Is there no one with a moral compass going to call a halt to this dangerous replacement of Drs? 2 young lives taken, avoidable deaths, because the establishment is taking no responsibility. @andyburnham @YvetteCooperMP @ZackPolanski @The_HCPC @PHSOmbudsman @PSCommissioner

Thank you Allow me to give a view @CMO_England as a senior clinician along with national roles. Using A & G, virtual consults - that’s a lot of risk we manage day in, day out However- when doctors are being asked to become the risk liability sponge by being given unproven things like AI- or lesser trained staff to be responsible for? The answer- for our own sake, sanity and avoidance of regulatory issues- not to mention ensuring we never forget “Do No Harm”? Has to be sometimes No. I will avoid talking about the pandemic & risk management decisions made during that period- and lessons we all subsequently learnt. @bmj_latest @KamranAbbasi

Chris Whitty: Doctors must be trained in managing risk in patient care, CMO says. The BMJ and @acmedsci inaugural joint annual lecture given by Prof. Whitty @CMO_England covered risk, uncertainty, and medical decision-making. Watch the full lecture now: bit.ly/4AxqLBq

NHS alert over ‘shocking’ rise in strokes in middle age Cases among those in their 50s have increased by 55 per cent – faster than any other age group Economically inactive due to long-term sickness, aged 16-64 archive.ph/rWbxK

Systemised delusion

Chris Whitty: Doctors must be trained in managing risk in patient care, CMO says. The BMJ and @acmedsci inaugural joint annual lecture given by Prof. Whitty @CMO_England covered risk, uncertainty, and medical decision-making. Watch the full lecture now: bit.ly/4AxqLBq

BREAKING: Reform UK would win less seats than both Labour and the Conservatives if a general election were to be held today in a dramatic reversal of fortunes for Nigel Farage’s party, a YouGov MRP has found The new large-scale seat by seat MRP by YouGov suggests the UK is currently heading for a hung Parliament with Labour as the largest party with 241 seats The Conservatives would be in second place with 130 seats, better than their result in the 2024 general election, while Reform would be pushed into third place with 123 seats If replicated at the next election the poll suggests that both Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman, who deserted the Tories to join Farage, would lose their seats to their old party Even if Reform and the Tories could agree a pact they would still not have enough seats to form a majority coalition government However Labour would also struggle to govern having lost 162 of the 403 seats that it holds at present It would have to rely on both the Liberal Democrats, predicted to win 71 seats, and the Greens, on nine, or one of the nationalist parties in order to command a majority in the Commons It marks a stark reversal of Reform’s fortunes compared to a YouGov MRP a year ago: September 2026 Seats Labour: 241 Conservative: 130 Reform UK: 123 Lib Dem: 71 SNP: 40 Plaid: 15 Green: 9 Other: 3 September 2025 Seats Reform UK: 311 Labour: 144 Lib Dem: 78 Conservative: 45 SNP: 37 Green: 7 Plaid: 6 Others: 3 thetimes.com/article/17f7462…