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I'm Col, a lefty in healthcare. Biologist then Allied Health Professional. I insonate @ MHz. Humanist.
LGBTQIA+ is my family. Gay, married, he/him.
Science nerd. Labour sucks, gone Green. #FBPE #FBNHS
Vegan since '21. Atheist.

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Bellingcat's avatar Bellingcat @bellingcat.com
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If you've come here from X we're not having the same issue on this platform as we have there. The link to this article is still being miscategorized as spam despite our reports to X. The link to the investigation below should work on Bluesky as it appears to be an X only issue.

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spain: we donā€™t want anymore foreigners coming into our country! every bipoc person with a spanish last name from the western hemisphere and philippines:

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If you like the work Assigned Media is doing by bringing you the best in trans news, humor, and perspectives, then don't you think you should support us?

Share our work, tell your friends, and drop us a few bucks, whydoncha?

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Why is it that Hilary Cass, who presents herself as a champion for science, evidence, and ethical healthcare for young people is speaking at secretive conferences and ducking any event where she'd face tough questions? Just something we're pondering at Assigned Media. šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”

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Kristi, Patriarchy Destroyer's avatar Kristi, Patriarchy Destroyer @kristiwinters.bsky.social
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Labor Economist Says If Elon Musk Paid For Social Security On His Salary For An Entire Year, It Would Save 1/20 Of Its Deficit

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Commodities, disposable or profit from. His private healthcare donations mean he needs keeping a watch on. We've had enough of cronies and if that has made us suspicious, is it any wonder? A politician has to read the room and be either disingenuous and sneaky or honest and in service to the public.

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Wes is in electioneering mode and is missing out the nuances required. Considering Reeves was all about growth first, screw the public services until economy healthier, then NHS funding, they're all morphing in to something differently flavoured. Critical eyes on the govt always. Hold to account!!

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Defo for the better!

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Oh no! Is someone in Labour emulating Gove?

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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So I can read that article with an account? In the past I tried and found I got headlines only.

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Thanks for this, appreciated. I don't think I'm alone in feeling deeply suspicious of who pulls Wes Streeting's strings. Considering Starmer challenges the number of u-turns Johnson made and there's this fetish for telling the population Govt economics is just like a domestic household budget.

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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except I don't have an HSJ subscription. I shall see if my hospital library does.....

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Privatisation on NHS-priority terms, sure. Overpriced, with poor value for money, no. Can that happen? I don't know. I'll have a read of the article, but unless it magics extra staff from somewhere while taking in to account the number of Drs leaving the country...?

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Oh agreed! So much needs fixing in the healthcare environ outside of hospitals!

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Plus the complications from Covid (and long Covid) that nobody seems to want to acknowledge or talk about (presumably because it undermines the ā€œpandemic is over, back to workā€ narrative)

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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As long as we're not advocating for a massive redesign, because that is foolishly expensive and wasteful. Surely it's far more efficient to improve what there is, rather than reinvent. It's without doubt there's been a Ā£300b+ under-resourcing since 2009, right? Older, more comobs, more ppl etc too

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Is it short term though? To be fair, the NHS doesn't seem to invest very effectively either, from a shop-worker perspective. A local CDC was built v. quickly and the quality could have been much better. It's functional but there's a lot of Ā£Ā£Ā£ on post-hoc fixes.

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Indeed, I've participated in private diagnostics within the NHS in my career. I'm now fully NHS employed. Several of my colleagues have left to go in to the private sector because they can make better money without the politics. I don't blame them, although my reasons were different.

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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I agree, I spend a long time doing admin tasks as an allied health professional. NHS surgeons and medics staff in the most part, private provision. It goes without saying they can only be in one place at once.

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As someone who has worked in both private and NHS, who knows surgeons who work in both. It's accurate. Admittedly anecdote, but if you have data that shows that they teach, they take complex cases and they have the resources to manage unexpected complications without blue-lighting to the NHS?

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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How does better management repair hospitals?
No manager will willingly leave structural problems to fester, or if they do then they are removed as part of CQC.
www.itv.com/news/2023-02...

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Growth in health spend has not been consistent, and the annual growth rate of real-terms expenditure varies. In the decade preceding the pandemic, annual spending increases were significantly below the long-term average for nine subsequent years. This has resulted in a large cumulative underspend.

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Private provision is essentially second job NHS work mostly. There is next to no permanent private only capacity. Private hospitals don't teach. They take simple cases because they're more profitable and they don't have the resources anyway. NHS WAS high performing, then Tories happened.

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A lovely gig at Chippenham Fringe - then onstage haircut and poetry show at 1230 - now off home

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Oh this is superbā€¦ via Moog on the other šŸ¤£ ā€˜Standing on the shoulders of giantsā€™

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New LibDem MP in the Highlands is anti-trans rights. The Libdems knew this and let him stand to represent their party anyway.

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ā€œAt least five journalists were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified.ā€

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Renewables and efficiency - that doesn't mean we have to exist on a thin gruel of energy.
Efficiency doesn't have to be a dirty word.
The developing world should be able to lift itself out of poverty without punitive conditions being applied by the developed world.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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Renewables and efficiency - that doesn't mean we have to exist on a thin gruel of energy.
Efficiency doesn't have to be a dirty word.
The developing world should be able to lift itself out of poverty without punitive conditions being applied by the developed world.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Colbobs.bsky.social's avatar Colbobs.bsky.social @colbobs.bsky.social
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youtu.be/EVJkq4iu7bk?...
If we're not proactive, the rejected energy responsibility will be dumped on those least able to manage it, the domestic users and socially disadvantageous people most - the intersectionality might challenge the complexity of the Sankey graph in the first place.

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The nonsense didn't land, Lab gain.

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Colleagues of colleagues tell me reform in leigh want to install an a/e dept and be independent of wigan, b/c parking, I sh1t you not...oh and the same gormless tropes www.reformparty.uk/leigh-and-at...

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You're right. Labour want to grow the economy first they say, to generate funds to invest in the NHS, while, also yes you're right, wanting to involve more privatisation. Wes Streeting is in receipt of private healthcare money and attacks workers. He's a danger. www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024...

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How can we achieve better, fairer and greener transport? A report from the Better Travel Conference | Charlotte Mbali

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Scotlandā€™s precious habitats in nature are being destroyed through a lack of investment and co-operation; protest is needed for change | Dr Cynthia Larbey & Dr Andy Corbett

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The third and final part of a series examines the impact of English laws on Wales from the past to now: why are we still ā€˜England and Walesā€™? | Dean Jones

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