@simonduke.bsky.social
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Every year, we take stock of public satisfaction with the #NHS through our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey. ✅
This year's report found the lowest level of NHS satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983, with just 21% satisfied.
This year's report found the lowest level of NHS satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983, with just 21% satisfied.
Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2024: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey
The Nuffield Trust and The King’s Fund join forces each year to analyse and present findings from the gold-standard survey of public attitudes and opinions towards the NHS and social care, as…
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December 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Every year, we take stock of public satisfaction with the #NHS through our analysis of the #BritishSocialAttitudes survey. ✅
This year's report found the lowest level of NHS satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983, with just 21% satisfied.
This year's report found the lowest level of NHS satisfaction recorded since the survey began in 1983, with just 21% satisfied.
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Yes but people waiting for elective surgery/investigations/outpatients and having it cancelled are personally affected by this
Even if the cancellation is caused by overcrowding and flu and not by industrial action meaning redeployment of consultants
It is not wise to dismiss its impact so casually
Even if the cancellation is caused by overcrowding and flu and not by industrial action meaning redeployment of consultants
It is not wise to dismiss its impact so casually
December 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Yes but people waiting for elective surgery/investigations/outpatients and having it cancelled are personally affected by this
Even if the cancellation is caused by overcrowding and flu and not by industrial action meaning redeployment of consultants
It is not wise to dismiss its impact so casually
Even if the cancellation is caused by overcrowding and flu and not by industrial action meaning redeployment of consultants
It is not wise to dismiss its impact so casually
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
BBC needs to be protected. While they certainly have leanings towards bias on many issues (imo) & can be infuriating, alternative is a media controlled by ratings driving advertising revenue & drowning in bad actors w/ personal agendas - the poison will spread through UK media landscape as a whole
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
yes the question is not "are the BBC perfect?"
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
(obviously not, sometimes they are awful)
it's "if we let them fall, will we like what comes next to fill the vacuum they leave?"
(no. no one on Bluesky will like it unless they are purely on here to hate-read.)
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Over on Twitter/X which has become so toxic thanks to Musk
If you even try to defend or support BBC or at least point out the attempts from the right to control, undermine and destroy it
You release the Kraken
No one is allowed to hold two or three things to be true at once
Nuance not allowed
If you even try to defend or support BBC or at least point out the attempts from the right to control, undermine and destroy it
You release the Kraken
No one is allowed to hold two or three things to be true at once
Nuance not allowed
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Over on Twitter/X which has become so toxic thanks to Musk
If you even try to defend or support BBC or at least point out the attempts from the right to control, undermine and destroy it
You release the Kraken
No one is allowed to hold two or three things to be true at once
Nuance not allowed
If you even try to defend or support BBC or at least point out the attempts from the right to control, undermine and destroy it
You release the Kraken
No one is allowed to hold two or three things to be true at once
Nuance not allowed
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does the news reflect what we die from?
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If @wesstreeting thinks GPs are stuck in 20thC, visit a hospital
We are the science museum!
➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….
1/x
We are the science museum!
➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….
1/x
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If @wesstreeting thinks GPs are stuck in 20thC, visit a hospital
We are the science museum!
➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….
1/x
We are the science museum!
➡️Electronic records since 1991
➡️Online triage
➡️Ambient scribes
➡️SMS
➡️Online bookings
➡️Electronic prescribing
➡️Online referrals
➡️Video consults DAYS after 1st lockdown….
1/x
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I watched the 1st meeting day of RFK Jr’s handpicked committee of vaccine advisors. It was utterly depressing. 1/
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I watched the 1st meeting day of RFK Jr’s handpicked committee of vaccine advisors. It was utterly depressing. 1/
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THIS
An abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
August 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
THIS
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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
July 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better
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I'm going to use this clip the next time I explain to my students why they shouldn't use AI to write papers...
Q: A NOTUS investigation found the MAHA commission report cites studies that appear to not exist. Does the WH have confidence in the info coming from HHS?
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
LEAVITT: Yes. I understand there were some formatting issues but it does not negate the substance
Q: Did they use AI?
L: I can't speak to that
May 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm going to use this clip the next time I explain to my students why they shouldn't use AI to write papers...
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“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it in Gaza.”
British surgeon Dr Victoria Rose tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the current situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, adding: “there are more patients coming through the door than I have ever witnessed before.”
#Newsnight
British surgeon Dr Victoria Rose tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the current situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, adding: “there are more patients coming through the door than I have ever witnessed before.”
#Newsnight
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it in Gaza.”
British surgeon Dr Victoria Rose tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the current situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, adding: “there are more patients coming through the door than I have ever witnessed before.”
#Newsnight
British surgeon Dr Victoria Rose tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about the current situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, adding: “there are more patients coming through the door than I have ever witnessed before.”
#Newsnight
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These stats are frankly bonkers. If anybody is complaining about why they are waiting to see a GP. They need to ask why successive governments have not supported the same growth in GP numbers as it has hospital medic numbers
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social fix it or fail
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social fix it or fail
January 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
These stats are frankly bonkers. If anybody is complaining about why they are waiting to see a GP. They need to ask why successive governments have not supported the same growth in GP numbers as it has hospital medic numbers
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social fix it or fail
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social fix it or fail
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Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
January 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.
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Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
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Here are UK & US BlueSky numbers separately, to show what’s driving the trends:
• Aug 3rd: Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ in UK during far right riots
• Oct 17th: Musk changes the block function on X, prompting a massive exodus
• Nov 7th: thousands more migrate in aftermath of Trump victory
• Aug 3rd: Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ in UK during far right riots
• Oct 17th: Musk changes the block function on X, prompting a massive exodus
• Nov 7th: thousands more migrate in aftermath of Trump victory
November 13, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Here are UK & US BlueSky numbers separately, to show what’s driving the trends:
• Aug 3rd: Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ in UK during far right riots
• Oct 17th: Musk changes the block function on X, prompting a massive exodus
• Nov 7th: thousands more migrate in aftermath of Trump victory
• Aug 3rd: Musk says ‘civil war is inevitable’ in UK during far right riots
• Oct 17th: Musk changes the block function on X, prompting a massive exodus
• Nov 7th: thousands more migrate in aftermath of Trump victory
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Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
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This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
September 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This graph is astonishing. The people that bang on about “natural birth” and “women have been doing this forever without help” need to be forced to stare at this until their eyes water.
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X losing 30% of its UK users in a year (and 20% in the US) is clearly bad for its financial viability, but it has also accelerated the downward spiral of the platform into increasingly extreme content.
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6596...
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6596...
September 22, 2024 at 10:45 PM
X losing 30% of its UK users in a year (and 20% in the US) is clearly bad for its financial viability, but it has also accelerated the downward spiral of the platform into increasingly extreme content.
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6596...
Via @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social @jemima.bsky.social @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6596...
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Dear Elle MacPherson
You and I had the same kind of breast cancer, HER+ (tends to be aggressive). I embraced conventional treatment (chemo, mastectomy, biologics); you eschewed these. We’re both alive years later. Here’s evidence that others should NOT copy you. 🧪
academic.oup.com/jnci/article...
You and I had the same kind of breast cancer, HER+ (tends to be aggressive). I embraced conventional treatment (chemo, mastectomy, biologics); you eschewed these. We’re both alive years later. Here’s evidence that others should NOT copy you. 🧪
academic.oup.com/jnci/article...
Use of Alternative Medicine for Cancer and Its Impact on Survival
Abstract. There is limited available information on patterns of utilization and efficacy of alternative medicine (AM) for patients with cancer. We identifi
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September 3, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Dear Elle MacPherson
You and I had the same kind of breast cancer, HER+ (tends to be aggressive). I embraced conventional treatment (chemo, mastectomy, biologics); you eschewed these. We’re both alive years later. Here’s evidence that others should NOT copy you. 🧪
academic.oup.com/jnci/article...
You and I had the same kind of breast cancer, HER+ (tends to be aggressive). I embraced conventional treatment (chemo, mastectomy, biologics); you eschewed these. We’re both alive years later. Here’s evidence that others should NOT copy you. 🧪
academic.oup.com/jnci/article...