Phil Williams
@scottishphil83.bsky.social
Christian, GP Partner, practice research lead, husband, dad, Lay Chair of a deanery synod.
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Maybe the real question we should be asking ourselves is what is anyone doing to unite them? - Labour says Reform UK ‘trying to divide communities’ ahead of Farage speech on crime - UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Labour says Reform UK ‘trying to divide communities’ ahead of Farage speech on crime - UK politics live
Reform UK leader is to lay out his plans for the criminal justice system if he were to become PM in a speech later this morning
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Maybe the real question we should be asking ourselves is what is anyone doing to unite them? - Labour says Reform UK ‘trying to divide communities’ ahead of Farage speech on crime - UK politics live www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Praise be! It’s the 112th anniversary of the first custard pie thrown in someone’s face in a motion picture
July 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Praise be! It’s the 112th anniversary of the first custard pie thrown in someone’s face in a motion picture
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“This is a line our nation must not cross,” was the message from the General Synod, after it voted, by a significant majority, to condemn a Bill to legalise assisted dying currently working its way through Parliament.
#assisteddying #churchofengland #synod
#assisteddying #churchofengland #synod
Synod urges Government to scrap assisted-dying Bill and fund ‘desperately needed palliative care’
‘A Church whose hands are consecrated to bring life cannot support the prescription of life-ending drugs’ Bishop of London warns
www.churchtimes.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“This is a line our nation must not cross,” was the message from the General Synod, after it voted, by a significant majority, to condemn a Bill to legalise assisted dying currently working its way through Parliament.
#assisteddying #churchofengland #synod
#assisteddying #churchofengland #synod
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10 YEAR PLAN - Neighbourhoods
DOI: We aim to fit into the new multiple neighbourhood provider (MNP) model, and our member practices and PCNs have major stakes in the single neighbourhood provider (SNP) model
The Plan is a mixed bag of good stuff and areas that need tightening for delivery.
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DOI: We aim to fit into the new multiple neighbourhood provider (MNP) model, and our member practices and PCNs have major stakes in the single neighbourhood provider (SNP) model
The Plan is a mixed bag of good stuff and areas that need tightening for delivery.
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July 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
10 YEAR PLAN - Neighbourhoods
DOI: We aim to fit into the new multiple neighbourhood provider (MNP) model, and our member practices and PCNs have major stakes in the single neighbourhood provider (SNP) model
The Plan is a mixed bag of good stuff and areas that need tightening for delivery.
1/17
DOI: We aim to fit into the new multiple neighbourhood provider (MNP) model, and our member practices and PCNs have major stakes in the single neighbourhood provider (SNP) model
The Plan is a mixed bag of good stuff and areas that need tightening for delivery.
1/17
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Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.
July 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Behaviour change is often overrated as the ultimate solution to improve health because without social, economic & structural environments that facilitate rather than obstruct healthy choices, behaviour change remains a privilege reserved for those who have the resources to remove the obstructions.
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You missed out bags and bags of cash from "sponsors"
July 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You missed out bags and bags of cash from "sponsors"
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Reform faced first ever council seat defences – they lost both of them
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform faced first ever council seat defences - they lost both of them
Reform UK faced their first ever council seat defences this week, and they managed to lose both of them.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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UK governments seem hell bent on avoiding directly funding General Practices directly .
July 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
UK governments seem hell bent on avoiding directly funding General Practices directly .
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The system uses primary care as a cheap offload for what the state doesn’t want to pay for. It’s too easy. GPs across the country aren’t perfect, be we are generally very good at absorbing patients care needs for cheap. But it’s our staff getting screamed out when the wider service doesn’t work
July 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The system uses primary care as a cheap offload for what the state doesn’t want to pay for. It’s too easy. GPs across the country aren’t perfect, be we are generally very good at absorbing patients care needs for cheap. But it’s our staff getting screamed out when the wider service doesn’t work
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I think we are closer to this than ever before. Let’s face it, patients value their GP, but governments do not. They see medicine as something practiced in hospitals. Our secondary care colleagues are sadly part of this, everything seeming to have to go to a specialists (I found AF pls ref to cardio
July 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I think we are closer to this than ever before. Let’s face it, patients value their GP, but governments do not. They see medicine as something practiced in hospitals. Our secondary care colleagues are sadly part of this, everything seeming to have to go to a specialists (I found AF pls ref to cardio
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I’m sorry, but whoever wrote the sentence that NHS “care should… [be delivered] digitally by default” needs to be nowhere near healthcare, ever.
![The plan makes clear that in future, the more prevention-focused NHS will operate on the basis that "care should happen as locally as it
can; [be] digitally by default; in a patient's](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nipumwx3u4mmucphtmz54kut/bafkreigz2qn7omfobvbf25twkwzvkz6sj2qdgigfxsmagork5aqtneqkiy@jpeg)
July 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I’m sorry, but whoever wrote the sentence that NHS “care should… [be delivered] digitally by default” needs to be nowhere near healthcare, ever.
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The strength of GP is continuity of care and "being the expert in knowing your patients", compared to being an increasingly siloed specialist.
Losing that continuity has led to ACPs doing more of the role of GP.
Continuity of care is overwhelmingly popular with patients and GPs.
Losing that continuity has led to ACPs doing more of the role of GP.
Continuity of care is overwhelmingly popular with patients and GPs.
July 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The strength of GP is continuity of care and "being the expert in knowing your patients", compared to being an increasingly siloed specialist.
Losing that continuity has led to ACPs doing more of the role of GP.
Continuity of care is overwhelmingly popular with patients and GPs.
Losing that continuity has led to ACPs doing more of the role of GP.
Continuity of care is overwhelmingly popular with patients and GPs.
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And continuity is also overwhelmingly associated with far better outcomes for patients.
I remain to be convinced by any claims that AI will revolutionise medicine. It smacks of the Emperor's new clothes.
I remain to be convinced by any claims that AI will revolutionise medicine. It smacks of the Emperor's new clothes.
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
And continuity is also overwhelmingly associated with far better outcomes for patients.
I remain to be convinced by any claims that AI will revolutionise medicine. It smacks of the Emperor's new clothes.
I remain to be convinced by any claims that AI will revolutionise medicine. It smacks of the Emperor's new clothes.
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Exactly. Without the GPs in high numbers it will just spread us further than we are. Then lengths they will go to in order to not give GP surgeries funding is incredible
July 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Exactly. Without the GPs in high numbers it will just spread us further than we are. Then lengths they will go to in order to not give GP surgeries funding is incredible
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Children in particular are being killed by the political unwillingness to stand up to the car lobby.
Clean air zones save lives.
But politicians would rather babble on about “AI”.
Clean air zones save lives.
But politicians would rather babble on about “AI”.
Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%
Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%
Exclusive: Doctors say clean air zones need expanding, after 45,458 visits in first half of this year – up from 31,376 last year
The number of patients being treated by GPs for asthma attacks has increased by 45% in a year, prompting calls for urgent action to tackle toxic levels of air pollution.
There were 45,458 presentations to family doctors in England between January and June this year, according to data from the Royal College of General Practitioners research and surveillance centre. Across the same period in 2024, there were 31,376 cases. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Children in particular are being killed by the political unwillingness to stand up to the car lobby.
Clean air zones save lives.
But politicians would rather babble on about “AI”.
Clean air zones save lives.
But politicians would rather babble on about “AI”.
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It was almost worth her getting elected to generate this story.
May 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It was almost worth her getting elected to generate this story.
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Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
May 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Are you a healthcare professional in the UK caring for people living with HIV aged over 50?
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
What are the important issues for you & your patients?
We are creating a bank of research questions to bring to a workshop to prioritise research in this area.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/socs/have-...
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“what do you understand about your condition?”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
April 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“what do you understand about your condition?”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
“only what they’ve told me”
“what have they told you?”
“it’s in my chart”
“can you summarize it for me?”
“doc, i’ve been a patient since before you were born. i know how to evade any question to conceal my cognitive decline. i can do this all day”
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A statement on the missile attack on the Anglican-run Ahli Hospital in Gaza
April 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A statement on the missile attack on the Anglican-run Ahli Hospital in Gaza
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This is reminiscent of the Tory pitch at the last election:
"Older citizens! Do you think young people should have to do national service? Would you like to make them do compulsory maths? Should other people be stopped from working at home?"
"Older citizens! Do you think young people should have to do national service? Would you like to make them do compulsory maths? Should other people be stopped from working at home?"
This is quite fun.
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
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“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
t.co/ycnHVZ1gT1
April 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is reminiscent of the Tory pitch at the last election:
"Older citizens! Do you think young people should have to do national service? Would you like to make them do compulsory maths? Should other people be stopped from working at home?"
"Older citizens! Do you think young people should have to do national service? Would you like to make them do compulsory maths? Should other people be stopped from working at home?"
Brilliant friend of mine. Great church community, and great mental health project across Lincoln
Pat Ashworth visits a project at St John the Baptist, Ermine, which offers holistic approach to mental-health care
Health: A holistic approach to mental-health care
Pat Ashworth visits a project at St John the Baptist, Ermine
www.churchtimes.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Brilliant friend of mine. Great church community, and great mental health project across Lincoln
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The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it
April 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it