‘An experimental treatment that resets a malfunctioning immune system has put the disease lupus into remission in early UK trials. Experts say the approach could potentially treat similar disorders including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis’ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gy…

Concern at @BMA_Academics Conference about potential adverse consequences of the abolition of @NHSEngland for deaneries - postgraduate training, assessment, recruitment to training, & appraisal - echoing @TheBMA Public Health Conference concerns about detriment to public health.

Morning all. I think with the Defence Secretary and Armed Forces Minister resigning yesterday, this clip from Yes Prime Minister is very apt. Enjoy.🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Fed up. Just spent 14 weeks at @nottsinquiry didn’t miss a minute as this was all I could do in my daughter Grace’s name against all those who failed. Get to my desk and this is what I’m greeted with……

Aren't geriatricians providing fairly holistic care to these complex patients (who are disproportionatel likely to be old) already? And calling on colleagues from other specialties as necessary? hsj.co.uk/workforce/exclusiv…

🚨URGENT Looking for #PracticeNurses in #Sheffield, #Bristol, #Brighton to take part in 1.5 hr online focus group discussions about care of older people living with #HIV in general practice. We offer reimbursement (£70.50). Link for info & to register. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/hY7b…

Patients fair better in hospitals with greater empathy levels. Professor Jeremy Howick from the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Medicine spoke to Guardian science editor Ian Sample about what this really means in practice. 👉theguardian.com/society/2026… @JeremyHowick @Empathy_Centre

The breakthrough drug that has doubled pancreatic cancer survival time, was borne out of years of hard work and investment Much of it at the NIH, which has now had funding slashed by RFK Jr and Co in favour of pointless pseudoscientific quackery which will lead to nothing

Resident doctors are still being paid less than physician assistants. Get back around the table and come to a deal to stop these strikes.

The top civil servant at the Health Department "worked for or held shares in 12 companies that benefited from public contracts with DHSC or related health organisations" She was elevated to the top role by Wes Streeting She should resign. And we must end NHS privatisation.

A farmer dies in April 2026. His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847. The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle. On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify. In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable. The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft. The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let. A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up. The Treasury collects £140,000. The land never produces British food again.

🚨Whilst out canvassing, @RobKenyonReform let slip to potential voters he prefers an insurance based healthcare and 'his' new hospital would provide two tier healthcare, with NHS patients treated differently.

Triage and running clinics in the community is completely inappropriate and unsafe. PAs should not be seeing undifferentiated patients. @jamesmurray_ldn please implement the Leng review that your predecessor failed to do for the patients’ sake

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BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE PEOLC Research Network Meeting, Tue 30 June, 1.15-5.00pm, in-person at University of Bristol. We have another great line-up of speakers @Lucy_Selman @drpoco @shaun_qureshi @JennyKitzinger @NM_Bradley @skgretton @AlisonLlewellyn forms.office.com/pages/respo…

The Guardian: “Net migration down by three-quarters, the biggest fall in NHS waiting lists for 17 years, knife crime cut by 10%, the economy growing the fastest in the G7, rising wages, energy bills and petrol prices held down, the biggest sustained rise in defence spending since the cold war, a massive expansion of free childcare … If Keir Starmer did tub-thumping lists of Labour’s achievements in the style of Gordon Brown, he would not actually have a shortage of things to talk about.” During the two years of Labour government, following fourteen years of Tory mismanagement, there have actually been significant improvements in Britain. Why does the Tory media not report them?

Excl: The NHS is proposing to cut back recruitment to avoid “financial ruin” and instead use AI to help doctors treat patients Leaked workforce plan due to launch in coming weeks says NHS must make do with hundreds of thousands fewer staff than envisioned by Conservatives

Reports that the Government plans to slash planned doctor numbers and rely on AI are a massive, dangerous gamble. "It is crushingly disappointing to see Government apparently planning to simply accept that the low number of doctors we have in this country is just a fact of life." says Amit Kochhar, BMA workforce lead. Find out more bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/…

It is with a very heavy heart that I advise friends, and colleagues, and followers of Richard Lehman of his passing. His daughter Hannah wishes the news to be shared widely among his academic and medical circles. Richard had been unwell but was active and generous in supporting many of us, right until the end. He was also active on this platform, advocating for patients tirelessly. Richard, my friend, you will be missed. ❤️