For The BMJ I did a deep dive into the NHS Practitioner Health saga which saw a halt to new sign ups and a U-turn in the space of 3 days. Thanks to Clare Gerada Dr Rachel Clarke and Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 for their insight. bmj.com/content/385/bm…

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Great to work with the Office of Health Economics on this important independent economic analysis of doctors pay which shows their pay has been devalued by 25% in real terms since 2008 years ⁦Office of Health Economics⁩ ⁦The BMJ⁩ ⁦The BMA⁩ bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Latest feature for The BMJ is on hybrid closed loop systems, which are being hailed as a “watershed moment” for type 1 diabetes care: bmj.com/content/384/bm… Thanks to Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Emma Wilmot Prof May Ng OBE 吳 诗 梅 hilarynathan JDRF UK Sufyan Hussain for their input.

The UK prime minister and former chancellor Rishi Sunak gave evidence to the covid inquiry this week about his economic policies during the pandemic.

What were the key takeaways? Gareth Iacobucci reports #UKCovidInquiry
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'If you want to do something about air pollution you need to be politically very courageous, & on that I really applaud the Mayor of London.'

WHO's Dr Maria Neira talks to The BMJ about the need for politicians to act & the decision to expand ULEZ across London 👇

Are you a doctor who's been taking part in industrial action? We'd love to hear your thoughts on how you feel things are going. Email [email protected] to get in touch #payrestoration #consultantstrike #juniordoctorsstrike #fixconsultantpay

Local GP leaders have advised practices not to follow NHS’s advice to prescribe cholesterol lowering drug inclisiran because of concerns over funding and long term safety monitoring bmj.com/content/382/bm…

As consultants prepare to strike tomorrow and Friday, I wrote this piece on whether the PM’s “final offer” on doctors’ pay will ultimately sink his pledge to lower NHS waiting times. (Spoiler alert, I think it will) bmj.com/content/382/bm…

Here are the top line pledges from the NHS long term workforce plan and some initial reaction for The BMJ from Emmajourno. bmj.com/content/381/bm…

The Long Awaited NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has finally been published this morning: england.nhs.uk/wp-content/upl…. Story to follow (in line with The BMJ's policy not to report on policy documents before the policy document is actually available bmj.com/content/378/bm…)

Consultants - why are you going on strike?

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A report out today from Public Accounts Committee says the government is failing to take a “proportionate and serious' approach to tackling alcohol related harms in England, with more than eight in 10 dependent drinkers not receiving treatment. bmj.com/content/381/bm…

Gambling white paper: Doctors and campaigners lament lack of action on advertising bmj.com/content/381/bm…

'We won’t have a workforce if we don’t do it.'

Flexible working is still too often inflexible in the NHS. Gareth Iacobucci reports on the problem and how the health service needs to tackle it
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This week, colleagues and I went to speak to juniuor doctors on picket lines across the country. Here's what they had to say about why they're on strike: bmj.com/content/380/bm… Elisabeth Mahase Charlotte Rose The BMJ Chris Stokel-Walker