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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · Nov 10

🦋 Hello! 👋🏽 grey day here in Sheffield- pic from a couple of weeks ago. I’m here on Bluesky for conversation & knowledge exchange on health, esp primary care, public health with transport lens & physical activity 🧵 1/

View across the Peak District from top of Burbage Edge on a bright Blue Sky day a woman -me- with died brown hair & a blue top on is standing admiring the view with her back to the camera, next to a path in the centre over the Moorland

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 2d

Enjoy the adventures!

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 4d

Making it easier for ppl to be active as part of everyday life should be a public health priority

“The best medicine isn’t found in a pill bottle or an operating theatre – it’s movement”

“Exercise is good medicine for the whole body: it has documented benefits across more than 26 chronic diseases”

Joint pain or osteoarthritis? Why exercise should be your first line of treatment

Globally, osteoarthritis affects nearly 600 million people. Yet fewer than 50% are offered the one proven treatment: exercise.

theconversation.com

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 7d

Light up the night for #MyRideOurRight ✨

Nearly 50 #GlowRides are happening across the UK, find one near you or organise your own. Can’t join? Donate today and help light up the night.

🗺️ cyclinguk.org/glow-ride-map
💛 cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

My kids gave me enough material to write TV comedy. Where will the jokes come from now they’ve left? | Helen Serafinowicz

The inspirations for my BBC TV show have packed up and gone to uni, leaving me to rattle around on my own, says writer and television producer Helen Serafinowicz

www.theguardian.com

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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 6d

Mobility justice is one of our core campaigning principles but what does it mean, & why does it matter?

The latest in our Language Matters series looks at our definition & how it applies to active travel, transport, public space and environmental schemes.

wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk/language-mat...

Drawing of two men wearing lycra outfits and helmets riding drop-handlebar sporty-type bikes

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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 4d

Action on #Dieselgate is taking an “outrageous” amount of time, leaving more than a million dirty diesels still on the road today. This isn't just a corporate scandal, but a #Health scandal as well. It's time the car manufacturers paid. #AirPollution

‘Little lungs are paying’: why the Dieselgate scandal is still running hot

Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.8m motorists is about to begin

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 2d

Think of those meat-free frequent fliers! I thought the bloke saying Taxing aviation means vegans who fly a lot aren’t fairly treated was the choice moment , good listen tho

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 8d

Timely & important report from @rsph.bsky.social.

The upcoming NHS Workforce Strategy should be widened to include EVERYONE who has an impact on health outcomes with a particular focus on the public health workforce⬇️

Royal Society for Public Health @rsph.bsky.social · 8d

🚨The UK is facing a health crisis.

But there are 1.5 million people who could help solve it.

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 3d

Tim Gill on cities for children
open.spotify.com/episode/15UL...
excellent
a lot on play, spaces, parked cars taking up space

Cities for Children with Tim Gill

open.spotify.com

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 2d

Adds to listening list but- I’m trying to de-Spotify not easy!

One strategy for this very topic, stop giving organisations that ‘don’t align with your world view/values’ etc ie hate

Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 2d

Latest road safety data, people living in poverty experience more traffic harm through all modes.

One exception-small cohort of wealthy older cyclists.

Safe spaces to walk wheel & cycle are a powerful tool for social justice. When roads are safer, we all benefit.

www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · 11d

Just one pedestrian killed by a pedal cyclist in the UK in 2024. 265 killed by cars www.gov.uk/government/s...

Who kills who chart showing most road fatalities are killed by cars. Most car casualty fatalities don’t involve another vehicle

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 3d

Well done Derby CC, central market hall is vibrant space to meet, looks totally different to last time I visited a couple of years ago. Great transformation!

Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 4d

Fun in London yesterday, with Pickwick Bicycle club including penny farthings! Lovely trundle round Hampton court & Bushy park, some great characters & company as well as seeing the deer. Splendid day out!

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Sheffield Tribune @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social · 7d

“You need to listen to the people, have a vision and stick with it.”

@bbobillsmothers.bsky.social on Broomhall — how the inner-city Sheffield neighbourhood transformed itself from a rat run-filed red light district into a calm and liveable community 🚶‍♀️🛴🚴‍♂️🦽

From red light district and rat runs to calm streets

Broomhall is a model for redesigning Sheffield

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 7d

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.
bmj.com/cgi/content/...

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 ...

bmj.com

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Andy Cowper @hpiandycowper.bsky.social · 7d

[coughs] www.hsj.co.uk/primary-care...

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.

www.hsj.co.uk

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Friends of the Earth @friends-earth.bsky.social · 11d

"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

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

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 12d

✨ 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 ✨

Bedside Reading @bedsidereading.bsky.social · May 13

Delighted to welcome back Jo Maher this time to explore grief, memory, the power of music and the possibility of an earworm from beyond the grave as we explore “three little birds” by brilliant Scottish poet Jackie Kay #PoetrySky

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Bedside Poetry: Jo Maher and I explore "Three Little Birds" by Jackie Kay - Bedside Reading

In this episode, I'm joined by GP Jo Maher as we delve into Jackie Kay’s evocative poem Three Little Birds, a piece that dances between vulnerability and resilience. Kay, the brilliant Scottish poet k...

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 12d

Looks like current residents are pretty decent too!

Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 12d

www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/arts-and-cul...

This looks great! 🥾

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.

www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk

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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP @drjomaher.bsky.social · 12d

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!