradict a pledge he made during his confirmation process.
RFK Jr. ousts all members of CDC vaccine advisory panel
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
www.washingtonpost.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Terrifying. Just plain horrific that an advanced nation can crash and burn like this.