Dr Jo Maher NHS GP

Helen Salisbury: GPs versus hairdressers? Streeting has no idea The row about online access to GP services continues.1 In April it was agreed that GPs would keep online portals open in their core hours, but a six month delay was put in place. This was so that NHS ...

According to Wes Streeting, GPs are less convenient than hairdressers.
My latest on why goodwill has drained away as we try to provide a safe & equitable service in the teeth of a gale of nonsense from NHS England & the govt.
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DHSC GP adviser steps down Wes Streeting's neighbourhood health and primary care lead is stepping down, after less than a year in the role and having recently launched an implementation programme.

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Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s

"There is only one organisation that has always centred justice – environmental justice and climate justice – that’s Friends of the Earth."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/03/asad-rehman-journey-from-antiracism-campaigner-in-burnley-to-head-of-friends-of-the-earth

I spoke to @skynewsrss.bsky.social this morning

Raising expectations without any support

GP online access is a good thing but it needs extra GPs & resources

The 8am rush may reduce but there are no more appts or Hp time to offer, in fact less as a online forms are dealt with

Safety vital

✨ Happy #NationalPoetryDay !

Back in May I spoke to Tara for the ever-excellent @bedsidereading.bsky.social sharing a poem & thoughts on May Day by fabulous Jackie Kay
Lots of other short poetry episodes, or come back for latest BRP season with @johnharris1969.bsky.social
Maybe I’m amazed ✨

Looks like current residents are pretty decent too!

More nostalgia, past Bishop Road, my primary school walk to school didn’t used to have the Paul Dirac plaque.

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Brand new station to station walking trail from Sheffield to Manchester Thread Your Way Along the Steel Cotton Rail Trail, the brand-new station to station walking trail from Sheffield to Manchester launched on September 27.

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This looks great! 🥾

Great to meet you too Beth! I’d love a ride with you & Larry 🦄 sometime, any excuse for a trip to Devon sounds good to me!

A collage of four photos of cars and vans parked on pavements, in some cases completely blocking pedestrian access.

Does this look familiar? Every week we'll share the worst pavement parking pics we get from supporters. Add your photos to our interactive map and help us find pavement parking hotspots in England 📍 act.livingstreets.org.uk/page/176767/...

Pink graphic with three faces, going from sad to smiling. Text reads: 78% of parents feel happier after going for a walk with their child.

Do you feel happier after a walk? 🚶 In a new poll for #InternationalWalkToSchoolMonth parents told us they feel happier after going for a walk with their child, but they're put off walking to school by too much traffic 🚦

More insights: https://bit.ly/3VKEfGW

Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.

There's a really nice new study using phone data from Americans who relocated from one city to another to look at the effect of walkable environments on physical activity. E.g., people move TO New York and walk more, they move FROM New York and walk less www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit | Devi Sridhar If smoking was the cancer villain of the 20th century, eating ultra-processed food may be its 21st-century counterpart, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinb...

My latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nostalgia trip, here’s my old school!

Great to see lots of pupils still walk in @livingstreets.bsky.social

Nice! Come & see our SUDS in Sheffield Will, effective, future proof and turning full grey spaces into gorgeous green ones!

Green infrastructure is improving the quality of journeys:
💚88% of users say the planting makes their journey more pleasant
🌱83% say it contributes to wellbeing
🚶‍♀️80% say it has encouraged them to walk more in area
🚲43% say it has encouraged them to cycle more in area

Brilliant news!

The front page of a DEFRA report. White background, with the top half of an image of London's skyline visible. The title of the report is Air Pollution in the UK 2024.

A DEFRA report suggests London is now finally compliant with UK legal #AirPollution limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO2).

DEFRA reports that last year, London complied with the UK’s annual average legal limit of 40ug/m3 for NO2, 15 years after it should have.
uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/annu...

This is fantastic news and a strong testament to @london.gov.uk’s leadership and vision for cleaner air in #London. It demonstrates that effective policy truly makes a difference! Thank you, Sir Sadiq. Other cities and countries should look to London as a global leader in reducing #AirPollution.

New plaque on Redland High, not my former school, which was Cotham Grammar- Paul Dirac Nobel prize winner & Timothy West former pupils no famous women of note I know!

Getting a few steps in before Active Travel/health conference tomorrow- on my walk to school - a long time ago! still looking glorious in the autumn sundown. Looking forward to catching up with @scarlettmcnally.bsky.social @ianwalker.bsky.social @petedyson.bsky.social

@livingstreets.bsky.social

Position Statement: Active Travel and
Health

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@londonadph.bsky.social

Tony Harrison

We’re sorry to hear that Tony Harrison has died aged 88.
Tony won The National Poetry Competition in 1980 with the moving poem Timer, about the loss of his mother. poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/timer/

Swift Diaries Leave-Taking

My last post of the year on the swifts we share a house with @longbarrowpress.bsky.social @sheffswiftnetwork.bsky.social @drjomaher.bsky.social

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Podcast – Andy Pow – Funding, Contracts & the Future: 10 Year NHS Plan - Ockham Healthcare In this episode, Ben explores the NHS’s 10 year plan through the lens of general practice funding. Joined by finance expert Andy Pow, they unpack the major shifts proposed in the plan, including resou...

What are the financial implications of the 10 year plan on general practice? GP finance expert Andy Pow takes us through it ockham.healthcare/podcast-andy...

Yes, best wishes to your mum & you Steve

Huge shout out due to #Sheffield Cycleboost, who I now know captured my motivation & gave me the opportunity with a £100 bike loan then provided an instructor to cycle my commute to release my capability

www.sheffieldcycleboost.org

Scheme open again now, great way to try- both pedelec & non-E !

FB memories, how times have changed!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Official launch of the 5th Edition of the Guide to Inclusive Cycling . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Official launch of the 5th Edition of the Guide to Inclusive Cycling . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

We’re excited to announce the official launch of the 5th Edition of the the Guide to Inclusive Cycling!

Dame Sarah Storey & Phil Jones will join us to explore why inclusive cycling matters, who the guide is for, and how we can make infrastructure more accessible.

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Five years of waiting: Pavement parking is a problem for everyone It's time for the government to act and give councils in England the power to enforce against pavement parking.

“It’s time to stop the anxiety, the physical strain, and the dangerous detours that pavement parking creates. The Government should amend the English Devolution Bill and give councils in England the same enforcement powers that London and Scotland already have”

Spot on @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social