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Jake Matthews

@jakemat91.bsky.social

FY10 (GPST4 ACF) Birmingham UK. Academia, Athletics and #MediCurious #MedSky #GPSky

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Emma Bower@emmabower.bsky.social · 2y ago

Bit late to post this, but this story from last week based on our annual survey of locum GPs shows how the current jobs crisis is affecting locums. In England most are struggling to find work, with many saying it has had a devastating impact on their income www.gponline.com/locum-gps-st... #GPnews

Most locum GPs struggling to find work as jobs crisis devastates income

Most locum GPs in England are struggling to find work amid huge competition for jobs, with many saying it has had a devastating impact on their income, a survey has found.

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Sara Rouhi@rouhiroo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Jake - New NIH is tip of ⛰️for what's coming. Consider SIGNING and amplifying this open declaration against exactly this kind of thing to #defendresearch? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship

This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...

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BJGP@bjgp.org · 2y ago

“People just left because they just couldn’t cope with the stress.”  Digitalised work offers some benefits, but, in the current pressurised climate of UK general practice, drives workplace stress, suffering, and strain on working relationships doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare

Technostress, technosuffering, and relational strain: a multi-method qualitative study of how remote and digital work affects staff in UK general practice | British Journal of General Practice

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Anish K Patel@anishkpatel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is this the modern-day NHS postcode lottery? Where you live determines your access to General Practice—if not the access itself, then the type of access. Can’t help thinking part of this is driven by inequitable funding via Carr-Hill formula.

https://www.cogora.com/cogora-general-practice-workforce-white-paper/
Saloni@scientificdiscovery.dev · 2y ago

Cardiovascular disease mortality has declined in many countries over the past decades. For example, US cardiovascular disease death rates have declined 4x since 1950.

Line charts showing decline in cardiovascular disease death rate since 1950 in the US, France, UK and Italy.
Jake Matthews@jakemat91.bsky.social · 2y ago

bjgp.org/content/75/7... @bjgp.bsky.social Great article by Dr Evans. I'd never heard of the book Medical Nemesis but he explains it well and certainly provokes some thoughts about the limits of modern medicine

Ivan Illich’s Medical Nemesis at 50

This year sees the 50th anniversary of the publication of Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health by Ivan Illich,1 a book that has had the same impact on the language of health care as George Orw...

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Dr Steve Taylor@drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Being unwell is hugely challenging, it’s hard enough without the Govt making it harder 7% fewer GPs with 20% less funding (£/patient) to provide care Closing local pharmacies & big chains leaving (Lloyds) 111 directs you back somewhere else Hospitals blocked & fewer beds Ask MPs for better #Medsky

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