Andrew Green

Hospitals should be places of safety, but they’re increasingly under attack in conflict zones.

@drandrewgreen.bsky.social and Dr Kitty Mohan discuss this for the latest episode of The Doctor podcast.

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mRNA vaccines are a game-changer. Faster to develop, generally safer, easy to modify, huge potential for wider applications (e.g. cancer). If the vaccine has been approved, it's already been thoroughly tested in randomised controlled trials. Nobody's trying to poison anyone with these vaccines.

When deciding funding where do you think Govt & NHS England put their £?

Cost of appts:
Out-patients £109-£362
A&E £114-£563
Urgent treatment centre £84-£114
Hub appts £48
Pharmacy First £48
ARRS £35

GP practice £23

Despite this GP practices have had 20% cut
More £
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social

An important read for everybody concerned about the rising number of attacks on medical staff and facilities worldwide.

Importantly, it not only analyses the current situation but specifies what must be done to rectify this situation.

I am proud to have contributed.

Governments – including our own – must do more to ensure medical neutrality is respected.

Amongst other recommendations, we are calling for the establishment of a UN Special Rapporteur on the Protection of Health in Armed Conflict.

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The image shows attendees at a Parliamentary event held today in Westminster, London, on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan, including MSF, Dr Andrew Green (chair of the BMA's medical ethics committee) and MPs Uma Kumaran and Harpreet Kuppal.

Thank you to MSF, Uma Kumaran & Harpreet Kuppal for hosting today's parliamentary event on the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan.

Our medical ethics committee chair @drandrewgreen.bsky.social highlighted the appalling assaults on healthcare, which are illegal under international law.

The BMA is aware of a number of social media posts and queries about motions passed at ARM, relating to the crisis in Gaza.

Some information being shared is incorrect, so we've released a statement to provide clarity. Read it here: www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/w...

I had no hesitation in signing this on behalf of the BMA, but it's dreadful that such letters have to be written.

This graph needs no comment.
Thanks to @theguardian.com for the graphic

Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs

This is precisely why @bma.org.uk and others have been calling for decriminalisation of abortion.

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Faces of the EU leaders after they hung up the phone with Trump earlier this week.

I recommend zooming in on each one of them.

MPs will consider the assisted dying Bill this morning.

Read the BMA’s views on specific amendments to be debated here: cdn.intelligencebank.com/eu/share/qMb...

Helen Salisbury: Austerity and efficiency in the NHS If you eat less you get thinner and have to tighten your belt. Of course, this isn’t always good for you—it depends on what your waist measurement was to begin with. A new round of belt tightening for...

'Just cutting a budget without a well thought-out plan doesn’t magically improve efficiency, and it’s very likely to disrupt the healthcare you were trying to deliver.'
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The case of Nicola Packer tells us this: Britain is shamed by its abortion laws – and must change them | Jonathan Lord The court of appeal said the abortion issue calls for compassion, not punishment, says Jonathan Lord, co-chair of Royal College of Obstetrictrians and Gynaecologists abortion taskforce

An important and compassionate initiative which has the support of @bma.org.uk

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Woman missing since 1962 found 'alive and well' Police in Wisconsin say Audrey Backeberg left home 'by her own choice' and no foul play was involved.

Good for her, she escaped.
I hope she's having a good life.
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I consider it unethical for doctors to publicly speculate about mental health conditions suffered by those in the public eye.

(It's good to have one's established principles stress-tested once in a while)

The swamp is no more infested with alligators than oceans are infested with sharks, it's just where they live (and will do so long after homo sapiens is nothing more than a brief anomaly in the history of life on earth)

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Gaza doctor describes daily struggle after health system collapse The BBC joins a GP in Gaza as she sees dozens of patients, struggling to treat them with a dwindling supply of drugs.

Doing all this, while still having your own children to care for, and fear for.

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United Kingdom: 8 castles you need to see in the country Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy.

Castles? Really?

Reminds me of the time as a teenager when I was stood on the amazing Uffington Castle, and was accosted by a party of breathless Americans and asked where the castle was.

They were not happy.

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Vets tell BBC they are under 'consistent pressure' to make money Some tell the BBC they are encouraged to compete over the number of procedures they carry out on pets.

A salutary reminder of what can happen when corporate priorities clash with ethical treatment, whether of people or animals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I feel sympathy for any American Democrats visiting Europe at the moment, I remember how I felt visiting France after Brexit

Police officer will not face charges over e-bike crash that killed Cardiff teenagers South Wales officer was driving van that followed Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, in May 2023

And again E-Motorbike, not E-bike FFS

New doctors only being told job location with weeks to spare Health bosses are accused of keeping resident doctors in the dark about their first position.

BBC News - New doctors only being told job location with weeks to spare - BBC News
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Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza The ambulance team came under fire last Sunday in what Hamas said was an Israeli military attack.

"Even in the most complex conflict zones, there are rules. These rules of International Humanitarian Law could not be clearer – civilians must be protected; humanitarians must be protected. Health services must be protected." (IFRC statement)
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Council update March 2025 - Phil Banfield, Latifa Patel, Trevor Pickersgill, Emma Runswick An update to council from chair of council Phil Banfield, chair of RB Latifa Patel, treasurer Trevor Pickersgill and deputy chair of council Emma Runswick. A transcript of this episode can be found at

Stay informed about the latest developments and listen to our chief officers’ podcast featuring
@drphilbanfield.bsky.social @redrunswick.bsky.social
@latifapatel.bsky.social and Trevor Pickersgill

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BMA press release.

Abolishing NHS England must not become a distraction from the crucial task that lies in front of us: dealing with a historic workforce crisis, bringing down waiting lists and restoring the family doctor.

Read our press response to today's announcement: www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

From 'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey

Five years on from the pandemic, the right’s fake Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope, but first, the more strident, misguided voices must be muted, says author Laura Spinney

"Masks worked. And as with every pandemic in recent history, subsequent reviews have found that the advice to go early and hard with containment was correct."
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The Trump regime is anti-science and hates scientists. It will tolerate no dissent.
I can't help being reminded of China under Mao and Pol Pot in Cambodia.
It doesn't end well.

Medical personnel, facilities, supplies, and patients are protected under international humanitarian law and this must be respected, as we have stated numerous times throughout this conflict.
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